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  1. I don’t either, but I also don’t want to see him suddenly figure out March Madness late in his career at another school. He choked at Texas and he can choke at Tennessee.
  2. Assuming Barnes wins.
  3. Going to South Beach in a few weeks. We’ll see what happens but I’m prepared to spend more time at the pool if it’s an issue. Going to St. Barth in June. It’s been an on and off issue for years, but the nice thing about a small island is that different beaches face different directions and they never all get hit at the same time. If the first beach you pick has sargasso, hop back in the car and drive 10 minutes to a different beach. Here’s a link from NOAA to monitor conditions: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/sargassum_inundation_report/#
  4. Citi card you have to wait 48 months between bonuses. Barclays card is a little bit less clear but I think the same 48 months is a loose guideline. I get the Citi card in my name for a year, then get the Barclay card in my name for a year, then the Citi card in my wife’s name for a year, then the Barclay card in her name, then back to the Citi card in my name. That 4 year cycle keeps it to where we pay only 1 AF per year, get a signup mileage bonus each year, and maintain the other card benefits at all times. I’m also in DFW and fly AA frequently for personal travel, but I never travel for work so I don’t get status or any extra miles beyond just churning the cards.
  5. Anyone watched Extrapolations? Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet's changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival. Huge cast - Marion Cotillard, Meryl Streep, Matthew Rhys, Kit Harrington, Edward Norton, Sienna Miller, Tobey Maguire, Diane Lane, David Schwimner, Heather Graham, Forest Whitaker Pretty lackluster reviews. Can’t tell if that’s automatically a result of the climate change theme, or if it’s truly just a mediocre series. I watched the first 3 episodes and thought they were decent but not great. I’ll keep watching because I find climate change fascinating and I’m curious to see how they portray the future in the later episodes.
  6. Planted some stuff in our raised beds this past weekend: The far bed has tomatoes - cherry, Roma, and San Marzano. The cherry tomatoes last year were insane so I’m hoping for a similar year. I don’t think we’ve ever had much luck with San Marzanos but I wanted to try again anyways. The closer bed has a mix of other things - peppers, strawberries, and cabbage. Would like to get some Thai chilies but the garden centers I normally use haven’t had any. I have automatic irrigation lines buried about 3” down. Last year they were on the surface and sprayed everywhere, which worked but seemed inefficient. We’ll see how burying them does. We have a compost bin going for a little over a year now. I mixed some of it into the soil but it didn’t look entirely mature due to me not turning it enough. Not sure if that even matters. I’m a novice at this stuff but it’s still nice to do and we learn as we go.
  7. Heading to South Beach for a long weekend next month. Just the wife and myself, staying at SLS. Any recs for places to eat and drink? Will probably head down to Nikki Beach for a brunch or lunch because we generally like the Nikki Beach scene. What else? Is the pool party at SLS any good or just a bro-fest? Other pool parties or daytime hangout spots we should consider? Paging ChiTownDoc.
  8. Everyone thought Shaka was a good hire and he was a huge bust. Everyone agreed Chris Beard was a home run hire and he apparently chokes women. We have a guy that led us to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since the iPhone 1 was new and George Bush was in office, and we’re thinking about not keeping him because we think we’re entitled to a better coach? History does not agree with the idea that we can hire a guaranteed winner.
  9. I finished out the game today. There is some info revealed through voice recorders and a journal that makes the Fireflies, the medical staff, and Marlene look a little more legit and good intentioned than what we get in the show. They seem to be genuinely trying and hopeful for a vaccine. Despite that, they didn’t communicate with Joel and Ellie at all, and their brute force approach resulted in a hostile situation that got everyone killed. If you plan to save humanity, it might help to have some bedside manner. I killed the doctor and nurses because I spent time picking up ammo and didn’t want that to be in vain. They’re NPCs, who cares. Got Ellie back.
  10. I’ve had a busy weekend but I just wanted to stop and say Hook ‘em, fuck aggy, fuck Baylor, fuck Pedo State, fuck Kentucky, fuck Shaka Smart, fuck Kansas, fuck Duke, fuck Chris Beard, and fuck aggy again. May next weekend be even better than this one.
  11. In 1 year as INTERIM coach, Rodney Terry has won 2 more March Madness games than Shaka won as HEAD coach in 5 years. Charlie Strong and Shaka Smart have won the same number of March Madness games at Texas.
  12. Lol Marquette should’ve known what they were getting. Making it to the round of 32 might be his peak for them.
  13. Good thing I bet the over on these 2 shitty offenses.
  14. Damn, loved him in The Wire and Bosch. Way too young.
  15. You misspelled Murray State.
  16. Fuck Chris Beard. I look forward to him failing at Ole Miss, losing horribly at Moody where the crowd holds up mugshot cutouts, getting piss drunk afterwards, finding himself in a threesome of despair with Trevor Bauer and Amber Heard, and then ending things in a David Carradine autoerotic asphyxiation blaze of glory.
  17. They've made him into such a little bitch over the past season that it would be hard as a viewer to suddenly welcome him back to the good side, especially if it's in a way where he is the guy who saves the day against Rupert. Not saying it can't be done, but it's an uphill battle for sure. Although maybe it's a life lesson about forgiveness that they're already teaching us through Ted's presser and his refusal to go after Nate.
  18. Oh ok. I didn’t realize that shut down entire streets and required police to supervise. I guess it’s also spring break so lots of people trying to go.
  19. I took it that way as well, and I think Joel did too, which further motivated him to go on a rampage to save her.
  20. I find it amusing that certain people have determined EEAAO is the measuring stick for who appreciates good films and who is better off sticking to Marvel movies. In the history of movies, we have now found the ONE film that can do that. There is no room for subjective tastes in this discussion. You either like the movie (you “get it”) and you’re a film aficionado, or you don’t like the movie (you “don’t get it”) and you’re a person who struggles to understand things and has generally poor taste. My favorite movies are The Godfather 1 and 2. I reverse the order occasionally. Both widely regarded as being amongst the top 10 greatest films ever made. But I know people who don’t like them and that’s completely fine, it says nothing about them other than they didn’t enjoy watching The Godfather. Maybe mob movies or violence aren’t their thing, I don’t care. Some of you remind me of Derka when he first discovered scripted drama television.
  21. Something going on around the zoo or TCU? Police had blocked a lot of intersections along Rosedale to keep people from turning south on Forest Park and University.
  22. The more I think about it, the more I think Joel didn’t have much of a choice. The path he took is the path most people would take in his position. What did they know about the procedure planned for Ellie? What were the risks? How likely was it that she would die? How likely was it that the procedure would get humanity any closer to having a cure? What were the qualifications of the medical staff? Was the doctor a neurosurgeon or a quack veterinarian that was the closest thing the Fireflies could find? Considering they knocked Joel out and separated him from Ellie without discussing any of those things, he has to be pretty damn skeptical of the operation. His choices were: A) Blindly trust them, hope she didn’t die, hope they found a cure B) Kill them, rescue Ellie, live to fight another day, and maybe a better opportunity arises later How could you not pick B?
  23. I understood EEAAO and still didn’t care for it. I did not expect to like Top Gun 2 and I was surprised to find it highly entertaining and fun to watch. They did a good job IMO. What are you implying that says about someone? Just because a movie wins Best Picture and some people don’t like it, does not mean those people are incapable of understanding good movies or unsophisticated in their tastes. It just means they don’t like that particular movie.
  24. CODA was great. Power of the Dog was awful.
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