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My hospital stay, in food
By Jim Ayres June 20 through September 19, 2024, minus a four-day “shore leave” in which I prematurely told MONTROSE STAR I was back and ready to roll. How long
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What a summer
By Nancy Ford Is it just me, or has the summer of 2024 been especially, oppressively, aggressively hot? The temperature has been high, too. (Pa dum-bum.) Two national political conventions
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Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death By Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes
By Terri Schlichenmeyer Here’s what’ll happen: you’ll take a breath. Take another breath. And then you won’t. And that’ll be just the beginning of your end, a tsunami of shut-downs
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CURRIES, KABOBS FROM AUSTIN: Tarka makes a journey to Houston
By Jim Ayres The first time I visited Tarka Indian Kitchen, a few years ago, it was a beautiful afternoon. Listening to Lana Del Rey’s latest (brilliant), I felt like
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Alexye’us Davenport Paris
June 2024, Joey Guerra, named her in a Houston Chronicle column headlined, “Shantay, they stay: These are 32 of Houston fiercest, most fabulous drag queens”.
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TUBER TRUTH: One potato, two potato
By SA Tripi Watching what you eat? Need to lose a few pounds? What is often one of the first things to be removed from your daily intake of food?
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ONE IN EIGHT: My prostate cancer journey
By David-Elijah Nahmod “We found some cancer,”said the doctor. My heart skipped a beat. “Now, don’t worry,” he continued. “The good news is that the cancer is Grade 1, the
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NFL PREDICTIONS: This could be the Texans’ year
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Another football season is upon us and Houston Texans fans have never been this anxious to begin a new season. Last year’s surprising division championship team
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Creep of the week: U.S. Supreme Court
By D’Anne Witkowski What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden Administration’s rule protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination in schools must be enforced
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WTH is wrong with these people? (Part 1)
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Ever talk to someone who is espousing their reasoning for believing something obviously false or completely disproven by any rational person and want to look them
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Annual NFL Predictions
Notwithstanding reduced crowds, COVID-19, and boycotts, Texans and Cowboys are playoff bound By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Some may ask, “What’s a gay publication know about professional football? They should stick
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Judy Garland: Gay icon and world’s greatest entertainer
By Johnny Trlica This year’s Pride month is different from previous years in many ways. There are no parades, no festivals and no beach parties. This June will be a