Pumapayam

So, do I bring back the HARRRRF graphic tomorrow, or should I keep the boarded up Chase Tower? (Thanks to desirous for the pic)

Retired the current one just for tomorrow, the put todays banner back up Saturday.

How about a fun "non-Ike" topic.

Talk Like a Pirate Day is only a few days away!

A friend made this. I hope Ike knows that Tina isn't gonna be here 'till October...and even then, we don't want him.

How about this one?

10 pm NOAA info is out. Storm tracker has moved it every so slightly to the East. I don't want to wish this storm on anyone, but if it were to continue on the more Easterly track....

Rita all over again. . .!

I dunno, with all this Ike talk in 20+ threads, it's a bit overwhelming

I was not stressed before, but now I am stressed . . .

The best part is the one in his back pocket...no Heine' left behind!!

Okay, this thread is just beyond. . .

Lets just temporarily rename this site www.theIKE.info/.com whatever.

I am tired of Ike already and it aint even here yet!

. . . I need a drink!

Tune in to KHOU!!, Gene and Dr. Neil Frank are constantly interrupting each other. I think Gene is a bit miffed Neil is stealing his thunder.

What a dumb idea, if Neil is retired, let the new Cheif Meteorologist do his job.

This is just a hair away from The View.

Jim Cantore on WC was just reporting that he is certain it will hit Galveston. Just passing that on, take it for what it is worth. The worst part of what he said was talking about the boarding up of the windows and said "I am standing in front of...what are these things called...oh yeah, a strip mall..."

Jim Cantore is the MAN, tons better than Frank Billingsley, but I only have a Frank Billingsley avatar made.

Hunker down!

Cy-Fair ISD is open Friday. http://www.cfisd.net/

I hope parents remember to tie ropes around their childrens' ankles in case they get separated.

And three hours later, they close!

Flip Floppers!

I think Ike's got this one.

Sweet Jesus, Proud Mary. . . get it!. . .

Everyone be safe! Simple enough.

next month, eh?

House of Blues opens October 10th with Dave Attell

Philip Johnson is having a laugh with Charles Moore at this thread.

For those, like me, who have NO idea who these people are, please explain.

Do they own the properties that these two icons sit on?

The right answer is "The Astrodome".

Hey Puma, the Menil is in their list.

ZOMG, I actually know of the Menil now. . .

It's still a hideous structure IMO, but hooray for the Menil!

Damn I am still in violation............

So exactly, pixel by pixel, what is the limit for a signature.

I mean, mine is large, but is it distracting?

Metro Matters taped 8/30/08, released 9/2/08

This 10-minute show is another way we

Can anyone tell me if they have shut the beacon off? The last couple of times that I have seen the Galleria area at night, it hasn't been on. I tried to do some research to see if any of the news stations had any reports on it but I couldn't find anything. I just had this huge fear that because of high gas prices they might have shut it down for a while or something.

Thanks!

I asked the same question here.

I got no answer, but I have seen the beacon turned on and rotating at night since that post. So it is hit or miss, but it is still on at random times.

A photo and cutline gallery of all the major new devleopments is in today's business section:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...7826.html#Intro

I'm thinking the photog and the page designer should have had the byline. Because the stories pretty much write themselves, thanks to the HAIF. You're welcome, Nancy.

All of the photos were nice, but the Allen Parkway/Dunlavy photo was completely useless and the caption did not even have the name of the development. Is this Regent Square right?

. I read this article at the chron today about Bellaire's "mixed-use neighborhood centered around a proposed light-rail station on Westpark between South Rice and the West Loop." Hopefully this project will come to frution as the light rail gets started. With Uptown to the north and Bellaire to the south, the area the OP mentioned will eventually turn around.

Chron

Great link dmoneybangbang, but your Chron.com link has %20http: in it, thus the link is broken.

Here is the correct link.

BELLAIRE

City

. . . and this topic is in "Goin Up!" because . . .?

See you on the "Off Topic" flip side. . .

The is a whole site dedicated to om nom nom -ing.

omnomnomnom.com

Has this rendering been posted yet?

Just the overall scope of the project.

The lastest cone of uncertainty is more certain that it is a bit further east than the last forecast now. See nothing to fear.

I think I'd take the roads less traveled. I am just not sure how far up Kuykendahl goes. I've heard it stops somewhere at the Woodlands, meaning I'd still have to drive back over to I45.

houstonmacdaddybro, aren't you already in NW houston though. Heck you just have to exit your neighborhood and you are already evacuated.

If Houston had to evacuate.. for this hurricane or for any other future reason.... How would you flee ?

A ) The road more traveled - 290, 45, any other official evac route interstate that has more lane capacity, but much more fleeing volume of cars.... also more access to gas.

B ) The road less traveled - Attempt to flee on major back roads and Farm Roads, e.g. Stuebner Airline, FM2920, FM 149, FM 1774, with less capacity, but likely lesser volume of fleeing cars.

I would stick with the majority A, especially since contraflow lanes will be implemented in a more timely manner this time.

Your Friday is not complete without reading a lame joke email forward. . .

BARACK OBAMA:

The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MCCAIN:

My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON:

When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......

DR. PHIL:

The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on h is 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.

OPRAH:

Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH:

We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:

Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:

We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:

Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:

That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

MARTHA STEWART:

No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS:

Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:

To die in the rain. Alone.

GRANDPA:

In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:

Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE:

It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON:

Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES:

I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ......... reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:

Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON:

I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE:

I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS:

Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY:

Where's my gun?

Here is the video version of the above with cartoonish impersonations.