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We'll admit that we're not exactly business-savvy, and we'd rather read the comics, or even Ken Hoffman, than the business section. But today, Mary Flood's column about car crash lawyers and advertising caught our eye. We were surprised to learn that Jim Adler, also known as "The Texas Hammer," has even established a presence on Myspace. And what an elaborate Myspace it is! Mary Flood's column said that his page played the theme from Rocky,...

Woe to he who ignores blessings as righteous as these: Ben and Jerry's, the crazy Vermonter ice cream chain, is offering a free cone of ice cream today from noon to 8 PM at all of its area locations. There's no catch; just show up and enjoy. The venerable ice cream makers are marking this year's Free Cone Day by introducing two new flavors, Créme Brulée and Cinnamon Buns, thus propagating the trend of...

You might remember our earlier post about the StoryCorps MobileBooth coming to Houston. Unfortunately, all the reservations for interviews are filled, but that means that it's time for the Houston stories to begin airing. The collection of Houston interviews that will air on NPR include some big famous-for-Houston names, including Mayor White's mother. She was interviewed by her daughter-in-law (and First Lady of Houston) Andrea White about her childhood in San Antonio. And if you...

Best news of the weekend so far, at least for local readers: 14 Brazos Bookstore customers have banded together to buy the store and keep it open. Houstonist is so happy we could cry — except that would be a little odd. We heard earlier this year about how Karl Killian, who has owned the Brazos since 1974, had taken a job with the Menil Collection that would require him to sell or close the...