From the front page of today's Houston Chronicle Now that initial surprise is wearing off that the fourth-largest city in the U.S. will soon have a top official who is gay, more in-depth stories about mayor-elect Annise Parker and those close around...

Matthew Mitcham as captured by photographer William Yang Not only are paintings of the popular Beijing Olympic gold-medalist on exhibit (see previous post), now images of the popular diver from Australia by photographer William Yang are on display at...

When I moved to my house, I decided that I wasn’t going to lug along my bulky Zenith TV, which I’d had for about 13 years.  It worked well enough, but I had been browsing the electronics aisles for more than a year ladmiring the flat screens. ...

Fresh "calm" paint on the walls. How do you like the dark accent wall? And there's Annie resting on the bed. During all the house-hunting, house-buying, moving, and now, finally, settling in, I’ve missed writing here and playing with photos because,...

Annise Parker--Mayor-Elect of Houston According to Harrisvotes.org with 733 out of 734 precincts reporting Annise Parker with 81,652 votes is defeating Gene Locke who has 70,631 votes, in other words, by about 54% to 46%. This was a run-off election...