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  1. Surprisingly, of all the people in my life over the years, only two with whom we keep in touch are Catholic. I just sent one of them the following text: "So. Pope. We like?"
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    So the bill that will get voted on in the house is not exactly as above. Going on memory for the summary, but see the link below. No synthetics or vapes. No flower. TABC governs. Counties can vote to opt out (dry). Drinks fine (Alcohol Lobby Happy to get into the game). Edibles/other consumables okay, but only if they don't resemble something that appeals to children? I assume at best that means shape and packaging of gummies, i.e., no bears or worms. But that's a badly written law to be sure (shocking, I know). Legal age raised to 21. Sold nowhere near church, school, playground, or republican. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-house-committee-changes-thc-ban-bill-allows-for-hemp-beverages/
  3. While we're talking about speakers, I wish I'd gotten a picture of these bad-boys after I got the woofer refoamed and everything re-capped.
  4. In the name of the Cheddar, the Jalapeno, and the Flakey Biscuit, amen.
  5. Well, he's from Chicago. So Whataburger (limited menu).
  6. Trump to deport him to the Vatican in 3 - 2 - 1 . . . .
  7. Possibly need to move thread to IPIHB if this keeps up. Meanwhile, I'll be in my bunk . . . with a hammer.
  8. Got to tenderize it a bit first.
  9. I just bought a meat grinder today. So I'm now thinking about grinding up one of those corn beef briskets with some chuck for Reuben meatloaf, Reuben burgers, hell, Reuben sausage. I'm sure I'll screw this up somehow.
  10. Happy New Year's.
  11. Due process? Do wheelies!
  12. I don't know, but I want him to keep these lawyers.
  13. Because "amenities." Also, it sounds like he opted for no window. A friend of ours referred us to the realtor he uses to list a condo his parents own in West Campus. She is an absolute gem if anyone needs help finding a place. I mean she'd negotiate, walk away from stubborn landlords, you name it. She is patient and waited out the market for several months to find us a good deal. She also mentioned that condos in West Campus generally are going for less than those on North Campus (I mean, I'm sure you could go far enough north to disprove that theory).
  14. A little advice for those with kids planning to live on West Campus. All of these high rises with "amenities" that they will come to you in the fall, frantically telling you that you have to act fast, are a rip off. The condos of our past still exist and are plenty nice. Also, you can wait until spring. West Campus is overloaded with inventory. By late April, you can negotiate. And guess what, there are plenty of amenities at this nearby school called UT-Austin, which is just a short walk away. No offense intended for anyone who's forking out the dough for their kid to live in such luxury (and someone should totally sublease the place from @Cabowabo for the summer). But when I was told it would be an extra $50 per month for a room with a window, I balked. We have a friend who is paying $1,600 per month for one of these places. Our son has a 2/2 condo with a friend of his and is paying just a little over half that amount including parking. Alas, he will not have 24-7 access to a golf simulator.
  15. The crawling through the house bit was pretty great.
  16. That was the alternative protein when I was growing up too.
  17. dcbc

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    But we good with D9? Edit: Did not finish thread. But, uh, okay, deal.
  18. Fun story. When my older son was around 16 months old, we took him to Wurstfest with us. We had one of those leashes that had a little monkey-backpack at his end. Anyway, my wife and I were dancing and left him with his uncle. So the uncle goes out near the dance floor with my kid on a leash, and my kid walks up to this woman dancing in a durndle and sticks his hand up her dress right into her stuff. She abruptly turns around and follows the leash to my kid's uncle's hands who is furiously and apologetically trying to reel in his nephew. We're so proud.
  19. I mean, I bought a 4 lb bag of rice today when I probably didn't need that much rice. But that's about all I'm going to do. If it goes south, I'll start cracking skulls for more rice I suppose.
  20. This is your answer. Make a smoothie with papaya in it and include some seeds. This is from my wife, who is an 11 year breast cancer survivor. It was the only thing that worked. Good luck. We're all counting on you.
  21. I don't know if the Dead & Co. shows are like this, but at Phish, if you stared at the band, all the movement behind them made it feel like you were on one of those immersive rides. I had to grab onto something a few times. Early 80s shows are sleepers.
  22. I'll eat it fresh. I'll eat it cold. I'll eat that shit until I'm old. Luby's is #1. Kraft might as well be second. I've made some fancy-ass mac 'n' cheese over the years, but Kraft is just damned satisfying.
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