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Mittens

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  1. I guess there's at least *1* advantage to living in OK
  2. And you clowns keep engaging him. Who fucking cares what he thinks? Move on.
  3. Brother lived just outside Bangkok for a while, and his house was super open - multiple open areas where walls should be. Very tropical/resort-ish. One day he was out of country on business and got a text from his wife w/ this picture: Apparently it was found in the wine rack. His comments to everyone's questions under the pic:
  4. But will take you to school.
  5. Xiaoma is a youtuber, not a professor.
  6. For a hot second, Barton Springs was set to close an hour earlier. It won't. The City of Austin will not reduce hours at Barton Springs Pool despite a sign posted this weekend teasing the earlier closure. City Manager T.C Broadnax had directed all departments to identify 1.5% in cost-saving measures. The Parks and Recreation Department proposed closing the pool an hour earlier starting Sunday. But Jessica King, chief communications officer with the city, said Broadnax had not approved the change or decided if it would save enough money to justify the earlier closure. "Since the summer season is upon us and we prefer to provide residents with advanced notice on such changes, the City will not be implementing changes to pool hours at this time," King said. "However, as we prepare for next year’s budget, we must also prepare for tougher conversations across all department services." Swimming is free at the pool from 9-10 p.m., and that last hour tends to be calmer, said Jennifer Hill, whose son is sensitive to bright lights and noise. The pair has been going for a night swim at least four times a week for the past decade — even in winter. It’s less crowded, there's more parking and it's generally more peaceful, Hill said. https://www.kut.org/austin/2025-05-27/barton-springs-pool-austin-tx-free-night-swim-closure
  7. 20th Century wins easy. Chris Paul and Joel Embiid won't even make the game.
  8. Fournier is a Westlake kid. Very cool!
  9. I can't speak to the parking on the south side of Barton Springs, but there's no cluster re: parking w/ the north side/Great Lawn, and no pay for parking, unless you're a rube.
  10. lolz - I'm out there enough w/ the dogs that I actually zoomed into the 1st pic to see if I recognized any of the pups.
  11. That's some 1984 / Minority Report shit.
  12. This season is fucked. Need to go young and let all those prospects get as many at bats and innings as possible.
  13. Disagree. Just looked and I have 11 on ignore. Probably 8 or 9 of them are just high volume dumb post, zero added value, waste of time types. The others are ignorant dickheads that feel the need to hammer their points home by repeatedly posting the same things over and over as if someone will declare them argument winner on total posts.
  14. Yup. Easier to sneak a beer or two in the dark as well.
  15. Boy’s? wtf? Hell of a win for Cornell. Kirst got shutout on Saturday and drops 6G today to tie the single season G record. HC only 31 yrs old!
  16. Absolutely terrible 😞
  17. Question for the Surly Kitchen Experts: I made braised short ribs for the 1st time yesterday, and the meat came out excellent, but I fucked up the reduction something fierce. It separated entirely and I ended up w/ oil and solids. Any tips for how to reduce correctly to get a good thick sauce instead of a mess? I suspect I need to try and get rid of more of the oil/fat after browning the beef so that the liquid is more wine/broth to begin with?
  18. No. For decades, people have just been swimming into walls.
  19. Apparently they are killing free admittance to Barton Springs from 9pm-10pm on June 1. Maybe that doesn't affect many of you, but there are hundreds of people who go every night. I drop in a couple of times a summer. 😡 https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/barton-springs-pool-new-hours/269-bf9bca05-7a25-4d47-b0a5-e00617fe5fab
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