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I never knew that. So if the intersection is small then the one car that fits in the intersection gets to go through when the light turns? But not others following him, right?

Not a fan of Howard’s wife. Last time we saw her with Howard she despised him at worst, and at best had zero respect for him. There seemed to be no connection at all between them. Sure, losing an estranged spouse has to be tough but she seems way too hurt considering the nature of their relationship at the end.

Better tasters can probably tell the difference, but in blind tastings I can’t tell the difference between Weller 12 and the SR. I don’t even bother looking for the 12 anymore. YMMV.

Not just at those places. I see that every day walking (very slowly) the tunnels of downtown Houston.

Big rain in uptown Houston.

Yep. I know a guy who still can’t see well out of one eye after shingles.

I’m 60. I had the heart CT scan done last week and it came back at zero.

My $.02. My wife and I are 60 and our daughters are 28 and 31. They've turned out well. One is married but no grandkids yet. Kids are wonderful and a joy, and we had a lot of fun with their out-of-school activities like swim team, soccer, softball, and basketball. Coaching them in basketball was a blast, and then high school sports was really fun when the talent level and coaching was a bit better. I'm Catholic and I raised them Catholic and the Sunday school, first communion and confirmation process was very rewarding. But raising kids it's not always easy. They can be a pain in the ass and, speaking bluntly, if a person is extremely selfish, he/she may be better off not having kids. They also are, or can be, extremely expensive depending on where you live, your peer group, summer camp, choice of schools/colleges, etc. It's been mentioned before, but you really never can be prepared for kids. It's crisis management 24/7 and in our experience there was always drama. And you never know what you are going to get. I've seen the nicest parents end up with rotten kids. Shit happens. Shitty kids do not necessarily come from bad parents. In my experience, raising our kids in the Briargrove and Memorial areas of Houston, the kids that we know that did not do well were early drug and alcohol abusers. Sadly, some of them are already dead. There's no guarantee it will work, but you'll have the best chance of ending up with good kids if you get to know their friends and make sure their friends are good kids. What a "good" kid is can be subjective and I won't engage in a debate on what it means, but if your kids are hanging with a bunch of druggies/hoodlums/criminals, that's not a good thing. Making sure your kids socialize from an early age with other kids that you deem acceptable can go a long way.

This is hilarious. Sucks that he felt the need to apologize.

Looking at harriscountyfws.org the nice rain was SE of downtown. Most other places around Houston have less than .10 inches of rain so far today.

We’ve only just had a sprinkle so far in downtown Houston.

I liked my Viking griddle and used it all the time. It developed a nice patina.

My last three homes had Viking, Thermador, and now Miele gas range or cook tops. The Viking range top was superior to the Thermador range top. The Miele cooktop looks puny compared to the larger range tops but it kicks ass. The Germans make some good stuff. We have a Miele double oven/microwave and we love it.

This is pretty much my and my wife’s experience. But we got it after a wedding in June. Both of our cases were mild.

Oh, and don't forget to remove the stems, seeds/veins from the chiles before you chop them and add them to your sauce.

Check out the cookbook by Huntley Dent, the Feast of Santa Fe: Cooking of the American Southwest. I use his recipe for the basic green sauce as a guide, but I often vary it. For about six of the bags of pre-roasted green chiles (maybe 9 lbs?) you buy at HEB or CM, peeled and roughly chopped, first I'll saute two medium onions, rough chopped, in a 1/4 cup of neutral oil. Cook just until the onions are translucent. Add enough flour to make a thick roux and cook just until the raw taste of the flour is gone--you don't want much color to the roux. Add about a 1/2 head of garlic, peeled and minced, and a tablespoon each of salt, ground cumin and Mexican oregano. Cook for a few minutes and then add the chopped green chiles and as many cans of tomatoes--chopped or whole, to your taste. Sometimes I also add a couple of small cans of tomato sauce as well. The amount of tomatoes is a matter of taste. I usually add two 14 oz. cans of tomatoes. Finally, add enough chicken stock--at least a quart--to get the consistency of a medium-thick soup. Cook it down in a steady boil for about 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Taste for saltiness and adjust accordingly. I'll then partially puree the sauce with an emersion blender to get my desired consistency. I still like to see pieces of tomato and green chile in my finished sauce. If you don't have a blender, then do a finer chop to the chiles, onions and tomatoes. Generally, the cookbooks say that the finished sauce should coat the back of a spoon. I'll err on the side of a little thinner vs. thicker. The sauce will thicken when it cooks with the enchiladas or the eggs and cheese. The leftovers from each frozen quart will thicken in the fridge as well. I'll freeze the sauce in quart containers and it lasts throughout the year.

One of my annual cooking traditions is to buy several pounds of roasted Hatch chiles from HEB or CM and make a big pot of sauce for huevos rancheros and enchiladas for the year. It’s a nice occasional break from my beloved tex-mex. I haven’t seen the roasting station yet. Should be here in the next week or so.

After a long plateau, starting to see a decline in daily admittances in the SE Tex region as well.

You can (and likely will) get shingles again. You just don’t know when. And it usually comes back in the same area of your body. I had shingles in my mid 50’s and then when the Shingrix shots were approved it was highly recommended that I get the shots. So I did.

I’m from Rosenberg and I ate there at least once a week until I left for UT in 1980. Great food. I go back whenever I can and order the cabalero special.

A little lime juice and then cover with plastic wrap actually touching the surface of the guacamole (completely, no air pockets) works well too.

Same here with the Shingrix shots. But they are worth it. Shingles can be devastating. I know a guy who still can see out of one eye after getting shingles. I got shingles about a year before the Shingrix shots were approved and it sucked. For me, worse than covid.

What’s a starfucker and what does it have to do with wearing dark clothes at night?

Pedestrians that wear dark clothing near or after dark-especially in poorly lit areas. They have a death wish.

Refried beans at Armando’s are glorious. They seem to be 1/3 rendered bacon fat and 2/3 beans. Pretty much been that way since the mid 80’s.