This week saw the usual ho-hum type of Missed Connections with a few Halloween misses thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, some posts were more depressing than others. Hopefully the following MCs will make you smile. I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME! - w4m - 42 YOU DONT CALL U DONT EMAIL N THEN WHEN YOU DO YOU HAVE NOTHING OF WHT I ASK FOR - ALL I WANT IS THE......

Ok, so it’s been like eight years since American Pie came out. Can you believe it? We know, we’re so old. It was a totally different decade then. A forgotten, distant time in our culture. An innocent age when we’d not yet seen Tara Reid’s, well, pretty much everything. A time when most of us had never heard the term MILF. A time when Eugene Levy had not yet sold his once funny soul to......

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King and appreciated their beautiful skyline. Chicagoist knows what it's like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman's out and......

So, Houstonians, you think energy prices are higher than a proverbial cats back? We can power our world on biodiesel, wind turbines and solar power? You have the opportunity to experience what it takes to power a city of 3.9 million, courtesy of Chevron and the publisher of Economist magazine. So, bang here to try your hand at running "Energyville" and learn a little about energy supplies. Here's a blip from the Chronicle that gives......

Have we got your attention? Hope so, because this is some kinda big and important news! Yes, it IS bigger than the final settlement reached in the matter of Fed-X vs. That Bald Chick (the whole issue of "who's the better parent" makes us rush out for a BC Powder and a tequila shot, or three). Seriously, this Saturday marks the world premiere of "Tuna Does Vegas", starring Jaston Williams and Tony-Award winning Joe Sears,......

Houstonist has noticed that Craigslisters no longer view Missed Connections as a place to re-connect, but rather as a form of InterWeb-based therapy. More than a few angry folks out there expressed themselves. You people need professional help. Scott Gertners Friday Night - w4w - 34 You were waiting on my husband and I Friday night, we were sitting at one of the round tables near the main bar. You were dress in all......

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried......

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler's Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh's controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio's Hacienda is a good place to get......

You remember when the E-shaped signs that used to identify Enron's headquarters sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auction, right? Well, if you missed the chance to blow your retirement fund on a big, shiny E, here's another opportunity to own a piece of the ill-fated energy company: The desks that once belonged to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling are up for sale on eBay. Lay's desk and Skilling's desk were custom-designed by......

So far as we can tell, everyone survived the holidays and are settling back into their new year groove. Some of us may have pushed the limits of sanity further than others, but for the most part, we’re alive and kicking. Somehow Houstonist managed to pull a fast one on jolly St. Nick this Christmas, ‘cause the tree sure was stocked full of goodies. Santa must have overlooked that one thing that one night. Wheeew!......

Whoooaaawhoaaooohoooh! It's not unusual to dig Tom Jones! We digress. Cat people of Houston, aficionados, fanciers, breeders and cat lovers in general, there is a cat show here, on the green, green astroturf grass of home. Now, we don't think you will actually see Tom Jones (rats! Maybe this handsome orange devil on the right will perform?), but, actual cats will abound and will be judged by breed and for best overall. The 55th Annual......

Houstonist has gotten all manner of Christmas cards this year: cards with cartoon characters, cards with poinsettias, cards with manger scenes and kittens and robots and sledding Victorians and lots of gold foil. But so far, we haven't received a card depicting Santa as a Nazi. But maybe we should just sit tight and see what happens: According to KTRK, someone's sending out such cards and pretending that they're coming from local universities. The cards......

A jury sentenced a teenage white supremacist to life in prison today for beating a Hispanic boy with a pipe at a party in April Two more ex-Enron executives, Michael Kopper and Mark Koenig, were sentenced today: Kopper got three years and one month; Koenig, 18 months HISD's enrollment is down by 7,000 this fall; the district blames the drop on more charter schools and people moving to the 'burbs Can anyone ever really replace......

Remember Jim Stevenson, the bird expert accused of shooting a cat to death at San Luis Pass last week? He hasn't admitted that he shot the cat, but the Chronicle reports today that the incident apparently wouldn't be that unusual for Stevenson, who claims to have shot dozens of cats after building his home on Galveston Island in the late 1990s. The anti-cat manifesto came in a 1999 Internet posting: "And I'm sorry if this......

So we all know it's hard to win the lottery, right? But even if you do win, you might not get your money, KPRC reports: Thanks to a lack of training and oversight, many winners of smaller lottery prizes are never able to collect their winnings. Kinda makes us glad we stuck with poker. The problem comes when lotto winners try to redeem their tickets at local stores. Channel 2 followed Bill Mullen, a winner,......

Yesterday, a man in Galveston was jailed for killing a cat with a .22-caliber rifle. That man just also happens to be the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society. The shooting happened Wednesday morning near the toll bridge at San Luis Pass. A toll bridge worker heard the shots and determined that they were coming from a white van, driven by bird guide Jim Stevenson. “I ran over to the edge and looked over and......

Let it never be said that Houstonist didn't warn you about wild creatures. First we told you about bed bugs, then feral cats, then bats, bats, bats, bats and the dreaded Asian cockroach. And now, as food for weekend thought, we bring you alligators. Seems an 8-foot gator is causing some concern for people on and around Lake Houston. The reptile has been spotted near Kingwood, and one resident, Bob Rehak, snapped some shots of......

Ewww. Texas is killing lots of horses. Three foreign-owned slaughterhouses, two of which are in our fair state, are slaughtering healthy horses--not just the old and worn out ones many Americans assume--and sending them off to Europe, where they end up on dinner tables. Congress may soon act to stop the industry in America, and it can't do it fast enough for the residents of Kaufman, Texas, where the Dallas Crown Plant operates. The weird......

Most are familiar with HD (high-definition) television, which will become the standard for TV over the next few years, but not everyone knows about HD radio. At the beginning of the year, Clear Channel Communications debuted HD radio for some of their local frequencies. More recently, non-profit KUHF premiered their HD frequency. The supposed draw to HD radio is CD-quality sound and more format choices. We listened to a few of these online, and discovered......

The City of Houston's has euthanizied fewer dogs and cats and adopted more this year than last according to a report from the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC). The city's shelter has come under intense scrutiny over the past year from animal welfare advocates and city officials for being too quick to put animals to sleep and not aggressive enough in promoting its adoption program. In the fiscal year that ended June 30,......

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

A cat named Molly from the Houston Humane Society began competing yesterday in what is either a genius or awful move in reality programming. Meow Mix cat food sent Molly, as well as 9 other cats, to New York to live together in a house where they'll be voted off by viewers watching a webcast. The house has ten cats, each from a different city and each with a distinct personality. Romeo from Los Angeles,......

We all learned from Patrick Dempsey that you Can't Buy Me Love, well that also applies to the love of your four legged friends. Even so, local multi-millionaire Bernard Aptaker has thrown caution to the wind and is donating 60 acres near George Bush Intercontinental Airport for creation of the Freedom Farm refuge to the Houston SPCA. The refuge will releave overcrowding at the current Portway St. 5 acre shelter that has been home......

Zach Jones, the Humble boy who contracted rabiesafter being bitten by a bat in his sleep is being treated with an experimental drug combination that saved the life of the world's only known unvaccinated rabies survivor. Though the treatment has only worked once (other trials have been unsuccessful, possibly due to bad test conditions), the doctor who invented it, Dr. Rodney Willoughby, is working with the CDCto make this combination of drugs the standard......

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants its money back. LAist are a big bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for......

A crew searching near the Ship Channel for a missing 3-year-old toddler came across something unusual Monday: eight plastic bags containing the bodies of dogs. County animal control investigators said they don't know where the dogs came from or who put them on a pile of trash alongside Market Street Road. "Somebody maybe picked them up from a veterinary clinic, and rather than take them to a landfill or somewhere else, they just dumped them......

Gov. Rick Perry said he doesn't plan to hold a special election to fill Tom DeLay's seat unless DeLay resigns by the end of the week Meanwhile, DeLay supporters gathered in Sugar Land's fake downtown to heckle Democrat Nick Lampson as he called on DeLay to resign immediately In the Panhandle, several wildfires erupted today, prompting the evacuation of the town of Lefors in Gray County Have a problem with feral cats? Call county animal......

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man. Houstonist is no stranger to megachurches or stripmalls or mega-strip-churchmalls. The children of Houston are under assault by unknown forces as this week a playground......

Earlier this week kissy couples were wading through roses and red tissue paper deeper than an east coast snow dump and singles shook a tiny, lonely fist (no ring!) at it all. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Valentine's season is in the can, finally. Austinist is already pulsing with SX energy and posting on the People's Choice Award nominees and the short films that will be playing while the......