-
Posts
15485 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Store
Downloads
Recruiting - 2020
2019-2020 Football Season
Football
Entertainment
Sports
News and Business
Cloak Room
Transfer Portal
Recruiting
Events
Everything posted by Mrs Whiggins
-
Final results of the day: Field Events: Women's Shot Put: Nina Ndubuisi (1) 17.88m/58' 8"; Chrystal Herpin (3) 16.39m/53' 9 1/4"; Kiana Lowery (4) 15.94m/52' 3 3/4"; Marilyn Nwora (5) 15.81m/51' 10 1/2" Women's Triple Jump: Texas did not have an athlete compete. First Place: Winny Bii of Okla. State 13.72m/45' 0 1/4" Men's High Jump: Dylan Lineberger (4) 2.10m/6' 10 3/4" First Place: Elias Gerald of USC 2.16m/7" 1" The winner passed at 2.13 meters after successfully jumping the first two heights; gutsy move but reserved some in the tank I guess as he moved from fourth to first with the eventual winning height. Running Events: Women's 3000m: Eva Jess (11) 9:25.99; Elizabeth Pickett (21) 9:39.39; Haley Harper (34) 9:59.00; First Place: Silan Ayyildiz of Oregon 8:56.60 Women's 4X400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Smith, Oakley, Davis, Holman) (1) 3:29.80; Texas B (Chatfield, Lewis, Garrett, Ebarb) (4) 3:38.75 Men's 3000m: Isaac Alonzo (7) 7:53.72; Emmanuel Sgouros (24) 8:02.00; Hudson Heikkinen (40) 8:19.10 First Place: Alex Maier of Okla State 7:43.22 Maier is from Texas, a Flower Mound HS grad if I recall. Men's 4x400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Popelka, Mosely, Rutledge, Herron) (2) 3:03.93; Texas B (Brinkley, Washington, Smallwood, Hulbin) (5) 3:10.18; Texas C (Belaire, Shelvin, Small, Moore) (8) 3:13.29 First Place: USC (Braun, Blockberger, Cumberbatch, Jones) 3:03.14 Of note, to make the indoor champs, the top 16 for each event (top 12 for relay) are selected with a tie-breaking process. Everybody is trying to get those numbers right now. Best of luck to all the athletes. Cross Country, indoor, and outdoor is a pretty tough slate for student athletes and this is an Olympic year (Paris 2024)
-
Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
Mrs Whiggins replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
So let it be written, so let it be done. -
Some time ago there was a fellow who ran for city council where I live. He was of the 'no taxes, I'm a fiscal conservative, no social benefits for the community unless there is a fiscal ROI' variety. His platform was quite austere and he wanted no money to go into the parks department, despite the rapid growth of the community. One of the city's requirements for developers was setting aside some land for a park (I think it depended upon subdivision size) and this guy objected because parks have to be maintained and he didn't think residents should have to pay for parks all over town, etc. Well, I happened to look up this guy and guess what? He lived across the street from a park, a very nice park that was well maintained by the city. But two miles away in a neighborhood where some apartments were being constructed--well those residents were going to be SOL if he got elected--just some green space with no equipment for the children like this guy's neighborhood had because we'd already paid for his. I might've put the word out about that and was relieved that a slightly different fiscal conservative got elected. One who didn't mind funding parks that benefit all of the citizens but also kept an eye out against wasteful spending in areas such as hiring the retired friend of one of the other members as a "consultant" when reviewing building plans when the city had its own architect. LOL.
-
Updated event results from Boston College Meet: From last evening Men's Mile: Christopher Riley (28) 4:09.00; Jack Boyd (31) 4:10.13; Logan Pateete (33) 4:12.43; Hudson Heikkinen (35) 4:13.60 First place: Ethan Strand of North Carolina 3:54.62 From today (Saturday 2/10): Field Events: Men's Shot Put: Patrick Piperi (1) 18.07m/59' 3 1/2"; Michael Pinones (3) 17.59m/57' 8 1/2" Men's Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel (1) 16.07m/52' 8 3/4"; Solomon Washington (3) 14.86m/48' 9" Women's High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (5) 1.74m/5' 8 1/2" First Place: Roschell Clayton of Villanova 1.88m/6' 2" Running Events: Women's DMR: Texas team DNS Women's 200m: Keondra Davis (2) 23.22; Aaliyah Foster (10) 25.05 First Place: Madison Whyte of USC 22.96 Men's DMR: Texas A (Bizimana, Small, Howells, Knight) (2)9:41.92; Texas B (Riley, Hulbin, Patete, Boyd) (3) 9:55.45 First Place: Oregon 9:35.90 Men's 200m: John Rutledge (4) 21.01; Brian Herron (5) 21.03; Nolton Shelvin (6) 21.08; Marcellus Moore (8) 21.23 First Place: Justin Braun of USC 20.92 (USC swept the top 3 spots There are 3 field events and four running events left and I'll post those later. In the current national rankings, the Texas men are ranked fourth behind Texas Tech, Northern Arizona, and Arkansas. The Texas Women are ranked fourth as well behind Arkansas, Florida, and Oregon. Things are beginning to take shape. The men jumped 3 spots while the women jumped 14. Texas A&M has been moving up as well, their men are ranked 10th, and their women's team is 5th behind UT. The last date for non conf. qualifying is Feb 25 (I think?) and UT has at least one more regular season meet prior to that. Qualifiers are usually listed within a couple of days after the final date with the finalized start list posted the first week of March.
-
Gardening 2024: Zukes, Cukes, and Nuke The Flukes
Mrs Whiggins replied to Mrs Whiggins's topic in Hobbies
That's a tough one. I only ever got them on the marigolds until I started planting them for fall blooms only. Never had them on the produce. However, I use Sevin dust once the pollinators have done their job and while that's not organic, it works for me on a lot of pests. I don't know that we're going to have any more freezes where I am in central Texas. Wild. I am thinking I'll fold up all the covers and put them in the garage.... -
Our oldest bought a bottle of that for my husband but she lives out of state and said it wasn't as expensive as it is here. Husband gave it an 'okay,' but not one he'd go out and buy for himself. Agree with the TW technique--I only ever buy bottles I already know he likes from them because otherwise they'd see me with my cart and just know I don't do bourbon.
-
Have you seen a physician? Whether you have health insurance may factor into this, but I would urge you to get that checked out if you're not improving. While cough and fatigue can take a couple of weeks to subside, especially with URI, it wouldn't hurt to have a doctor take a look and rule out a secondary infection etc. I'm not a doctor, but am the queen of developing secondary illnesses due to a weaker immune system. Learned that the hard way and it's much more $$ in the long run. Take care of yourself!
-
Oh shit: New pillow guy lawsuit coming "in two weeks"
Mrs Whiggins replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
Agreed, but the entire video is a low rent late night cable shopping network vibe. Watching him hold up product for a two second display per item in this rather sad and frenzied way that lends itself to the idea that Bannon was indulging him by giving him twenty seconds of air time to hawk the painting, the bottle brush (such innovation!) and placemats. Some of the younger MAGA influencers actually do a better job than that even though most of them never met a 'z' they couldn't substitute for an 's.' -
From interviews, etc I've heard/read that Fincher is extremely meticulous esp with editing. He's an interesting person. Seems like (to me) cast are polarized on his style of direction but many of his movies do tell a story in a compelling way. I loved The Social Network when he collaborated with Aaron Sorkin who wrote the screenplay.
-
Friday events coming to a close. Only event left is the Men's Mile so I'll update that tomorrow.... Men's 60m Hurdles FINAL: Kendrick Smallwood (4) 7.96; Caleb Cavenaugh DNF; First Place: Johnny Brackins of USC 7.60 Men's 60m Dash FINAL: Marcellus Moore (3) 6.64; Nolton Shelvin (5) 6.68; First Place: Justin Braun of USC 6.61 (Of note--Fred Kerley running for ASICS was in this race and finished 6th; he just lost to Noah Lyles last weekend. I know Fred is Aggie, but he's a nice guy) Field Events: Men's Long Jump: Jathan Balaire (2) 7.62m/25"; Solomon Washington (3) 7.48m/24' 6 1/2"; Kelsey Daniel (4) 7.44m/24' 5" First Place: Chrstyn John Stevenson of USC 7.81m/25' 7 1/2" Women's 60m Dash FINAL: Keondra Davis (4) 7.36 First Place: Samirah Moody of USC 7.27 Women's Mile: Olivia Howell (16) 4:45.23; Eva Jess (26) 4:51.26; Elizabeth Pickett (38) 5:00.00; Haley Harper (39) 5:01.88; First Place: Billah Jepkirui of Okla State 4:29.64
-
And a few more events have finished: Field Events: Women's Weight Throw Kiana Lowery (3) 19.03m/62' 5" First Place Zoe Yeast of Louisville 19.23m/63' 1" Men's Pole Vault Connor Boenig NH/Scratch Running Events: Men's 400m Logan Popelka (1) 46.66; Chris Brinkley (4) 47.34; Caleb Hulbin (21) 49.95; Elijah Moseley DNF Women's 60m Hurdles FINAL: Emilia Chatfield (4) 8.32; Akala Garrett (7) 8.40 First Place: Jasmine Jones of USC 8.05 Congrats to Logan P, it was just off of his PR.
-
Another Friday result (All results are Finals unless noted) Women's 400m: Dejanea Oakley (2) 52.69; Ziyah Holman (3) 52.73; Lauren Lewis (12) 55.54 First Place: Madison Whyte of USC 52.24 If Oakley can drop her time a smidge she can move into the top ten for indoor qualifying.
-
The Republican Civil War - it will be because we destroyed ourselves
Mrs Whiggins replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Cloak Room
Take the glasses off and you can juuuust see it... -
Some Friday results for Longhorns thus far: Men's 5000m: Haftu Knight (2) 14:10.61; Samuel Bass (5) 14:16.71; Nigusom Knight (7) 14:23.72; Trey Rios (9) 14:38.87 First place: Ben Rosa of Harvard 13:57.66 Men's 60m Hurdles PRELIM Qualifiers: Kendrick Smallwood, Caleb Cavanaugh Men's 60m PRELIM Qualifiers: Nolton Shelvin, Marcellus Moore (Kendrick Smallwood just missed out by two places) Men's 800m: Daniel Howells (5) 1:48.60; Cole Lindhorst (12) 1:49.14; Evan MacGregor (35) 1:54.49 First place: Handal Roban of Penn State 1:47.10 Field Events Men's Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (2) 21.31m/69'11" First place: Kenneth Ikeji of Harvard 22.89m/75'1" Women's 60m Hurdles PRELIM Qualifiers: Emelia Chatfield, Akala Garrett Women's 60m PRELIM Qualifier: Kenondra Davis Women's 800m: Amity Ebarb (18) 2:08.49; Mackenzie Brown (26) 2:12.06 First place: Aurora Rynda--unattached 2:03.78 Field Events Women's Long Jump: Aaliyah Foster (2) 6.21m/20' 4 1/2" First Place: A'liyah Thomas of UConn 6.23m/20 5 1/4" Women's Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (4) 4.12m/13' 6 1/4"; Sasha Harber (11) 3.72/12' 2 1/2" First Place: Gabreila Leon--unattached 4.53m/14' 10 1/4"
-
The person with whom you were having a discussion wanted to drop in with a hot take and an ego fluff and it went sideways, thus the complaint. That happens sometimes and I'm sure it stings, but this virus has been and will continue to be a somewhat sensitive topic because of the way citizens became aware of it, the sources to which they referred, the news media they watched, the leaders to whom they listened, and in the various ways in which they were affected (or not). Some parts of the topic are indisputable and factual while others less so. IMO, nothing wrong with asking for support when stating an argument.
-
I didn't hate The Great Gatsby but it wasn't a favorite either. Sinclair Lewis is an author that gets left off the list and while some of his works are better than others, I'd say he wrote as well if not better than his peer, Fitzgerald. I was neither an English or History major though so that's just like my opinion, man.
-
The Republican Civil War - it will be because we destroyed ourselves
Mrs Whiggins replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Cloak Room
-
I should add that Ackelia Smith (Bowerman Watch List 2024) jumped at last weekend's meet in New Mexico. Did quite well and is leading the qualifying list. Not listed for the meet in Boston. Same with Leo Neugebauer and the hep; performed well last weekend and the Boston meet doesn't offer.
-
Boston College Eagle Elite Invitational Texas Women's Entries (again, not a complete entry list) 60m: Kenondra Davis 200m: Kenondra Davis/Aaliyah Foster 400m: Ziyah Holman/Dejanea Oakley Mile: Olivia Howell 60m Hurdles: Emelia Chatfield/Akala Garrett/Kristine Blazevica 4X400m Relay: Texas A/B/C DMR: Texas A HJ: Trinity Tomlinson PV: Kaeli Thompson LJ: Aaliyah Foster Shot Put: Marilyn Nwora Weight Throw: Kiana Lowery Best of luck to all athletes for a good meet. Edit: Forgot to include a link for results: https://lancertiming.com/index.htm Scroll down to the BC Eagle Invite.
-
Today and tomorrow, the men and women are at the Boston College Eagle Elite Invitational. Should be a good meet with the following teams slated to run: Boston College, UConn, Florida Atlantic, Harvard, Louisville, NC State, UNC, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Texas, UCLA, USC, Villanova, and Wake Forest Men's entries in various events; I didn't include everyone, mostly if they have PRs in the top places...sorry if I mis-spelled any names. 60m: Marcellus Moore/Nolton Shelvin/John Rutledge 200m: Almond Small/Marcellus Moore/John Rutledge/Nolton Shelvin 400m: Elijah Mosely/Logan Popelka/Caleb Hulbin/Chris Brinkley 800m: Cole Lindhorst/Daniel Howells 5000m: Haftu Knight 60m Hurdles: Kendrick Smallwood/Kody Blackwood 4X400m Relay: Texas A/B/C DMR: Texas A HJ: Dylan Lineberger PV: Conner Boenig LJ: Kelsey Daniel/Solomon Washington/Jathan Belaire TJ: Kelsey Daniel/Solomon Washington Shot: Patrick Piperi/Michael Pinones Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe I didn't include the mile or 3000m entries. This meet ought to settle some things with regard to where athletes are versus where they'd like to be. Moore has been running quite well, the 400 meter relay is going head to head with USC and UCLA and yet the seed times seem ambitious. We'll see I guess. I'll post the women's team in the next post to follow.
-
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Mrs Whiggins replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
I'm hoping someone with children gets the reference! (for those who don't, it's from the classic children's book Dr. De Soto by William Steig. It was a Newbery Honor Book and has become a classic). -
I read around quite a bit and am lax about remembering to post in the Whatcha Been Reading thread; my latest two were off-the-wall reads picked up from the library's new acquisition shelf. After finishing some Henry James stories (Portrait of A Lady, etc) I wanted a different type of diversion. Anyway, after perusing the list above, I realized that I've read quite a few of those books. A list that has more nonfiction included is The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: the history of thought from ancient times to today by Martin Seymour-Smith. It's rather daunting to scroll through --here is a link: https://thegreatestbooks.org/lists/45 because I'm too lazy to copy paste the titles. I had realized while scrolling through it that while I've read some of them in their entirety, most I've only read excerpts, pulled for a class in high school or college. I must ask any of you students of history or the classics, have you ever read The New Science by Giambattista Vico? I've heard that it is rather dusty and yet formed a not insubstantial influence on writers such as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, both of whom I've read but also with whom I have a rather sketchy relationship (simply was not mature enough to appreciate Joyce and don't know that I still am). Anyway, it's rather ambitious, but I may add some of the titles from that list to my 2024 reading catalogue if any strike my fancy. Our local library competes with the parks department for funding and apparently athletic endeavors are quite pricey compared to books so the new pickings have been slim of late.
-
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Mrs Whiggins replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
With a pinch of salt and a dry white wine, I say we eat them. -
Soup, Stew, Chili, Gumbo (Cold weather eats)
Mrs Whiggins replied to Etexhorn13's topic in Food and Travel
Coney I-Lander in Tulsa--you can order their chili with or without beans. It was a great post fb game stop when I was in high school. Not so long ago was back with one of the kids visiting family and stopped in. The boy ate four or five chili dogs; I lost count he was eating them so fast. Here's the menu, although their pics don't do it justice. https://www.coneyi-lander.com/menu/ -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Mrs Whiggins replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
As far as I can tell the Idaho move-ins are GOP types.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... COOKIE MONSTER!