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horn_of_the_morning

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  1. @closetojumping better watch out in Ann Arbor this weekend. His buddy EJ has taken up boxing it seems.
  2. Finished The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko recently. This book immediately became one of my all time favorites. Right up there with Into Thin Air and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. The cover says that it is about "The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon". Correct. The story and characters in this book are absolutely epic. Is there anything more epic than the setting? The Grand Canyon and the Colorado river with historically high flows and the nuts who decide to set a speed record in a tiny wooden dory. However, this book is so much more than that. It is also about the history of the Colorado's exploration, the conservation movement, the Glen Canyon Dam, the subculture of the river guides, how rapids are formed and run, the mega flood of 1983 and how the Glen Canyon Dam almost failed. This is a must read if you love adventure and narrative non-fiction or if you are mildly obsessed with the Grand Canyon (like I am), National Parks or Natural History. Once I started, it was very difficult to put his one down.
  3. Yeah, looking forward to the movie. I really enjoyed Conroy's writing style and therefore researched his other books. The plots/stories themselves did not seem compelling to me from the reviews/blurbs but may ultimately read something just because on how much I enjoyed his writing style in PoT.
  4. Finished Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy recently. Not the kind of book I read usually. This was published in 1983 I think, so before I was born. Had to keep reminding myself that a lot of what we accept as socially "normal" today was once considered radically progressive. Conroy has the rare ability to bring alive scenes, scenery and characters. Apparently a movie was made out of it which was nominated for 7 oscars. Will definitely check it out. Would recommend if you love gritty family dramas with hard hitting story-lines and great writing. Could have been about 10% shorter but that is just me. This book should be known more widely, imo. And oh yeah..there is that scene (iykyk, wont spoil it for you guys, but you've been warned)
  5. What?!!! NYT indulging in sketchy journalism by taking random data points to spin a narrative? I would have never guessed! Look how the smug reporter implies that Texas recruited OL Class only because of $50K per year. Flood handled it well, imo.
  6. No4 would be an ideal replacement for X-Worth.
  7. The Other SEC Team in the College Football Playoff: Texas The Longhorns won’t officially become members of the Southeastern Conference until July, but they already look like one of the powerhouse teams from college football’s mightiest league https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/texas-longhorns-college-football-playoff-a5dab99c?mod=hp_featst_pos3
  8. Replacement for Dom Mckinley. What a downgrade.
  9. We're on commitment watch but Golden didn't make the visit. So the secret visitor is the commit or was there someone else visiting as well?
  10. Hey guys wanna hear something about Texas recruiting? Jeff Howe and Perroni went behind people's backs to make Deshon Elliott a 4* in their database after the rankings came out and pissed off Barton Simmons who sent him angry texts. My respect for J Howe and Perroni went up a bit.
  11. She works marketing or PR or some such.
  12. If Gerry and Bobby are gone, I would still like to listen to Paul, Ian and Rod B go on about X/Os etc. What is the alternative? The daily 3 hr streams put out by Ketch with Alex Dunlap and Anwar? Fark me!
  13. I'm not 100% sure that I remember it precisely, but I think Gerry mentioned in one of the streams recently that Texas is not pursuing Ivy.
  14. The Woman in the Hamas Video Is My Daughter There are 17 young females still being held hostage. One of them is my girl, Naama. And time is running out. https://www.thefp.com/p/the-woman-in-the-hamas-video-is-my-daughter
  15. Tuber for you, I carrot care less.
  16. Some phrases you will hear a lot in coming months: "Clear the deck" "Total Rebuild" "down to the studs" "only those who want to be here" "Cultural rebuild" "Mercenaries" "Jimbo destroyed the locker-room culture" "Roster mismanagement" "get his own players" "laying the foundation"
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