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  1. hey! my tent!!
  2. I don’t know where the happy hour is. Sorry.
  3. I enjoyed the new TCM podcast on Cleopatra. Hearing Ben Mankiewicz reflect on his uncle Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s experience with the film was enlightening. It opened the door to broader reflections—on Mankiewicz’s career, the Hollywood epic as a genre, and the paradox of a film remembered as much for its making as for its content.
  4. 12B w/ @OCSpur The Guild House on Friday night.
  5. If I had to guess, Rice isn't likely to be as financially strapped if the international student population was sent home.
  6. That's a red card. Completely unnecessary. Way high.
  7. Which is why UTD isn’t part of the CAP transfer pathway program. They don’t want to be id'd as a “feeder school” for the mothership in Austin. My oldest is a junior there in the Computer Engineering program, and it’s been a really strong experience for him. The program is rigorous, the faculty is great, and the facilities are top-notch. The dorms are nice, though if you live anywhere in DFW, they’re not a good use of money. There isn’t a ton happening on campus outside of academics. It isn’t a party school or a place where athletics dominates the culture. It’s an academically focused environment, with students who are serious about their work. Although I don't know much about majors outside of the computer engineering program. I did just read that UTD is one of 3 schools in Texas that would take a significant financial hit if the U.S. ever halted or curtailed enrollment of international students (the others being UNT and UTA). It shows how global UTD has become — or how much of its financial model depends on that stream of enrollment — that a huge portion of its graduate and undergraduate population comes from abroad.
  8. 'Broke Down School South of Dallas.'
  9. I resemble that remark!
  10. I always tell my Eagle Scouts or soon-to-be Eagle Scouts that plenty of people achieve Eagle but never really live up to its ideals, while others who never set foot in scouting carry those same values through grit, upbringing, or just their own choices. The rank works more like a magnifying glass—it emphasizes and enlarges the character of the Scout, rather than magically bestowing character to the Scout.
  11. That’s stinks, but good call. It will still be there next time.
  12. So, did Helen Hunt get 'Dorothy II' out of the bed of the truck?
  13. I was cleaning out my google photos this weekend and almost deleted this photo. I don't recall seeing the photo before, but I do recall riding out this storm at Guadalupe Peak.
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