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  1. 53 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    I'm hung up on the fact that a very small group of adults / maybe one adult, took no action at camp mystic on friday night and is responsible for all those deaths 

     

    Well, I'm sure they would make different choices in hindsight.  I think it is worth noting that the owner of Mystic died trying to save campers, as did Jane Ragsdale owner at Heart O' the Hills. 

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  2. 21 hours ago, Josef Pwag said:

    If you get rid of the fatties, the bald guys and the drunks, surly would be 2 or 3 dudes discussing soccer. 

    Jeez, no way I'm escaping that purge.

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  3. 22 hours ago, Bevo14 said:

    As someone who lives in the former and grew up in the latter, I'd prefer something different from both.

    Wow, an exceedingly rare double "hits close to home"!

     

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  4. 14 hours ago, hpslugga said:

    It’s rooted in a much broader concept. It’s rooted in the idea of kicking down at people you perceive to be “beneath” you.

    This is probably the last worthwhile New Rules segment Bill Maher did before succumbing to insanity.

     

    Bill Maher farts into a brandy snifter so that he can hear himself smarmily describe the top notes of cabbage and a hint of...what is that, lemongrass? Maybe only one person on the planet is more in love with himself.

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  5. 3) Arrest any and all browns, people whose names end in Z, all that shit.  They are alien enemies, AND they have no ability to contest their arrest (no more habeas).

     

    image.webp.b3151332ccbc4025d7fc1df123abe666.webp    Worth it?

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  6. On 4/26/2025 at 8:52 PM, JGrayDBU said:

    The wife and I are moving to an apartment a stone's throw from Brackendridge Park.  Seems to be a nice older area, and the manager pointed out we will be within walking distance to "the Pearl district."   Anybody know of good spots to eat near Brackenridge Park?

    Pete's Tako House on Avenue B

    Augie's BBQ

    Demo's on St. Mary's

    Viet-Nam on Broadway

    Good Time Charlies

    All casual and inexpensive established with solid food close by.

     

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  7. Museum District resident here:

    Nonno's on Richmond over Betelgeuse for pizza, but Rosie Canonball is right around the corner and maybe superior for ambiance

    Italian: DaMarco on Westheimer or Amore on Sherpherd

    Burgers: Trill is popular but Burger Joint should not be overlooked and ambiance wise is better

    Little's Oyster Bar on Shepherd

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  8. On 4/24/2025 at 12:03 PM, Ghost of LL said:

    Bill Brasky knows what's up.  This is a weird thing in Northeast Texas, and it's absolutely fucking awful.  I once had a hearing in Gilmer, and @Brisketexan told me to go to Gilmer's after my hearing and grab some hot links for lunch.  I think I finished two before deciding I'd prefer just to drive through a McDonald's off I-30 on my way back to Dallas.  I only just made it to I-30 before I had to have the most unholy out-both-ends experience of my life.  That poor McDonald's bathroom.

    Fucking never again.*

    But that raises a bigger issue: food in small or medium-sized Texas towns sucks ass.  Perhaps there was a time when there were restaurants in small towns that used fresh ingredients that were locally sourced in traditional recipes to come up with some fantastic shit.  But those days are in the past.  Now, it's much cheaper/easier to used canned or frozen ingredients, and everyone in small-town restaurants does.  And absolutely none of the recipes are any good when you use inferior ingredients.  

    It has to be noted, too, that our palettes have changed.  Stuff that we thought was good 40 years ago now seems bland, uninteresting, and mundane.  It's even worse when you use canned green beans rather than fresh, or when you use pre-formed frozen hamburger patties.  But that's all you're going to get outside the major metropolitan areas.

     

     

    * Speaking here both of eating Pittsburg hot links and of taking Brisket's advise on eateries.

    I agree with you on small and medium sized town food. This place is an exception though : https://thecrazywaterhotel.com/eat-drink/ . They even have a good wine list.

  9. 19 hours ago, immamac said:

    @Tigersnake you must atone for your sins. 

    Cook a 12lber and document the whole process and post it here. We want pics and vids of everything possible. How you trim it, what you season it with and how you measure it, what binder you use, what it looks like seasoned, pics of it on the smoker, pics of the smoker temp and smoke coming out, pics of the wrapping (if you choose to wrap), pics of the rest and pics of the money shot and slices. 

    Do this and all will be forgiven. 

    You are truly a benevolent cyber-overlord. The next few weekends are booked, but I'll give it a shot soon.

  10. 3 hours ago, Hermanator said:

    I don't know where you live, but I had a similar situation happen where I had to cook for 20 people. 

    I used these guys for a whole prime brisket, and I smoked ribs/sausage/chicken myself. Just warmed the brisket on the smoker. 

    It turned out great, everyone was happy with it. I just don't have the patience or motivation to do a whole brisket, I hate even thinking about doing one from scratch again. 

    https://one90smokedmeats.com/pages/shipping/#6960856137927

    Thanks for the recommendation. The party will be in Dallas so this is an option to consider.

  11. 16 minutes ago, sidis said:

    just follow lincoln riley and john cornyn's lead and you'll be fine.

    definitely a bold move to pop your brisket cherry for a crowd of 25. but at least it is just in laws.

    I'm not trying to kill anybody. With octogenarian in-laws, only half of the people at the table are going to be physically able to perform the Heimlich.  This shit could turn out like a Jim Jones kool aid event, fast.  I always do the cooking and my father in law, has specifically requested smoked brisket. I'm good and experienced in the kitchen, but obviously this is going to be a stretch.

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  12. Dear 7 pound 4 oz sweet baby Jesus along with all Surlyite followers of Baal-

    I have been volun-told that I need to smoke brisket for my wife's(no pics shitbirds-but I will follow up with pics of brisket hopefully) family celebrating my MIL's 80th birthday this weekend. This will be my first brisket ever, so this is obviously not ideal. I'll be cooking on a Green Egg XL for 25 ppl.  I decided that I'll do two 12 lb briskets pre-trimmed. I have the Big Green Egg Cookbook and will follow that recipe. I've gotten pretty good at regulating the temp on a BGE, and will be using the double probed BGE thermometer, wrap at 160 etc.  Any tips, or things to look out for you could share-I'd be grateful for.  I already have the number of a pizza place in case shit goes awry.

  13. 42 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

    They are republicans.  They are evil, stupid, and want to kill America.  Thru their own incompetence or through deliberately targeted actions that disrupt the basic flow of American life/economy/international relations.  That is what they wanted before Trump came along, and its what they want now, only they now get to have a Jim Jones Daddy to give them cover and executive level justification for their heinous shit.  

    They should all be tethered to a gigantic anchor and dropped in the Marianas Trench, Melania's Trench but lets go ahead and give them the keys to everything.  Doing so would improve our national security and make Americans safer.

    This country is too stupid and malevolent to be considered "First World" any longer.  We are our own special brand of shithole.  A shithole with the biggest defense budget in the world and the capacity to break up the remnants of few moral underpinnings we have left.

    So now we sit and wait and gnash our teeth, knowing this was the path America chose.

    Now excuse me while I go fishing and imagine a world where Elon Musk was thrown down a mineshaft.

    Pos rep but edited preemptively for future accuracy

     

     

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  14. 18 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    At nearly every mentorship or informational interview I have, I tell grad students and interns to learn how to write clear declarative sentences and to practice turning five pages of work into one. Without AI.

    Channel Tom Skerritt from "A River Runs Through It" next time. Wear the cardigan and the wire rimmed glasses and everything. They are too young to have seen the movie, so it will just be your own internal joke.

     

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  15. 23 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Cant tell if aggy or not

     

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    Hits close to home. I think I saw the aggy Alpha Wolf in Houston last week. It was a jacked up Hennessy modified Ford Raptor with two pieces of flair, plus a vanity license plate that read I8B3VO. Truck wasn't maroon though, so maybe just a 2 percenter Alpha Wolf?

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  16. 10 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I was mainly saying that LL is way more attractive, even at her worst.

    Oh, she'd get it for sure, with "Business Time" level of proficiency on my part. But two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven.

  17. 18 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Man, what do you have against Laura Linney?

    She's a brilliant actress and seems like a lovely person in interviews. It was a drive by post and I could have been much more clear. LL is terrific at playing a a character with a certain brittleness, a woman whose socially acceptable facade is being held up only by herculean effort. I just look at #2 and think of a Laura Linney character at her worst. 

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  18. 20 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

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    1 Phil Mickleson's secret identity 

    2 Marlon or Shawn Wayans 

    3 10,000 year old vampire 

    4 The matronly face of institutional racism 

    5 Senile; earns a pass because she thinks it's the 1940s

    666 meanest person in the world 

    7 pretty but the product of too much Southern interbreeding among moneyed families; IQ of 80

    #2 is Laura Linney at her absolute worst 24/7

    https://youtu.be/wGQwpXPTHwU

  19. 44 minutes ago, troph said:

    well, the first thing I would consider is re-arrange your local friend group, because they will be much better at this than I for what you can do locally. Quick google shows a few restaurants, bars, lodging providers, therapists, gyms, etc. are openly supportive and accepting. I would look those places up and first, support them with your dollars, and second get to know the staff and owners and try and get into their community. Most people who are openly supportive are eager to meet more openly supportive people and you can actually just strike up the conversation about what are the comings and goings on around JC, what else can we do, are there any organizations, etc.  Often times there are support groups, get togethers, etc.  This may not yield exactly what you want but it gets you plugged in and there's no better place to do that than in your own back yard.

    As for organizations to support - here are the Texas orgs I would consider (some of which I am intimately familar with but I'd rather not say my involvement publicly I can answer questions privately though):

    * Equality Texas - this is the premier Texas LGBTQ+ organization in the state. They are the group that ran trans ads during Abbott's state of the state address. This organization is well funded and focuses exclusively on LGBTQ+ issues, and let's face it right now that's almost exclusively TQ issues.

    * Texas Freedom Network - this organization is a fierce advocate at the Texas Capitol and does a fantastic job energizing Texas youth to get out the vote (not good enough mind you, but one of the best). TFN is unique in that they focus on religious freedom (freedom from religion mostly), public education (one of the lone progressive voices at the SBOE hearings), as well as LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive rights. A small organization, but a great one with a unique cluster of issues they fight for.

    * Out Youth - this organization focuses on LGBTQ+ youth in their journey, I don't know much about them but one year we volunteered to do light handyman and clean up work in one of their houses. They have a community center approach but with a traditional home where youth can come and find a safe place. we donated a xbox that summer and scrubbed the snot out of their house, painted, repaired, etc. It was a good time and it's a more granular approach to helping.

    * Lifeworks - this organization is more broadly focused on ending youth homelessness in Travis County, but that necessarily means LGBTQ+ kids and young adults. LifeWorks is about to break ground in the coming months on a new 120 unit housing complex dedicated solely to helping homeless and at risk youth transition to adulthood with dignity and opportunity. This organization also offers "wrap around" services including job training, education support, trauma counseling, peer support, life skills, housing assistance, help setting up apartments with all the goods and wares needed, etc. A real thought leader in the national movement to end youth homelessness.

    * Kind Clinic - this is one of the last standing organizations providing trans and LGBTQ+ healthcare without fear (well maybe some fear). I don't know about volunteer opportunities, but they do accept financial donations and contributions.

    * Texas Observer - I've mentioned them anytime someone posts their articles. One of the only progressive, long-form, investigative journalism magazines focused solely on Texas. They accept donations starting at $5/month and their print magazine is a steal of a subscription. They also accept larger donations. If for no other reason, supporting the Observer to get the magazine is a great way to stay abreast of unheard of and unreported travesties in Texas (and in some case hope).

    Nationally, Human Rights Campaign (they have a local Austin committee that is active), GLAAD, Lambda Legal, ACLU, Planned Parenthood (also in Texas), could all use financial support. But for being active locally, those are the organizations I know about.  I also hate to say this, but trans specific organizations are not very effective imo. I think the organizations that are focused on more than just T issues do better.

     

    Co-sign on Equality Texas. Angela Hale (Board Member, Past President), spouse of (D)Texas State Rep. Jessica Gonzales(sp?), long-time Chief of Staff for fucking Greg Abbott when he was Texas Attorney General. Used to be a Rep., now full on D.  If I were looking to get involved and to try to be impactful, I'd look at what Angela is doing and pitch in. 

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