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Snake Diggity

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  1. I think we finally catch a break in that Sykora and Gasparino are going to be the only recruits we lose to the draft. The infield and bullpen are going to be very good. They will be able to sort thru returning guys to find weekday/Sunday SP. If Porter Brown comes back they should be ok in the OF although I imagine they’ll be looking for 1 OF in the portal either way. Friday/Saturday SP is the thing that will determine how far they go; the portal will make or break next year’s expectations.
  2. LMFAO told that chick she could only ask a question about Israel if she let him run her over. My man.
  3. One thing I have been thinking more about as I age is how different things are for older people trying to re-enter the workforce. It’s the real risk underneath retiring early; you think “I can always go back to work”, but if you are 50+ I don’t think that is universal. I do think there will be a shortage of workers for at least the next 20 years, so being able to find some source of income is pretty likely, but I do think there’s quite a lot of jobs (sales, professional services, technology, many others) that if you are over 50 and have been out of the game for 5+ years, it might be very difficult to find even part time work in the same role/field. I am in that type of role, so as I prepare for early retirement, I am preparing as if there is no way I will be able to go back and make big salaries ever again if things don’t go as planned. My worst case scenario backup plan will involve proactively finding part time work that is easy to get but doesn’t pay near what I am making now. But I am setting my number high enough so that outcome is incredibly unlikely. It’s just become more of a concern as I see people treating me differently as I transition from up-and-coming young gun to established middle aged resource.
  4. I don’t understand how anyone thinks that the shit being decided in the state where he has the most ardent supporters by a judge he appointed has any chance of resulting in a relatively bad outcome for Trump. I don’t see any chance whatsoever this prevents him from getting the GOP nomination and I don’t at all see this being the deciding factor in whether or not he wins the general election. Once J6 happened and he survived politically, it was clear that truth and morality are no longer playing a role.
  5. My wife: “Try this chai pudding I made.” Me, trying the pudding: “Not bad, what all is in this?” Wife: “Milk, cocoa powder, chai seeds, sugar. That’s it.” Me: “Chai seeds?” Wife: “Yep.” Me: “Chai seeds? Like, C-H-A-I seeds?” Wife, laughing, like I’m the dumbass: “No, like C-H-I-A seeds.” Me: “Hm. Cool. Anyway, it’s not bad.”
  6. I was out of town this past weekend. I intentionally don’t take much time away from my family, maybe 4-6 days (2-3 weekends) each year since my 7 year old was born, so my girls are not used to me being gone. On Monday when I walked into daycare/summer camp to pick them up, my 4 year old was for some reason not expecting me (even though I told them before I left that I would pick them up on Monday), and reacted as if I was a military homecoming surprise after an 18 month deployment. Screaming “DADDY!!!” and pushing kids out of the way and shit as she sprinted across the room to jump into my arms, then holding my face in her hands and smothering me with kisses. Being a parent often sucks, the stressburger that comes with it tastes like shit. But those moments bring emotional highs that I just can’t believe you can get anywhere else.
  7. We can’t live in fear of Russia firing off a nuke because they lost a war they started by invading another sovereign nation. Yes, it is a major risk. But it cannot force the world to capitulate to Russia. That would be never ending. We just have to hope that the knowledge that firing a nuke means the end of Russia and everyone in it works as a preventative even for really stupid/crazy mf.
  8. Something can be crazy without being surprising. Trumps a fuckin loser. His political brand is in obvious decline. It is insane that no one is working effectively to take advantage of that.
  9. It is crazy to me that there isn’t a single serious moderate candidate throwing their hat in the ring for the GOP nomination. So far we have: Trump DeSantis, who is playing to the hard right of Trump Trumps VP (Pence) Trumps UN Ambassador (Haley) One of Trumps early prominent ardent supporters who worked on his 2016 campaign (Christie) A senator who has consistently gargled Trumps nutsack (Tim Scott) Who does that leave? Asa Hutchinson? Wtf. I guess it makes sense now that Hogan and Sununu have been ruled out, not sure who would even qualify? Marco Rubio?
  10. I have a hard time seeing us take 31 kids in this class lol
  11. Ok so the dream class would look something like: QB (1): Owens RB (2): Gibson, Clark WR (3): Hudson, Livingstone, Wingo TE (1): Washington OL (4): Cruz, Saina, Uini, Ivy DL (4): Simmons, Umeozulu, January, Okoye LB (3): Williams, Smith, Mothudi DB (3): Black, Bridges, Johnson-Rubell P (1): Kern ATH (3): Bussey, Maddon, Hampton
  12. Starters (5): Hunter, Abmas, Mitchell, Disu, Shedrick Bench (4): Weaver, Cunningham, Onyema, Anamekwe Walk-ons (4): Perryman, Clark, Bott, Prince Thats a really good roster. Legit 8 deep with upside to be 9 deep. Maybe add a guard who can drain 3s or be a defensive stopper, but that would be gravy. Should be a Sweet 16 team as-is.
  13. Belyeu will also contribute, I missed him.
  14. I see us as just needing 2 weekend SP and 2 OF if things go as expected. The 2 OF should be pretty easy to get but the market for quality SP is thin, so that could be a big ask. If they just get one then the lineup should still be good enough to carry them to at least the regional but if they get 2 then the sky is the limit. My current guess of a list of who will contribute: Catcher: Galvan, Schuessler, Sanders IF: Thomas, O’Dowd, Flores, Powell, Daly, Borba, Ardoin, Kennedy OF: Sweeney, Duplantier, TBD, TBD SP: TBD, TBD, Hurley, Morehouse, Sthele, Harrison RP: Whitehead, Duplantier, Tole, Lummus, Stuart, Shaw, Boehm, others I expect the bullpen and infield to be excellent. SP and OF will determine how good we are.
  15. His parents lived to 93 and 88, when medical technology was not where it is today. We are stuck in the living world with this piece of shit for at least 10 more years.
  16. Fucking Audible. If you cancel you lose all the credits you have. Fuckers.
  17. I guess we will see how this plays out, but DeSantis’s attempt to outflank Trump to the right seems like the stupidest fucking thing he could ever do. His only hope was to consolidate GOP opposition to Trump by bargaining with people like Haley, Pence, Scott, etc. to win the primary, then move further to the middle to beat Biden. By doing what he’s doing (moving right of Trump while also engaging Trump in political battle), he’s presenting himself as an enemy to the people he desperately needs in order to win both the primary and the general. Idiot.
  18. My hope is that eventually Hulu/Disney/ESPN will include all of ESPN’s live programming and everything Disney owns the rights to (including Nat Geo, etc.), hopefully for $25/mo or less. Add in a potential MLB streaming option that lets me watch the Astros live for $15/mo or less, and I’d be a pig in slop and cancel Netflix. $40/mo for essentially everything my kids and I ever want to watch is a fair price.
  19. I hate everything as a subscription too. I mostly hate how difficult/expensive it has become to have legal ownership over digital music. We have Netflix, Disney, and Prime. I have capped us there, which sucks because it means no ESPN and no Astros network.
  20. I’m in for $1000 to video you fighting 5 25 pound badgers. Not a bet. I’ll just pay you (or your estate) $1000 regardless of the outcome. Unless that’s illegal then I’m out (but pm me).
  21. I thought this movie was excellent. One of the 5 best movies I’ve seen in the last 10 years. I was obsessed with basketball as a kid in the late 80s and early 90s, so that was definitely part of it. But I felt like the acting and writing was top notch. The speech Matt Damon gives at the climax of the film really hit me, as I felt like he summed up why our society worships pro athletes, and what sports is all about: greatness is inspiring, even if it’s just putting a rubber ball through an iron hoop.
  22. Will you be satisfied if Tucker walks but Altuve, Framber, Brown, and Bryan Abreu are all extended by 2025? I would rather have 4 addl seasons of aging Altuve, 2 more of prime Framber, 2 more of prime Brown, and 2 more of prime Abreu than 5 seasons of prime Tucker and 5 seasons of aging Tucker.
  23. Yeah no chance Bellinger is ever an Astro. Fuck that guy. Salvador Perez (if he’s at all willing to waive his 10/5 rights) is the guy I would go after. Lets them choose which weak hitter they want to displace in the playoff lineup (Abreu or Maldonado). I like Dubon but anyone saying he should be playing over Meyers is foolish. Meyers is playing like a star everyday CF and has FAR more upside than Dubon on both sides of the ball. Dubon’s value is as a fill-in across 7 positions.
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