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Bullneck

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Day ^^^ This guy's son was in my unit in Okinawa (also named James Day, IIRC). He was either a captain or Lt at the time but had enlisted right out of high school, which makes sense given that the dad was enlisted as well. It you really want to have a bulletproof resume -- in front of both enlisted and officers -- in the military that'll do it.
  2. Lyndon Johnson and the "Johnson Treatment" Lyndon Johnson and Theodore Green / George Tames, 1957 / Gelatin silver print / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Frances O. Tames / © The New York Times/George Tames In 1955, with only seven years of seniority, Johnson was elected Senate majority leader. Through his successful courting of the “old bulls” of the “southern caucus,” particularly Richard Russell of Georgia, Johnson controlled the agenda of the Senate as no majority leader has before or since. Another element of his mastery was the “Johnson treatment,” as displayed here with Senator Theodore Green of Rhode Island. Newspaper columnist Mary McGrory described it as “an incredible, potent mixture of persuasion, badgering, flattery, threats, reminders of past favors and future advantages”; Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee recalled feeling that “a St. Bernard had licked your face for an hour, [and] had pawed you all over”; and Hubert Humphrey described it as a “tidal wave.” Johnson’s most notable victory as majority leader was the passage of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the first such legislation since Reconstruction. Rachael Penman of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment discussed this photograph by George Tames, along with other images of Lyndon Johnson, at a Face-to-Face portrait talk. The 1957 photograph is on view at the National Portrait Gallery, in the exhibition “Presidents in Waiting” on the museum’s second floor.
  3. Par Street, Orlando . . . holla!
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    BC @ FSU

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    BC @ FSU

    I know a guy who named his kid Maverick Morrison. (OK, his last name isn't actually Morrison but it starts with an "M"). I don't talk to him but once a year but I always ask "how's Maverick?" It's memorable.
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    BC @ FSU

    Maverick McIvor ... son of Rick and Lashawn McIvor ... father played quarterback collegiately at the University of Texas from 1979-83 and was later selected 80th overall (third round) of the 1984 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals ... his sister, Hadley, played volleyball collegiately at Texas A&M-Kingsville ... enrolled in the Rawls College of Business with concentration on management and marketing.
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    BC @ FSU

    No, because after the TD, when a TEAM would come out and play defense and force a 3 and out they were flagged and BC started at the 40. Since then the Eagles have gotten it in the red zone (avoiding an int on a tipped ball). BC is playing like a winner.
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    BC @ FSU

    I suspect that will be more than required for the rest of the year.
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    BC @ FSU

    Wow. Almost a pick 6. That just sucks the life out of your team. Hopefully BC can punch it in.
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    BC @ FSU

    Was it last year that FSU was a decent team and their QB got injured and they were left out of the playoffs? Or the year before? I forget.
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    BC @ FSU

    FSU has the "Anti-QB." As in "anti-hero." Fuck, Squints would beat him out for the job.
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    BC @ FSU

    Which country? That flea flicker that ended in an incompletion was epic.
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    BC @ FSU

    The graphic said they have an 11% chance of making the playoffs if they win and a 1% chance if they lose.
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    BC @ FSU

    What's up with the giant tarp over the half of one side of the stands? (Edit: expanding the stadium)
  15. Fun fact: several of those songs were recorded in Austin. IIRC, it was: Good To Be Free, Talk Tonight, and Half the World Away.
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