Bored? Check out the Texas Art Trashe Expo
Considering I'm always squawking about the importance of supporting your local arts, just wanted to alert all my loyal blog readers (all two of you...hi Mom!) to Saturday's Texas Art Trashe Expo. Local artists. Local bands. Beer. Need I say ...

Looking for the biggest "Twilight" fans...
Unless you've been living under a rock the past couple months, chances are you've probably heard that the latest movie in the Twilight series, "New Moon," comes out this Friday (chances are also good you heard it via a screaming ...

Dr. Horrible scores his own comic book
If you happened to miss the award-winning online musical "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog" by Buffy mastermind Joss Whedon, 1. I highly suggest you check it out below, and 2. watch it before Nov. 18. What happens on Nov. 18, you ...

Want some unique Christmas gift ideas this year?
Each year, at least for me, it's the same dilemma. What do you get the same people for Christmas every year? This is especially difficult for those "hard-to-buy-for" folks. You know who I mean. For instance, my step-dad. I never ...

There's a Gleek inside all of us
Fox's TV show "Glee" is taking the world by storm. It already has a loyal fan base that call themselves "Gleeks" (8 million viewers a week) and yes, I am guilty as charged. I frackin' love the show. But more ...

Oh, how the Miley have fallen
Considering how polarized our society is today, I'm going to break this latest news in two ways: For the eyes of only those 13 and younger: Poor Miley Cyrus has been, like, totally unfairly voted as the worst celebrity influence ...

Glamour magazine launches new body image campaign
Believe it or not, most women aren't a size 2. Well, no duh. Of course you already know that. In fact, the most popular American dress size for women is actually a size 14. But looking through any of the ...

National Novel Writing Month...who's with me?
30 days. 50,000 words. Plot optional. Yes, as November creeps closer, myself and other Nanowrimo fanatics are preparing for National Novel Writing Month. This will be my third attempt at trying to accomplish the insane task of writing an entire ...

If "Balloon Boy" gets a reality show, I'm moving to Canada
I'll admit it. I was one of the millions of TV viewers watching the drama unfold when a young boy was thought to be floating in a giant balloon last week. In fact, most people in the newsroom, at least ...

It's 11 p.m....do you know where your goat is?
Sorry, I just couldn't resist using that title. One, it's fun-nay. And two, it's the tagline for the new...wait for it...chupacabra exhibit at a New York museum. Yes folks, them dang Yankees have finally caught on to chupie-mania. According to ...