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  1. Post script:  When we left I had an interesting conversation with the valet manager.  His wife is a post doc at A&M.   They came down from the NE (Boston) for her career.  Early on I said "I'm a pilgrim in an unholy land."    And he replied back "It's a cult plain and simple.   And they're all weirdos."  from there, it was pretty much just Aggie bashing.   He can't wait for her to finish so they can get the hell out of it there.   

    As for the tournament, not so good.   One team went 1-1-1, the other went 1-2.   Neither had a good enough Points For/Against differential to move on.  Our program used to be pretty good (Kingwood won state a couple of years ago) but the people running it ran off some of the better players recently and we don't have enough kids to field both a high school varsity and JV without having 6-7 girls on both squads.  And even with that, there's only 1-2 subs for each team.   I think there are only 2 seniors and 2 juniors right now.   Almost half of the high school squad is freshman.

    But the real news:   Valet manager called about an hour ago.   They found the keys and he even offered to drive them to Houston.   I said, nah, Fedex them and keep the insurance ticket open.   If they arrive, then we tear it up.   

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  2. 44 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Real question - how does the Texas A&M Conference Center & Hotel's aggy-themed décor and names compare to the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center on UT's campus?

    I've only been to the Carillion restaurant.

    I would like to know the same thing

  3. 6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    Other than that the big complains is that once again we somehow were held only once the entire night, even in this game where our DL was having their way with their OL at times.

    This is a major issue in college football to me right now, and is a huge factor in offenses taking over the game. They seriously need to address this at a national level. It used to be you could get away with holding inside the defender's frame and everyone knew that, but nowadays blockers engage defenders by grabbing the outside of their shoulder pads. That is holding and it should be called until it stops.

    Yep.   The egregious holding is out of control.   

  4. Spent a few days in DC and finally got to shoot the Lincoln Memorial at night.   Have wanted to do that since I got my first camera when I was a kid.   I'm loathe to call something a bucket list item but this one was pretty high on my personal wants.  

    Also went to Mt. Vernon for the first time.   Well worth it but if you have never been, go right when it opens but it was fairly crowded by the time we left.   And speaking of crowded, the Lincoln Memorial was packed during the day on Saturday.   Like wall to wall people in the main gallery and the steps were just filled with selfie takers.   Now, night time?   At one point there were only 4 of us in the main gallery right near Lincoln.   I really regret not bringing my tripod because the shots down the Reflecting Pool back toward the Washington Monument were spectacular but I really needed long exposures and holding the camera just wasn't cutting it.  

     

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  5. Spent the past week or so in Virginia/DC area.    Lots of stuff I'll never get down here.    Tried to take notes but I know I left something off but here goes:

    Starr Hill Northern Lights IPA (VA)- Pretty mild for an IPA and I wanted to like it but it just lacked something.  They use Cascade, Willamette and Columbus hops and it wasn't over the top and was drinkable but it was just kind of "meh." 

    Devil's Backbone Striped Bass Pale Ale (VA).   Other than the stupid beer and the fact that InBev owns them, this one had more flavor than the Starr Hill.   Liked it enough that I'll look for it again whenever I'm back up there.

    Terrapin RecreationAle (GA) - Not sure why a beer named after the Maryland mascot is brewed in GA.   Owned by MillerCoors.  Advertises itself as a session beer and it could be.   Hoppy and aromatic, citrus taste.   Really liked this one.  

    Alewerks Chesapeake Pale Ale (VA) - Really nice mix of flavors.   This is an old school pale and reminded me of Sierra Nevada's.   That's meant as a compliment.   

    O'Connor Green Can Golden Ale (VA) - One of the best I had.   A little cloudy but not like a NEIPA.   Tart and citrusy.   Would be easy to drink several of these in a row.

    Blue Mountain Dark Hollow Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (VA) - Definitely get the bourbon flavor with a little sweetness.   Had this out of a bomber and that was enough for me.   10% ABV so you're not going to pound these.   

    Hardywood Gingerbread Stout (VA) - Another bomber with a high ABV.    The gingerbread was very present but not overpowering.   Liked it but one was enough.  

    O'Connor Norfolk Canyon Pale Ale (VA) - This was another decent but not great one.   Fairly mild and non-descript. 

    O'Connor El Gaupo Agave IPA (VA) - 7.5% so it creeps up on you but it didn't overpower.   Really smooth and worth drinking.  

    Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager (VA) - Decent but nothing I'd go out of my way to drink again.

    4 Hands Pale Ale (MO) -  This is brewed for Pi Pizza (good not great pizza in DC just north of the Mall.)   Pretty mild and drinkable.    Could have had a few of these.  

    Evolution  Exile Red Ale (MD) - This tasted more like an ESB or Pale than a red to me.   Super smooth but also very robust.   Would drink this again.  

    Right Proper Raised by Wolves Dry Hopped Pale Ale (DC) - Almost a little bitter.   Lots of citrus in the aroma and the taste.    Was good but not great.  

    Hellbender Panda Strike Force IPA (DC) - Other than the fact that the name is stupidly awesome, this was a really good beer.   Big IPA with a lot of citrus.   

    Clown Shoes Galactica IPA (MA) - For whatever reason, I had steered clear of Clown Shoes offerings lately.   They used Galaxy hops in it (duh, right.)   Loved this one.   Will definitely try and find this around Houston.  

    Honor Line of Sight Lager (VA) - Very light but there was something on the finish that tasted weird.   Reminded me of Budweiser.  Their sort of generic (and over the top patriotic) website makes me wonder who really owns this.   It's brewed by Sleeping Giant out of Denver who only does contract brewing (they also do Guns and Oil.)  

    Peak Fresh Cut Pilsner (ME) - Another beer sold under one label but brewed by someone else (Two Roads in Connecticut who also brews a lot of stuff under their own name.)   This was the worst beer I had on the trip.  Tasted like pine sap cut with water.  

    DC Brau Brau Pils (DC) - Very drinkable Pilsner had this one with a lobster roll for lunch and it was better than the lobster roll.  

    I do find it funny that the two breweries that sold out to Big Beer also make the largest variety of beers other than maybe Hardywood.   Terrapin makes almost 30 by themselves and a lot of them are very exotic.   Maybe more money helps.  But I also found that both of their websites suck ass so maybe money is being spent on beer.   

     

     

  6. Just now, Walden Ponderer said:

    SEC! SEC! SEC!

    Looks pretty obvious to me that UCF belongs in the national title discussion. When fools were asking if Georgia should have been there over Notre Dame, I was wondering why the fuck nobody was even talking about UCF. I bet they start talking now.

    Because they lost their starting QB and didnt trounce their opponent in their CC game.   The CFP is all about style points and getting as many SEC teams in it as possible.

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