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  1. I am so sorry to hear that. 75 to Indian Nations turnpike with a Pikepass through some beautiful rural country and then eventually drop onto 45 and you're there. Made very close to that drive many a time but then again, I like to drive or if I'm the passenger, just window gaze. Nothing against flying, but yeah, it's not an ice storm or anything. Now that (in Oklahoma where ice is so much fun) has led to some interesting holiday travel.
  2. I wouldn't take that bet as you're likely correct, it's one of his faves. I don't drink bourbon save for rare occasions but he's commented more than once on that one. He doesn't like to buy the pricier potables for his regular stash or spend on himself so I enjoy taking note of the preferred bottles.
  3. I pulled together a small batch of bourbon for spouse's Christmas stash: Jefferson Reserve, Four Roses Small Batch, Cask Strength Makers Mark, and Buffalo Trace. Not the super fancy stuff because I don't merit the big purchase type customer lists but I think he'll enjoy it. The best buy was actually this summer when I found a bottle of Blanton's for 75.00. Much better price I thought. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
  4. I've commented upon this before but once again--the taxpayers of this state subsidized my childrens' education and they have decided that opportunities and a healthier future lie outside of its confines. Despite being recruited to work and reside here, they said, "yeah, no" and are working and living elsewhere. Once we retire, we will likely go somewhere within easy travel to wherever they are but it's not likely to be here. Investment in people yields dividends that are difficult but not impossible to be enumerated with a dollar value but I'd say that Abbott's (and the GOP's) short term thinking will ultimately end up with a state where the uppermost classes may have the usual gripes but for everyone else, life will be a struggle for resources. Not that unusual, but exacerbated by shrinking access to adequate health care, education, and wages among other things. The punitive measures that follow desperation will, of course, be blamed upon the very victims that these situations engender. IOW, the usual ethos of having laws that bind some and protect others. Lather, rinse, repeat. Why would any female or those that care about females in their family/friend group with the means to escape wish to remain? It's not like the drive to remove the ability for women to have agency is going to improve....
  5. Soros is 93 years old and while anyone paying attention understands the 'code,' I wonder who will become their new target in the future....
  6. Why did they draw him like he has a balloon animal for a penis? I like how they tried to copy professional sports logos. This is what happens when the arts are consistently derided and scorned. Originality is shot to hell.
  7. Perhaps it was because it was gun (singular) instead of an arsenal to admire and discuss.
  8. They don't seem to know if they're coming or going. Back during the pandemic era protests surrounding the Sul Ross statue on campus, quite a few of their former students/fans got really upset with the president of the time, Michael Young, and I don't remembering what he said in the media, but they were not happy and started some phrase about not another dime...meaning no donations until he was gone or I guess did something to the student protestors or some such. Similarly, when the football team was faring so poorly and the roller coaster took an early plunge (Appalachian State), they repeated that phrase. I think the interim leader following Young became their president recently but those that populate their message boards don't seem to care much for him either. (No CR, but they think he's too welcoming to others) I suppose they do have donors, obviously, but if one says "I'm not giving money" and then is puzzled about why other schools have money due to their graduates unflagging support, then one needs to retake a few classes perhaps.....at another school.
  9. Key words are springboard and future:
  10. Do you know how hard it is to find a tailor for elk? It's not like an elk can walk into Men's Warehouse and get something off the rack...they're built like an overstuffed couch with toothpick legs.
  11. Gamgee! Gamgee! Gamgee!
  12. I agree re: watching as things unfold. Speculate that Weigman may be contemplating his future ( injury recovery, team chaos) and the staff leaning in to using Jaylen Henderson (soph) as he's more mobile and fits that type of offense. The program is bringing in midwestern meat and potatoes in an effort to create a hot dish but from my view in the potluck line, it's looking like a hot mess. Guess we'll see how it goes.
  13. Perhaps some of that belief comes from the adoration they have for the Alabama program. By that I'm talking about the winning and the culture of winning. (the "They deserve it" theory) But that culture (as Texas will attest) takes time and quite a bit of effort and a willingness to be patient for the realization of the long range goals. That there exists a program west of their campus that has slowly and steadily rebuilt seems unfathomable to them because one has to objectively view the programs at UT and A&M and doing so is likely a little too on the nose for most of their fans.
  14. Phrasing....I think. Guess it depends on the pronoun? Congratulations on your menarche, Theodore! Right in time for menopause!
  15. I know that's a blend, but from one of the photos of him a few pages back I was thinking that in addition to his hair transplant he is getting botox/fillers injected into his forehead.
  16. Huh. Digital God? Didn't see that on the old bingo card. Seems to me Elon ought to grab his laptop and do like some of you guys do and watch some pron so he can finally experience Digital Rapture. That's likely the only thing that's going to save him at this point and something he and his fanbois have in common.
  17. I suppose I judge Sarkisian differently with respect to his personal issue. While USC deemed it cause for termination, he sought treatment etc etc correct? If they wish to rehire I would place that as their decision, as ultimately it is Arkansas' to rehire Petrino. I judge Petrino more harshly, sure. I admit that.
  18. That TP USA event has got to have Tucker constipated that he's imaged between Charlie Kirk and Roseanne Barr.
  19. I have issues with several other coaches as well. But it's not like he was unemployed afterwards. I'm happy that he is/was contrite and that his marriage weathered the storm, but he's also a millionaire who twists and turns based on who's flashing the shiny in front of him. Seems like a risky proposition. But time will tell I guess.
  20. THIS, THIS, AND FINALLY, THIS. It wounds him, it bothers him and while it's understandable for humans to get defensive regarding criticisms, etc, Musk has unacceptable, destructive, and sadly--outsized power and reactions with which he handles each and every situation where he feels 'slighted' in some way. While he may act or attempt to act as if he is above the fray, your point about Elon is true in another respect: he believes he is 'above' and 'superior' in ALL ways. Call it unfounded elitism since it seems to be a good description of the malady lately. But w/o getting too CR in the DT, he is not unlike the politicians who say "I'm a working man's man," while not only behaving quite differently, but secretly holding a blue collar worker in contempt. Wait, the Veggie Phallus Plate guy? Geez, I been away so long. Between him and Nicotine Mammal, I used to spend so much time rolling my eyes I had to go to the optometrist.
  21. They do, but it's not the same as it was.
  22. Prior to the acquisition, the platform was populated with a lot of govt accounts and was extremely useful in that regard. During the fires in the western US, during Harvey and other tropical events, breaking news world-wide, it provided those accounts from agencies at a small local level all the way up to the behemoth federal level to give updates, relevant information, etc. Those had all of that disrupted post-Dorsey and in a variety of ways that were, to me, rather intentional. I wouldn't say that the government does not want X to continue, I would say the people who work for the government from the smallest post office or county agency to the WH would rather not have had their accounts hijacked by this billionaire with Daddy issues. So they refuse to pay the ransom. Elon has made a lot of money by using other people's money and ideas and now he can use his own if he wants to turn X into a blue version of Gab. Which, by the way, I wonder if they're steamed that he's cutting into their user base.
  23. Vibe: from outside of his brain looking in, you can't understand it. From inside of his mind, you can't explain it he doesn't understand it either. Seems familiar somehow...
  24. It's all kinds of messed up that this man was brought back to that school. It wasn't the affair, as low as that is, it is with whom and the manner in which he installed her in his office; an offense which should end up with termination of employment, never to return. AD Long (at the time) did fire Petrino, but that the new(ish) AD Yurachek and coach Pittman would be on board with bringing someone fired (with cause and what a cause it was) back is insane.
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