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smokebomb

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  1. After the game it can take a long time to get a car. Last year, Uber paired me up with a driver in Round Rock and said it was a 30 minute wait until they got there. Unfortunately they got stuck in traffic on the way down and it took much longer. If you take one to the game, have a plan to do something for an hour or so after the game before calling one.
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    SpaceX

    Amazing video from the ground:
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    SpaceX

    Pretty awesome video of last night's launch since it was such a clear night. Successful booster return to land on the California coast for the first time.
  4. Here's a blast from the past to cheer everyone up:
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    SpaceX

    Another successful SpaceX launch & booster recovery last night: https://mashable.com/article/spacex-droneship-landing-telstar/#9RnBwmlORuqj Launch at ~14 min mark, booster landing on drone ship around 22~ min mark but the video breaks up.
  6. RIP Gator.
  7. https://www.wsj.com/articles/blood-testing-firm-theranos-to-dissolve-1536115130
  8. I haven’t read the series in a while but remember liking them all even though Simmons sometimes tends to drag. However, the 3rd & 4th books are their own series and remember them only being vaguely related to the 1st & 2nd. If you like Dan Simmons, I’d also highly recommend Illium & Olympos.
  9. Sorry for quoting Switzer but: ‘Whatever you do, don’t hurt Thurman, because they have a backup freshman running back named Barry Sanders and you will never tackle him.’ -Barry Switzer to the OU team before the '87 OSU game, Sanders' freshman year.
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    Austin FC

    Found this on my door today:
  11. FWIW - I wasn't able to use PayPal (with an account or CC) for a monthly subscription but it worked when I did the annual subscription.
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    SpaceX

    This is pretty huge for SpaceX: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/congress-requires-military-to-consider-reusable-rockets-for-launch-contracts/
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    SpaceX

    They nailed today's launch and even recovered the first stage during pretty bad weather. They will have their next launch next Thursday (8/2), making for 3 in an 11 day period. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-landing-iridium-fairing-catch/
  14. I am more surprised the Alouettes have a message board...
  15. I think I will.
  16. No aliens but they found building blocks for life: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/617235884/nasas-curiosity-rover-finds-chemical-building-blocks-for-life-on-mars
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    SpaceX

    Block 5 successfully launched: they say that this new version will have a 24 hour turnaround, with only refueling needed.
  18. Simulation of the newly proposed construction at the Y at Oak Hill:
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    SpaceX

    Not SpaceX but figured putting this weekend’s Blue Origin’s successful launch & landing here is better than starting a separate thread:
  20. From the Daily Texan: http://dailytexanonline.com/2018/04/25/residents-of-goodall-wooten-dormitory-told-they-must-leave-by-may-16
  21. He posted on his new blog today about his upcoming book on the history of the Targaryen kings of Westeros, Fire & Blood, Volume 1: http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ His very first comment is about TSOIAF: He is never going to finish the series...
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    Hair Metal

    Only because they were mentioned earlier, but Steel Panther is playing Austin at Emo's in July: https://www.c3concerts.com/events/steel-panther-emos-austin-20180712-7165/
  23. Spoiler tagging in case people don’t want to know.
  24. There’s an old Washington joke that goes: “Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president.”
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