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BearSchlong

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  1. My sibling scrubber her CV of anything remotely associated with her work at the Clinton WH and Dennis Hastert hired her as associate parliamentarian, where she served for 9 years. This morning I asked her who would be the ultimate arbiter if the Rs attempted to renege on a rules agreement. The Supreme Court? “Fuck if I know. We are in completely unprecedented insanity. Probably?”
  2. Thank you. She is still in ICU at Houston Methodist but I’m hoping she gets a “bucket list” period of time to see everyone that matters. She is one of the nicest, sweetest, most loving humans I’ve ever met and is my wife’s best friend. She and her mom are close like I was with my dad before he passed. I would trade places with her if I could.
  3. Brain cancer… my MIL got the diagnosis today. If there is some nightmare fuel it is Glioblastoma. She is 70, and usually people in her family live to mid-late 90s. Average 5 year survival rate for this kind is 1%.
  4. “Nick Saban has pictures of those refs having sex with goats.”
  5. Here’s something to get us going for the fall. That Rabideaux sausage is perfect. Family reserve Tobasco is a game changer too.
  6. No I was merely pointing out that SEC officiating isn’t perfect. I’m a disinterested observer here.
  7. I think he was making a blanket statement, plus I usually stay out of football threads. I try to be a good non-horn guest here.
  8. My dog (checkbook) in this fight ain’t those tigers.
  9. SEC refs just gifted Mizzou a TD on a false start so obvious that the entire LSU defense stood up and pointed. Y’all should just go ahead and start the SEC refs thread now.
  10. Agreed. Oddly satisfying without being particularly good.
  11. You need the vaccine. 100 Club sticker. That and my wife calls our police chief “uncle.”
  12. Which is why if a D gets nominated for speaker the whole Dem caucus need to vote nay. Don’t let the Rs punt.
  13. What’s the best BBQ in sugarland and Spring?
  14. Summer of ‘90-Spring of ‘95. I took a keg into Brooks hall during summer school but was never caught. I too spent all my time on double secret probation, mainly because of pesky Waco cops and MIPs. I finally had to pick a major and graduate after my ancestors got tired of cutting tuition checks. Typing all this out and thinking back to all my near disasters - there was clearly something wrong with me. Thank God we have a thread for that! Back to the topic at hand, Pat Green just headlined our foundation fundraiser benefiting, among others, the sober living facility on whose board of directors I serve. I’ve seen U2 twice and would spring for tickets at the Sphere in a heartbeat if I didn’t have to fly there for the occasion. Edit: ok those prices are a little rich for me, too. I’d tap out at $700 or so.
  15. When I arrived at Baylor, room 125 Penland hall, I was angry and rebellious. My parents had just announced their divorce, and I wasn’t down with being a good boy. My roommate and I went to Bill’s in Dallas or Plano or somewhere and found posters, and I put this one dead center. I think I had to censor it because nobody made me take it down. He had “She sells sanctuary” by the Cult on his wall. Good times.
  16. The problem with LSU is that it’s an hour from New Orleans. I would have died young.
  17. That’s awesome. Why is clapping in ASL not, well, just clapping? I’m not sure why this bugs me so much but it does. Am I ableist?
  18. Just talked to one of my engineers who had his roof and car damaged by a hailstorm last week in north Austin. Accordingly, roofing companies are coming out of the woodwork. Any recommendations on roofing companies? Paging @rotflbox?
  19. That was an awesome video. He restated something that I once heard from an AA podium which is arrogance and self loathing are just opposite sides of the coin called self centeredness. A few weeks back I was stuck - delayed - in an airport while my AA friend drew his last breaths. I had the audacity to get a little aggravated that this caused me to miss a last minute trip to the hospital to say goodbye. OTOH, it gave me a chance to text quite a few of our friends who did make it up there so he he didn’t die alone. As I sat with the 150 or so mourners at his funeral, I laughed at me. Suffering prompts change is a damned good reminder of how sick I can become. Also saw a guy last night who has 21 days sober, has already found a home group and a sponsor. God has him right where he’s supposed to be. As I said goodbye I marveled at how my “worry” is pointless.
  20. Agreed, but it’s national money flowing in. Strange things could happen. Had a long talk with his uncle yesterday, but we discuss family stuff, not politics.
  21. I’m getting weekly mailers now from national and state GOP PACs about how Dade must go. He is getting primaried hard.
  22. I’d sell my soul to be young again
  23. Pivot to strategic communications and media planning. Nobody from that school is an actual journalist anymore.
  24. My daughter did this at Mizzou. Honors program, OOS tuition offset by scholarships and she established residence for years 2-4 Graduated honors program from the J school in strat com Magna Cum Laude. Seems like 1/3 of Mizzou is from Dallas, another 1/3 from Chicago, which is where she lives now. She’s crushing it. One other thing - she bartended/worked in bar/grill jobs all 4 years, so her social intelligence is off the map excellent. She knows how to read people very well. My son’s first W2 came after graduation from Uncle Sam and he has trouble relating to civilians.
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