Get climbing at Texas Rock Gym, Houston’s indoor rock climbing gym. The large space features 42 rock wall stations, five with auto-belay, as well as a designated bouldering area. Whether you are an experience climber or newbie, all skill levels are welcome here. Patrons find it a fun yet challenging activity to try when the weather forces you indoors. But unlike the mall, here you’ll get in a great workout. The friendly staff puts a lot of effort into maintaining the gym; everything is kept clean and the routes are changed regularly so the climbs don’t get too easy.

Customers can get all the rental gear necessary, a class, and all day access for just $30. If you really love rock climbing, consider becoming a member and you’ll benefit from unlimited access to the rock gym as well as yoga, Kung Fu, and Tai Chi classes. The "School of Rock" program is designed just for kids with after school and school break camps. Texas Rock Gym also offers private and group lessons for those who want to hone their skills. Try to visit on a weekday as it can get crowded on Saturdays and Sundays.

Texas Rock Gym
1526 Campbell Road
Houston, TX 77055
(713) 973-7625
http://www.texasrockgym.com
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Want to learn more about math? Even if you found trigonometry challenging in school, learning more about mathematics can help improve your problem solving and critical thinking skills. If you'd like to learn more about math, these useful websites can help:

Math.com
Organized by grade level and intended (in part) to provide tutoring help for students, Math.com is also a useful resource for anybody who wants to learn more about math. You can browse the site to learn more about algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and other math subjects, practice your skills with sample problems and online games, and even make use of a number of online tools such as a savings calculator.

Wolfram Mathworld
Wolfram develops the popular software application Mathematica, and the company's Mathworld site avows to be "the web's most extensive mathematics resource." The site offers articles on a huge variety of math topics, many of which are organized by subject matter. For example, Wolfram Mathworld has a huge library of articles about discrete math, another about statistics, and many many more.

Wikipedia's Mathematics Page
Wikipedia's "Mathematics" article offers a readable survey of the history of math. It also gathers a huge number of links to different math-related articles. Visit and you might just spend some time clicking through to read Wikipedia articles like those on "Mathematical Beauty" and "Computability Theory."

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Goode Company serves up tasty, no-nonsense Texas BBQ. Order your meat by the pound and some sides to take home, or get yourself a plate to eat there. Sandwiches and entrée plates come with your choice of beef brisket, pulled pork, Czech sausage, honey smoked ham, turkey breast, chicken, duck, jalapeno sausage, pork ribs and turkey sausage. Jalapeno corn bread comes with your entrée and sides include baked potato, Austin baked beans, jalapeno pinto beans, coleslaw and jambalaya Texana. Beer and wine are served — but save room for pecan pie!

Open Monday through Sunday from 11a.m. until 10p.m.

Goode Barbeque Company
5109 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 522-2530
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