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^Yeah, yet another listing of crappy cellular phone pictures. There's no address listed, but I think it is 7255 Sims Dr. (near Swallow St. on the bayou). Google streetview has better pictures

Wow - the price and over an acre of land? Wish I was ready to buy!

A couple days ago I was heading home, having entered I-45 Northbound at Cullen, needing to quickly make my way over into the far left lanes so that I could take the correct exit. That section backs up a little, but it wasn't too much of a chore to make my way across four lanes. On the last lane change, the truck well behind me sees that I'm about to get in front of him, rapidly accelerates as I'm changing lanes, and tries to scare me into veering back into the lane that I had been in. He comes right up behind me before slamming on his brakes and blaring his horn at me. Then, he changes lanes and comes up alongside me, fairly slowly even though he's got people behind him and a fair number of free carlengths of space ahead of him. It is a thuggish-looking black male in a Chevy Avalanche with stationary rims, and he looks right over at me and throws the bird. I throw it back just before he hits the gas, rapidly accelerates, brakes hard, and tailgates the next guy.

My only regret is that I didn't tap my brakes as he came up on me, even lightly.

I read recently about an HPD initiative to target and ticket aggressive drivers like that. Unmarked cars would see a driver, radio an officer up the road, and pull the car over. Aggressive driving like that makes driving for everyone else so unpleasant (and being in that state of mind can't be healthy, either). Maybe driving like that and so conspicuously will make HPD take notice..

Here's the update article:

In March 2008, Local 2 Investigates first reported on HPD using undercover cars to spot aggressive drivers and then radio ahead for marked patrol cars to pull over the cars along Houston freeways. Weeks later, when HPD said it was ready to formally announce the effort, the crackdown was touted as aiming to reduce fatalities by targeting aggressive drivers.

"We just have a better view of what really goes on in the unmarked car," said HPD Sgt. Pete Casares as he spotted violations from an undercover vehicle with Local 2 Investigates aboard to observe. "We're probably not five minutes into the program and we've already stopped four cars," he said shortly after beginning that shift.

February 2009 records show 2.15 arrests per hour for each officer assigned to the program, compared with 3.18 arrests per hour for each officer in January.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/19008206/detail.html#-

And Vermont, by the legislative route:

The Vermont Legislature on Tuesday overrode Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto of a bill allowing gay couples to marry, mustering just slightly more than enough votes to preserve the measure.

The step makes Vermont the first state to allow same-sex marriage through legislative action instead of a court ruling.

The outcome in the House of Representatives, 100 to 49, was not clear until the final moments of a long roll call, when Rep. Jeff Young, a Democrat who voted against the bill last week, reversed his position. After the final tally, cheers erupted in both legislative chambers of the State House and in the hallways outside, and several lawmakers on both sides of the debate looked stunned.

“It’s a great day for equality,” said State Representative Margaret Cheney, a Democrat from Norwich. “People saw this as an equality issue, and we’re proud that Vermont has led the way without a court order to provide equal benefits.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/us/08ver...tml?_r=1&hp

An update on the replacement house - it's not the gaudy mcmansion like most, at least:

No exterior photos? Even from the street? That sounds restrictive! (in a legal way!)

Unfortunately, I can't think of a city off the top of my head that has a litter problem like us (metro area).

I was in Memphis a while back and I thought it was really clean and well-kept (maybe I was there on a good day? Only have been there once).

St. Louis never struck me as dirty, either..

^I kind of gathered you were here now, but welcome back to Houston!

I *think* it's 3998 Inverness -way back there near the railroad. HCAD says 1950.

That's right - they're down by the Whole Foods area now.

Holcombe getting closer to Braeswood is where I'm thinking of, but that's on the east side by MD Anderson.

What part of the medical center? Holcombe has been rough for a while because of construction, so N. Braeswood might be a better option. I also find that Main (even though it's bad) is not nearly as bad as Fannin..

She must of thought I was doing an impatient "green light" honk. I almost cause a huge accident over a plastic bottle.

Na, she maybe had a tiny bit of her conscience creeping up on her and it was out of guilt/wanting to run away

Of course, people who enter an intersection without looking at both their light and presence of cars need to pay more attention, regardless of their obnoxious littering habits.

Not in Montrose, but kind of near - a few from my family go to George Sayre at 3400 Bissonnet (next to Channel 13). I went to him for several years when I was younger and will probably start going again.

The Dr. Oogle site lists the cost as moderate also.

Older items can be tricky..

From the Copyright Office:

Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published with a copyright notice or on the date of registration if the work was reg

I wouldn't go as far to say it's a part of Texas culture, but it is part of a lazy and ignorant culture that is (imo) growing and growing..

Next time you witness it, take down the plates, make, model, and location of the vehicle and report it here:

http://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/report-a-litterer.php

Not the greatest, but it's something.

I would also recommend, if it isn't already, sleeving it in something like polypropylene or Melinex (like this).

Good suggestions above - and if you make a fair attempt at locating a copyright holder with no luck (and say so), that's sufficient (until someone that legitimately holds it asks you to take it down). That's another thing - folks that claim copyright sometimes don't necessarily have it..

Anyone know the story on this place? It was built around 1970 but demolished last year by its owners (who rebuilt on the land). It was fairly large (~3000 square feet) and valued well on paper (2008 HCAD link).

http://www.arch-ive.org/demo/tealwood351_062808_2.jpg

http://www.arch-ive.org/demo/tealwood351_062808.jpg

http://www.arch-ive.org/demo/tealwood351_062808_13.jpg

http://www.arch-ive.org/demo/tealwood351_062808_8.jpg

http://www.arch-ive.org/demo/tealwood351_062808_3.jpg

more:

http://arch-ive.org/archive/351-tealwood/

Thanks! I've been meaning to pick up a copy..

This was in the October 1955 issue of Arts and Architecture. I wanted to find out more about it - where was it built, is it extant? It's kind of reminiscent of his Meadowglen house (and the lot size is similar): http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1

more:

http://arch-ive.org/archive/harwood-taylor/

Good question about the copyright - the huge collection that the Center for American History at UT Austin received lists copyrights held by the Center. Individual photographs might be held by the estate of Bob Bailey (if there is one). I would contact the CAH to see if they have any information..

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/about/contact.php

What a waste!

Dirk's is from the name of the guy that owned the Diedrich franchise here. He either ended his franchise agreement or Diedrich's stopped doing franchises (can't remember).

There's also a Dirk's on the Rice campus, too (in the new Brochstein Pavilion, nicely competing with the nearby Rice coffeehouse ).

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edit - to the OP, off-topic, I played mahjongg for the first time yesterday and I'm hooked...!

Post the picture!

Wow, a lot to catch up on here.

I know I have a lot of reading to do, but the initial aspects of major presumptuousness and evangelism of Christianity are the utmost turn-offs. I won't let that stop me from at least learning more about the history, though.

And what about the timeline of religious texts? Where does the writing/compilation of the bible fit in with others? What about similarities between them?

For the above post by Orikal, though, option 1 does seem to be most logical, even in its oddity.

Like John Burroughs said, "Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world."

Does anyone have any recommendations for sites to find input on this? (Specifically the relation between major religious texts and when they were written, etc.)

^Does that include discounts? Also, fwiw, renting does not come with the burden of maintenance, tax payments, and other dues..