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  1. where's a good place in austin to pick up some cbd besides Dillard's. barton creek mall is morphing into highland mall.
  2. we had a couple of people that were hanging out by the bathrooms at the back of the plane the entire flight. i just assumed they were there for the fart and shit trailers that leaked out from the bathrooms. At Heathrow, we obtained our boarding passes immediately upon arrival from an automated terminal that scanned our passports, then immediately checked our bags again using an automated terminal. Security took the longest when my computer bag was inspected and rubbed with butt wipes. Everything was super modern and clean. The wife and kids liked the high end stores and electronics shops in Terminal 5. Heathrow Terminal 5 is the “passengers’ pick”, topping list of the world’s best airport terminals at the annual Skytrax Awards. As we approached Austin, the BA Pilot described Bergstrom as a "...sleepy little airport."
  3. Flew home on the British Airways London to Austin non-stop with the family yesterday. Both the outbound flight and return flight were delayed to allow the planes to be “cleaned”. On the outbound flight from Austin, they tried to bump my family of five off the plane until the boss made a scene. It took over an hour of waiting line to check bags. Plane was old with low res old TVs and worn out seats. Heathrow is the best airport I’ve ever been through. The whole process of automation to check in for boarding passes, check the bags, then pass through security was efficient and painless. Took about 15-20 minutes total before you reached the terminal after getting out of the taxi. Amazing efficiency. the plane home was much newer with better TVs, but the same shitty narrow seats. Upgrade if you can afford it. Beers were free. Older lady in front of my knocked my beer into my lap when she lowered her seat.
  4. McConaughey looks old as fuck in those Lincoln commercials. I told one of my kids the other day, to never buy a Lincoln or a Cadillac after he pointed out some blacked out Cadillac sports car. I told him there'd be some old fucker driving the car when we passed. there was.
  5. Prices in Rosedale start at about 700k. Even the new duplexes going in off 39 1/2 in Rosedale are 769k. Brentwood, Crestview, and Wooten are good neighborhoods. Burnet Road will eventually look more like South Lamar in the next few years.
  6. here's my cast for the Smokey & the Bandit reboot: Bandit: Chris Pratt Sherriff: Danny DeVito Cletus: Snoop Dog Sally Field: Ellen Page or Zooey Deschanel
  7. My workout class has been having us do Bulgarian Split Squats the past few weeks. I've felt an immediate increase in cycling power with this exercise. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mtb-strength-training-tip-1-2010.html https://www.pinkbike.com/video/126148/
  8. grew up in deer park. worked as a summer hand pipeliner after graduating high school. urban cowboy is my go to reference to explain what it was like growing up in deer park.
  9. 78703 smells like a hermit crab bucket from Galveston. 78756 was good when I took a shower at week today.
  10. i used to know the KXAN cameraman who shot the closeups of the tornado in Jarrell at 3:00. https://www.kxan.com/weather/tornadoes-on-the-ground-remembering-a-deadly-day-as-it-happened_20180227105825277/994813553 somewhere around the house i have a video of the green boiling clouds in the sky that i filmed in my driveway in Oak Hill the day of the Jarrell tornado. i've only seen a the sky look that way a few times in my life.
  11. Season 2 is a Steaming Pile of Shit. Can't believe i watched the whole fucking thing. The editors constant use of non-linear editing to attempt to mask the defective plot. the feminismistic plotlines reminded me of Godless. Evan Rachel Wood = Howdy Doody with less personality. Is it against the rules to lay pipe into a robot in the future? this has me thinking of doing a WestWorld prequel that has Westworld evolving from the Fleshlight factory here in Austin using the Terminator 2 plotline.
  12. Mappable

    spotify wrapped

    28,021 minutes Top Artist: Crystal Stilts: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5A4VWEnsa8KsbWfOUDCp6L Flying Burrito Brothers https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rESpKEusFHxhW59MIf7eM The Strokes https://open.spotify.com/artist/0epOFNiUfyON9EYx7Tpr6V Parquet Courts https://open.spotify.com/artist/23NIwARd4vPbxt3wwNnJ6k Goat https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jP9Z7o6WlbYvKUOeO5SbP Top Songs: Some Sunsick Day, Morgan Delt: https://open.spotify.com/track/54WIS7qug0Gnt65eD9gg8g Desire Lines, Deerhunter https://open.spotify.com/track/3jZ0GKAZiDMya0dZPrw8zq The Dream, Thee Oh Sees https://open.spotify.com/track/1JdweBSkJMLjnNW6LzmXJ8?si=tYmOkmtdTWqpXRqp5sTzcA The Dazzeled https://open.spotify.com/track/0jbEMgn8xotFFbnEVQNFuJ I Follow You: https://open.spotify.com/track/6rv4gfOtrlYFrcu03gZkUW
  13. Austin Neighborhood Council represents the actual people that live in Austin neighborhoods. Zoning changes typically have to get the approval of the local Neighborhood Association. Developers control the sock puppets FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS: https://forum.atxfriends.org/ FAN represents developers efforts to maximize density and help cram condos on 60’ wide home lots which were previously single family houses. FAN pushes the density agenda for financial gain while opposing actual residents that back ANC.
  14. I’ve been thinking about buying a new bike for some time. Rented an Ibis Ripmo recently. Felt really slow like a monster truck on the green belt compared to the Ibis Ripley that I ride. need to demo the Yeti SB130, Transition Smuggler, and the Ripley LS.
  15. if a developer is for it, i'm against it. take a look at all the new fake neighborhood associations that have sprung up lately. codenext is about getting paid.
  16. Thanks for suggesting the Doug Sahm doc. It was produced locally by Arts and Labor:
  17. Meet the future Mrs Mappable for our first lunch at that Hilton in 1987. Good times.
  18. Interesting to note that the Blue Cross Plan for UT below specifically excludes reproductive therapies that use the same hormones: https://myahpcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-19-UT-System-Brochure-FINAL_original-1.pdf 17. Any expenses incurred in connection with sexual dysfunction, sterilization reversal, vasectomy reversal ; 18. In-vitrofertilization; 19. Promotion of fertility through extra-coital reproductive technologies including, but not limited to, artificial insemination, intrauterine insemination, super ovulation uterine capacitation enhancement, direct intra-peritoneal insemination, trans-uterine tubal insemination, gamete intra-fallopian transfer, pronuclear oocyte stage transfer, zygote intra-fallopian transfer, and tubal embryo transfer;
  19. UHS moves to provide hormone replacement therapy, LGBTQ students keep up the pressure This fall, University Health Services will begin providing hormone replacement therapy, a service the LGBTQ community has long been pushing for. While the service will initially only be available for patients already on HRT, UHS doctors hope providing hormone therapy will help them better serve their patients, said Melinda McMichael, interim chief medical officer at UHS. “We want to make sure that when we do this, we do it correctly and that we provide the high quality services that we’re proud of providing to our students,” McMichael said. “We just want to do it right.” HRT — the practice of using testosterone or estrogen hormones to alter one’s outward appearance to better match one’s gender identity — is a common step taken by transgender people to affirm their identity. While hormones can be prescribed by primary care physicians, they have not previously been available at UHS, a primary care clinic. “Honestly there aren’t a lot of training programs for … physicians and other providers to learn how to do this,” McMichael said. “There’s a little bit of a learning curve.” While McMichael said UHS doctors have attended conferences and hosted focus groups on how to properly administer medical services to transgender students, some students say prescribing these medications should not be that complicated. Callum, a women’s and gender studies junior, said seeking HRT at other clinics can be frustrating because patients are put on waiting lists for months at a time — something Callum knows from personal experience. Callum recently got on the waitlist at another clinic and anticipates months of waiting for an appointment. “UHS is supposed to be there for students on campus (with) basic health care things, which should include HRT,” Callum said. “Since it doesn’t, that forces people to have to wait months to get care that is very dire. … You have to wait months to be on the waitlist (and) you have to wait months for your actual appointment when we have enough doctors that do general medicine at UHS that should be able to write a prescription.” McMichael said three UHS physicians will be providing HRT in the fall, and eventually UHS plans to start prescribing hormones to new patients as they gain more experience. While UHS is working to make sure the program initiates smoothly, George Short Schaertl, an electrical engineering graduate student, said she is frustrated that it has taken UHS so long fulfill what she sees as a basic health care need. “I think they’re ready, and I’m pretty upset with them for the delay,” said Schaertl, who has been on HRT for three months from another provider. “I think one thing that is disappointing is the mentality that transgender health care is something exceptional or unusual, rather than within the scope of things you might expect to encounter in your medical practice.” The work UHS is doing is good, Schaertl said, but not enough. “I’m very glad they realize this is a problem, and they’re taking steps to fix it,” Schaertl said. “I am worried that they may start taking any action and start to think that they’re doing enough.”
  20. Edmund "Ted" Gordon makes $181,751 a year to stir the pot. $1,196,305 per year for all the salaries below: https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-texas-at-austin/departments/department-of-african-and-african-diaspora-studies/positions/associate-professor/ Edmund T. Gordon $181,751 Cherise Smith $154,394 Stephen H. Marshall $129,000 Minkah Makalani $119,178 Lisa B. Thompson $112,741 Natasha Tinsley $111,147 Kevin M. Foster $106,985 Simone Arlene Browne $96,929 Marcelo Jorge De Paula Paixao $94,200 Omoniyi Afolabi $90,000
  21. 17% increase fucking monsters are trying to steal food off my kids plates.
  22. i bought an extra xbox so i could play. my 13 year old got me hooked. he's a shitty coach too btw. despite spending a shit load of hours playing, i haven't gotten any better and shooting. i've finished 2nd a few time by camping out and collecting, but once i engage someone, i usually get killed pretty quick. i'm going to have to sign up for a Fortnite class at ACC to learn out to shoot.
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