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Brisketexan

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  1. Yes. If there's one thing that will fix our long-term ATC shortage, that would be.....firing ATCs. Failed. State.
  2. Well, I was figuring there are directs from FRA and LHR to CDMX. But yeah, even a connection from there to Monterrey gets em pretty close. The other challenge is finding flights that don't transit through the US. That's right. Need to look at travel that takes us to and from more stable, functional countries. Like Mexico. We are rapidly becoming a fascist failed state.
  3. Comparing property taxes of a Texas city to other cities is comparing apples to lizards. Most other states have income taxes, so property taxes carry a LOT more of the load here. Just compare total per capita local tax burdens, that’s much more accurate.
  4. Sigh. If this goes through Xmas…and it may…I’m considering getting the kids back here to Toronto or CDMX, and then ground transport from there. Which is a shitty option, but we’ll see.
  5. Multiple friends in Houston are reported that they’re bailing on flights at IAH. Hours just to get inside, then a shitshow once you do. Some folks gave up and went home, others are just cancelling trips.
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    Austin FC

    Also, if any of y’all needed anything from any of your Korean friends tonight, you were hosed. Every Korean within 100 miles of Austin was at this game to see their hero. And…they got what they came for. Uzuni is worthless. $12 million for him to score…6 more goals than I did. And y’all who say “if only we had Vasquez,” he was far from impressive before he got hurt. We get jack shit from our DPs, and it’s killing us. Other things need work, but if you don’t have goal scorers in a game that IS WON BY SCORING GOALS, You are fucked. Sigh.
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    Austin FC

    Guys….i don’t think this one is gonna come down to PKs.
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    Austin FC

    We sit with Dani’s family, so it was cool to celebrate with them. There. That’s the high point of the night.
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    Austin FC

    First goal broke free on an OBVIOUS shove foul to sprig. The play. Happened right in front of us. Stuver screwed the pooch on the second goal. And uzuni is the worst PK shooter I’ve ever seen. He should never ever take a pk.
  10. You can usually just get pork butt steaks already cut? They’re perfect for that dish.
  11. That is one of the most German recipes ever. “First, start with eleventy pounds of potatoes. Then, whatever you do, DO NOT ADD ANY SPICES.” I mean, it looks good enough….but could be improved with some diced jalapeño with the peppers. Maybe some oregano and such? Braised meat and gravy over rice. AKA, the baseline Cajun meal. Love it.
  12. Understand that every last MAGAt will defend this - without any irony - with “but he’s a job creator!” The most powerful force in the universe isn’t gravity, or nuclear energy. It’s cognitive dissonance, and it has overwhelmed everything else in our timeline.
  13. What are "text messages hobbes2702 gets from his wife when she's on an out-of-town work trip?"
  14. It’s our dominant identity. American exceptionalism? Yeah…we’re exceptionally assholish.
  15. The seat should be auctioned off for charity - maybe neighborhood longhorns or something that Scott supported - for each game this year.
  16. But I guarantee you he knows that color they are.
  17. Had to clean out our closet so we could finally get the full closet re-do that the wife has wanted. In the back of my T-shirt cabinet, found this gem, that had gotten shoved to the back and forgotten after being worn maybe once: It’s at the front of the new cabinet, and is in the rotation now.
  18. Just remember: this is who they are. All of them. Some may tell you “that’s wrong, and I don’t support it”….yet they will continue to support it and vote for it without fail. Right, @Enchubben ?
  19. Jesus.
  20. “People call him the Great Gatsby. I don’t know about that, I’m greater. But he really is a tremendous gatsby, maybe the greatest gatsby, lots of people are saying. Really great.” Holy fucking shit. Seriously, what in the actual fuck?
  21. Being racist pieces of shit is their entire identity. But the GQP isn’t racist, right @Enchubben ?
  22. The boy’s girlfriend is German-Georgian (and thus…hates Russia). He visited her for Halloween, thought yall would enjoy the costumes and theme:
  23. Sigh. A true passing of an era. Hook ‘em for eternity, Scott.
  24. No ghosts for me. But two visitations on the night they died. First was my childhood dog. He still lived at home with my folks. I was on spring break with my now-wife in NOLA. Woke up, and told her about a super-vivid dream I had about my dog. We spent a log time in the open field behind my house, where he used to love to run. Again, it was so vivid, I told her about it. A couple days later, we head back to Austin and make a stop at my parents’ house. We get in, and I ask about my dog. My mom shakes her head. “He died in his sleep while you were gone.” Yep, on the night I had my dream. But the one that still bugs me is my friend who was in my dream the night he was murdered (he was beaten to death by a crooked cop he’d gotten mixed up with, but nobody could make any charges go anywhere). We were not super close, but we had a friendship that was based on mutual respect and deep trust. He was a smart dude. In my dream, we were being chased by some sinister dudes through West Campus. It was fucking intense and terrifying. At one point, we made it to an alley where we caught a breather, and we decided that it made sense to split up. We did, and after a while, I realized nobody was after me, I’d shaken them. So I started looking for Tom. I couldn’t find him. I looked all over. I woke up upset that I couldn’t find him. He was found in a coma that morning, after being beaten overnight. He died two days later, never regaining consciousness. I’d never had a dream with him in it before or since.
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