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No matter your views of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we should all agree that our veterans need our support both when deployed in theater and upon their return stateside. Readjusting to an environment not filled with IEDs, combatants and other hostile characteristics is difficult for them. Further, it is impossible for us to understand fully the challenges they faced abroad and those they face at home. Community of Veterans (http://communityofveterans.org/) is a social networking site designed to put veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in touch with one another, which is a daunting task since less than 1% of Americans have served in either conflict. The IAVA hopes that connected veterans will be able to assist each other in regaining some sense of normalcy no matter how small.

"Holy fucking shit I wasbjust in a plane crash!" Mike Wilson, a Denver resident and passenger on Continental flight 1404, tweeted (posted updates to his Twitter account) about his experience when the Houston-bound flight crashed this weekend. According to his tweets, this was plane crash number two for Wilson. And, bus travel is becoming a more attractive option.

Hands On Kirtsy + Mom2Summit Party

If you're anything like Houstonist, you're attached to Twitter like a three-year-old in one of those creepy, monkey-shaped baby harnesses. It's your safety blanket and your connection with something important (us: our friends; babies: their moms), yet also prevents you from doing important things (us: work, real-world forms of socializing; babies: putting small objects into their mouths, knocking over store displays). Yes, it's an annoying leash, but we still can't live without it.

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We're not claiming to be winos, but Houstonist is just like any other Joe Schmo who likes a good glass of wine. . .or two. Maybe three. That being said, we were more than thrilled to stumble (not literally—that comes afterwards) across Sonoma Wine Bar and Boutique. Okay, so we didn't even bother checking out the "boutique" part, but do you blame us?

::Social Media & Web 2.0 Happy Hour:: Do you spend more time on Facebook than you do reading a book? Do your sentences end with, "I'm SO Twittering that."? Do you scour the internet begging for invites to Beta testing of new sites? You're not alone. And there is help and support for people like you. Join your kind tonight at Sonoma Wine Bar as Houston's Social Media Community celebrates the season at the Houston...

::OpMom Web 2.0 Launch Party at Benjy's:: Three things we love: Moms, Web 2.0, and Benjy's. Can't go wrong here. And Houstonist has your ticket to this private launch party. Unless you've been living under a Web 1.0 rock, you are probably aware that Houston has recently been a hot bed for Social Media Startups, as Brad Hem reported this weekend. One of these ventures, the locally-based OpMom, tonight celebrates their own jaunt into Web...