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billfromlaketravis

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  1. It’s that time of the year again.
  2. Rainbow Lodge. I’ll give them credit for having balls and moving out of the current Brenner’s on the Bayou location. They saw the potential of Greater Heights before many real estate developers did. That said their Wild Game Mixes Grill is a shadow of Brennan’s and Hudson Bend (RIP). Game usually needs a nice sauce. To lightly season it, grill it, and serve it on top of grits doesn’t work. Very bland, lean meat. The Friday Burger is pretty good. Elk, bison, and ribeye. Good to great duck gumbo. They do quarts of gumbo to go for $18. Very reasonable lunch and happy hour menus. One pet peeve: parking is valet only. I get that they have a small lot, but this bullshit is an Inner Loop money grab city wide. There’s no reason to do it during non-peak hours.
  3. Thoughts and prayers. A guy I know finalized his divorce yesterday and is chasing it with going out for NAPE tonight. No arrest, safe place to sleep would be huge wins. No Friday HR call is probably a bridge too far.
  4. I remember Houston sports talk was debating Jalen Green for Ingram last summer. Some truly horrific takes.
  5. I think Terry is the first hire CDC has handled poorly. He never felt like a long term solution. A stopgap hire to keep all of Beard’s players. I’ll concede RT had some upside as a recruiter, but almost zero upside as a coach. They’re not playing in the Mountain West. Out-talenting teams was never going to work.
  6. I assume Tech is all in on the portal and given up on high school recruiting because yikes.
  7. Cooper unknowingly wearing dick pants on the Dan Patrick Show, and the family’s reaction could be a Curb Your Enthusiasm storyline.
  8. Holy shit. If we ever needed a reminder that TexAgs is the weirdest message board on earth, there it is.
  9. Amen is walking turnover right now. I don’t know what they can do with everybody hurt. He has to play a lot of minutes, so he has to play through it.
  10. The current set up is giant tent bolted to the parking lot. If memory serves, they don’t even bother with a temporary floor. It’s also a 30+ minute walk from NRG Stadium with all the foot traffic. There were rumors of lots of fights last year, so I’ve kept my distance. Gotta be young and really into live music to make a go of it.
  11. My bad. Nico engaged with Rob Pelinka. Pelinka told Rich Paul about the trade 48 hours in advance. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43676830/how-stunning-luka-doncic-anthony-davis-trade-came-together-los-angeles-lakers-dallas-mavericks
  12. Staples is such a Florida honk. He basically has them on the Tennessee 2024 path, a nice hollow 10-2 with losses to Texas and Georgia. Not dropping a 3rd game to the Vols, LSU, Miami, or Ole Miss is a very small needle to thread. I get it. They’re excited about Lagway, but there are 3 losses on their schedule. Tulane loses their best players to the transfer portal and they improve? No way. Clemson is a CFP lock with Klubs coming back in that dogshit conference. Illinois as the 2025 Indiana feels like a real thing. Beat IU + USC, and don’t get murdered by fOSU and they’re in. Goddamn I hate the Big Ten.
  13. The Spurs getting Fox for pick swaps is some wild shit. Of course the Bulls helped them out. The League needs to put the Bulls in a conservatorship until they can hire a real front office.
  14. Scattershotting on the Luka Trade: - LeBron was unaware of the trade my ass. Rich Paul engineered the whole thing, so LeBron knew. I get staying friends with AD and all that, but this is the disingenuous shit that makes people hate LeBron. - Michael Finley allegedly hates Luka. The VP of Basketball Personnel pushed out their best player. That is absentee ownership to allow that to happen. - Nico Harrison defended the trade by saying defense wins championship. The most cliche bullshit phrase in all of sports is Mavs fans’ only solace. Just say you didn’t want to give Luka the max. - I don’t think there’s enough time for LeBron to “fix” Luka’s conditioning. The Lakers will just have to hope and give him the max. I wonder if they’ll give Luka a no-trade clause. It would insane if they did, but the Suns inexplicably gave Beal one. - I’ve never cared for the Harden-Luka comparisons. Sure their games are similar, but Luka shows up in the playoffs.
  15. That sounds a shit ton better than the current set up. And I’m pro knock the Dome down.
  16. Please don’t freak out Stone. It’s a bad stretch with a lot of injuries, and they’re playing hard. They took the night off against the Nets. Shit happens.
  17. Nashville ships right? Any bottles worth buying in their site?
  18. They allegedly wanted a second when they considered trading him during the season. I see no reason why they’d back off of that now.
  19. I forgot about Miller’s Crossjng. For sure in my top 10, probably in my top 6.
  20. The Underworld Podcast guys produce great content, but they love Gangster Squad. I just can’t. I guess international audiences responded better to it. Off the top of my head, in no particular order: Goodfellas Casino The Godfather Godfather II Mean Streets The Departed had so much potential and should be on this list. Allegedly Nicholson and Scorsese had different ideas, and I think it hurt the film. For instance, Jack insisted on the dildo scene. I like the Sexy Beast shoutout. It’s a gangster and a heist movie which is pretty great. Once Upon a Time in America is just too long, but it works better if you break it up. Rinse and repeat for The Irishman.
  21. Given the extensive makeup in the Acolyte, they could just bring her back as another character on another show.
  22. My dogs are nothing special, but they’re very calm with babies and with people they could use a smile. Is there a training/certification we can sign them up for? I really like the Top Hands organization. They do awesome work with horses. Looking for the dog equivalent.
  23. Fast forward it until you see Walton Goggins. You won’t miss much.
  24. Well, things could be worse. Imagine being a Mavs fan right now.
  25. Yes. Please bring back Gator.
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