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hookem2010

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  1. I'm glad you guys are here to provide up-to-date information. God forbid American news cover anything going on outside of our borders. JFC..
  2. Is Rune going to turn this into a real match? Would love to see it go 5
  3. I watched a good amount of that match. Good players, but damn that set with the horrible call, where the umpire awarded Rune a point for "hindrance" that Cerundolo clearly won, was rough by both players. I do hope Rune fares better in his QF rematch against Ruud.
  4. Yea, that sucked. Donnie had a Mcnugget happy meal at the park before it was time to go. I was going to have the fries myself, but he had other ideas. To lift the thread up again, here's Mango trying to catch a fly.
  5. Well, it's time to say goodbye to Donnie this afternoon. He has lived a solid 13+ years since my wife picked him up from the pound before we had met. He's been with her in 13 homes, through nursing and grad school, our engagement, marriage and birth of our son. Basically, the one constant of our relationship. The doberman (and more recently, baby) stole a lot of the attention away from him, but up until the last year when his health problems started to creep up, he was the easiest dog ever. It's so hard to know when the time is right, but every time one problem improves, another seems to pop up. He's lived a full, and hopefully happy life. Farewell, sweet boy...
  6. Prehistoric planet season 2 is great, as expected. I'd have a hard time not liking something David Attenborough was attached to. Sometimes it's easier to watch a nature documentary about things that have been dead for millions of years, rather than creatures we are actively driving to extinction.
  7. I'm not positive if ranchers or drillers are the bigger issue in this particular case. Pretty much all the grouse-like species of the central and western grasslands are completely boned if conservation measures aren't substantially stepped up.
  8. A yellow-green vireo showed up near Lake Somerville. These turn up in the valley perhaps annually in very small numbers, but are scarce elsewhere in the United States. The baby and I successfully chased it this morning. It was the best kind of chase, with another person already there and on the bird so I didn't have to do any of the hard work. Didn't even try for a photo this time, but this is what it looks like. Quite similar to our locally breeding red-eyed vireo In shitty bird news, congress is working to delist the lesser prairie chicken from the ESA just 6 months after it was added. It's ONLY lost 97% of its population in the last 60 years, so obviously this decision is based on firmly established science 😠
  9. Mango a giant fucking pain in my ass, and we have to be careful because of her sheer size and hyperactivity, but this dobie at least is great with the little one.
  10. My photo setup is pretty legit, so that's how I get all these sweet shots. Tie a large dog around my waist, push a generally impatient and uninterested baby in a stroller, then attempt to hold my phone up to my bins, producing a photo suggestive of something that could be a bird.
  11. We just bought a house in WilCo and have a one year-old. Wife loves her job and signed a retention bonus. If things keep heading this way though (lol, as if there is an alternative in this state), I'd love to start looking to move elsewhere by the time he gets school-aged. As mentioned above, where the fuck do you go?
  12. Appreciate the advixe. If we decided to wallpaper that wall, could I get away with just sanding and spackling as best I can, or would I still need to do the full repair do you think.
  13. Barred owls are awesome. I thought I'd take one last stroll through my neighborhood park to look for lingering migrants. There was some decent activity, but nothing special. Decided on one last mini-loop through some trees and found my multi-year spring migrant nemesis black-billed cuckoo. These little bastards are rare to begin with this far west, but they're also secretive AF, so they only get reported once every year or two in WilCo. My awful attempt at a pic versus what they actually look like...
  14. Really started coming off in chunks toward the bottom. Should I just cut out an area a bit outside of the peeling edges? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll just peel the entire wall off
  15. Bought a house recently and removed some shelving that had been present for who knows how long. The paint, and I'm guessing some drywall, came off in large chunks in some places, especially where it looked like some water had leaked down. I am not a handyman, but have the time to knock out what I hope are manageable projects for a novice. How do I smooth this shit out and get it looking presentable?
  16. I believe the standard 5 years ago was 6 months of sobriety.
  17. They are. My wife worked a few years in the surgical and liver ICU at Houston Methodist, which I believe is one of the top places in the country/world for them. Unfortunately, she mostly had horror stories about the patients who rolled through those doors. It's an incredibly long and dangerous road for those lucky enough to receive one, but he seems to have surprised people since this most recent tragedy began, so maybe his fortune can continue. **I don't recall if Methodist is where he is at, but that would be my guess
  18. Damn, reading basically this entire thread in a week was a trip. Thanks to the stalwarts who seem to respond to basically every new person who comes in with a problem of their own or a loved one. Sad to learn about El Diablo, and worried about several other posters who seemed to disappear over time. I've tentatively reached the conclusion that I'm probably a problem drinker rather than an alcoholic. But, I've got to prove to myself that I can stop entirely for a period of time and down the road I can see if I even want to reintroduce alcohol at some point. Reading yalls stories all across the alcohol abuse spectrum was incredibly helpful,and typing out my concerns rather than just perfunctorily telling my wife I think I should probably cut back has oddly seemed like a significantly greater commitment. Immensely grateful to have finally ventured in here.
  19. Oh, I got a picture! It's just through my bins with a phone and a fidgety baby hanging from my chest. Wanna see it!!! Got some crisp audio at least. 2023-05-19 07_56.wav
  20. I made the trek down the Hill of Life to (successfully!) chase the Swainson's warbler turned up a few days ago by Austin's teenage birding wunderkind. Not the flashiest of birds, but only Travis County's 3rd recors. It was singing its little heart out and I could hear it 5 minutes before I got to him. The hike back up with 20 lbs of baby strapped to my chest was fun. Nice little bow to wrap up spring migration.
  21. Yea, it's not to the point where drinking is affecting my relationships or ability to perform my responsibilities. Doesn't mean it's not a problem, so I'm going to try and stop altogether for an unspecified amount of time and see how that goes. In the past, I've tried to set limits, which hasn't been particularly effective for me.
  22. The compulsion to continue drinking after the first one or two hits home for me. I can go out and have a drink or two with friends, but that alone is rarely satisfying to me, so I typically get something on the way home so as not to allow those first couple drinks to "go to waste" or feel pointless to me.
  23. As a shy person who struggles to understand my own feelings, I definitely use it to be more open emotionally and interactive socially. And while I don't experience the depression I once did, I think I've settled into a bit of dysthymia, and alcohol provides that brief bit of euphoria I rarely feel otherwise.
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