Photo illustration by Darren Braun and Splashlight. DeLay photo: Matthew Cavanaugh/epa/Corbis.
January 2010
Table of Contents
Features
The 2010 Bum Steer AwardsIt was a year of accomplice apes, bedraggled Bugattis, Christlike Cheetos, dim-witted deli-owning Democrats, egregious errata, fatal foreplay, gun-toting golfers, heartless high school hoopsters, ignoble implants, jackass judges, killer Kims, laughingstock legislators, miniature museum mummies, nincompoop ne’er-do-wells, overwhelming odors, pandering Perry, quazy Quaids, reassuring Riddle, shameless Stanford, territorial T. Boone, useful urine, vituperative vixens, weaponized waitresses, x-alted XXX clubs, yolky yahoos, and zero-tolerance zealots. Lands That I LoveOur natural resources are under greater threat than ever before. Meet three very different people who are doing something to save Texas. Literally.
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Revenge of the NerdsHow did a small cadre of film geeks from Austin take an outsized role in determining what you see at the multiplex on Friday night? One dismembered body at a time. Mother, Heal ThyselfSusan Hyde’s children were constantly in and out of the hospital with one illness or another. But were they the ones who were sick? |
Columns
Behind the LinesHome Front LinesFor too many veterans, the emotional scars of war go untreated. An innovative group of Harris County politicians, judges, attorneys, and health care workers—most of whom are veterans themselves—is aiming to fix that. Gary CartwrightGhost WriterIt took me half my life to figure out that most of what I thought I knew about J. Frank Dobie was wrong. |
Mimi SwartzWhat She WoreOn the day my mother died, I found myself in the place that, more than any other, had defined our relationship: her closet. The TexanistPink camouflage, Floridian “friends,” a bedtime dilemma, and whether or not it’s acceptable to mock Chileans for their flag’s similarity to ours. |
Reporter
The ManualTexas CaviarHow to make Texas caviar.
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Music ReviewRain On the CityMusic ReviewTransferenceArtist InterviewRay Wylie HubbardBook ReviewThe Ticking is the BombBook ReviewRosesAuthor InterviewSteven Weinberg |
The Filter
The Filter: DiningNew and NoteworthyRestaurant Insignia, San Antonio and Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas |
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterFunny Cha-cha
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ContributorsAndrew Sansom, Leslie Baldwin, and Darren Braun |
Web Exclusives
Toy StoryFrom a Magic Garden crystal kit to a plastic replica of R2D2, the diverse offerings at three toy stores in Austin are right on—for any age. Pirate Under Attack. Avast, Ye Swabs!If Texas Tech fires Leach, there will be a mushroom cloud over Lubbock for thousands of miles and a likely revolt of Tech fans, alums, and former players. Minimum ShrinkageWhen my psychiatrist kept falling asleep on me, I knew it was time to look elsewhere. |
Let the Games BeginAmateur athletes from across the state will have a chance to dream big at the Winter Games of Texas. Judgment DayWhat really happened to Kari Baker? We may be about to find out. |
Multimedia
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Recipes
Charred Jalapeño PestoRecipe from Stella Sola, Houston |
Lemon MostardaRecipe from Stella Sola, Houston |
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