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  1. So we’ve hit all of this in week one (besides fly fishing, they wanted $1k for half a day and I don’t think we have sufficient interest to justify that expense). Major Dad fail on the whitewater park-I didn’t do a good safety brief on where to exit and the kids ended up going through the wake boarding section. The 8 year old was fine but the 6 year old was terrified. Lots of great coffee options here and Silver Whisker Bakery is A+. We also had fun at the farmer’s market and Salida Art Festival. Next door in Buena Vista is Simple Eatery, which I really enjoyed as a dining out option that has healthy meals. That whole main street area has a pretty different feel from Salida, considering how close they are.
  2. @mdmost is correct. Also, this has been true for the hundreds, if not thousands, of theatrical films I’ve seen in my life at a host of different theaters.
  3. I don’t think a plurality of Texans will be voting for this biography; what’s the source of your optimism?
  4. I don’t want to go full Lobo and start name dropping, but I’ve interacted with them a time or three going back over 20 years and neither has been anything other than curious and friendly. You’re likely not wrong about operations and finance, some of which I’d attribute to an intentional strategy to build early, non-Austin Alamo’s to be independent enough that management could have a more organic “rebel” attitude with screenings and the menu, and which I think was a big part of their adoption in Austin and attracted the investors. Whole Foods had the same problem, fwiw. Each one had a separate personality, product selection, in house restaurants, etc. Since the Amazon purchase all that independence has been wrung out of them for almighty profit.
  5. This, let’s not forget that it wasn’t just Saban who pioneered trapdooring guys-Meyer had a long history with it for Day to follow. Plus, OSU had a history of up or out demands on the 2nd string when the rest of Div 1 was promising 4 year scholarships, and was at least familiar that this led to some solid depth and development talent bleeding away annually.
  6. I’d like Talarico a lot more if he ran for something like AG that might be more attainable.
  7. Come to think of it, Snyder would be an inspired choice for an adaption of The Authority. Imagine Cavil’s Superman like character in a romantic relationship with Ben Affleck’s Batman.
  8. I’ve tried to get my kids into it and they check out whenever the the film shifts to Lex. Superman II holds their attention better. They’ve been raised on a heavy diet of the animated Justice League, so that’s kind of their definitive version (and tonally, the Gunn version is closest to that). I’ve let them watch Man of Steel but I turn it off before the third act (basically when Superman destroys the world engine in the Indian Ocean). Everything that follows isn’t in keeping with the popular version of Superman as a protector.
  9. I’m now on week 2 in Salida and I’ve seen a ton of (what I presume to be) hot lesbians at Topo and elsewhere. Most of them are pretty tall and lean, so not fitting the more stereotypical “butchie” look I see more often in Austin. Actually, most everyone here is like Texan minus 20+ lbs, even at Walmart.
  10. Hah! I would not have taken you for a comics girl. And yes, I think the times call for a slightly sillier or lighter version of comic book heroes than the Snyder “Greek Gods battling each other, humans behold in AWE.”
  11. To your point, we’ve witnessed a 50 year run of culture and technology progress one might describe as “anti-social”. I like the blame social media for a lot of today’s problems, but the patient was already on life support.
  12. On the Chase side, the Priority Pass lounges are crowded, ghetto or non-existent. I might swing by for a free Diet Coke, but I’m not drinking a fucking Heineken and stuffing my face with a ham and cheese croissant right before I depart, and because I fly out of ABIA I’m usually sprinting to my connect. It’s frankly been more valuable when you can get credit at some random restaurant. I presume that’s why Chase is trying to build out their own lounges.
  13. Do you? I’m pretty down conceptually on how the supposed credits are “tuned” to limit their value (like selling a $120 Door Dash credit but it’s actually $10 a month for 12 months-both of these cards are replete with that kind of chicanery). Precheck is $120 once every four years. Chase touts it because it’s marketing their card as the best for travelers, so it’s a complimentary offering, but the actual value isn’t that high. My big concern with switching is a) Chase and Amex are really pretty good when it comes to resolving disputed charges, b) additional warranty coverage on some purchases and c) built in trip insurance (which I actually have reason to need because we do a good bit of flying out of ABIA (so not direct) and I bet we end up delayed 50% of our trips.
  14. Same, my wife is keeping hers, however (at least that’s the plan, currently). I haven’t found a suitable replacement yet; our travel is predominately foreign and it seems like some of the better alternatives (Amex, for example) are far less widely accepted than VISA. I’m a little skeptical on some of the proposed use cases for AI, but a good one would be to analyze spending patterns and to recommend the best card.
  15. My wife just shared a video, I think from Instagram (which I’m not on or I’d post it here) with the La Junta owners surveying the damage. Looks like the main building/chow hall was swept clean of exterior and interior walls (or they demo’d), everything inside is gone (commercial kitchen, gift shop).
  16. Our son was just 1b at La Junta and we haven’t received any updates but the one just posted. I think La Junta could get through a few summers with tents if they need to. In regards to Ozark, my niece and nephew go there and also love it. Unfortunately, not a fit for us because it’s too Baptist cozy. We’re going to go Waldemar/La Junta, Cheley, or say fuck camps, let’s do a big family trip.
  17. You’re pointing this out and claiming it’s a virtue? Totally different contexts and a misunderstanding of the success cycle. I certainly understand running it back as long as Clemens was pitching, but after 2006 the roster depth was depleted, there was Pence and jack shit else coming up in the minors due to McLane’s servile obedience to Selig’s stupid (and unenforced) draft restrictions, and signing Lee and Williams was the kind of dumb shit the analytics community pilloried out of existence in modern MLB. At present and under the current rules, the Astros are still on their run, and need to add on the margins or in places of weakness even if it robs from the future. Clearly Abreu and Montero didn’t work out, but those are the kind of relatively low stakes signing the Astros need to do.
  18. Your whole post was excellent but it led to a thought-as an OIF veteran, if we ran an op with 700 Marines involved and a had 27 KIA’s, heads would most certainly roll. And that’s in a theater where casualties would be expected.
  19. At least Crane’s signings were in an attempt to win. McLane tolerated mediocrity and that, in my opinion, is the absolute worst kind of ownership. After 2005 I don’t think McLane cared about anything besides making money. And I will forever hate him for surrendering every competitive advantage available within the rules at the time purely on the basis of “Bud doesn’t like us to do that.” On a more personal level, I once met a lady who secretaried for McLane for 20 years and apparently he’ll squeeze a nickel so hard it cries for mercy. She had to keep accountability for stamps, envelopes, couldn’t replace pens unless a previous pen was out of ink, etc.
  20. I tried everything sold at Home Depot and Amazon, including the BioGents Mosquitaire, Tom‘s Mosquito TNT (worse, I misread the website and purchased four boxes of four traps, not just four traps), Spartan Mosqito Tubes, and anything Costco sells (like the Dynatrap-it’ll kill some moths for you while the mosquitos fly on by). We’ve also done barefoot mosquitos “non toxic” fogging. The only thing I haven’t tried (that I know about) is Mosquito Magnet (uses propane to bait mosquitos).
  21. This comes up weekly on r/austin and anything other than dunks will get crushed by the pro-pollinators. I’ve tried everything aside from bullshit suggestions on r/austin that clearly don’t work*, including dunks, and the only thing that worked was permethrin fogging. I’m loath to kill the butterflies, but I also can’t have my kids getting eaten alive when they go swimming or outside briefly without bug spray. *building bat houses, Purple Martin houses, releasing dragon flies, planting certain grasses or herbs like marigold or citronella
  22. This is Coogler’s Magnolia, imo. Deeply personal, wildly ambitious, but lacking the restraint and focus that will later yield a There Will Be Blood.
  23. I think there’s a broad consensus that season 3 was the weakest, and it’s not that close.
  24. I liked Cavill a lot at the time, but I don’t think he could play this version nearly so well as Corenswet did. We’re talking matters of degree, but also Corenswet is just less pretty than Routh, Reeves, and Cavill, and I think that works better for a Superman who’s meant to be a little closer to people and a little messy.
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