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    And Yabu's glance back at Toranage after slicing his belly, and getting the look from him that "yea this is all so I can become shogun" was perfect. 

     

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  2. 4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Outstanding season.

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    That said, I wish they had a GOT budget. They cut many scenes from the book that would have been awesome to see on film. 
     

    I think an additional episode for the Edo to Osaka love in and an additional episode for the Osaka attack aftermath/Mariko’s funeral would have been appropriate. So 12 episodes instead of 10. 
     

    The showrunners took the cheaper and more subtle approach. There is beauty in subtly. I think they nailed that. 

     

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    For a show that hinted at so much action with Crimson Sky, it was still incredibly satisfying and felt completely despite being almost entirely dialogue-driven.

    Also, Yabu's death poem 🤣

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

    SIAP, for those in Austin with 5-17 year olds who like to swim and who aren’t on a year-round team, Parks and Rec opened up swim team registration earlier this month.  Not sure how long registration runs, but the season is from early June through mid/late July.  Last year the kids finished the season by swimming at UT’s natatorium.  Only $80 for 4 days a week practice and saturday swim meets at the various neighborhood pools   

    https://www.austintexas.gov/department/swim-teams

    Many/most of the neighborhood pools have teams

    I hope I can find an area team in Round Rock a couple years from now. They were great, cheap swim lessons as a kid and I always loved the meets.

  4. On 4/14/2024 at 6:38 PM, Modessit said:

    Not to be a Debbie Downer or to see things that aren't there, but have you thought of having an evaluation for Autism or one of the lighter versions of it?

    My wife is a special education teacher dealing with Kindergarten down to 3yos. I had her read your description and she didn't necessarily think 'autism' but thinks maybe an evaluation might help.

    Autistic kids - from high functioning to severe - take comfort in familiarity: familiar surroundings, familiar people, familiar routines, etc. Moving into an unfamiliar place or around unfamiliar people (even people they've met before but aren't around a lot) can cause major meltdowns. It helps to really about the unfamiliar event multiple times over the few days before so they can get comfortable with the idea.

    Again, not saying this is what's going on with your kid, but you might want to think about it if it continues or gets worse.

    I've thought about it, but I think we're OK in that regard. Again, in a number of settings, he will interact perfectly normally. He just seems to be very shy and is also hitting peak tantrum right now. A month ago, he didn't act this way.

  5. It doesn't seem to be attention-seeking. Usually happens immediately upon entering an environment he's not feeling or as soon as people come into his space. Worst around a dinner table for some reason, I guess if he feels stuck in one spot near other people. 

    I think he is just painfully shy, but he makes it pretty painful for everyone around him.

  6. Anyone deal with their very little ones having social anxiety resulting in crazy tantrums?

    Our 22 month-old goes to daycare and does just fine. He can go play at a crowded park and is OK. He can go out to eat with just us or fly on a plane. But if we go out to eat with other people where there is any extended interaction with someone else, or have people over that he isn't very familiar with, it's meltdown city. Screaming, crying, arching his back, smacking his head on the ground.

    He is developing language just fine. He can interact appropriately with kids at daycare, or the caregivers there, or us. But throw him in a room with anyone who isn't family or daycare, and he loses his shit. 

    It's get super frustrating.

     

  7. Spring migration is finally underway and should be peaking in about 3 weeks here in central Texas. A few good things pushed down by the storms yesterday, including several hundred Franklin's gulls, and these long-billed dowitchers. An eastern screech owl also recently cooperated as I fumbled to get my phone to my bins for pictures.

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  8. 1 minute ago, dcbc said:

    At this point, I've resigned myself to the fact that nearly all of his supporters who haven't seen the light simply are lost.  There is no reasonable discussion to be had.  When it comes to a couple of my family members, smart though they may otherwise appear, the best we can do is the detente of not talking about politics at all.

    This is where I've been at with my parents for the last 2 years. One the one hand, we're about to have 2 kids under 3 and could really use some help. On the other hand, I feel my blood boiling when the people they support continue to do things to jeopardize the future of their grandkids.

    I did see a Nikki Haley mailer on their table though, so perhaps approaching the subject to see if there is any hope of AT LEAST getting them to fully leave MAGA Land behind would be a worthwhile exercise.

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  9. 1 hour ago, immamac said:

    so are we excited or just bored until the season? lol

    The off-season really was the best part of Texas football for over a decade, until last season. It feels strange to be able to tune out for a while, knowing the actual games are going to be far more enjoyable than any spring/summer nonsense.

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  10. For those who went with kids, how old were they? I've got a 2 year-old and another on the way, so I know it won't be anytime soon, but I'd like to go while wildlife is still a thing that exists.

  11. On 3/26/2024 at 6:28 PM, YGIFS said:

     

    Oh ye of little faiths.  Or yees.  Plural?  Yees?  Yeets?  Dammit, I had something for this.  He'll wreak more havoc.  As you've noticed he's been on a particularly wild bender as of late, even for him.  With regard to lawsuits and claims and suits and general buffoonery.  And yes, we are absolutely stuck with him for several years and he may even run for an even higher office.  And he'll probably win it.  But I promise you with 95% certainty...they are coming for him once he leaves office.  The people he crossed live to right the wrongs done against them.  His only recourse is to remain in public office because they don't target elected officials, particularly those in law enforcement. It won't be this cycle, or even the next.  And he'll visit much hatred and pain onto the people of Texas.  But take some solace in the fact that they will implement horrific suffering to him.  His last days will be some of the worst days of any human being in history has ever experienced.  He is a cornered rat and we'll have to live with him for awhile.  But eventually, he's going to get caught in a trap.  And that trap is a week-long 'experiment' in suffering. 

    What is this cartel stuff? I always see you alluding to it, but I don't know if you ever laid out the connection. 

    Is he somehow our states' most loathsome political figure? There are soooo many to choose from, hard to pick just one.

  12. Haidt was on hidden brain today. I only caught a little bit of it, but sounded like a good interview. He talked about how college kids were asked how much they would have to be paid to quit social media for a month, with an average response being something like $50. When asked what if we got everyone else on your school off social media at the same time, they said they would pay to quit, along with everyone else. 

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