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A recent high school graduate in Austin, Texas - a young man named Dylan - brought the internet to tears this week when he posted a photo of himself and his dad at graduation. Family moments like theirs at a graduation ceremony may not be unique, but Dylan's father's tie certainly was. Dylan posted the photo on Twitter with the caption, "I made this tie for my dad when I was in 1st grade. 11 years later he wears it to my graduation."   The tie appears to be colored with markers or paint and has a Pokemon Pikachu painted...

Some local pranksters joined the list of Houston's many traffic obstructions after a video was posted to social media showing a couple of young men playing beer pong in the middle of an intersection. The men set up a table complete with red cups and ping pong balls at the intersection of West Rd. and Airline along I-45 near the Beltway and proceeded to play while cars maneuvered around them. Their video has been shared over 1000 time, but has seen a lot of negative feedback among social media users. Via Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli with Chron.com  

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Last year's Yayoi Kusama exhibit was the epitome of cool. The Instagrammer's dream had us clamoring for those highly coveted and timed spots inside the polka-dotted and mirrored stalactice/stalagmite cave of Love Is Calling and the incandescent, but fleeting, fireflies of Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity. So how does the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, top last summer's blockbuster? It's another light show for sure, but the comparisons end there. "With Kusama, it was instant. That is what Kusama wanted you to have," says Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the MFAH and...

You would never expect an attraction that’s so utterly bizarre to be hiding in a quiet corner of Houston. The National Museum of Funeral History is a collection of artifacts and memorabilia relating to the history of death and dying. It chronicles how people from across the world have dealt with the fact of death and the logistics of corpses over thousands of years. This museum is filled with everything from historical hearses to morbid mementos. Yelp/Teresa F. It seeks to educate the public on the history, science of art of funerals across the globe. Yelp/Scott L. Visitors can wander...