Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by Al_4_ISU
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Tell me about Texas Tech
They raised a bunch of money for a local charity in Ames when they were in town a few weeks ago. There's some really reprehensible shit in the Mormon Church with their treatment of racial and sexual minorities, but they also seem to have an immense capacity for doing meaningful good in the world. People are complicated. I think BYU definitely generates more good in the world than some of the other problematic Christianity based universities.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
"Hey college kids! Stop having fun! Pretend you're bored with being good! Take the joy out of life!" Jesus Christ.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
Or conversely, we made a litany of the dumbest fucking mistakes possible and gave the game away. I don't mean that as a slight to BYU because a large part of being a good to great football is avoiding mistakes (which BYU has done all year - winning is a skill), but Rocco Becht has absolutely lost his mind, our receivers couldn't catch the clap in Lubbock, our defense is down to it's 8th string, and our punt coverage unit is literally trying to give opponents the ball (we've made the same mistake in 4 games this year). IMO that game was less about BYU and more about ISU. The first half was a demonstration of our potential, and the 2nd half was a demonstration of why we're 5-4 on our way to 5-7. I do think it would be best for the Big 12 if BYU wins out in the regular season and loses the CCG. You'll absolutely get in at 12-1 and I think you can definitely beat a first round opponent.
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Did I urinate on your rug?
Just cause we're bereaved doesn't make us saps.
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2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
It's basically the same math as what we ended up with last year and what will probably be the standard math as long as the current format exists. Big 12/ACC will get 3 total, G5 gets 1, ND gets with 2 losses or fewer and Big 10/SEC split the rest. They sued the ACC over it.
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Todd Snider - Has Anyone seen this guy?
Apparently there is no assault investigation going on. Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. But it is interesting.
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
I saw him in St Paul in 2019 and it was very good. I don’t think I’d roll the dice again at this point.
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Todd Snider - Has Anyone seen this guy?
My money is on drug deal gone wrong and a mid-withdrawal Todd snapping at the hospital. I read an interview ahead of this last album (which is another dud) where it sounded like he’s in a bad place mentally. He’s halfway crippled with spinal stenosis and id be shocked if he wasn’t self medicating with opiates.
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Letterkenny
Toronto is nothing like the world pictured in Letterkenny. The ruralness is as critical to the show as the Canadian-ness.
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
https://kutv.com/news/local/singersongwriter-todd-snider-arrested-in-utah-accused-of-threatening-hospital-staff Pure speculation, but given his spinal condition and history it sure seems like he’s fucked up on opiates.
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Letterkenny
Our mechanic on the farm does the unnecessary pluralization thing. “Anyhows” is the big one. Guy is absolutely brilliant in his own way, but it can be jarring. Possessive “s” on proper nouns is super common in the upper Midwest and Canada. You don’t go to Aldi, you go to Aldi’s.
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Letterkenny
Yes they do (I have Canadian family). There's a ton of overlap with rural life in the Upper Midwest as well. It's not 1 for 1, but it's awful close.
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Letterkenny
Give yer balls a tug, ya tit fucker.
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
My top 3 albums are probably Turnpike, Wednesday, and Snocaps. Fust will be Top 5ish.
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
Goat House Blues is a contender for song of the year
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
Yup. Lenderman and Cook both played on every track of Tiger’s Blood
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
This album is fantastic. Granted, I’ve loved everything Katie’s touched in the past 5 years, and I’m turning into a Jake fanboy to boot.
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Surly Dad Thread
She didn’t get the memo that we raise hogs
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Have you ever seen a ghost?
I love that the Pomeranian was named "Brutus". It's a fucking show dog.
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Have you ever seen a ghost?
I don't believe in any of that kind of stuff, but a weird thing happened to my brother that I've had a hard time explaining. When I was 5 and he was 3, my dad and uncle bought a farm with a building site, barns, and relatively new (compared to the place we were living) prefab ranch house. We moved into the house shortly thereafter. It had been owned by an old bachelor who had died a couple years prior and it took his nieces and nephews time to sort it all out. So this dude actually died before my brother was born. Within a few months, my brother started telling my mom that he would talk to the ghost of Otto Bartz (that was the guy's name) at night when he couldn't sleep. My mom asked my brother asked who Otto Bartz was and my brother said "well he used to live here" (a detail my brother would not have been aware of at the time) and then he went on to perfectly describe the guy, right down to the psuedo uniform he was always seen wearing. Again, my brother had never actually seen this man alive and it wasn't like we had his picture hanging up. My guess is somehow, somewhere, his likeness was pointed out to my brother unbeknownst to my folks but it's always seemed weird to me.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
It's kind of it's own tier. It's a big public university with a much larger and more passionate fanbase than any private school outside of Notre Dame or USC, but it's in an isolated place and doesn't have the statewide presence of the other two. I've always assumed they were a pretty clear #3 in Texas. It always seemed to me that it was UT (gap) Aggy (gap) Tech (big gap) everyone else.
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Turnpike Troubadours appreciation thread
We got Des Moines tickets today. Going with 3 real close buddies and their wives. Gonna be a blast
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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
Yeah, I can’t imagine he’d casually just start drinking again on film. Sobriety is a HUGE part of his brand, and he’s an actual alcoholic.
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Hey Steel Shank!
Leftovers, sure. I always season it up off the cob. Fresh sweet corn on the cob needs literally nothing, unless you’re eating inferior corn.
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Hey Steel Shank!
Pickled eggs (turned green by the brine), pretzels, and pickled peppers