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  1. I’m sympathetic because I grew up between Houston and Beaumont with a bunch of Baptists who were happy to tell 2nd and 3rd grade me that I was going to hell (at the time this hit a lot harder). That said, it seems to keep the kids off the pipe and off the pole. Once they start making it part of the curriculum it’ll surely become uncool again.
  2. LCHorn

    Pizza

    I go for the Deep Pan Veggie add pepperoni and have them cook it extra long so there’s no chance of soggy crust. Usually I will eat about half and save the rest (wrap in foil and reheat in cold oven for 25 minutes as the heat is brought to 350).
  3. I don’t think the Fed is as much of a market mover as the big banks and players in the Eurodollar system. It’s more likely they deliberate long enough to see which way the wind is shifting and try to follow it.
  4. I actually prefer it be off in the same direction if it means market participants can create their own adjustments that might lead to a more accurate measure. That’s one reason why I don’t buy Habib’s explanation when he claims the headline numbers are distorting the market. Maybe the rubes are relying on it but the big funds have the brain power to do their own research and analysis and the quants are just following whatever the trend is.
  5. Sark’s offense doesn’t need a running QB (although to Drebin’s point, a QB who can bail themselves out of trouble is always helpful), it needs consistency from the O-line and a RB that can get three-four yards a rush so that the LB’s and nickel can’t ignore the play-action. I’m super appreciate of Blue and Wisner for giving us a chance in most games, but we’ve got to be in more favorable third down conditions if we want to not require Heisman-esque performance from the QB.
  6. I'd rather grab someone who can get three-four yards in between the tackles.
  7. Time Bandits was on Apple TV, no? Eh, I don’t think they are programming Skeleton Crew for the SurlyBevo demographic.
  8. If you’re going by the Nielsen ratings (which is the only publicly available survey data as far as I know), none of the top 10 is family programming aside from perhaps the British Baking Show. Anyway, I think we’ll see some articles in the trades promoting the idea that Disney’s internals show high viewership amongst younger viewers and they are satisfied enough to put a second season in production. If they want to shuttle it off into developmental hell after then they can do so quietly. I think they also are trying desperately to broaden the audience and might be willing to invest a second season into it.
  9. The only time I’m this honed in on a subject is when I’m day drinking.
  10. That’s valid, but I think a greater area of improvement is that someone with his physical attributes should be open more and that’s going to come with experience.
  11. This has certainly come up previously in the 500 pages of this thread and it’s predecessor, but almost every purchase I’ve been party to in which a borrower tried to go without an agent ends up being a shit show, including my own. Maybe it’s worth it when reflecting a few years later, but it’s definitely a roll of the dice.
  12. Because relying on that is a great way to underperform. Imagine a WR room this year without Golden and there’s probably another couple of losses. Plus, the one thing most freshman WR fail to do adequately is block worth a shit, and that appears to be a necessity in Sark’s offense given how how much they run screen plays.
  13. Fwiw, the service academies and ROTC selection officers do put a lot of weight in sports, especially team sports, as an extracurricular.
  14. I’m pretty sure there‘s regulatory barriers but there’s also clear conflict of interest issues. As a lender we work for the bank, and you as a borrower are a customer. I want to look out for you because that’s good customer service, but if I don’t put the bank first I’m going to get fired. A realtor is contractually obligated to represent their side of the transaction and has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the client.
  15. I’d like to know where the hiring is coming from because it’s not in real estate/banking and it’s not in tech. Google is signaling to their staff that more “right-sizing” is coming in ‘25.
  16. What’s shocking is reported Federalist Society All-Stars viewing behavior engaged by a private citizen and convicted under state law as under the purview of Federal review.
  17. Boyhood couldn’t live up to that fantastic trailer. She’s fine and in a more challenging role, but Ethan Hawke gets the fun part and just RULES in that film.
  18. Disney isn’t paying them just to maintain awards eligibility. They are using Shogun as their centerpiece for promoting Hulu like Netflix did with House of Cards and HBO did with The Sopranos. If there’s any chance they can put together a second season they will want to take it. I’m also sure the series does bonkers money in international sales.
  19. Sadly, I was a little hopeful he’d be back (but not if he was going to pitch like he did in ‘24).
  20. Not to take anything away from Casey Hampton, but I’ve had personal or professional relationships with a bunch of those guys who played 2000-2010 or so and they’ve all been surprisingly kind, almost gentle (I would have expected them to be more like my USMC brethren and constantly acting like overgrown adolescents). I figure at least some of that is playing ball at UT can be a good maximizer of social skills if you let it. Too late, but would have been a perfect thread name for the 2023-2024 recruiting class.
  21. I just figured he was trying to show off his SAT verbal bonafides like @closetojumping
  22. This. Also, I think Dodds was overly praised for running no better than a competent AD's office, but I know from talking to players that they felt like he really cared about them personally, i.e., their development as humans would be important to him and losing is certainly a teacher. Eh, I think with the benefit of hindsight you may judge him too harshly. Mack is like an old pitcher who lost his fastball but couldn't adapt and kept pumping diminished heat. I think he was confused at the time and retreated to a safe space that was a little self-centered. Its kind of a rare trait for anyone to be capable of unprodded self-reflection, least of all an athlete/coach making $5m annually.
  23. Did they? I think they’ve performed pretty admirably beginning with CSU even if they didn’t rack up a lot of counting stats. How do you parse out the credit between four years with Davis and one with Baker? Frankly, given the bust rate of even high four and five stars prospects, I’m not sure what the standard for evaluation should be, aside from the obvious (coaching three or more year players into NFL draft picks). One might be success recruiting the four and fifth year senior transfers using UT as a finishing school for the NFL, as they are presumably evaluating programs for developmental acumen (and depth chart) rather than a pure NIL auction.
  24. I think the jury is still out on whether Baker is a better than average developer, but making sure you have a four deep of 4th and 5th year players with a decent baseline of talent is a good way to get credit for it.
  25. The fact I know this or have an opinion is something of a character flaw (because Awards season is stupid), but the Globes always go for international co-productions.
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