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  1. After a week where we finally got some rain and temps "only" topped out in the mid-90's, the pool felt damn near perfect yesterday. The difference between 86 degree water and 90 is night and day. Unfortunately, looks like we'll be going right back to bath water temps the next few weeks.
  2. Houston area got at least some rain just about every day since Sunday evening, with some pretty substantial totals Wednesday thru this morning. Looks like we may still get one more round tomorrow afternoon. Sprinklers caught a multi-day break, which was much appreciated, as it doesn't appear we'll be getting any more for the 2 weeks to follow.
  3. Man, the current MVP leaders in both leagues are having some insane first halves. Ohtani possibly (once again) having the best all-around season in the history of professional baseball. On pace to hit ~58 HR and lead the league in SLG and OPS while also recording an ERA in the low 3's and leading the league in K/9. Acuna is currently on pace to log the first ever season of 40 HR/75 SB and could end up scoring 150+ runs (hasn't happened in over 20 years). He had more SB than K last month. The Braves in general are just a rolling ball of knives. 18-2 in their last 20 and at 58-28 have the best record and biggest division lead of any team in the majors. Currently tied for most HR ever hit by a team before the ASB (166) and have 3 games left to break it. Matt Olson is on pace for a 55 HR/135 RBI season and he's only their 4th highest WAR position player.
  4. Damnit. Was planning to get a hard workout in this evening after 4th of July gluttony yesterday. Bent over to tie my shoe on the way out the door this morning and tweaked a muscle in my lower back. This happens to me every once in awhile, seemingly at random. Not terribly painful, just gets really stiff and achy for 3-4 days. Gonna cost me a couple of days in the gym. I've learned my lesson about trying to lift when this happens. Last time I tried to rush it before it was fully resolved, I made it much worse and spent the next 24 hours in borderline agony, barely able to stand upright. Gotta be more disciplined about always making sure to do my full back stretching routine after I finish lifting.
  5. Dude's a closer again. Last 7 appearances: 0 hits, 0 BB, 9K.
  6. I mentioned Thursday as being preferable to Wednesday, which is equidistant from both the previous weekend and the upcoming. And, IMO, it's better than a Tuesday because if you're going for a 4-day weekend, it starts your break. You can start enjoying your free time on Wednesday evening, partake in holiday festivities on Thursday, and then have 3 more days off. When it's on a Tuesday, your long weekend ends when you go to bed that night and you're back in the office to start a 3 day week, probably hungover.
  7. Tuesday is the worst possible day to have a random mid-week day off, unless you're able to just make an extended weekend of it and take Monday and/or Wednesday off too. If not, you get treated to "Extra Monday" on Wednesday, usually with a hangover. I mean, that's fun if you're in your 20's . Go out Monday night after work and chase tail, stay out late partying, sleep in and then party all day. But it kinda sucks as an old. Wednesday also a less than ideal option if you don't/can't turn it into a 5-day weekend. Too far from both the weekend before and weekend after. Fortunately it's a leap year next year, so the 4th will skip Wednesday and fall on a Thursday.
  8. Tuve just injured himself in BP. Dude can't catch a break health-wise this season. Brutal.
  9. Glad to see King Tuck back to playing at an all-star level the last month or so. He was borderline awful in May, batting just .247 with an OPS under .700, and struck out (14) twice as many times as he walked (7). Since then, he's been raking. .313/.900 in June and back to an even K/BB ratio. The numbers get increasingly better if you look at the 15-day and 7-day trends.
  10. All those WS Championship banners? How many are there in Arlington again?
  11. I was joking that dudes in the Villages that really are cheating just caught a break. "Honey, I know you think you found some bad shit on my phone, but that's just that scam that's going around. Here, check out this news article."
  12. Would have easily been the worst L of the year. A blown huge lead over the team you're chasing for first place. Would have been only the 16th time in franchise history we lost a game where we scored 10 runs. Great way to start the mid-week holiday break. I was going to spend the evening so fucking pissed.
  13. 6th HR in the last 24 days.
  14. Well, here's a scam I hadn't heard of before, apparently targeting folks in Memorial Villages. Posted by MVPD:
  15. Very pleasantly surprised to get a solid hour of rain in 77018 yesterday evening. Was coming home from dropping my wife off at IAH and it started dumping as soon as I exited Shepherd. Could hardly see the lane markers. Heavy downpour with street flooding for about 20 minutes and then another ~45 minutes of a moderate, soaking rain. Lawn certainly appreciated it, but my god is it swampy outside as a result this morning. Couple more days of typical July weather with some decent rain chances Wed-Fri, but looks like the heat dome will start reforming this weekend. Long range forecast from 7/9-19 is just day after day of 99 and sunny with miniscule rain chances.
  16. Took the dogs for a walk around 7:45 this morning. Actually not an awful morning by Houston standards. Was overcast and a slight breeze. Made it a good 10 minutes in before I did any sweating, which is about 9 minutes and 30 seconds longer than usual lately. High only supposed to reach 94 and may actually catch a passing shower coming up from the coast this afternoon.
  17. A good response I saw to Elon's proposal was "let's also strip voting rights from divorced fathers over 50. They have no stake in the future."
  18. In the midst of fucking up Twitter yesterday, Elon also spent the day engaging in some good ol' fashioned xenophobia and arguing for significant limitations on suffrage. That was in response to an infamous anti-Muslim activist posting about how France had ruined itself with immigration. Then followed up with this.
  19. Alright, back from picking up the new ride. Initial thoughts after driving home from the dealership and then making a quick trip to HEB earlier. 1. My word, the difference in turning ability going from an older model with a 6.5' bed to brand new with a 5.5' is night and day. Felt like I was driving my wife's small SUV when it came to the parking lot at the store. No more having to look for a spot way in the back where I can swing out wide. Parking at my office garage is gonna be much easier too. 2. Today was a really good day to appreciate having a brand new AC system. Ice cold. 100% improvement over my trade-in, which has to be at full blast to even get to tolerable at temps like we've had lately. 3. One thing that will take a little while to get used to is how much "tighter" a new truck is vs old. Just like driving someone else's car you're not used to. Had a few hard stops and jerky takeoffs. Otherwise, the ride is infinitely smoother and quieter. 4. Couple of things left to do to get it the way I fully want it. Gonna go get a spray-in bedliner ASAP, and definitely want to add a tonneau cover eventually. Will probably make that my Xmas gift this year. Also gonna replace the old-timey 21' antenna with a compact version. Hate those things.
  20. '23 Lariat FX4 5.0L V8. Agate Black with Baja Tan interior (pictured below). 360 camera and some other random perks thrown in.
  21. 36 more hours of suck and then a small bit of relief for Houston area. Finally getting some cloud cover. High on Sunday is only 96 and then not a single high over 95 next week. Pretty decent rain chances starting mid-week through Saturday. Central Texas gonna keep baking, but temps at least look to stay mostly in double digits next week. Looks like y'all getting hosed on precipitation though.
  22. Based off difference between window sticker for this package ($69,150) and final sales price, right around $7650. Definitely worth it to look at dealerships out in little country towns. The big dealerships in town ain't cutting many breaks that I've seen. This is 2 straight purchases where I'm gonna drive ~75 miles to save thousands.
  23. Just wrapped up the haggling. Going to pick her up Saturday morning since it's out at a dealership way out in the sticks.
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