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  1. Not a reservation but you can put you name on the wait list at Virginia's on Yelp, to help cut the wait time. Black Marlin also has reservations, and I have had some pretty darn good food there the few times we have gone in. But the get your name on the list at La Playa is always a good suggestion. One thing we have noticed about La Playa is that if you are a fair way back on the list a LOT of folks do not show back up if they are not in the first wave of seating. So sometimes it looks like no hope for hours, and we go by at 6:15 to find we are a lot closer than we thought to being seated.
  2. Honestly I don't like race based admissions, but only because I view poverty to be the criteria that is a better gauge of need. This does not mean there is not institutional racism, and that this is not perhaps most evident in the public school systems of our nation. It is silly to believe that kids from wealthy families do not have a clear advantage over their less wealthy peers. So the playing field is tilted in favor of the wealthy to start with. And in the U.S. wealthy more often than not means white, so there's that. What I am most interested to see if the Supreme court in the future decides that "Legacy admissions" are not a clear violation of the equal protection clause they use to justify this decision? Legacy admissions more than any other type of admission tips the scales away from equity. And you have dumbasses with wealth displacing more meritoriously qualified applicants, because mommy or daddy's parents were legacies of legacies...
  3. The NW Florida coast rip tides are no joke, the much steeper beach break causes a massive amount of energy as the waves wash back. And the rip gaps in the sandbars is also steeper and deeper relative to what you will find nearly anywhere else. Blame the super fine white sand that makes it so beautiful. The other bad thing that tourists do is dive into the waves without knowing that they are breaking in about 6 inches. A few people get paralyzed every year along the panhandles white beaches. They dive straight into the side of the first sandbar and break their necks. I think the count is up to 9 drowings in the last 10 days or something terrible like that. I am a super strong swimmer and they forced me out of the water unless I had a boogie board and fins a couple years ago. But I think it was a single red flag not a double, but super hairy if you were not a super strong swimmer that understands you might get pushed out 100 yards offshore in a matter of 30 seconds. Sad for him and his family.
  4. If you are going to go have fun with it, bring a can of soup to sling on the folks around you...
  5. You are gonna have a lot of fun this year on the 40 acres young man! You are Pulling the reverse Dorothy! Following the yellow brick road the hell out of Kansas... to Civilization and unending opportunity!
  6. This season for the first time in a very, very long time I think we are at the point where we truly have a serviceable two deep on the OL. Since what the mid 2000's? For you old farts, I remember way, back when in a land far, far away, when Nebraska as a dominant football force, and the foundation? A bunch of 4th and 5th year senior linemen. Imagine if we could eventually load up on the depth so much that a true freshman playing becomes the exception, rather than the necessity it has been for nearly two decades. Now Sark has us being mentioned among the best OL's in the country. Without a great OL, it doesn't matter how great the plays are you create, because you cannot effectively stop the other teams disruption. Now we are sort of like are Arby's advertisement, where we know who has the beef, and it's Texas, thank the Lord!
  7. I usually drive down to Entrance 2 when I am in Port A just to get at least some space. You can make a reservation at Rock N Rolls Sushi assuming you are in North Padre,Hope they are still decent. I liked them because I could roll in after fishing at 5 till 10 pm and they would happily serve me. But they can get slammed. The pressure on any of the restaurants on the summer weekends is tough. But if you are going to go hop over the causeway, then my first stop is usually Black Diamond Oyster Bar on Naval Air Station Drive which is first exit off the causeway. Ironically don't love their oysters, but some of the best food around down there. Damn... My go to was Blackened Fish Sandwich, substituting a salad with 1000 island for fries. Sunday evenings usually had music outside, which opened up the inside tables in the A/C. I wasn't a huge fan of scuttlebutts, but everyone could find something to be happy with there.
  8. I think we have a winner for The Florida game cookoff! I used to like to try and cook whatever the other team's mascot is. Buffalo Burgers for Colorado oh so long ago was fun, but a baby gator is probably pretty good if done right. And would be fun for gameday! Thanks for the link on this purchase.
  9. I think for Aggies, balding and hat wearing are sort of like the old argument about what came first? The chicken or the Egg? So do all Aggies wear hats because they are bald, or are most Aggies bald because of the constriction and rubbing of wearing hats? Which came first the hat or the bald head? Or is it the balding head then the hat? But was to what Lucci in particular is hiding under that hat? I believe the absolutely correct answer is a "dick head" but a bald dick head would be more visually symbolic!
  10. The 3 Trillion was the giveaways to millionaires in the Tax and Jobs Act long before Covid's botched Trump response to the pandemic. Funny thing about the jobs part (which no Republican knows despite the facts) is that the Trump economy SUBTRACTED ~ 500,000 jobs a year, compared to the vibrant Obama/Biden economy Trump inherited. So for Trumpers... That PLUS 3,000,000,000 to the debt, and MINUS just under 1,500,000 fewer jobs than Obama, BEFORE covid. Great deal for billionaires and millionaires, at only the cost of $2000 per job lost... "best economy ever!" Don't worry, Republicans do math the same way they do Truth, dishonestly.
  11. Welcome aboard! Gonna be a fun ride!
  12. I guess the GOP truly has a lot of polling data telling it to act now while the can. Demographics and particularly younger voters lack of interest in the GOP means the GOP sees what's coming. Of course the irony is- When the fucking engine that has been driving Central Texas is the ultimate target of restricting the actual engine. It's not Llano, or Kerrville, or Lubbock leading the boom. It's Austin, and all the bedroom tick communities that have prospered as lower cost mechanisms to be close enough to Austin to take advantage of the strongest economic engine in the state. So... GOP logic is... let's fuck with the engine and say we are fixing it! Tesla didn't come to Texas, it came to Austin for example. IF Abbott really wanted to reduce burdens to business he should allow Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers in Texas to save the citizens money. But as we all know, it's never about the truth, now all Republican bills are about lies from what I have seen. Of course I could be wrong and maybe there is some insignificant legislation that actually moves the state forward.
  13. Now it's no surprise to anyone that the Republicans have shown themselves to have no principles at all beyond grab all the power you can, wherever you can. But I find it humerous (and sad) that Texas Republicans now view only the big brother State as capable of managing local issues related to... Agriculture, Business and Commerce, Finance, Insurance, Labor, Natural Resources, Occupations, and Property. Basically stripping local control of... well everything that might need to be regulated locally. Anyhow just another in a long line of evidence proving that the GOP is a party that has absolutely founded it's power on a stack of lies. Usurping local control is to be as expected as horrific outcomes for the Children Greg Abbott is charged with taking care of in the Foster system here in Texas. To pretend that Abbott loves children is exactly as accurate as Abbott's desire for local control closer to "the people." It's all big government overlording, for the GOP, and lies to the contrary. Abbott signs bill to reign in Local Control.
  14. Yeah, Clark's is where I think I will land. My biggest gripe was no fucking food if we did well and had a lot of fish to clean, with the whole town shutting down at 9 pm. It's been like 4 years, and apparently there are some breaths of life coming into Port O'Conner. Thanks for the response fattie!
  15. While I am an old mofo, I think probably the most important question for ya'll younger folks is there an SEC equivalent for "raider Rash?" Maybe Vandy Vage? or Old Miss Drips? or Gator Rash? Bulldog Blister Balls? Louisiana Swamp Crotch? Tennessee Tomato Testes? Tiger Scratch? (LSU gets two mentions, because Low SAT University.) I bet we could get one of those names into Wikipedia...
  16. Anyone have any familiarity with RV parks in Port O'Conner? Thinking of going down there with a buddy to fish and I refuse to spend another night in the grossly overpriced and sort of disgusting Inn at Clarks, so I am considering bringing my trailer down there instead. SO any suggestions would be appreciated. Also are there any daily boat slip rentals on Port O'conner? I have not been down there in nearly 4 years, but it appears that some civilization has crept in with some new restaurants. Before if we caught fish and got them cleaned every place was closed by 9 pm during the week.
  17. I honestly do not fucking understand cruises. I hate fucking waiting in line, except for maybe at Continental Club. The idea of lining up to get off and on the boat, and for whatever else is cool, just kills it for me. To me it seems like a floating motel with assorted herds of drunk folks who like to stand in lines. So I'm out. ** The one exception might be a smaller vessel on a river. My folks did a smaller ship up the Nile, and they did really enjoy it.
  18. Easy answer for 2024: The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 8, 2024, at NRG in Houston.
  19. This never gets old...
  20. Gaido's as has been said if probably the #1 option. Though I will say that our meal at Waterman's for a large group was solid and it was cool to see some folks bringing in some fish to the dock below the restaurant. Plus it's out on the bay side of Pirates beach neat the golf course, if it's close to where you are staying. Super easy in and out for parking for the group as well. I have also heard (second hand) that the Landry's in Galveston is actually solid as it's the "flagship" for Fertitta.
  21. So you are David Clyde? If so I saw you pitch, with some nasty, nasty stuff as a high school flame thrower. Also sorry the Rangers fucked you! But back to the subject at hand. You have to give a tip of the hat to Stanford for not having to chew into the bullpen last night with Quinn Matthews herculean effort in tossing a complete game win. Like I have so often said. Sometimes the other guys are pretty damn good too and make some plays. Should be a good game tonight, if nothing else you will definitely be looking at the smartest group of players stepping onto the field the rest of the tournament. We simply need to be more patient at the plate, IMHO. Should be a great game. Hope I am happy drunk and not mad drunk...
  22. I tape Fox News Sunday every week and watch it religiously, because it will save me time talking to most Republicans already knowing what they were told to think this week. But it is always interesting to see how well Fox balances endless non-fact based suppositions, with actual fact based reporting. You know Trump was indicted for factually doing a lot of stuff that is illegal. There is also an accusatory memo on Hunter Biden. SEE!!!! LOOK!!!! Does it matter if the negative coverage is accurate? Factual? Dishonest? Silly you, if you actually thought I was asking a question! Negative suppositions are given equal or greater weight than actual factual negatives of Republicans. And that my friends is not a news network, it is a self serving propaganda media outlet, designed for those that do not know and do not want to know factual information. They want their non-fact based opinions confirmed with lies. And that is the secret code Fox has broken, they found the rubes and the rubes are Republicans.
  23. I grew up in West Houston and the Jamaica/Pirates/West Beach was where we would meet up. We went down the right after Memorial day and the water was indeed as nice as I have seen it, perhaps ever in Galveston. I don't know when they stopped the driving on the beach in Pirates but it was nice to be able to walk onto the beach and not have any worries about traffic. I could see easily how had I stayed in Houston getting a place in Galveston could have been a priority. But for me living in Austin, driving all the way through Houston to arrive at the place where everyone in Houston goes to the beach, is not worth it for me. But I did have a good time while I was there. I would probably like it a lot more in the off season, but that is every beach in all honesty. My nephew just graduated UT Galveston and is a newly minted Doctor, and I could definitely see potentially living in Galveston (again because I like the off season.). Im sure if I went down with any consistency I would end up running into quite a few folks from my high school years down there.
  24. true grit...
  25. OK I have to admit I chuckled at "Walmart Melania!"
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