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Samson's Wig

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  1. We already know. You mentioned Smith was on her list.
  2. A guy who feels it necessary to let people know he likes to ride his bicycle in his bio. He's going to love the welcome he receives from the fine folks in Bastrop.
  3. I see the glaring typo, and it's too late to fix it. I won't sleep tonight.
  4. A wife asks her husband, an engineer, for a favor. "Darling, can you please go to the store to buy one gallon of milk? And if they have eggs, get a dozen!" Off he goes to the store, and half an hour later he returns with 12 gallons of milk. His wife stares at him and asks, "Why on earth did you get 12 gallons of milk?" "Well . . . they had eggs," he replied.
  5. I'm always amazed at how distorted most folks' notions are regarding the practice of law. The bar exam is a joke, and serves little more than a barrier to entry for those unwilling to spend a bit of time studying. It has nothing to do with practicing law and certainly doesn't indicate who will or won't be a good attorney . Wrote memorization of the law just has nothing to do with much of anything, but the layperson has been taught to believe this by television (or perhaps outdated stories of former political leaders). A legal education, in my opinion, holds as much or more value as any other form of education you can get. In the U.S., of course, it is a terminal degree and rightfully so. At a good law school, you will experience boot camp for the brain - being taken down to the studs and rebuilding the very way you approach problems and the world in general. That someone would assume this is a waste of time so long as you can pass a bar exam is laughable, and completely backwards. As you know, many with law degrees never practice law at all, but take that education and apply it elsewhere to great effect. The handful of states that will let you sit for the bar exam without a degree still require an apprenticeship, and unless your goal is to be a low stakes litigator it's difficult to see why anyone would take this route. You could become a passable GP without a medical degree about as easily as you could become a low rent litigator, but why would anyone willingly do either? Those are places you end up, typically, not roles many aspire to.
  6. This is ultimately what it comes down to. Can someone without a degree perform just as well at some jobs as those with degrees? Of course. But that's not the point, and it's not easy to determine who these people might be. You have to have a baseline that involves a proving ground. It used to be an apprentice/master arrangement (and still is in some cases). This model should probably return in some form, but in the meantime we ask for a college degree to prove that you actually want to do the work you're applying for, and can handle basic level structure and discipline. The people who tend to complain about this system the most tend to be those too lazy to go get a degree, which is exactly why they're being weeded out in the first place.
  7. I believe they rebranded as "Athletic Greens".
  8. The anti-beef movement is deluded, and that ridiculous chart is a good example of it in action. There are few better sources of dense quality nutrients than beef, but the movement to rid the planet of it based on faulty (or no) science has picked up a lot of steam. The same morons actually believe that mass produced and highly processed meat alternatives are somehow better for you and the environment (they're not). Agribusiness has done a number on these poor saps that we haven't seen since the tobacco industry's shenanigans. Like many agendas that come from a well intentioned place of misapplied ideology, the end result is poor people suffer the most. I'm sure everyone will get super healthy eating mass produced sludge, as that's the future we're staring down the barrel at. If you think you have to be well off to eat healthy now, just give it another decade.
  9. Exactly what you'd expect someone from the Colorado Division of Water Resources to say.
  10. Good people, the Snead family.
  11. Weight issues can be tough. For most folks it comes down to portion control, for sure, but as we age other factors come into play. E.g., Men need to watch out when that testosterone starts to plummet, as it will lead to weight gain even when your diet remain the same.
  12. I know I shouldn't be, but I'm shocked that anyone would actually listen to someone this clearly stupid. How is this a "movement"? Is it really just a small handful of morons and we're blowing it out of proportion, or is the whole incel thing something to actually worry about? Racism, neonazis, etc. I understand being worried about as some of that crap is baked in to pockets of our country for centuries now (and more than just pockets in the case of racism), but incels? How is that a significant number of people? The overlap in this guys' case is definitely concerning. Sorry, that shit is a bit off topic. Fuck Elon and given a platform to someone like this to get his message out to his tens of followers. Back on track.
  13. Damn. Wish I could make it down.
  14. A white supremacist named Fuentes is about as on the nose as you can get if you're looking for a self-loathing piece of shit with daddy issues.
  15. Does 1password play nice for Apple users?
  16. It's funny how rarely do gooders do any good.
  17. I completely agree with your take on the trucks. In inner cities, Austin in particular it seems, the spots (and even most lanes - need room for those striped off areas for bikes that no one is ever, ever, ever, riding a bike in) are way too small for trucks that size. I rented a Yukon for week and hated every second of it driving around in Austin. I can't imagine an F-250. Out in the burbs I assume it's much more manageable, and that's ultimately what this discussion comes down to, which is the same thing most hot debates come down to. Life in the suburbs/rural areas is completely different than life in the city, but most people, no matter what area they live in, are so god damned certain that their opinon is the only way things should work when in reality it's just what is best for where they're at. We don't need the same rules in the city as the suburbs. But we're all in our little bubbles and think everyone else is crazy. I don't agree with you regarding small cars, however. It seems like the absolutely shittiest parking I see comes from people in the tiniest cars possible, and they're often way over the lines and disrupting parking for others. If you can't park a Prius, you shouldn't be allowed to drive anything. If you can't park an F-250, you should be forced to drive smaller and smaller vehicles until you find one you can handle.
  18. FWIW, extended family passed it around at Christmas, and every single one of them tested negative on home tests but positive with a PCR test at the doc. None of them, other than the one-year-old, had a mild experience with it either.
  19. Two things surprise me from that list: 1. New Zealand being so high. 2. Italy being so low.
  20. Had some bloodwork done last week for non-Covid reason, but they tested for antibodies anyway (maybe CPL is doing this for everyone who comes in?). Anyway, still have a decently high antibody count from the vaccine (1925 - last booster was in September) and absolutely no natural antibodies. I don't know how I've dodged the fucker for this long, but the clock has to be ticking down.
  21. Government couldn't operate a toy train, because of course they can't, so they passed it over to a nonprofit that, wait for it, also can't operate a toy train. The good news is this same clown show will be bringing grown up sized trains to nowhere near you for just a few billion more dollars. Be sure and vote yes at the next bond election!
  22. I'd buy this line of thinking if the typical small vehicle owner could/would park between the lines . . . but they don't. Shitty parkers drive all size and shape of vehicle, unfortunately.
  23. I'm with you there. Still seeking a solution that makes sense.
  24. Did you hear that, Dad‽‽‽?‽‽‽?‽‽‽ Video games rule, man!
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