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LCHorn

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  1. I just figured he was trying to show off his SAT verbal bonafides like @closetojumping
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. This is probably a decade stale, but I had a friend working for the Austin Chamber of Commerce that got data on a lot of payroll for restaurants in town and discovered the Austin Arboretum Chang’s head chef was one of the highest compensated in town. It seemed sort of intuitive at the time-they were a hot restaurant, tons of tables and big kitchen, always full, and had lunch and dinner services to manage. In other words, cash-cow. You go in there now and it’s empty like Highland Mall before it was sold to ACC.
  7. Eh, fuck OSU and their bitch ass stickers. Otherwise you are correct.
  8. As an Oilers fan this hits close to home. We went through like 5 kickers in the run “n” shoot era that were great for a season or half a season only to get cut soon after.
  9. He basically plays Lobo in everything else, why not officially?
  10. Anecdotal, but that’s actually not the problem and it seems like policy makers make gestures in this direction because it SEEMS like it would be helpful. I bet 75% or more of my purchase lending over the past two years has been to first-time homebuyers. Caveat, I’m not stealing deals often from the KB Homes of the world and they are building the housing stock priced more affordably for working class first-time homebuyers and that are larger users of down-payment assistance, seller incentives and rate buydowns. Anyway, I can’t think of anything on the demand side that doesn’t have predictable consequences I don’t like. Bear in mind, too, that a lot of the ways that the government addresses affordability end up a tax on middle-class or more mature buyers/borrowers, it just doesn’t get publicized that way. That doesn’t make it a bad deal on the face, but it does give me a little heartburn knowing someone selling a home and buying a small upgrade is subsidizing a first-time homebuyer, and they are both otherwise identical in terms of wealth, income, and credit qualification.
  11. I’m sure this has been discussed but the non-conference schedule takes several years in the making, right, I.e., this is basically the Beard non-conference schedule? Because it’s straight garbage and if it’s CDC signing off on it then he needs some criticism.
  12. I don’t think I want Verdugo at the major league minimum. Pretty much every teammate he’s played with has leaked to the press that he’s lazy and bad in the clubhouse.
  13. My kids just put their bathing suits on and just jumped in the pool.
  14. Funny you should say that; I’ve probably seen Interstellar close to 10 times, including twice now at the IMAX. I’ve been fighting it because I like him personally, but I’ve come to the same conclusion. He plays everything a little too large, a little too exaggerated. I mean, Caine does that, too, but he’s so awesome he can get away with that. I imagine that with someone else, say a Christian Bale, Mark Ruffalo, obviously Hugh Jackman (I’m just thinking of actors who’s filmography includes doing grief over a lost child) it becomes a very different movie. I do think if you wanted to go full McConaughey they should have shown more that brief flashbacks of him being a test pilot. Open up with Cooper doing a scene like in Top Gun; Maverick where you really get the sense that he’s kind of a rockstar pilot.
  15. Shady shit? We’re talking about a liquor store named after Gypsies. Did they promise a free bottle of Pappy with every roof replacement?
  16. I read it as they are putting a dollar amount on each player and that’s based on an analysis incorporating demand, supply, and current roster. In other words, making a bigger splash is most likely constrained by a) who might be poised to come on the market as the playoffs proceed and b) if you’re exceeding what you’re paying for guys like Wingo and maybe retaining Golden, then do you also have to make a bigger commitment there.
  17. Typically we expect increased demand for treasuries to lead to lower rates.
  18. I think the Bullock sold out for all showings. I don’t know the reason but it’s too bad they can extend the release when that happens.
  19. I think Pelosi would agree she needs to go. It’s mostly that the cohort behind her lacks any nerve and she knows it.
  20. We made reservations for La Pascina at the Austin Proper. I cooked last year and it was amazing pretty much all I did on Christmas Day.
  21. That was a good trade for the Yankees. Use their ridiculous local revenue as a super power.
  22. I’ve become obnoxiously experienced with the TJ’s dough and you have to either dust it with flour or with olive oil. It’s also much better after three or four days in the fridge and worse after seven. If you’re working with a stone I also need to put some corn meal on it and not everyone goes for that.
  23. She’ll hang on until at least 30 seconds has passed after Trump has breathed his last.
  24. You’re not kidding. I’ve just went outside and killed 3 of them in two minutes. At least they are moving slow.
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