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  1. 8 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I had the 1/4 dark at T22 last night.  Honestly, it was pretty good.  I got "Hot" seasoning, which is basically one step above "milquetoast".  It was hot enough for me.

    Their fries suck, though.  Should've gotten double mac'n'cheese.

    T22 is solid if you want that Nashville hot chicken thing. I usually get Dang Hot. Anything beyond that and the heat overpowers the flavor, in my opinion.

  2. I never knew much of Sturgill several years ago, but I stumbled on his late afternoon show the first time he played ACL and it turned out to be a great find.  

    I'm going to see Mannequin Pussy just to tell my kids I saw a band called Mannequin Pussy.  Maybe I'll come back with a tshirt.

  3. 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Yep, that too.  RIcky Williams lived over there for a while.  His son Prince attended HP, as did Bo Davis' son and Todd Wright's kid.  (Todd could have hit HP with a rock with a strong throw from his front porch.)

    Thread digression/csb time:  Ricky's daughter was my daughter's classmate at HP, and for one painful season at WAYA, they were on the same volleyball team.  Ricky actually came to one of the games, and couldn't look more bored and disgusted with the level of play.  They were in fourth grade, but, I mean, they still sucked.

    I have a UT football autographed by Ricky that I won at an HP PTA fundraiser.  It's actually made out to me personally, though we never met.  His partner/wife asked how I would like him to autograph the ball, and I said, "Hell, I don't know.  How about, 'Jeff, Hook 'em!'"  And he did just that.  Surprisingly, my wife won't let me display that on our fireplace mantel for all our guests to see.

  4. 3 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

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    not great but I’ll go out there for Sturgill and hope Vince Staples and a couple others are the same day. 

    This is 49-year-old me after looking at most of the names on the ACL lineup:

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    But, still in for revealing female attire, Asleep at the Wheel, and day-drinking in my city.

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  5. 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

    My kids went to McCallum.  I'm very fond of that school.  It's far more well-rounded than the West______ options.  It's not an IB campus, so that might be a drawback, but I was super impressed with the inclusiveness.  Basically, McCallum kids aren't assholes and they are plenty well educated.

    I love McCallum. For both of my kids, their personalities are better suited for that environment – very inclusive, relatively low drama, and not turbo competitive. But, I think it’s a bit easier to get into the Top 6% there than other schools in the area.

  6. 6 minutes ago, ABSR said:

    Do you love him enough to move to a less competitive school?  Much like my personal success, the key to Texas auto admits is to surround yourself with losers and low performers. 

    He'll be at McCallum.  It's not bad, but it's not Westlake or Westwood.

    There's a young lawyer at my law firm who went to the Kealing magnet for middle school, and he would have gone to LASA, but UT had just implemented the Top 10% rule, and his dad told him he needed to go to Austin High.  Good decision in the long run.

  7. 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I differ from some on this point, but I would also be very clear about the choice of major when CAPing into UT.  It's pretty much liberal arts only.  I doubt many get into Cockrell or McCombs.

    Yeah, I've heard that.  He seems interested in the sciences, but who knows at this point.  If he does want to pursue a STEMs major, then I'll make sure he includes plenty of non-UT options in his college plans. 

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  8. 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I think UTSA is the consensus "best" route.  Arlington and Tyler are probably next on that list.  (Daughter went UTSA, son went Tyler, so I'm just going on experience and discussion with other parents.)

    Thanks.  Unlike my daughter, my son is very high on UT.  He's only finishing up seventh grade, and I certainly don't want to dash his dreams about going to his dad's alma mater.  But over the next few years I'm going to have a realistic conversation with him about how incredibly difficult it is these days to get into UT as a freshman, and if he really, really wants a degree from there it's possible that he'll have to start at another UT campus.

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