GhostOfTomJoad

MIL announced via group text to family last night that God has told her to move to a house on 5 acres in the middle of a working ranch community outside of Kerrville. Now, it wasn't even 2 years ago that God had instructed her to sell the 250 acre ranch north of Harper and move into an idyllic, gated 55+ community in Kerrville. All the family applauded that decision and her being 3 minutes from an HEB (when it's open) and 5 minutes to doctors, hospital, etc. Plus she was getting far more frequent visits from her kids (we're the closest in Austin, the others are in Houston and Dallas) which she appreciated because the house + Kerrville were just more inviting. This was her "dream house" that she was so thankful God had provided for her. Welp, apparently her god is easily bored & wants her to move her senior citizen butt 20-30 minutes farther out into the sticks. Which means we get to help pack up her shit again & help her get settled. She'll be farther away from her friends & essential services which is a concern at her age. My wife sent a WTF text to her sis and bro last night and asking if they knew anything about this. Both responded with "it's mom, what are you going to do when God gives her instructions" kinda shrug. When pressed about why she no longer likes her "dream house" she offers taxes and not being able to see the night sky as brilliantly as she could at the old ranch. She just had a new stone patio w/ gas fire pit installed that we all gathered around drinking wine & marveling at the beautiful sunset from the bluff above the river at Thanksgiving. So only my wife is raising the concern about their 76 YO mom making massive decisions due to instructions from god. Moving from a one-story, senior-designed home that she's pumped $150K into in renovations over the last 12 months to a larger, two-story house on acreage she will have to pay to have maintained that a church friend of hers is trying to unload should be setting off warning alarms everywhere. All I know is that this means I get to help re-pack and move all of her #%^$@ books and knick-knacks again, and then spend countless hours on the phone being her remote IT support again.

Cross-posting from the thread on this in Music, but if you liked the doc then you'll probably enjoy this read: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a32868751/we-are-the-world-history-interview/

Esquire magazine did a great write up on this a few years ago. It probably touches on much of the stuff in the Netflix doc. At least I hope so, because I canceled NF and don't want to re-up just to watch this. Was Billy Joel in the doc at all? He's always good for a solid quote and unvarnished take. And somewhere Darryl Hall is still telling anyone next to him that he had the best voice and performance out of the entire group.

I fell asleep to the Joy of Painting last night. Ol' Bob Ross ain't gonna leave any mistakes, just happy accidents and a trail of crimson paint.

Fuck cancer, but Kristofferson said about all that needs to be said when it comes to the subject matter.

So the question is, does Green Bay draft/trade for 1st ballot entrants to the Cunts HOF, or do they develop them through a year's long regimen of flat beer & cheese curds?

Bruce, like most Jersey and NY natives, hates Trump & and knows just what a conman he is. He's told the story in the past about how a local music shop owner from his hometown of Freehold got a contract to provide pianos for a Trump casino in the 80s or 90s. The small time businessman procured them & of course got stiffed by Trump. Damn near ruined him. You could repeat a version of that story at least 500 times in that area.

Are we taking odds on the arrest video showing that SR used the "don't you know who my son is?" when trying to talk his way out of the arrest?

No one doubts his basketball bona fides. Playing at Rucker Park is a sign of that. And going forward his best chance at success is developing and touting the BXII as a basketball conference. And it could be no worse than the #2 b'ball conference going forward. But branding football w/ the WWE reeks of gimmick and desperation. I wouldn't be surprised if he's trying to find a way to invite UNLV to the BXII as an opportunity to move the conference championship game to Vegas.

Does this guy looks like he has a Plan B?

Johnny Carson/I did not know that. The only time I can think of in the past 6 months was her mother's funeral.

Ahhh, the Mike Gundy angle. Bold.

No time to puss out, Campbell.

Umm...no. But it hit him in stride and in the hands.

You're done, San Fran. You give up a 3rd and 12 on a run when you could have tilted the field before the half.

Niners can't stop the run. They're fucked if this keeps up.

I hear ya. I'm not a hater, but Goff v Mahomes for all the marbles gives me pause.

Goddamn a Detroit-KC Super Bowl is gonna look like the Niners-Chargers in the 90s, isn't it?

And the ones who do survive 6th Street either catch the Gay or turn into homeless zombies. It's all over texags.

Yep. She's just moved her act to more discrete locations than the Water Tank, Anderson Mill Pub and Balcones (I still get the lulz out of her trying to humble brag her social membership to Balcones CC).

Oklahoma makes perfect sense as a destination for ex-porn stars. Sparsely populated so less likely to be seen/recognized. Extremely low cost of living. Legalized pot + easy access to meth. Plus you've got OKC & Tulsa with the Metroplex, KC, Little Rock & even Memphis a day's drive so they can make money stripping in bigger cities when they need funds. And who the fuck living in Herpe Sore, OK is going to shame you for your lifestyle?

Holy shit do I want to text my aggy BIL and ask him how he feels about RC on a Mobile returning to the helm of the S.S. Aggy just as it approaches the looming 100' tall iceberg. But seeing as how the guy just got out of the hospital after 5 days due to a sudden illness that included him hallucinating, speaking in gibberish, & not being able to recognize family members I don't know if I can do it. Not because it might be tacky to laugh & could add undue stress to him while still in a delicate recovery stage. But because he just might not be lucid enough to truly appreciate the insanity & hopelessness of this situation.

Buffalo gonna Buffalo.

This game has had everything.

Chiefs playing dirty & getting away with it.