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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Saw it today and really enjoyed it. Not a cookie cutter romcom, had some really interesting elements. Even Ed Sheeran was tolerable playing himself - not great but it worked. I like that the main guy actually felt some guilt and they played off that. One reviewer I read was speculating that this sets up the universe of "missing" stuff, so they can revisit it with other characters...which I'm sure they will ruin by playing the one-trick pony too much.
  2. From a politics/optics perspective, Beto could have easily destroyed Castro the other night if he had been quicker on his feet. After Julian started to hammer him, all Beto really needed to do was pivot to Spanish when replying to Castro, say something about immigration and then end with “Si, Julian?” ...then watch Castro blink and fumble. He didn’t use one of his biggest weapons.
  3. "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit...It's the only way to be sure." "Seventeen *days*? Hey man, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but we're not gonna last seventeen hours! "What are we talking about here...pussy, right? Let's face it Harry...the Vette...get's 'em wet!" "Rosebud"
  4. It's out of character because of what we as fans built up in our mind about his character, and what we wanted him to be based on Robinson and Duncan's personality. He was going to be the next torchbearer, the silent assassin like Tim, etc. Who knows what his real character is because he never showed us, he never talks. All we really know is that he is a gym rat and is insanely skilled and physically gifted. My guess is that he lacks confidence and because he lost his Dad early that had a big impact on him - so he leans really heavily on his uncle, and comes from a world that taught him not to trust anyone and that most people were not looking out for him or his interests. So he reaches for stuff he can control and ignores the rest. That comes off as aloof but its what he knows. He didn't know jack about San Antonio or have the benefit of our history as fans to know how well we treat our players - so when his uncle (who probably does have other motives) got into his ear about how "The Spurs are screwing you, they're out to destroy your body and rush you back, they don't give a fuck about you," he went with the voice he knew and trusted. I have nothing to back all that up, just gut, and Occam's razor. I flip back and forth on him. Respect his skills and thankful for his contribution here. Mostly disappointment for what could have been. And a healthy dose of "fuck you" for quitting on his team, abandoning his teammates when he could have supported them, and mostly for tanking his trade value and burning the place down on his way out. He was really steered wrong on that choice - but he's about to win it all, so maybe he was crazy like a fox. Still, fuck him.
  5. I buy mine from Electric California. I'm pretty sure they're not Luxottica and they have quality stuff.
  6. Just came to say fuck Kawhi, he's a quitter, fuck him. He didn't even bother to sit on the bench and support his teammates. Fuck him.
  7. The only poetic justice at this point would be if Kawhi breaks his ankle in the 3rd quarter up 20 and the Dubs come back to win the series
  8. I'm 9/10 with technology and 4/10 with a wrench. I can build a computer from scratch and configure a database, but while I understand most of the mechanical systems I just don't have a ton of hands on experience with them, so my confidence isn't as high, although I can follow instructions as good as anyone. Is there an old shop manual for these somewhere? Mostly I want an experienced wrench to give it a once over for stuff I won't know to look for. I think the fuel pump was swapped out for an electronic one during prior work. Going to have to look around and see...
  9. Unfortunately no fender tag, it was taken off in prior work. VIN is BP23G0Bxxxxxx
  10. So this beauty is making a new home in my garage starting today... It's a '70 Cuda, sort of. It's a BP not a BS, so technically it's a gran coupe (top trim line), but it started life with a 318, I think. Now it has the 383+727 transmission. Pistol grip console shifter, rallye gauges and that awesome plum crazy purple. Someone before me went a little wild w/ the decals, it has both the AAR and the hockey stick. Obviously not number's matching perfection, but I didn't really want that either, I wanted something I could drive and enjoy, not a museum piece you only admire in the garage. @Mother mopar do you have a good Mopar mechanic or shop in Austin I can take it to for a check up and tune? Fuel pump sounds a little wonky, and I'd like to change all the fluids, etc. Eventually it's going to have to get a Vintage Air a/c or something like it so I can take it out between 9a and 7p.
  11. Just checking in before game 1 to say “Fuck Kawhi” !!! Fuck him so hard. I hope the GSW win in 4 by 100 each game.
  12. I travel almost every week for work and have a regular driver that we use. They show up with their SUV or town car and take me and pick me up and bring me home. I've used them 100+ times and they've never missed and are good people as well. Send a PM if you want an intro...
  13. Not sure it matters, Toronto won't have any answer for the Steph/Draymond PnR...to be fair though, no one in the NBA has figure that out yet. They are both just too good at passing and finishing. And I fucking hate Draymond so much. Plus, who are they going to put on Steph? Danny Green? He's good but Steph will destroy that with penetration and kick. Warriors in 5...6 if they get lazy.
  14. This experience is like going down to 6th street and seeing the hot chick who broke up with you running with some new guy, only she's hotter now and has bigger tits.
  15. Gallon of Milk per Day - GOMAD. Perfect for the teenager who is putting on muscle. Speed is derivative of Power, which is the application of Strength against a load (for running, your body weight and gravity; for powerlifting gravity and the weight on the bar). Hence, if you want to get faster, you need to get stronger. All things equal, the stronger athlete will be faster than the weaker, with strength measured in repeatable/testable way, such as ability to squat a certain weight on the bar. Higher squat will mean higher production of Power and faster Speed. Go grab a copy of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training and start from there. He should be doing 3x/week weigh training following that program and progressively adding weight each time. A teenage boy on that program + GOMAD will be in beast mode very quickly. ... Now all that is about Strength and its application to Power and Speed. The other side of the coin is Technique, which isn't about Strength. Proper shooting form for a basketball, good throwing form for football, coming out of the blocks properly for a sprint. Those can have a huge impact as well.
  16. This post perfectly encapsulates the no-win situation the producers are in. Have a "traditional" or "villain" death for Cersi, where she gets slain by Dany, Arya, or Jon, and I guarantee that there will be dozens of posts here that are variations on the theme of "OMG! What a cliché death, of course the hero kills the villain, lazy writing D&D! GRRM would never have done that, he'd give us a twist!" ...OTOH, they kill Cersi in a non-traditional way and we get posts like this about how unsatisfying her death was. I was pretty happy with her death. She's a bully who when faced with her imminent demise and no more get-out-of-jail-free cards, broke the facade of toughness she put on and became the insecure, quivering mass we suspected her to be underneath. Plus there was the irony of her world literally crumbling around her, and they literally dropped the Red Keep - the embodiment of everything she worked towards - on her head. It was that which she sought, her hubris that killed her off. Jamie dying with her was a good conclusion to his arc. If he had turned "hero," and gone to the good side everyone here would be bitching about traditionalism and hero's journey, etc. He had a slight turn toward the good with his battle for the living, but in the end couldn't deny himself, and went back to his comfort zone in Cersi. It rang true for me because it's his weakness, and ultimately led to his death.
  17. The NK is a magical undead zombie Terminator. Apparently he's into creating crop circles with the dismembered corpses of those he kills. That's freaky enough without some deeper meaning behind it. Because otherwise it would be a pretty boring story? We're seeing a slice of time in Westeros for this story, and it happens to be a pretty interesting time because of a confluence of events. Maybe his goal was to do something to/with Bran 1st? Maybe he wants to suck out his brain, warg into Bran and access the Godswoods.net, or something else? Or maybe he's a egotistical shitface who gets off on killing cripples personally? Up until that point he's survived dragon fire and a fall from 1000 ft in the air, so he's basically shown to be invincible - no reason to have the wights kill Theon when Theon is no more of a threat than a housefly. Plus he gets to rub it in Bran's face. The special power of Valyrian steel has never been fully explained, if it even could be by these characters. It's special; and no one knows why. Part of that is b/c it's rare and can't be forged anew. Others have theorized that it's not the Valyrian steel aspect that killed the NK, it's something specific to the Cat's Paw dagger itself - that dagger is shown in a book that Sam reads in Oldtown about the White Walkers, so it may have some historical aspect.
  18. To everyone bitching about not knowing the Night King's motivation: he's DEATH. His motivation is to kill. It doesn't have to be complicated. They explained earlier in the show that the Children of the Forest created him as a weapon to kill men...he's the Terminator and he's doing his thing.
  19. DDR is a crazy talented scorer but tries too hard in crunch time and forces stuff, which works out badly. LMA is great until he's not and he lives and dies by his turnaround J, which would be fine if were a threat to drive (he isn't) or an amazing passer (he's not). So we got to watch 2.5 quarters of clanks. The offense was terrible but the defense was worse. I've never seen a Spurs team so disinterested in playing D.
  20. For me, working out (hard cardio like basketball or weight lifting) creates a ~24-hour window where I'm more insulin-sensitive. So I need less insulin for the same amount of carbs. When I do full contact sports like basketball, I remove my pump for the duration (up to about 2 hours) and then put it back on after. I check BG before I take it off and dose if needed, knowing that I tend to float downward as I work out, and I account for that. Sometimes I'll check during a break in the action if I'm feeling low, and I always keep a gatorade on hand to bring me up if needed. And I always check right after, and if I'm <100, I take gatorade or a carb to bring me up, because I know I'm floating down pretty hard in the few hours after working out. My endocrinologist and I have talked about setting a "temp basal" for overnight (I tend to work out at night) so that I take less insulin and don't go low at night, because I've had a few hypo episodes in the middle of the night, usually they wake me up, but they're scary. Basically check before and after, and during if you feel "off." Keep insulin and carbs on hand to correct in either direction as needed. Know that you're going to have stronger BG swings than if you're inactive. I don't know if your kid is driving yet, but if so, it's a solid habit to get them started to check their blood sugar before they drive, even if they think they're fine. I had a low-carb meal a few years ago, then went a worked out and didn't realize I was going low. I ended up blacking out behind the wheel and crashed, luckily no one was hurt other than totaling my car. I drove from downtown Austin to Cedar Park on MoPac, and I don't remember anything after going under 183 on N MoPac. I crashed at MoPac and 45.
  21. Depends, on a lot of factors. A good day for me, when I'm following keto, not traveling, wearing my sensor, monitoring closely I'll range from 70's to 150. I'm super carb-sensitive at this point, and even non-carbs set me off, like coffee. On a bad day if I ate carbs, traveled, my sensor expired, etc; I could hit 250 or higher if I'm not careful. I feel lows, but don't feel any different when I'm high, and life has this strange tendency to take over and then you realize you haven't stuck your finger in 3-4 hours and whoops...you're >200. Or maybe you mis-estimated your carb intake, or your insulin dosage, or you worked out (or didn't), or you're sick, etc. It's calculus, not algebra and I'm a grown-ass man and have trouble with it. So I have a ton of empathy for a teen or a parent of young kid with T1. Sometimes you can do everything right, and still be "wrong" with regard to your blood sugar. It sucks.
  22. I was 30 when I was diagnosed so never had to deal with it as a teenager, thank god. There was a learning curve and frustration, and even depression. But I got there eventually; the key was I wanted to be healthy. There is an 8-year old at my church who was just diagnosed and his parents can do 95% of the management for him. An adult can take responsibility. A teen in that in-between time going from kid to adult is going to be much harder. Ultimately they have to want to manage it, for themself. Can’t change someone who doesn’t want to change. Quick aside on cure stuff, there is a lot of great research here recently. I highly recommend looking up Dr. Denise Faustman at the Harvard Medical School. She is doing some amazing cure research on BCG.
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