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Marvin Zindler, a Houston icon, dead at age 85

GD — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:48:47 +0000

“Houston icon Marvin Zindler dies at 85

A Houston icon and perhaps the city’s most famous journalist, Marvin Zindler, died Sunday night of pancreatic cancer. He was 85.

He is survived by his second wife, Niki, five children from his first marriage, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A former member of the consumer fraud division of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department, Zindler went to work for KTRK-TV on the first day of 1973 and had been a Channel 13 fixture ever since, known best for scathing restaurant cleanliness reports and stories about standing up for those in need….”

- Houston Business Journal

Jim maintains Houston red light camera Google map

GD — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:06:17 +0000

Fellow ClutchCityDaily’er Jim Thompson has told me that he keeps an updated Google map of all the red light cameras in Houston. Cool!

Check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/2sr9fh

I encourage the rest of you to become more active like Jim!

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

GD — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:25:39 +0000

Howdy! I’m still here, just doing some improvements behind the scenes and have been focusing on some non-web related things. I’m looking forward to getting back in my regular M-F writing schedule here and posting rich, new posts (which I invite you to comment on)

How was everyone’s weekend?

, G

It happened to me… my car was stolen last week

GD — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:12:53 +0000

It’s not that I never thought it would happen to me, but I was not expecting it being that I am very cautious with my vehicle and follow pretty much every proactive measure one can to not have… your car stolen.

I had been hard at work all day Thursday, not taking a lunch trip or anything of the sort. My car, I thought, was locked up and safe in my work parking lot. I would soon discover at 6 in the evening that my false sense of security was just that… a false one. Disappointment and feelings of violation washed over me when it became clear that I had not forgotten my parking spot, but that some lowlife sack of crap had made off with my ‘94 Acura Integra.

This was no beauty queen of a car and certainly needed some maintenance. I assume it was stolen for the engine/trans, etc. as they are hot items on the black market across the country, but I’ll never know the true reason, unless the thief is caught (I can hope, right?). In any case, there were much nicer Integras in the same parking lot that day, which makes me wonder if I was being cased or perhaps it was somewhat of inside job. Am I being too paranoid(?), perhaps - but I am considering and pursuing all avenues.

What really gets me is that they made off with irreplaceable personal possessions. These things are what I really want back. I would gladly trade the car to get back my keepsakes and belongings.

I have filed police reports, but nothing has come up yet.

To my readers, please keep your eyes peeled for this car:

1994 Acura Integra, white body with black front bumper, five spoke Acura rims, terrible tires, scratches on the rear bumper passenger side, black trim. License plate: (Texas) 819-HJN

It was stolen from the economy 20 parking lot at the University of Houston between 9am and 6pm on Thursday May 24th of 2007.

I have a donation account open for anyone who wishes to help me out in re-buying what I can. http://www.clutchcitydaily.com/?page_id=5 Every penny helps.

This might trigger memories of a popular post I created a while back about the top 10 stolen cars in Houston.

Memorial Day, a time to remember and respect

GD — Mon, 28 May 2007 23:02:52 +0000

We should all remember our fallen soldiers, and active/retired military. Their dedication to freedom is always humbling and held in my highest regard. Regardless of your political inclination, our country’s bravest have fought and are fighting for you and I and the continuation of the best nation in the world.