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dcbc

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  1. What was the name of that Pole Vaulter?
  2. That's just generally good life-advice.
  3. That didn't work for UT when Red transferred. What about Surly Shirley?
  4. What do we call her? She's beautiful!
  5. This has vibes of the possessed Jack-O-Lantern @Prepuce of Doom let nature take its course on in another thread, but the egg is doing much better.
  6. My kid is driving home from Austin tonight, and my wife is ordering Terry Blacks for him to pick up. They have a $50 minimum order amount for pickup. Is it really that much more work to put it in a container instead of a tray? I mean, It'll probably be a tasty treat despite my last trip to that location. But I spit on their minimum $ amount to pickup.
  7. That does sound good. I ordered it through their app for pickup this morning and the stock toppings possibilities is salsa roja, BBQ sauce, and some sort of green sauce.
  8. Stanley's is serving breakfast again, and I'm a happy customer.
  9. SIAP. This would be entertaining https://www.rawstory.com/texas-redistricting-2673907383/?utm_
  10. Particularly on the same day as a colonoscopy.
  11. If they ask if you have any questions, be sure to ask, "Who's a good girl?!?!"
  12. Hate that for Roy, but it happens sometimes.
  13. And you're a raving anti-dentite!
  14. I only balked because $38--$40 per pound is what I generally see for beef ribs in the places I've gone, and I assumed there was some miscommunication from the counter guy. By comparison, the last two times I've been to L/M, when I ordered the beef rib, they would give me there version of "do you know what you're ordering," by which they remind you of the price and tell you that they're estimating the weight to be about 1.5 lbs.
  15. Possibly. I meant it appeals to a lot of the parents who send their kids to small, private, fundamentalist-Christian type schools, not specifically for the religious aspect alone, but for the anti-woke stance that so often comes with it. That's not to say that all parents who go that route with high school push that on their kids. That's not the case with my relatives, but it likely is for some. That could easily be the case in public school, but I don't know of anyone from our big, public school that wants to go someplace like this. Now, the parents may think it's great, but I haven't heard of anyone from around here headed that way. They probably are scared just based on the fact that it's in Austin.
  16. I don't think so. It appears to be housed in an old office building off South Congress.
  17. I attended a graduation this year at a private school in Austin and noticed that the program listed two students who were attending this "university." Of my relatives who have graduated from this high school so far, both have gone to excellent colleges and are pretty normal kids. And while the small, religious-focused curriculum surely contributes to the decision to attend such a purported institute of higher learning and truthiness, I have to suspect that the parents of these kids have a ton of influence on their destination. Because the school seems perfectly capable of getting a lot of its students into good universities. Of course, as Ty Webb said, the world needs ditch diggers too, and, by that same token, no matter the school, some of the kids just aren't rocking it academically. Still, there are better colleges, and even the dimmest bulb at one of these expensive, private high schools can be leveraged into a decent, state school.
  18. Not sure about this year's (fall's) boosters, but my sixteen year old finally got COVID with this latest strain. He was vaccinated the first go-round, but I don't think he was boosted last year. He was fine after a week. I was boosted last September and didn't get it from him. My wife, who took him to urgent care and definitely was exposed to him (and I to her), missed getting boosted last year and didn't get it from him. I hear this one is pretty contagious but relatively mild compared to previous strains. But we managed to stay healthy even with direct exposure. As per usual, I'll get my Flu and Covid shots at the same time next month and not worry about it.
  19. Oh, I think that guy was already there with his banjo.
  20. Same
  21. You can't kick ass all day unless you start in the morning.
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