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  1. Caught it last weekend and it was awesome. Those boats are incredible. Like the way they shoot it and use the graphics. Makes it much easier to tell what’s going on.

    I used to have vintage 18’ Olympic A class catamaran. These things are in another galaxy but that thing was a blast.


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  2. Caught Lucinda at the Granada...good venue & her band is tight tight. 

    Saw her at the Old 97s County Fair a few years back. She was pretty good in that casual setting.

    First time I saw her she opened for the Neil Young/Crazy Horse Greendale tour in 2003. Considered her more of a songwriter than a performer at the time but she was awesome. Outstanding band and yes, tight tight!


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  3. Interdasting.
    As someone with experience with trail building, which do you like?  Not sure it affects the trails a whole lot, though.  I haven't been out there since it shut down and reopened.

    Probably a combination. I like having MTB
    parking/ trailhead separated like The Hub but I like more separation of the skills and features in the other one. Yeah, trails are pretty much the same in both.

    This is on the doorstep of the new PGA Headquarters and course. Frisco wants more than just ratty old MTB trails there :)


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  4. There are trails, but they’re not open to public - they are used for the BSA programs mentioned above.
    I’m still an active scout leader, and these days Wisdom is used a ton, but mostly for day programs and training programs. Our troop usually prefers to camp further out due to highway noise at wisdom. 

    Yeah. I’ve ridden out there We(DORBA) tried to get a partnership worked out with them back in the 90s for a MTB trail system but it never got off the ground and other opportunities were emerging. Some of the best topography in D/FW.


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  5. Wellllll how is it

    Since it only covers one very important year, it is very in depth on his thought processes and how they are dealing with the impending storm.

    Lots of info about his family, friends and his relationships with them and other world leaders at the time.

    Great descriptions of how the common Brits deal with the situation as the war and bombings ramp up.

    I’ve enjoyed Larson’s other books and this is no exception.


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  6. I worried that the "no new appraisals" in Travis last year would run most of the aggregators and appeal consultants out of business.  Fortunately, some are still around.
    For 2020, of the ~17k homes I reviewed in 78750 and 78759, only around 700 went up in value and most of those were not reappraisals, but removals of concessions made in previous appeals.  For example, my home value increased by ~15% last year when functional obsolescence reductions were removed.  Why?  "Because people are moving from California and don't care about those things."  Those were words from a TCAD appraiser.  I did a formal appeal and got some of it back.
    This year, my property went up another 15%.  I should appeal again - or hire someone - but I am not sure it will amount to much. 
    Anecdotes from real estate agents I know
    • Homes in River Place area often receive 20+ offers in a weekend and go for $150k above asking.
    • Outlier went for $400k above asking (asked ~$900k - sold for $1.3mm)
    • House in NW Austin on market for $1.25mm.  Under contract for $1.4mm cash.  TCAD: 2020 appraisal: $650k; 2021 appraisal: $725k
    • Demand is high and supply is low, so it's only going to get worse.

    In-laws from California just bid on a house in Lakeway last week. Offered 90k over asking price and were outbid.


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  7. “The Splendid and the Vile" chronicles the first year of his prime ministry, from May 1940 to May 1941, a time when Britons lived in constant fear of bombs and invasion, and western civilization hung in the balance. It is a tale of despair, hope, love and loss — and Larson, clearly amazed by the drama he recounts, warns, “Although it may at times seem to be otherwise, this is a work of nonfiction.”


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    What a crazy history for a town of this size.

    “Back in the days before Vegas was big, when the Mob was at its peak and neon lights were but a glimmer on the horizon, a little Southern town styled itself as a premier destination for the American leisure class. Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, Art Deco splendor, and America's original national park--as well as horse racing, nearly a dozen illegal casinos, countless backrooms and brothels, and some of the country's most bald-faced criminals.
    Gangsters, gamblers, and gamines: all once flocked to America's forgotten capital of vice, a place where small-town hustlers and bigtime high-rollers could make their fortunes, and hide from the law. The Vapors is the extraordinary story of three individuals--spanning the golden decades of Hot Springs, from the 1930s through the 1960s--and the lavish casino whose spectacular rise and fall would bring them together before blowing them apart.
    Hazel Hill was still a young girl when legendary mobster Owney Madden rolled into town in his convertible, fresh off a crime spree in New York. He quickly established himself as the gentleman Godfather of Hot Springs, cutting barroom deals and buying stakes in the clubs at which Hazel made her living--and drank away her sorrows. Owney's prot g was Dane Harris, the son of a Cherokee bootlegger who rose through the town's ranks to become Boss Gambler. It was his idea to build The Vapors, a pleasure palace more spectacular than any the town had ever seen, and an establishment to rival anything on the Vegas Strip or Broadway in sophistication and supercharged glamour.
    In this riveting work of forgotten history, native Arkansan David Hill plots the trajectory of everything from organized crime to America's fraught racial past, examining how a town synonymous with white gangsters supported a burgeoning black middle class. He reveals how the louche underbelly of the South was also home to veterans hospitals and baseball's spring training grounds, giving rise to everyone from Babe Ruth to President Bill Clinton. Infused with the sights and sounds of America's entertainment heyday--jazz orchestras and auctioneers, slot machines and suited comedians--The Vapors is an arresting glimpse into a bygone era of American vice”


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  9. Steely Dan was a huge part of the soundtrack of my HS days.  All of their albums were released when I was in Jr. High.  I remember hearing Aja for the first time sitting in the back seat of a car heading up to the mountains to go spelunking with some of my jr high science classmates, and the "cool" HS kids driving.  I was hooked by the second track.
     
    Not a bad track on any of them, except maybe  East st. Louis 42 street toodaloo, never dug that one.

    I like The Royal Scam a little better than Aja I think. Not as cinematic but a bit grittier and more guitar oriented.

    Had tickets in hand for the Aja tour and they cancelled. Finally got to see them before Becker passed. Wasn’t sure what to expect but it was very good. Becker was funny and engaging and impressive on guitar.


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  10. So many amazing songs here. But goddamn I love this one.

    As I get older, my relationship with Texas is....complicated. But sweet lord, it’s in my blood, its dirt has clogged my nose 10,000 times, it breaks my heart, it brought me love, it is my career, my family, my third parent, and sometimes I hate it, but god....it’s home. And home is stories. This is one of those stories.

    One of those songs that is so comforting for me and always makes me feel better.




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  11. Another one that I have trouble finding an issue with. Both the original and the more popular remixed versions. Short, sweet and simple:
     
    Great song and pretty good album too.
    Remember this version? Funny because the buzz was the song was about heroin although I think the La’s denied it.




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  12. Love that song.  Jayhawks just always have "that sound", no matter the lineup.
    Although it could be artistic license in the video, it looks like the drummer was doing the harmony vocals.

    Gary Louris is the constant. Great voice, great songwriting and under appreciated guitarist.


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  13. Binged both “The Irregulars” and “The Serpent”.

    I really enjoyed them both.

    Here’s the trailers in lieu of me attempting to long windedly explain them.


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    I couldn’t take me eyes off Jenna Coleman. Her 70s wardrobe is absolutely delicious and things I would currently wear and she is astonishingly beautiful.

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    More talent from The Serpent.
    They also did a good job of blending the archival film from the locations with the new stuff.
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  14. I don’t know. I don’t use it. But there has to be some settings option somewhere. Poke around.
    More about Mark Andes:
     

    Curly Smith has a pretty impressive post GGJ resume too. Pretty talented little trio.


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  15. I don’t hand out hook’em rep lightly. Yours might be my third. But I felt that was deserving.
    Now if we can just get you to turn off your tapatalk sig.

    How do I do that?

    I knew J J Gunne drummer when he still lived in Texarkana. He got them to play the Texarkana College Auditorium right after they formed. He went on to join Boston in the 90s.


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  16. 1996. Randy California and Ed Cassidy put a new Spirit band together. It included founding member Mark Andes’ brother Matt and Matt’s daughter Rachel. They were going to go on tour. I was finally going to see them live.
    Before the tour, Randy went to visit his mom in Hawaii. One day on the beach, Randy’s 12-year-old son got caught in a riptide. Randy rushed to his aid and managed to toss him to safety. But Randy was sucked out to see and his body was never recovered. The tour was canceled and I never got to see Spirit live.
     

    Never saw Spirit but I did see Jo Jo Gunne.


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