Twisted

The odd, unusual, twisted stuff happening locally.

Twisted Map of Houston

Twisted Map of Houston

I love this map; it makes fun of every neighborhood! New to Houston? Want to know the layout? Want to know which neighborhood has: Married pretentious white people? Cheap heroin? Meth? Redneck Speedway? Where gas comes from? It’s all here in one location. If you are offended, I’m sure there is an “Easily Offended” neighborhood for you. […]

TED Talk-Amazing Vid by Magnify Changes in Color & Vibration

TED Talk-Amazing Vid by Magnify Changes in Color & Vibration

New software technology amplifies changes to reveal changes not seen before: changes in color (Watch a person’s face change color with his pulse); subtle movements (Watch movements of a person’s belly; or the vibration of a wine glass). The recorded/amplified vibrations of a potato chip bag were used to record a conversation in a room. […]

Eclectic Heights: Opera & Bingo

Eclectic Heights: Opera & Bingo

Bingo and opera: where else but the Heights? A couple of recent announcements show just how diverse the Heights is. Opera in the Heights has announced a change in artistic direction (Houston Press ArtAttack) and the local bingo community has learned that an offer has been made to purchase the local SPJST Lodge #88 in […]

How to Detect a Liar – TED Talk

How to Detect a Liar – TED Talk

How to Detect a Liar? Catch that SOB! We are typically lied to 10-200 times per day. Part of this is cooperative; we tell little white lies to sooth things, comfort people etc. A couple just starting to date is a perfect example. Does he really pay attention to his kids? Is he honest and […]

Heights Neighbors Unhappy with Builder Again

Heights Neighbors Unhappy with Builder Again

Builders often get a bad rap, especially in the Heights. The little bungalow is replaced by a home twice as big. Nice, if you are buying it, bad if you are the neighbor. The construction period is always messy, congested. Lots of noise and just general disruption. So, they have a tough job trying to […]

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished by HHA

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished by HHA

There is obviously a lot more than is reported about this story, but the Leader reports that the Houston Heights Association (HHA) fired Paul Carr for building and donating a handcrafted 40 foot long wooden train for the Heights’ Donovan Park. Paul is a long time civic leader for the Heights and a long time […]

Cattle Rustling in the Heights

Cattle Rustling in the Heights

If you live in the Heights you’ve seen the local magazine OurBlok. They offer insights into local business and rewards for shopping. OurBlok itself is in the news this week because they just suffered from cattle rustling. Their fiberglass mascot cow, Thunder, disappeared sometime over the weekend. Scott Talley described the missing cow as cow-sized, […]

Save the Dome

Save the Dome

This isn’t Heights related, but it is twisted. All of a sudden we have Save the Dome, after year of neglect and tons of money spent on it. Never mind that we passed previous bond issues on this money pit.  Never mind that we had promises from our  previous football team. Never mind that the […]

Zombie Walk 2013

Zombie Walk 2013

Heights’ very own Darren Tompkins will lead the expected crowd of 3000 at this years Zombie Walk. If you want to be creeped-out by hordes of walking dead (~3000 of them) this is the place to be Saturday 10/19/13. Everything from little kids with face paint, to Hollywood style  effects. It’s a haunted house spilled out […]

Heights Speed Traps

Heights Speed Traps

Heights Speed Traps The Houston Press recently listed the Top 10 Speed Traps in Houston. Two of these are in the Heights, and one nearby. My personal favorite speed trap, where I’ve been caught once, and nearly caught on several occasions is on Durham, heading south from 11th St to I-10. You just sail over the bridge […]

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