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Storm the Field

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  1. Final week of June looking downright apocalyptic. Supposed to hit 111 in Midland Sunday and Monday. Austin with 6 days at 105 or 106 starting Monday. At least there appears to be something resembling an end in sight. Forecast for first week of July is pretty standard "mid 90's but maybe some rain" vs. "might as well be in Phoenix"
  2. I-95 has already been re-opened. Took just 12 days to restore to useable condition. Surly's beloved Gritty was one of the first passengers to cross this morning. I've long said that the one major area where the US is not a first-world country is the glacial pace at which we build vital infrastructure. The I-95 repair demonstrates once and for all that it's not impossible to get these things done quickly, but rather that we've designed a system that fosters delays and cost overruns. State/county/municipal construction projects have got to be one of the last bastions of institutionalized corruption in America. There seems to be no incentive to get roads built in anything resembling a reasonable timeframe. On the contrary, it's likely more lucrative for the companies that land these gigs to stretch out projects for as long as possible. CR sidenote: PA Gov. Josh Shapiro gonna get a lot of calls to run for POTUS in either '28 or '32.
  3. My Dad has the patience of a saint when it comes to shit like this. I wish I had inherited his ability to sit there and zone out while pretending to listen as my Mom drones on about whatever. Dude's been pulling it off for close to 50 years! My wife does this thing where she'll be quietly floating in the pool or watching tv or (insert literally any leisure activity) and I decide to join in on some peaceful relaxation and she takes this as a cue to empty her brain of every passing thought in a rapid-fire stream of consciousness. I can only sit there for a few minutes before I hop out of the pool or whatever and get a "that was quick, where are you going?" and stupidly blurt out something like "well, I didn't exactly come out here to get yammered at", which, shockingly, does not tend to be received well.
  4. A pool's better than no pool when it's this damn hot, but holy hell, hopped in on Sunday and it was the warmest the water in my pool has ever felt. Floating thermometer looked like it was about halfway between 90 and 91. I don't ever recall seeing it above 88. Bath water.
  5. After talking about it for close to a year now, hopefully gonna finally pull the trigger on buying a new F150 next weekend. Got 6 1/2 good years out the lightly used 2014 KR I bought at Xmas 2016, but I keep inching closer and closer to 100K miles and the AC is beginning to struggle in this extreme summer heat. Really don't want to put any more money into it. Should still be able to get solid value on the trade-in at this point. Buying new for the first time ever in my life, but the difference right now between lightly used and new is not enough to justify, and lots of dealerships offering 0% for 36 months on 2023 Lariats. All gonna come down to whether the specific truck I'm looking for (4X4, black or gray exterior, baja tan interior) is available at an acceptable price when I'm ready to pull the trigger. Crazy how hard it is to find one with that combo. Almost every dealership I've looked at has 30+ Lariats available, but 99% of them have the standard gray or black leather.
  6. Rough homestand, but at least we closed it out on a positive note the past 24 hours.
  7. Dethklok is back.
  8. Elon thinks economic data is fake because vibes. Also, becoming apparent that tech/telecom workers seem to think everyone works in tech/telecom and therefore everyone's seeing massive layoffs. Guessing Tesla gonna report a shitty Q2.
  9. OH hell yeah, 27 years later, Super Mario RPG has been remade for Switch!
  10. An all-time classic:
  11. Oh nice, the full season drops all at once on Thursday. 10 episodes this season vs. 8 in Season 1.
  12. Per NWS, gonna be a hot rest of summer, but should get some July and August rain.
  13. Getting tired of the "whatever, it's summer in Texas, it's supposed to be hot" It's supposed to hit 103 in Houston on Tuesday. The average high for June 20th is 92. Now, I'm no math expert, but that appears to be double digits above normal. Looks like this extreme streak should finally dissipate from "way hotter than average" to just "hotter than average" by Thursday. Crazy that it'll be a relief to only hit 95.
  14. Would like to see WTI break out of this ~$70-75 trading range over the last 6 weeks, but good to see that $67 or so seems to be a pretty reliable level of support. Last 4 times that shorts have driven it into the 60's, it recovers back to $70 within 2-3 days.
  15. Looks like a little bit of profit taking over this final hour of the trading day after a big week of gains. DOW +350 since Monday S&P +99 Nasdaq +360
  16. Just saw an article that the owners of La Mexicana are taking over the spot of the extremely-short-lived Cherry Block at Stomping Grounds. IIRC, "La Mex" was originally planning to open up in the spot where Sunday Press is at 34th and Ella, but that fell through during Covid. Tentatively set for a September opening.
  17. If I still lived anywhere close to San Marcos (my old stomping grounds from '02-'07) like you, I probably would. Unfortunately, I live in the concrete jungle, where our only natural water feature is a giant muddy drainage ditch.
  18. This kind of heat wave in the middle of June just sucks all around. At least when you're facing something like this towards the end of August, you can console yourself that there's some relief on the horizon. At this point in the year, there's nothing ahead but more of the same for months to come. My wife headed out this morning to go see my in-laws for Father's Day and our nephew's birthday. Got the house to myself for the next 48 hours. While getting ready, was thinking how nice it would be to take the day off (if I wasn't so busy at work), but then I remembered that it's in the high 90's and humid (current heat index 109). Not like I'd wanna go for a long bike ride or dust off the clubs and hit the driving range.
  19. Almost 2 year later update. Property owner says the place is 100% leased. At least 1 future tenant has been ID'd based on construction permitting. Skiptown, a pet boarding/grooming facility with an outdoor bar and playground area will be starting construction later this year at 900 W 34th. I'm assuming the bar area will be in the parking lot behind the building, next to that new apartment complex that's going up on Brinkman. https://skiptown.io/
  20. Inflation expectations falling, Consumer Sentiment rising.
  21. Whoops. "I asked them to let me go" Yeah, let's go with that.
  22. Markets rising like whoa! MSFT up to an all-time high at $345 today. Market cap currently close to $2.6 trillion. AAPL also at an all-time high of $185, inching them even closer to becoming the first $3T company (currently $2.91T).
  23. Thank fucking god.
  24. Way more concerned about the Yordan issue than LMJ, who I wasn't expecting to see much of this year. How bad does an oblique strain have to be to take 6 weeks to heal?
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