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South Austin

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  1. Look, I'm perfectly fine if private accounts from MAGA media, interest groups, or individuals keep pumping out unfunny shit like this. But motherfucking Christ, we've gotten to a point in our government that normalizes public agencies and officials doing this shit??? We continue to circle the societal drain.
  2. Of course it did. Vance tried to cover it up once it leaked that he was serving spaghetti with chili and beans.
  3. At 50, I've evolved into this type of fan. I've never cried after a Texas loss, or after any kind of sporting victory or failure. (An exception is after my daughter's senior year basketball team lost in the second round of the playoffs, which was the end of her high school basketball career. I went home after the game, popped open a beer, and cried like a bitch.) I used to let a Texas loss ruin my weekend, and the height of this was the 2008 loss to Tech. I was a fucking miserable little shit for a few days after that, and maybe that irrational emotional reaction is what kicked me out of that level of fandom. For the most part since then, after a Texas loss, yeah I'm bummed, but I quickly shake it off and enjoy the rest of my Saturday with family or friends, or on the rare Saturday evening when I have time for just myself, I'll enjoy whatever is on the college slate that evening. And that's not only during the shitty years from Fuck-You-Pay-Me up to the Horns' recent success under Sark. Even after the Sark Horns' losses to OU, Washington, Georgia, and Ohio State, I've shrugged it off pretty quickly. And I used to watch the shit out of old games, or after a Texas win re-watch the game that Saturday evening or following Sunday. Now, maybe I'll watch a 10-minute highlight reel on Youtube after a win, or every once in a while go down the rabbit hole of past highlights. But the time I spend re-watching Texas games has significantly diminished.
  4. This is one of oddest and most outstanding things I've read on Surly in a while.
  5. Chuy's is already there, and it started its nosedive before the pandemic. But the only thing propping it up is its national chain portfolio acquisition that keeps pumping out outposts in places like Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Kentucky, where diners will go to a place affectionately known as "Chuy's" that offers "Tex-Mex" with its origins in Austin, Texas, so it must be good. And that's because people are dumb with inoperable tastebuds.
  6. Did somebody say that a limited rotation of movies for the rest of his life would include Krull? I mean . . . . Krull?
  7. Do you think Manning lives in West Campus or Hyde Park?
  8. No. East of 183 between Anderson Mill and 620. I only know/care about Westwood since I now live in that district after moving in with my wife last March, and my stepdaughter goes there. Yeah, yeah, I know. Username doesn't check out.
  9. Seems like enough people have said it, but Westwood High School is in fact in Austin, and despite the odd fact that it's part of the Round Rock Independent School District, a huge portion of the Westwood High population lives in Austin, Texas. So your feelings about Westwood may not be strong, but they are clearly wrong.
  10. Sweet! Because Cleetus in Alabama will jump at the chance to earn minimum wage while working 12-hour days in an Apple factory.
  11. Because our current Texas Supreme Court is also unserious. They're Trump/Abbott lackeys who wear robes.
  12. Venables: Hello Jake. This is Brent Venables, the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners. Taylor: Yeah. Venables: We'd love for you to come to Spring Training for a shot at this year's team. Taylor: Is that you Tolbert? Venables: What? Taylor: This isn't very funny you know. I'm hung over. My knees are killing me and if you were gonna pull this shit at least you could have said you were from the Longhorns. [hangs up the phone]
  13. Yes. He's turned pro in meat judging.
  14. Yeah, there might be comedies these days that are good for a line here or there. But the endlessly quotable comedy is dead. #getoffmylawn
  15. Some would say too easy . . . .
  16. You heading to MSY anytime soon? Great updated recommendations on the MSY Food And Drink Thread.
  17. Epstein bullshit aside, has anyone considered just how socially awkward a dinner hosted by J.D. Vance must be?
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