A good friend of mine who's a lifelong republican and gladly voted for Trump in 2016 pulled the trigger for Biden in 2020 because A) he was tired of the non-stop bullshit, and B) as a salesman who works 100% on commission & itemizes everything on his taxes he discovered that Trump's tax policies had a massive, painful impact on him. Trump's policies contributed directly to him delaying his retirement from 2019 to 2024.
Basically a promo for Road Diary wrapped in a run of the mill interview. Would have liked to have more screen time w/ Stevie but I'm expecting we'll see plenty of him in Road Diary. Nice to see that Bruce has made Stevie the musical director for this tour (and Stevie biting his tongue before finally chuckling "40 years late.") Wouldn't say no to a Ghost of Tomato Joad pizza, BTW. [emoji1787]
At the Randall's here in CP there are 2 dorks holding signs, one for Cruz the other for Trump. There's also a big Trump Fight banner w/ his bloody face. Some dude keeps driving by in a Chevy yelling vote Trump, MAGA, etc but everyone's ignoring him except for the middle aged white lady behind me telling him he's not allowed to do that this close to the polling location.
My wife planned on voting at the Randall's at Cypress Creek/Lakeline in CP on her lunch break but when she got there the line was out the door & down past Jet's Pizza. Wilco tracker has had it at a steady 45 minute wait all afternoon. I figure I'll tough it out after work around 4pm.
Did Gundy bench Bowman because he sucks or was he doing the 7 year player and early bridge to social security? Looks like a cold, rainy game at BYU tonight. Could be ugly for the Pokes.
Small observations after an out-n-back to Kerrville this weekend for the MIL's birthday.
In general, far fewer Trump signs along 71/281/290 than in the past
Lakeway's got some diehard Trumpkins posting ridiculous 4x6 signs along 620/71 with WTF sayings like "Make America Healthy (?) Again" and "Vote Biblical Values." I mean, when who workshopped "Biblical" and "Healthy" and thought that tracks for Trump?
Several pop-up stands outside of Fredericksburg selling Trump swag but not a lot of customers as we went by
We saw TWO Harris/Walz signs in Tierra Linda where the MIL lives which is the equivalent of seeing Sydney Sweeney riding naked on the back of a unicorn in my backyard
And most promising, neither the MIL or the BIL had a Trump decal on their vehicles. They had them in 2016 and 2020. Little victories.
Oh, and ou sucks.
To the dumbfucks who buy a hundred dollars worth of Trump bucks, don't pay the mortgage on their single wide so they can order Trump sneakers, and eagerly await his next NFT where they make him look like Captain America? Yes. Yes it is.
Sorry guys, but Mark, Ed and Kenny on KLBJ AM just said that Trump has all the momentum & Harris is shedding black male voters. I guess we know where the red hats are getting their news from these days.
Not only did they get it right by awarding the Oscar to Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan is a shlocky movie filled with comic book level stereotype characters. The opening scene masks the fact that it's very average.
Do you have to be so fucking reasonable and shit?!? At least tell us you're going full regard and wearing Crocs & drinking White Claw on your yacht Saturday. Give us some reason to point & laugh.
While flipping stations on the drive home yesterday I briefly landed on KLBJ AM. Mark & Ed were talking about this "incident," Mark clutching his pearls & just asking what on earth is going on when assailants with rifles can show up at a church in Burnet, Texas looking to do unspeakable evil? Ed hemmed & hawed like he was picking part of his lunch from his beard, wondering how he's been so lucky to be able to steal money as a radio personality for close to 40 years. Some third guy w/ a deep voice interjected that he'd been following the story from the start & stated the news broke during his normal Sunday slot, but what he was hearing behind the scenes didn't pass the smell test so he didn't want to comment. Mark continued with the "thank God for these good, armed church members on the security detail who acted so quickly & bravely." The other dude was basically telling him to stop talking, it was all made up but Mark knows his audience. Edited to add I'd have bet my left nut the liar who fired off the shots was Sgt Sam Cox.
Hopefully you have the same experience w/ the 2nd round of your shingles vax. That one kicked my butt for a solid 24 hours. The first round was pretty mild, but the last one had me going through fevers/chills/body aches for a solid day. But I'm damn glad I did it. Saw my grandfather go through shingles in the early '80s and my FIL deal with it around 2010 and the level of their misery 30 years apart seemed identical.