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SimonBolivar

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  1. Hey I saw this one in the wild this weekend. You'll be shocked to know it as a 55–65-year-old balding white dude wearing sunglass on an overcast day.
  2. Have we talked about the Walburg Travel Center outside of Georgetown? That place is low key a Mexican chip mecca with about 100 options. I have no idea how or why but it's a goldmine. Got some basics yesterday on the way home from the Austin FC game.
  3. Weird enough I feel much better after the match than after Portland. I wanna see what the team looks like after a couple more matches because I think the talent is really there to make the playoffs (not saying much in MLS). Also I'm really ready for a warm game.
  4. Oh hey free scarves for the first 10k tomorrow. Did anyone get a chance to try La Barbecue for the first game? I meant to but I was too cold to move.
  5. Port the Cow, TX Palace, TX Screw, TX The Bully, TX The Field, TX Hidalgo is now named after Viggo Mortensen
  6. Edit: NVM already posted
  7. Matagorda has many fun options for translation
  8. Surely its Svatok with Leo as the back-up to both right?
  9. Nah he'd cut it into small pieces and then sell it in his limited-edition trading cards.
  10. You think you understand humanity then you see people not using Surly dark mode and your worldview is shattered.
  11. Man, Austin should have built their stadium in Georgetown Anyway, the stink of Saturday is off and I'm ready to get hurt again. Colorado has a sneaky decent MLS roster, and this is one that a playoff team needs (well as much as a team needs anything in the 3rd matchday) to get a result in.
  12. Away at Wycombe on the 15th is gonna be crazy.
  13. And your mother-in-law really did see that fairy out by the downed tree. It's incredibly rude to doubt it or laugh about it. OH, and I forgot, you talked to another woman in your wife's dream last night. I hope you are ready for a day of hell. God, I love Mexico
  14. I love Mexico, but being in Mexico is like being in a novel in both good and bad ways outside of cartels. You can feel the energy in the air the moment you step foot in the country no matter which state you're in and that's generally a shock to the white American that grew up eating meat and potatoes, going to the local FBC, paid his HoA fees on time, and cheered on Reagan's dismantling of the Soviet Union only to abandon American exceptionalism in the Trump Era. It takes a few months to understand the real differences and to acclimatize to Latin America. First thing to learn is that you don't complain about the rooster being loud at unholy hours. It's been his home longer than it's been yours and nobody gives a shit about your gringo ass sleep schedule. Although I guess if one lives in an expat enclave then they may be able to spend their way out of living in Mexico and instead end up living in some sort of halfway state that is in neither country.
  15. I have an old Jetta that I'll drive to work and back until it needs some repair >$1,000 and I "forgot" to change the oil for a good 2 years in there and it handled it like a champ. I might "forget" again so it'll finally die, and I have the incentive to get something newer. Barron is juggling the cyber and college. That's a full workload.
  16. American Christianity is fascinating and, imo, will be studied long after the US ceases to exist in its current form.
  17. Then how the hell are we supposed to find lesbian love letters in political prison if we don't amp up the violence rhetoric? We're playing the long game here.
  18. We're screwed example #5,005 From NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/trump-address-us-reaction.html The article with their full quotes is even worse:
  19. How about the Texas Hill Country? If LBJ's ancestors thought that the climate was a myth, then by God the climate is a myth.
  20. I think it's a little late for that in our lifetimes. DOGE is popular because the American people have been conditioned to hate government for generations. There is no pro-government Progressive Era or New Deal grassroots movement right now. As long as the average American isn't the one being let go (and most people don't work for the government) then they're completely fine with nameless bureaucrats getting the axe. Hell, not just fine, they're all for it. "That's my money" Ukraine vs Russia? "That's my money" and we're not conditioned to understand complex international conflicts or the way that military procurement works. USAID? "That's my money" and we're not a nation that understands the long game (look at our collective retirement accounts) Immigration? "That's my money" + "They're different than me" Nativism is nothing new and scary foreigners is one of the classic hits in the American album Asking the most selfish people on earth to suddenly care about others with their wallet is just not going to happen, imo.
  21. Gonna be tough, have fun!
  22. Honestly would be great for Ukraine especially if we took Hungry with us.
  23. My favorite of the stupid pandering 🎵DQ, that's what I like about Texas 🎵
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