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hornian

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  1. Even Rebecca Black is clowning him. Hits close to home, as my kids play Friday on the smart speaker every Friday morning.
  2. F Thamel, I prefer it straight from the horse’s mouth:
  3. Not sure. But he certainly started out in a criminal lawyer capacity.
  4. Criminal attorneys don’t bill by the hour. Their entire fee is earned when the payment is made (and usually with additional payments of you go to trial). So spelling is less important.
  5. Not really. My aunt bought a similar house in 78723 in 2003 for about $113K. I rented from her for 9 years (along with roommates), she sold it for about 2.5x in 2012 (plus the rent covered the note). I think it was TCAD valued at close to $600K in 2022. I kicked around buying it from her, but moved northwest instead, and can't complain. The first house I bought in 2012 for about $230K (with all of $7.5K down on a FHA loan) I sold a few years later and cleared over $100K after commissions, put that into my next house that I lived in for about 5 years, and cleared over $300K after commissions, which let me do a ton of upgrades on my current house, where, if you beleive the FMV appraisal I have from last year, i'm already sitting on over $500K of equity. Not bad for putting $7.5K down on a house 10 years ago. Even if it doesn't go up from here, I've done alright with Austin real estate, and this is the house I intend to live in until my kids are out of high school unless I am compelled to move out of state by some stupid laws in the next few years.
  6. Mocking you for passing that opportunity.
  7. Hammock handies. Try to keep up.
  8. Should have stayed on the side of the mountain outside the Sun Bowl
  9. It’s because you called them “steak strips,” if you would have ordered steak fingers you would have gotten them. https://dqtexas.com/food/steak-finger-country-basket/
  10. Screenshot it then. Geez. Edit: just realized it’s a video. So screenshot and close caption each frame, please.
  11. Too soon Cloverfield monster, too soon!
  12. There are days, lots of them, to hate Texas weather. Today is not one of them.
  13. A friend of mine has been there a couple of times, and claims the steak he had was the best steak he’s ever had from a restaurant (including steakhouses). I can’t verify that personally (I stuck to other parts of the menu), but I trust his opinion given the business he’s in (which includes a lot of client dinners where price is not really an issue). Don’t know if it will satisfy the “steakhouse” requirement but it should satisfy the “steak” at least.
  14. Whoa there cowboy, you don’t want to accidentally activate the Plonsky signal.
  15. hornian

    Tacos

    I’m going to have to mention Con Todo, the taco trailer at the Celis Beer Garden, because their tacos are legit. Be careful with the red salsa though. They tell you it’s hot, and they are underselling the heat. The flavor is great but the spice is an 11. I’m sure Celis is happy though, I always have to go through at least 2 pints in 10 minutes when I get the red salsa.
  16. The new place next to Eddie Vs, Bulevar, is solid, if a bit overpriced. I’ve only been there once but liked everything we tried except for one drink. It’s interior Mexican meets high end steaks. I wanted to hate it because of the price point (and they charge for chips and salsa!), but came away impressed.
  17. https://utopiatexas.info
  18. missed opportunity to post this:
  19. Really fucking good, albeit hard to watch at times.
  20. It was actually quote the adventure. The ADA parking was full, but they let me drop him and my brother off with his placard, so getting to the game was fine. Had to go park at a relative's house who lives two blocks from the AlamoDome and walk there myself, but no big deal. However, picking him up was anything but fine. All of the roads were one way away from the Alamodome, so had to be creative, get on 37 southbound, turn around at Fair Avenue, go back North towards downtown, get back off at the exit before the Dome, and then go around barricades to pick him up. But we all made it home eventually.
  21. At least you won breakfast
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