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  2. Not a doctor, but during allergy season, mixing benadryl, Zyrtec, and alcohol is not completely uncommon for me. Can't say I've ever tried meth for my allegies, though.
  3. Indeed. as to the tweet we are now AAAA astros 1 game back of being best team in AL ☹️
  4. The frustrating thing about rivalries is that it doesn’t always take two to tango. You just need one fanbase of degenerates to decide to hate you and you’re kinda stuck, especially if the series ends up determining conference and national championships. So yeah, fuck Georgia. I didn’t come into this conference wanting to hate them. They gave me no option.
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  6. We are really enjoying it here. I love it. Crazy how you can go from the ridiculousness and character of Hidalgo and stray dogs and cats to a beautiful quiet resort hotel on a world class beach within a few steps. I also love the vibrancy and character of the central and southern part of the island. Off to Puerto Aventuras tomorrow. Some food/restaurant thoughts and pics. First, agree with whoever said it that it isn't necessarily cheap here. Paid in pesos but my family of four I don't think had a meal for less than $130 or so. Now I'm not complaining but not all that different from anywhere else, be it home or on vacation. Yeah that usually included a marg or two for me and sometimes a frozen drink for the kids. Also it seems to be a thing here that they don't bring you your bill until you ask for it, even if you're clearly done, have declined dessert and your table is clean. Lesson learned. I don't want to be the pushy American so it made for some awkward moments. The best thing I tasted this week honestly was the house bread at Rolandi's. It was this giant puff of hot soft bread drizzled with olive oil and salt. It was gone in about 20 seconds. Pizza was ok. I ordered the pizza and my son ordered the grilled chicken and we agreed to share. I had two pieces of pizza and he had the rest of both dishes. Welcome to feeding a 15 year old. We hit up Taco Tuesday at Xantolo. Taco lunch for 200 pesos with a free marg/virgin daiquiri. Wife and daughter had the Arrachera tacos, son had ribeye tacos and I had al pastor. Very good! Basto's was good but I like my Arrachera and my daughter liked her burger more than my son enjoyed his ribeye (very thin and a ton of non edible fat). My wife ordered sopa even though she's never had it before and it was meh. Loved our server even though he missed half of our drinks and didn't bring the bill for like 25 minutes after we were done. You guys were nails on that seasoning they put in the Arrachera. So damn good. Last night for dinner we hit the taco trucks and brought them back to order drinks and eat poolside at Ixchel. That was a lot of fun and cheap and delicious. Not a ton of taco trucks where I live unless you're in SW Detroit and I'm not often. Today we went golf carting again to the Southern part of the island to catch some things we missed on Tuesday when we went to Punta Sur. I was trying to please everyone and deciding between Mango's, Yayo and Oscar's and I...chose poorly. Oscar's had pizza, pasta and Mexican and my daughter isn't much for Mexican. We got there, sat down, ordered drinks, and the guy was like no pizza, no pasta, only grill. He was probably the only person we encountered all week who wasn't very friendly. Anyway the boy and I ordered Arrachera steaks and they were cooked to the texture of an old leather boot. Still not horrible but trying to cut that thing with a butter knife was a good forearm workout. Daughter got nachos that she liked and my wife tried to order a burger with fries but somehow they only understood the fries part. She's a Midwest people pleaser and refused to try to correct the issue and had fries for lunch. Margs were strong, though. 3/10 do not recommend. Tonight we had the best meal of the stay. I think I would definitely recommend this place to the surly Isla mafia. Maybe kind of new and slightly bougie as far as bougie can be on the Isla. Rusticco. 4.9* on Google and the pics looked too nice for us. A true foodie place and we aren't foodies. But they had something for everyone and it was on point. Pregame I had the pineapple marg with charred rosemary. We ordered an app of shrimp tempura with bam bam sauce that was delicious. Wife and daughter split some pasta Bolognese with vodka sauce that they loved and a chicken Caesar. Son got an amazing looking Arrachera steak, medium rare. He said as good as it was the carrots were even better. I had lobster tacos and they were dynamite. Pics below. Slammed and went hard. Some other random pics and a video of Hidalgo at night for posterity. Thanks for turning me on to this awesome place surly. What an amazing four days and unlike anyplace we have ever been. We are running out of family trips before the boy graduates, but I will be back at some point. PXL_20250724_012652665.mp4 PXL_20250722_164115262.mp4
  7. Finished this one. It was well researched and well written, and it supports his recurring and overarching world view. IMO, it was a little pedantic, with many, many examples. Upon reflection, he's an academic, so it helps his theories to have many examples. I did enjoy his historical accounts of information networks from the stone age to the present. Stories -> books w/ interpreters -> books when folks can read -> etc. He did highlight many of the obvious downsides of AI information networks. Recommend.
  8. As a very young pup I saw Maynard in the round, circa 1977. Peter Erskine was his drummer, right before he split for Weather Report. I was nowhere sophisticated enough to understand what I was seeing, but holy shit Erskine was unbelievable. Years later, Maynard's band came through the Wendy's I worked at late one night. I was semi-gobsmacked. Stan Mark stepped up to order and I asked him why he played a black trumpet. He was a total dick -- "because I can". OK, fucker. That was the very last time I let someone's fame clutter my thoughts. I might have spit on his burger. (Might have.)
  9. college athletes have better lawyers and he has no standing here
  10. Here’s how you throw down: he fires you….and you don’t leave. Stay. Continue performing the duties of the office. Defy the fake president issuing illegal orders. Just say “nope.”
  11. He can't without cause....which is why he's all the sudden poking his nose in the Fed's construction project. He's trying to create some bullshit project mis-management/budget overrun "cause" to fire him.
  12. jimmyjazz

    Ozzy has passed.

    Yeah, I'm with you on that. I've already copped to not being anywhere close to a Sabbath (or even metal) guy, but I've seen plenty of live clips of early Ozzy, and the guy had a very good voice. Maybe not as pyrotechnic as Halford or Dio, but the guy could sing.
  13. Awesome movie. Would watch again Hans killed it again
  14. I'll never understand the motivation. White people are no better than the rest of you losers.
  15. With Willie and dollie already mentioned, I figure a couple of country artists wouldn’t hurt even if the lifestyle isn’t quite as rough. emmylou Harris 78 george strait 73
  16. At what point do some of the less MAGA states start arresting ICE agents? There are probably tons of trivial things they can be arrested for. They can't have complete immunity from state law while doing their job.
  17. Yeah, about that. Challenge time is turnip time in Calvinball. Challenge is totally legit, despite the statute that protects those officers from executive termination. Again, Calvinball. Also known as wiping one’s SCOTUS ass with their oath of office. An impeachable offense, the gravest, IMO. https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-in-battle-over-cpsc-commissioners/
  18. This game felt like the first game of the Cleveland series after we swept LA. Hope I'm wrong
  19. New drinking game: every time arch says the word Fire drink 3.
  20. Mine are still sitting on my man cave
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6500596/2025/07/21/college-football-program-valuations-rankings-2025/
  22. A's could get a mint for mason
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