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Stringer

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  1. Saw St Vincent at Bottle Rock last night. Fucking rocked it out. “Broken Man”, in particular, ruled. Just a bonafide rock star.
  2. I have been a stutterer all my life. Not terrible, but it pops up, particularly if I am nervous or excited or it is a loud place. I did therapy for years and it is for sure better than when I was a kid. It definitely hurt my confidence growing up and stopped me from doing various things I would have done otherwise. I still don’t love meeting knew people or speaking to people on the phone (phone for some reason can be a trigger). Overall though I got through it and have somehow found myself leading a great life. Sorry, just started talking and kept going. My point to the above is that I have mentioned this to many people who make comments about Biden’s flubs. As mentioned above, you have your find synonyms when you see a road block in front and you have to find a new route, even mid sentence. Not to brag on myself, but it’s a weird kind of super power. That said, to others it can make things sounds super disjointed. I don’t know if it sunk in long term for any of those people but at least for a moment, it gave them an alternative to “he’s just too old!”
  3. I’m irrationally excited for this.
  4. So, if he’s the one to break and rebuild the federal government, why didn’t he just do that last time?
  5. Stringer

    The Wire

    Well, get on with it motherfuck…
  6. Summer of Powell is starting in a couple of weeks. An incredibly well liked indy movie on Netflix and a massive blockbuster.
  7. So, for months, I have been trying to get my head around why vouchers are good. Last night, I was thinking about the flow of the voucher program in regards to Paragon Prep here in Austin. I don’t know their tuition, but let’s assume it’s $10k. So, any student would get $10k of taxpayer money to decide where to go to school, so Paragon Prep gets that and the family would owe $0. Great for the family! But Paragon Prep already gets more applicants than they accept, so they decide to up tuition to $15k. They would get the $10k from the taxpayer funds and then $5k from the family. Is that right? So Paragon Prep just gets to raise their revenue by 50% on the backs of state taxpayers? Oh, did I mention that Paragon is owned by a PE Fund owned by “Chinese persons residing in Hong Kong”? So, now we’re just shipping Texas tax dollars to Hong Kong?
  8. Saw this a few weeks ago as well and really liked it. I’m not a big horror fan, but I like those dudes that directed it, so I went. They did the last two Screams, which I enjoyed and Ready Or Not, which is a movie I love and watch when I catch it on TV. I heard someone say they wished they could have kept the vampire reveal out of the marketing and it would have been so much cooler, but may have been harder to get asses in the seats.
  9. Scottie tried out a round over par and did not care for it.
  10. After the middle of the 3rd, Mavs had 1 turnover. Throw out refs and all that BS. That is the difference and why they won.
  11. MTG can talk shit all she wants and post however many workout videos she wants. She is all bark and no bite. If she ever discussed these things with Crockett in the ring, it would be over about 5 seconds in. Ultimately, these people know they’re cowards, but they have an insatiable need to fool everyone else into thinking they’re not.
  12. That’s about 2.5 seconds if you’re going 5mph. 10 yards is not far at all. If you’re confused in a dark and rainy environment, seems reasonable. Also, I think they were all wearing slickers, not uniforms. He may not have known it was a cop.
  13. We just can’t help ourselves, can we?
  14. I would strongly recommend a theater experience, for the sound in particular. It’s quite engrossing.
  15. If you enjoy the Jordan/Conan dynamic, please go watch the Italy episode of Conan Without Borders. He’s the most pretentious asshole you will ever see. If you guys haven’t listened to the Dr Arroyo follow up on Conan Needs a Friend, go listen. I was dying.
  16. I was watching that. Unreal.
  17. Listened to that earlier. The weight loss bit was wonderful. Dan is the same guy.
  18. Christ, Hart has been a warrior tonight.
  19. I think Divencenzo actually touches it first
  20. Has Hield played more than 5 mins this half? Brunson loves that stop shot to get the foul.
  21. This is one of the most chaotic games I have ever seen.
  22. It kind of seems like it should be the responsibility of the crew to follow the racers. Am I wrong? Seems real shitty that they lost because their crew didn’t exit at the same place in the roundabout. Maybe the team did it wrong and the crew couldn’t follow them (whether due to traffic or traffic laws) but they should be able to track and catch up quickly. Tough way to go out.
  23. This fucking guy. I just looked at his official FEC biography and he has the Texas A&M University School of Law, graduating in 2002. That school did not exist. It was Texas Wesleyan and A&M bought it in 2013. On his OFFICIAL FUCKING GOVERNMENT RESUME. Also, that resume has him as a Corps member. So, a genuine weirdo.
  24. See, but the bold part is not the test. The test is not how they treat friends or people they view as their equal, or near equal. The test is how they treat and view those who are marginalized or they see as below them. I bet in those cases, the answer is different.
  25. Happy for Keilan. I am sure he expected more time after transferring from Bama, but never seemed to pout and seemed like a team guy. I kept waiting for him to give up but was always ready to go. Also good for Ford. In the right place, I think he could be a very useful piece.
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