Everything posted by CooterBrown
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Concerts you are attending
This is a huge step up in venue. Maybe everyone from Surly needs to show up with banner that says "your dad's degenerate internet friends".
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Dr Pepper: Blackberry
Does anyone remember Dr Pepper Chocolate? That was the worst.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Junior Brown picked Colorado State, which is where she's wanted to go since her sophomore year. I will say, I was pretty impressed with the insane amount of support the engineering department provides students. We will probably buy a second home in Fort Collins next summer, so that will save some living expenses in the future. Overall, she went 13 for 13 acceptances and received the max, or near the max, merit scholarship at every school except for CU Boulder, which gave nothing. One school that was very affordable was Washington State. Their out of state tuition was the cheapest of every school and with the merit aid, it was actually cheaper than the Arkansas or New Mexico in-state rate she was offered. Her acceptance list: Colorado State Colorado School of Mines Colorado Northeastern UMass Bucknell Penn State Vermont Washington State Oregon State Maine Arkansas New Mexico
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Austin FC
Vazquez should’ve had a hat trick. It’s coming soon. The other players look like they finally realize how to serve him the ball. Except for Bukari. WTF.
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American Happiness Reaches Five-decade Low
$0.99 back in the late 80s. Generally, an off campus high school lunch meant The Bomb or hitting up the Pizza Hut for a pepperoni personal pan pizza which was also $0.99.
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Alaska volcano about to Spurr an erruption
Good thing Alaskans have bootstraps to pull themselves up out of the ashes.
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Trump’s America
At least there’s a brighter future when the heir to the throne takes over in a few years.
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Concerts you are attending
Picked up some tickets for Stereo MCs at Mohawk. I’ll grab some for Swans when they go on sale on Friday.
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Texas -- a failed state
Bill filed to eliminate TPWD. Enjoy your state parks before they are sold to the highest bidder. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2025/03/17/texas-parks-and-wildlife-department-pat-curry-house-bill-hb-4938-representatives/82490153007/
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SXSW 2025
Sounds like music at South By is in its death throes... https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/2025/03/16/sxsw-2026-schedule-half-price-badges-early-bird-available-now/82470583007/ SXSW transforms in 2026: Music weekend gone, half-price badges available now The South by Southwest Conference and Festival is undergoing a dramatic transformation. With dwindling band numbers and a surge in Film interest, the event will present a trimmed-down schedule that eliminates a dedicated music weekend in 2026. SXSW is also offering a lifeline to cash-strapped, would-be attendees with unprecedented early bird discounts slashing badge prices in half for a limited time. Is the Music fest, once the headliner, now more like the opening act that nobody quite remembers? They used to pack in 2,000 bands, in a chaotic symphony of sound. In 2025, that number was 1,012. 35% were international acts, representing their countries with pride, and often sponsored in part by government ministries. The Film and TV Fest, once the awkward sibling shoved into the corner, has suddenly become the cool kid everyone wants to hang out with. Thanks in part to Penske Corp. — 50% owners of SXSW since 2021 and Hollywood heavyweights who own your favorite film industry and music mags — the Film fest now feels like the VIP lounge. Suddenly, everyone's clamoring for screen time, not stage time. Next year, the festival and conference will run from Thursday March 12 to Wednesday March 18, ditching the second music-centric weekend. The fest is also offering deep early bird discounts at sxsw.com through March 31. You can snag a Platinum pass for a $1,135. Interactive badges are going for $785, Film and Television for $700. And $475 for a music badge. Walk up prices this year were wallet whopping: Platinum $2,295, Interactive $1,695, Film and Television badges $1,395, Music badges $995). Worth noting: For the last several years, badges for each track granted secondary access to other festival tracks. Next year, the Platinum pass is the only badge that will grant access to all festival tracks.
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Trump’s America
You'd have to have an election for that to happen.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
An article I read sounded like it was a single fatality in 5 different vehicles.
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The movie you just watched
Just saw Black Bag. I enjoyed but I wish there was a bit more meat on the bone but it was obviously a limited budget. It’s a quick 90 minute watch. My only real complaint is the cinematographer really lived over exposing light sources. Holy shit this movie was murky and blinding at the same time.
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Trump’s America
So, if that passes, a fetus wouldn't have constitutional protections until it is born.
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The Trump Economy
I'm glad I moved everything to SGOV & GLD. Now I'm wishing I went 100% into GLD instead of 25%. It's up almost 2% today. Gruntled and disgruntled at the same fucking time.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
on the London tube today...
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Guadaloopy following his man crush, Elon.
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Trump’s America
- Tesla
The iPad Pro has Lidar sensors in the camera. Granted, the distance is fairly limited, to around 5 meters, but it's really accurate. We have used it for some some projects recently. So, lower grade Lidar sensors are probably $50 or less already.- Markets still falling like whoa
I don't keep shit in my checking account. I zero it out at the end of the month so we start at zero on the 1st. Any leftover money is an extra investment in our brokerage account. I also never have more than $20K in my savings account. In my 52 years, I've never had a need for emergency money that had to be paid instantly. I can't even think of a non-criminal scenario where I would needs lots of cash immediately.- Tariff wars, they have began
On the bright side, we have $3 steaks to go with our $12 eggs.- Trump’s America
The FBI moves to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for accepting environmental grants. https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
There was a report yesterday that when you log on to the SSA site there’s an updated terms that you must allow DOGE access to all your data. SS is effectively gone in a month.- Trump’s America
We go to war with Canada. Europe sends military resources to support Canada. Putin takes a weakened, distracted Europe.- Markets still falling like whoa
Well, I took the rest of my retirement "out" of the market. Technically, I split it 75% SGOV (returning around 5% right now) and 25% in GLD. GLD seems like a decent play right now since the outflow leaving the market has to go somewhere and gold is a good bet of where a lot of it will land. - Tesla
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