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In the wake of last week's firing of Tim Purpura, the Astros have a hole to fill in the General Manager's office. Team President Tal Smith (pictured, on left) is running the show for the time being, but a long-term replacement is required. Yesterday, owner Drayton McLane, Smith, and former vp Bob McClaren interviewed three candidates, and more interviews will take place before the end of the week. Let's take a look at the candidates...

Happy Holidays! Chances are, you're reading this the day after Christmas, back at your day job after all-too-short a holiday, and the last thing you want from us is stuff about the holidays. But that's just too bad. Because, see, here in the Ist-A-Verse, we do things ahead of time. It might be December 26 for you, but that's what you get for not checking your Favorite Local Blog on Christmas Eve. Austinist is...

So here's one of those things we never really thought about, probably because we aren't too familiar with the world of sex offenders: Officials have been out for the last few days checking up on the addresses of registered sex offenders and making sure they don't have any Halloween decorations up. It's all part of an effort to make sure that the sex offenders have no interaction with trick-or-treaters — kids, candy, gotcha — and...

As we at Houstonist started our day, the Buzz's Brother Rod was playing a crowd favorite "Drive Thru Sing-a-Long" during which courageous contestants festively sang "Deck the Halls," hoping an unknowing drive-thru attendant would chime in with the chorus. (We'll sing with you … fa la la la la, lala la la!) To our dismay, it took over an hour and countless attempts for someone to win this reindeer game. So where's the holiday spirit?...

If you're the kind of person who walks around looking at the sky — no, we don't want to know why you do that — you just might see something this week: the International Space Station will be visible from Houston in the coming days. The ISS is passing 220 miles over Houston and will be visible with the naked eye just after dusk or just before dawn, when the sun is below the horizon...

Did anyone else notice that Christmas music started being played in public earlier than usual this year? We distinctly remember hearing our first holiday song of the year in a store in mid-October. No kidding. It's a wonder that retail employees don't go insane with that disgustingly cheerful soundtrack playing over and over and over — or maybe they do! Actually, that would explain a lot about our shopping experience this year. At any rate,...