Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by billfromlaketravis
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
As always I’m in, but I assume they’re going to use more reenactments. 12 hours of Peter Coyote narrating historical paintings is a heavy lift for most viewers.
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NBA 2025-2026 Season Thread
Klosterman excels at explaining culture and society. Did Bill really have him on him to talk hoops?
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Recommend me some Houston eats
Technically. The first serving is in the restaurant. Pictured above. The second serving is exactly the same and made to go.
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Recommend me some Houston eats
Good old school sub. Got a slice while I waited. Would recommend.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
What time will E3 be available on Fridays?
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
The Hoops Collective made a good Reed point after the Bucks game. Windhorat said that the reason they were excited about Reed at Kentucky was his offensive skill set + playmaking on defense. Steals, blocks, and deflections. I think the game is slowing down for him some and he’s putting his hands and body in the right places on defense to become a disruptor. I don’t he’s ever going to be a lock down defender at his size, but he’s going to blow some shit up.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Anything on James Franklin and piggy? He would kill from them there. I hope it doesn’t happen.
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TexMex
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Sarr can really play. Super long and shoots well. Maybe middle class Wemby is the comparison? The Hawks probably want a do over of the 2024 Draft. Sheppard playing lights out. I think they’re playing him about the right amount of minutes right now, but he’s pushing for more.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Gym is interchangeable for arena, i referenced Toyota Center in the same paragraph, and luxury boxes in the same sentence.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
I meant a new arena. Obviously.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Toyota Center has the best sight lines of any pro arena I’ve been in. Glad they’re upgrading the seats. I’m sure they’ll start bitching about the luxury boxes soon, but they don’t need a new gym.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Allegedly the Wizards front office and ownership are supposed to be competent and they love Tre. Sarr can play and they’re in the East. They need better lottery luck, but I could see Tre playing in the postseason during his rookie deal.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
The food truck in Lebanon was refrigerated and they were storing human bodies in it. So why are they worried about human bodies spoiling? If the others can’t kill any living thing, how are they going to feed the joined? 980 million human bodies would be a pretty convenient food source. Like I said, the unpleasantness of being the joined is the next shoe to drop.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
What’s a bargain McCollum trade look like? My apologies. I assume he’s gotten healthy. His quicks and handles look fine, and he’s always been a been good shooter.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
I believe he said the president and most of the senior administration are dead. Remember there are 2 Air Force Ones. Diabete is likely rolling in the alternate and the primary went down with all onboard.
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NBA 2025-2026 Season Thread
So… when does Nico take an assistant GM position with the Lakers?
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2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
This. 1) Getting in. 2) Hosting in that order. The bye is too long of a layoff, but I think most coaches would take an automatic quarterfinal birth.
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Pluribus - Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn
Yeah I think the unpleasantness of being with the others is the next shoe to drop. It’s been theorized that they don’t sleep and are working constantly to clean up after the disaster. Gilligan deeply dislikes and distrusts AI by his own public statements. I think the others and the hive mind are an analogy of AI. If true, it’s truly ironic that’s an Apple TV show.
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Netflix Recommendations
Death by Lightning. What a profoundly sad show. By all accounts, Garfield was a salt of the earth type much like Lincoln. A worthy, if reluctant heir to his legacy. I think Offerman should win an Emmy. Betty Gilpin should get nominated. Shannon, Whigham, and Bradley Whitford are just so steady and competent that they really didn’t stick out. Kind of like a good offensive line.
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2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Couldn’t get into UT. Why take 100 words to say the same thing in 4?
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Sexton would be nice.
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Yeah I think Brady is the only guy that would take the job at this point, and they’d have to wait until nearly Spring Ball to bring him in. Hartline could probably get Penn State. Stein just has to wait out Fisch’s departure at Washington. There are some reports out there that Fisch’s family hates Seattle and moved back to Arizona. So UW opening up might be imminent.
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NBA 2025-2026 Season Thread
The Heat are in a destination city, they always think they’re close, in the East, and they struck out on every single star this offseason. You gotta think informal talks are being had about AD and Kyrie.
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TexMex
Weird chile con carne, but worth it for a couple bucks.