High Plains Drifter

Getting your news from a citizen journalist is like getting your appendix removed from a citizen surgeon. (Except the citizen journalist is killing democracy, while the citizen surgeon is only killing you) The internet is killing democracy. But hey, it makes it easy to get the lulz on surlyhorns or to pay your bills or look at pics of your grandkids who live a thousand miles away! Some may say that social media is killing democracy. If you can separate social media from the internet, then I guess that is more accurate. But as long as we are going to have the internet, we are going to have social media. How long after you got your first email account did you get one of those fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: emails from your uncle? The same uncle who has now probably gone full maga?

I'm assume it was so expensive because there were complications.

Just let him sleep, then when court is adjourned, just leave his ass sitting there alone in the dark.

Hip or trick knee started aching or arthritis flared up suddenly. Been in the shelter three or four times spending summers as a youth on the grandparents' farm in N. Texas as a kid. Big hole in the ground with a heavy ass door that opened up from the ground. Concrete steps down into darkness, with only a kerosene lantern and some flashlights. Door was not rainproof so there was usually water in the bottom. Emergency radio would alarm would go off in the middle of the night and we'd grab flashlights and head for the shelter. We'd sit in the dark and look at each other and listen to the emergency radio and slap at mosquitos and sweat in the humidity and hope there were no snakes.

attention whore getting desperate when the spotlight moves on.

Is that what "Hive Mind" means? Eric's got that weird jaw and teeth thing going on also.

Also lot of kids died from diseases that are now preventable by.... yep, you guessed it... vaccines. (No, not Frank Stallone)

Looking at that top pic, I had to spend a minute figuring out if I was looking at the back or the front. And I'm still not sure.

He beat DOTard like a drum the last time they "debated". How sweet! He took Melania golfing for her birthday.

Tents?! They were setting up TENTS!!??!11!??!!11 How about the cops walk over, and inform the tent people that tents are not allowed, and that they need to be taken down. I bet if they asked nicely, 90% of those tents would be taken down. And the 10% that refuse, write them a ticket and confiscate the tents. Do we really need to arrest people for setting up tents?

I stand by my post. Assuming Hartzell is not aligned with abbott, then yeah Hartzell should have told abbott to go fuck himself. If that costs him his job, well then I guess he loses his job. I'm sure with a little effort he would be able to find gainful employment somewhere that he isn't beholden to wannabe fascists. Honestly, he probably should have resigned when he was forced to fire the DEI faculty. If for no other reason, he would not have been involved in this "next thing".

Somehow, someway, poutine is involved.

well, paved roads.

And if he didn't have any other options, then he should have resigned. And held a press conference explaining why. Go out a hero, not become a fascist enabler.

Good to know.

Also, speaking of being old, The Crown and Anchor was called "The Beach" when I was in school.

Is that the corner of 21st and speedway? Son of a bitch. I used to live in a two story house that was to the left of where that orange front loader is. Right behind Record Exchange (RIP). I'm not sure of this "Sound Exchange" y'all speak of. Duplex split upstairs and downstairs. We lived upstairs, couple of chick lived downstairs. They would call us about once a week or so to come out and run the drag worms off their front porch. Our kitchen window faced north. You could see into the windows of a Jewish student center. We'd gather and drink beer and watch their aerobics classes at 5 and 6 pm MWF. Anybody remember the ass floss outfits the ladies would wear over their tights when doing aerobics? I member. Rent was 400 bucks a month (350 in the summer). Not 400 each, 400 total for a two bedroom one bath with kitchen and living room. Literally less than 50 yards from campus. No central AC though. But back then there would only be a handful to maybe two weeks worth of 100+ days during the summer. And speaking of Liberty Lunch-- I saw Slayer (Hell Awaits tour), GWAR, Dead Milkmen, Morphine, too many more to remember there.

Yep, one block from RLM. One beer and a burger was a standard Friday lunch.

What is the name of the place next to Hyde Park Bar and Grill? I meet up with friends there for morning margs and tacos whenever I'm back in town. Love that place. I think its the same old woman working the register that has always been there.

oops, too late.

Some good memories, and some not so good, in those pics. A piece of me died when I went back to the drag years later and saw that the Showdown had closed. Also spent a lot of time, money, and liver and brain cells at Posse East (which was called "The Beach" when I first showed up on the 40) and the bar next door, whose name escapes me at the moment. Or maybe the bar next door was called the Posse East.

Any of you old timers ever eat at GM Steakhouse? Not the one on Lamar, the one near campus. You would order a burger with "everything". They would ask, you sure you want everything? You say yes, and they would whip out some random object, like a carburetor from an old Chevy, and slap that on your plate.

Bus driver did a good job holding his own, considering he was having to drive and fight at the same time.

state of Texas contributes more than the student body to UT? I honestly don't know the answer to that question. Does the state contribute more than all the tuition, fees, etc the students pay? At one time, probably so, but with tuition increases, maybe?

Oh I know. I'm saying he should reverse course, admit it was a mistake to ask for DPS help, and tell them to GTFO campus.