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austingirl

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  1. There were exactly two black people at my high school when I was there, and they were siblings. PNG was in no way diverse. But, when we lived in Port Arthur, I went to Tyrell Elementary and then Booker T. Washington, and BTW at least was pretty diverse. I was in the magnet program there and it we had people from all walks of life. This was in the late 80s.
  2. This story has been weighing on me the last few days. Those poor people. And the woman who lost most of her family? I can't even imagine. Couple of weeks ago we were at the lake and I jumped off the boat into the water just for a minute, to cool off. My 6-yo, wearing a life jacket, wanted to get in too, but as soon as he did he lost faith in his life jacket and started to try to climb on me. Now, I'm no Olympian, but I'm a competent swimmer and this was not an emergency situation, and I still had to grab on to the boat ladder to keep him from pushing me under. In still water. Those poor people didn't have a chance.
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  4. Nah, I'd just tell y'all to knock it off with the dick pics. I don't have much use for beating around the bush.
  5. Some of y'all have PMed me about Beto events, so I wanted to share this link to his organizing rally in Round Rock on the 27th. They are requesting RSVPs and you can do that here.
  6. Ah, you're talking about on an individual level. I guess I was thinking more in terms of our country as a whole. But I understand what you're saying.
  7. Well, there are a lot of ex-presidents I'd rather have in office. Most of them, actually. But besides that, saying "Well, THIS guy sucked and you didn't mind him as much, so you can't complain" is a shitty argument.
  8. What response am I to take from this?
  9. So you really think we were worse off before he came into office?
  10. Not Brisket, but as he and I have similar thoughts about our current administration, I'll tell you what I'd like. I'd like a leader who at least pretends he prepares for meetings with heads of state, openly condemns white nationalists (especially after they lead such efforts as in Charlottesville last year, doesn't side with Putin over his own advisors, and is man enough not to try to convince the public that he meant to say "covfefe". For starters.
  11. How far down is rock bottom? Seriously, how far?
  12. Saw this today - it's a new documentary about Fred Rogers and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. As a kid growing up in the 80s, it was a staple in my home, but I never truly realized how progressive he was. There's a few times when he and Officer Clemmons cooled off their feet in a kiddie pool and then shared a towel, right around the time white people were dumping chemicals in pools while black people were swimming in them. Then there was the time Daniel Tiger told Lady Abelin he felt like a mistake and they sang a duet about it. And in the very first week, in 1968, King Friday built a wall around his castle to keep people from moving closer. So the rest of the people in the neighborhood sent him messages about kindness and inclusiveness and he realized there was nothing to fear, and he took down the wall. I shit you not.</p> Anyway, it's playing at the Alamo in the Austin area. I highly recommend it. Even though you will be sniffling at the end. I can't seem to embed the trailer so here it is.
  13. The family is gone for a few days, so instead of lounging on his bed or the couch, he lays between me and the front door like the good guard dog he thinks he is. Does this any time it's just me and him. [emoji173]️ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. Bury a dead body in his yard?
  15. As if I needed another reason to never go caving. Glad they found them but it sounds like getting them out will be treacherous to say the least.
  16. My dad shares a granola bar with Lucy every morning and this morning he didn't do it fast enough. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. We also go ours at Humane Heroes, but it was a litter of 4 puppies and they named them Edgar, Allan, Poe, and Lenore. Edgar and Allan were solid black and Poe and Lenore were tan with black markings. We loved the name so we kept it Edgar. Maybe Loki and Edgar have the same baby daddy.
  18. Remind me where you adopted yours from? Edgar's litter had another boy puppy that looked just like him, but smaller.
  19. I remember when All Ball died. So fucking sad. RIP Koko.
  20. Rope time! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. Rain has slowed there from what I hear. Still supposed to get some tomorrow but hopefully it won't be as torrential. This is my grandpa's street in PA this afternoon - Angelle Dr., near the old TJ campus. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. Over under on how long it takes for someone to say she's acting?
  23. Ha, I had a lady tell me that yesterday. Maybe it was your mom.
  24. Right, and I'm one of the liberal pansies he's always railing against. So he's really gone? Is that because of all the neg rep? Do we have some kind of auto-ban system when someone gets enough neg rep?
  25. And why are we talking about the first and second amendments? Do you think mine and others' anger here is because you said fuck off? You can tell whoever you want to fuck off whenever you want. That has nothing to do with anything. (Not you, Zepo.)
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