- 2026 Fiesta Bowl - Miami vs. Ole Miss (CFP Semifinal #1)
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Your favorite opening track on an album?
Oh, shit -- now I'm about to get whacked.
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Your favorite opening track on an album?
[*semi-csb alert*] In 1989, I was in UT Law and clerking part time at a firm. Another clerk and I were at some bar on or near Guadalupe drinking beers and shooting pool one afternoon -- I can't recall the particular place. The bar was mostly empty and had a jukebox. I was checking out the song selection and noticed that it had Straight Outta Compton. This was before NWA had really blown up. I hadn't heard the track at that point, but I had read in some music rags that it was a monster, so I was curious. I put in some $ and selected it and some other tracks to play after the jukebox was done playing the songs it was playing at the time. I mentioned to my friend that I had Straight Outta Compton waiting to play, and he just shrugged his shoulders -- he had never heard of NWA. About two minutes later, the place starts filling up with frat boys and sorority girls. Turns out that they had scheduled some mixer there that afternoon. The place went from dead to full in about 5 minutes time. Straight Outta Compton came on blasting, and it was like a switch had been flipped. Everyone in the place was like, "Who the hell is this?!" You could tell instantly that track was going to be huge. The whole bar was buzzing. Side note: The sorority girls in particular were digging it. My friend started talking up a couple of them, telling them, "Oh, yeah, this is NWA, a group out of Compton, CA and this is the new track off their new album, isn't it great?" blah blah blah -- basically trying to impress them with his (fake) knowledge about NWA in the hopes that one of them would go home with him. It didn't work, and I laughed at him for a long time after they walked away. [*end semi-csb*]
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San Antonio Spurs 2025-26 - Release the Kraken
No LeBron and no Reaves kinda helps.
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Bourbon
- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Eloi! Eloi, lama sabachthani!
Well, either that or he's a moron.- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Eloi! Eloi, lama sabachthani!
- I'm Chevy Chase, And You're Not (documentary)
FWIW, I've read that Reynolds was difficult to deal with on Boogie Nights. At least for PTA. Apologies for contributing to the derail. Back to your regularly scheduled dumping on Chevy Chase.- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Eloi! Eloi, lama sabachthani!
Bim Skala Bim- The Germany Thread
It's actually Herrenchiemsee that was essentially a copy of Versailles. It didn't get finished because the treasury emptied out due to Ludwig II's extravagant spending, but the portions of the interior that got finished before the money dried up are dazzling. Linderhof is the only one of Ludwig II's castles that got completely finished. It's a former hunting lodge that got redone in Rococo style. Both are definitely worth a visit, IMO, but your family may think that one crazy Bavarian king's castle is enough. I completely agree with Ghost of LL that you could spend your flex day seeing other areas and have no qualms about doing so. I'm biased toward Bavaria because that region is so picturesque and enchanting.- The Germany Thread
If you're going to be in the Wengen/Lauterbrunnen area for 5 days, then, yeah, you'll certainly get a big dose of awesome Alpine scenery such that seeing the German Alps might not be as important as it otherwise would be. But I still think it would be worthwhile to take a day and do a side trip south of Munich. I think you could hit two or maybe even three worthwhile places (some of which I mentioned) in a day trip if you were to rent a car, depending on what you want to see and how much time you budget. It's been many years since I visited Bavaria, so others might have different thoughts or additional ideas re: what to see.- The Germany Thread
Maybe it's just me, but I think that any multi-day trip to Munich should include at least one day trip south to see some combination of Oberammergau, Berchtesgaden/Eagle's Nest, Ludwig II's castles, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, etc. I know you made a conscious decision to exclude Neuschwanstein, and you have your reasons that I certainly don't question. But Ludwig II's other two castles (Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee) are each well worth a visit, IMO, and have more lavish interiors than Neuschwanstein. And the mountain scenery in the B-gaden and Garmisch areas is amazing. With that said, I think it's good that you're taking your kids to see Dachau. It will be sobering, but it's important that they see it and understand what occurred there.- Parker Livingstone
Hey, Parker Livingstone, thanks for your contributions the past couple seasons. Now kindly go fuck yourself.- Texas Roster 2026
I've watched that play multiple times, and it is inaccurate IMO to say that Geffrard "met him in the hole" and then got "dr[iven] back about 8 yards." Geffrard was actually engaged by a blocker, worked off the blocker, and then grabbed the Memphis QB from the side as the QB ran upfield. It was at that point that the Memphis QB continued dragging Geffrard, who used horrendous technique and may have also been trying to avoid tackling the Memphis QB forward past the line to gain and a clinching first down. (I couldn't tell from the video whether Geffrard was also trying to punch the ball out with his right arm. The video short is linked below.) Geffrard certainly didn't cover himself with glory on the play -- quite the opposite. My only point is that he did not "meet the Memphis QB in the hole" and get "driven back." Based on what I've read and seen, my guess is that unless Geffrard substantially improves both his stamina and technique between now and next fall, he'll be a spot player in a role similar to what Shaw and Brevard had this past season. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0fJPyTkmv8o- Transfer K Gianni Spetic
That is concerning. I'm getting Sideshow Bert vibes about this guy. It was so nice to have a reliable kicker this past season. - Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Eloi! Eloi, lama sabachthani!
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