February 2006 - Page 14 of 15

Oz Bar films patrons in restroom

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s about time for the local television news outlets to start their titillating “undercover” investigations for ratings purposes. KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt jumped right in last night with a report on cameras in the restrooms at

How they see Judge Sim Lake

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

Judge Sim Lake, who is overseeing the Enron fraud trial, has been profiled by two prominent newspapers today. The Financial Times profile gets off to a predictable start: Judge Sim Lake has spent most of

Because multiple blogs, cams, a carnival, and podcasting weren't enough

February 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon has taken on catblogging duties at Chron.com. His blog is called Catcall, although I, too, liked the Houston Scratching Post. Can Laurence be tamed for the (mostly) family-friendly environment at Chron.com? Keep checking

Phew, Chron Editor Emeritus is still among the living

February 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

Via today’s Chronicle: Houston Chronicle Editor Emeritus Jack Loftis was honored Thursday by Crime Stoppers of Houston for his ongoing commitment to the anti-crime program. [snip] “When we all got involved in Crime Stoppers, we

Cactus Music is closing at the end of March

February 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

H-Town Grooves and Jeff Balke both have posted that Cactus Music and Video is closing up shop. A phone call to the venerable record store confirmed the bad news: Cactus is indeed closing at the

Free tickets to Rice baseball or basketball

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Are you interested in Rice basketball or baseball? If so, you have a couple of days left to score free tickets: Make it a day with the Owls on Sat., Feb. 4, as Rice’s baseball

Queen Sheila heads for the Enron cameras

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh off her usual appearance at the State of the Union proceedings, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) has made a beeline for the media horde covering Enron. The Chronicle‘s Mary Flood blogs about it: The

Houston airports are world class!

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that the Houston Airport system has launched a revamped, more interactive website. We clicked over, and were pleased to learn from the banner that our airports are world class. Yeah!

Stealing or accounting oversight?

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, reports surfaced that officials at Texas Southern University here in town are investigating the use of funds by the institution’s president on her private residence (some people might call that use of funds

Is Rick Casey "borrowing" without attribution again? (upated)

February 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Sedosi Alhambra noticed something interesting about the latest offering from Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey. In the column, Casey effectively uses a decision by an Austin bankruptcy judge to criticize the recent