September 2004 - blogHOUSTON

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September 30, 2004 Anne Linehan

When you think of the Chronicle, what’s the first thought that comes to mind? Bloodhound – right! The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines bloodhound like this: 1 : any of a breed of large powerful hounds

There they go again

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle corrections section is an endless source of amusement. Here’s the latest: The decomposed bodies of two men were found Friday in the 3100 block of Penn City Road. A brief on Page B2

Food and drink (9-30-2004 edition)

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

As the weekend approaches, here’s a quick roundup of various food and drink reviews this week: Robb Walsh gives a big thumbs up to Denis’ Seafood in West Houston. In a town where too many

Fiddling while the newspaper burns

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

Chronicle “blogger” and “Star” section editor MeMo takes the official newspaper weblog into LiveJournal territory: As of today, you should see a new mugshot with MeMo. This is of no matter, except insofar as it

Could Mayor White please explain?

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Ron Nissimov sounds a little exasperated over the White Administration’s refusal to answer a simple question: On Sept. 20, Mayor Bill White said an agreement had been reached to reduce an $846 million

Chronicle quotables

September 30, 2004 Anne Linehan

Those of us who still read the paper Chronicle (someone has to!) are given the joy of checking out the “Quotable” in the paper’s Election 2004 section. Tuesday’s entry is this wisdom imparted by former

Tolerance at Houston's Baptist university

September 30, 2004 Callie Markantonis

How tolerant of my alma mater: “Mainly the purpose was to clear up some misconceptions about Islam,” said Khalid Bhatti, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and graduate student at the University of Houston.

The relevance of Marvin

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Kudos to Eileen Faxas of KHOU’s Defenders for her story about making health department inspections public. This week, 11 News Defenders revealed how City Hall quashed plans to publicize health inspections by putting them online.

Ken Charles knows how to generate buzz

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Back when the Dan Rather memogate controversy broke, KPRC-950 general manager Ken Charles received some media buzz when he announced that he was dropping Dan Rather’s news updates from the conservative-talk station’s rotation. Predictably, the

A giant, crippled chicken will cross Westheimer?

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

The PETA freaks are at it again. No half-naked women in this protest though. If PETA protests become run-of-the-mill in Houston, we may just qualify as being world class.