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relapse98

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  1. At the last visit my therapist pointed out that I don't really have any close friends that I can confide anything in, and she's right. My closest friend is my wife, but I really need to branch out. I have a (what we've termed) superficial friend that I'm trying to get closer to. Good guy. She also noted that I don't really have any 'me' hobbies. Apparently getting shitfaced drunk at the pool by myself and falling down doesn't count. We talked about what I like and generally outdoors it involves water, hiking or geocaching. So I'm trying to branch out and do some hiking meetups. I also recently took on a project of my own. A guy here in town had a great FB and web page with all the local live music events. He became a grandfather last year, started doing genealogy stuff a lot and feels he just hasn't been putting in the work. I LOVED his page. It was exactly what you needed. And so I was sad when he said he was going to step away - there really is no other resource that ties things together like his does. So I thought about what it would take and started down that road. Created a database, a table for the venues, a table for the events. Loaded up the venues and found where they hide their events and started loading those in. I've almost duplicated what he was putting out but I think its quite manageable - I wrote a script that takes the date as the input and spits out each venue, event time and cost that I can c&p into a FB post and into the details on a google calendar entry. Its pretty badass and I've gotten some people started using it. Once the legwork is done of getting the data entered, it doesn't seem like it'd be that much to keep up with. I have a Bookmarks folder that I just click load and then look for any new events at any venue and then keep my ear out for anything new that comes up that I don't have. If anything, it provides me the data I would now be lacking and can hopefully provide the same for others. After I published it, I posted about how I liked his stuff, tagged his old page and he actually commented and thanked me and we're chatting about a couple of venues that I couldn't find info on (he apparently was the one that booked them). I'm pretty stoked about this project and hope it can channel my ADHD/OCD into something productive.
  2. Chopped tonight had the guys from 2M and Truth and a couple of people I've never heard of. The guy from Truth won it. I find the competitions hokie... they have BBQ ingredients but it ain't BBQ. And it's nice to see my friend Ernie doing great things, now as a judge on Chopped.
  3. I don't know - I've seen some pretty nutty anti circumcision people. Get them going and they turn out to be real dicks.
  4. At least Beto hasn't violated federal election laws. "Oops, I forgot that was a million dollar loan and not my own money" - Stupid or liar, Ted?
  5. My wife's from Del Rio. She, thankfully, escaped. That town has some major gravity - its pretty hard for a large part of the population to escape and so they just kinda get stuck there for generations. There's maquilladora's, government and retail and that's about it. Went with her to her 20th reunion, that was a freaking blast. The kids that did escape, did really well. The ones that didn't, *sigh*. Anyways, I've met some great friends that she went to school with.
  6. http://theoldsanfrancisco.com Sorta kinda not really. It's still there but it's now an event space and it looks like they no long have the whore in the swing.
  7. Yep. When he came to New Braunfels, it was a decent crowd, but it wasn't the humongous ones he's pulling now.
  8. Looks like it may still be around in Florida, if the same chain, PoFolks. We used to eat at one it seemed like every week. They had a folksy hillbilly schtick in the way they wrote the menu. Drinks came in a Mason jar. Miss that place
  9. Would have to be a US Citizen for it to matter.
  10. Had a vendor take us to Hays County today. Got a 1/4 pound brisket, jalapeno cheese sausage, hatch green chili mac and cheese. Was delicious as always.
  11. Your opinion sucks (just kidding - what you said is spot on).
  12. I haven't been there and I know I enjoyed Mi Tierra and its a good time.
  13. Be a tourist - go to Mi Tierra. She'll love it. Walk around Market Square. Riverwalk - ride the boats. Its hokey, but I promise she'll never forget it. Maybe eat at some place on the river like Casa Rio.
  14. Didn't maninblack used to say that he was a libertarian? What changed?
  15. Big & Bright got back to me - its all ages. So game on.
  16. So, I can't figure out this Big & Bright Festival. Its being put on by Kissing Tree and Texas Monthly. Kissing Tree is a 55+ community outside of San Marcos. And the website and tickets really don't say anything about ages other than in the FAQ there is a question about 'Can Children Attend' and the answer is that grandkids and grandpups are welcome. So I think its open to everyone, but I emailed them to make sure. Anyways, on Saturday September 15th from 12-2pm, they are going to have BBQ Shop Talk with Daniel Vaughn Looks pretty interesting, and I am a fan of Hays County. I already signed the wife and I up and am awaiting the age answer. They also have a (non bbq) Starry Sky Campfire & Concert that night with some good sounding campfire foods, chats with The Texanist and some music.
  17. In college (yall know where) I was pretty conservative. Attended some College Republican meetings, cheered for Phil Gramm when he announced his run for the presidency, that sort of thing. Met my wife, left school and we've only drifted further liberal and I'm pretty sure that isn't going to reverse course. (Just another data point against the old 'everyone becomes conservative as they get older' line).
  18. The wind blew a different direction. The Cuban Canadian changed his rhetoric to go with the wind. Same old Rafael Edward Cruz as always.
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