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South Austin

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  1. It has a Big XII logo on the sleeve. Knock yourself out, but you’ll be wearing a University of Houston shirt. Go Coogs!
  2. Graham already has us losing this game by three touchdowns.
  3. Fuck that. I've always liked the move from Thanksgiving to Friday or Saturday. I don't have the endurance anymore to follow making and eating a huge Thanksgiving meal, that usually includes a lot of wine, with going to stadium, tailgating for a few hours, and cheering my ass of at DKR for another 3-4 hours.
  4. South Austin

    LBGTQ

    Don't get your hopes up. I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic church, and left in my late 20s, not only because of its position on homosexuality, but its subjugation of women (e.g., refusing to ordinate female priests, opposition to reproductive rights). I'm skeptical that a dogmatic religious machine like the Catholic church will change its mind on those issues in my lifetime.
  5. Well, if there's gotta be some good that comes out of all this fascism . . . .
  6. I liked Spider Man: No Way Home better, with Thunderbolts as a close 3rd.
  7. South Austin

    LBGTQ

    Are you referring to you dressing up like Elmer Fudd and your wife dressing like Bugs Bunny when you have marital relations . . . . and was I not supposed to share that with the group?
  8. South Austin

    LBGTQ

    Completely agree, and weighing in with my own experience that provides some empathy for MC Fresh Breath. I have a gay daughter, who came out to me the summer before 8th grade (2019). It was really no surprise. I kinda suspected it, and I can't exactly explain why. She had never seemed into boys, but at that age many girls aren't yet, and she never outwardly expressed an attraction to girls. Still, I just had this intuition as a parent, and when she told me she was gay, it just felt right and true for her, and I never questioned it. I even teared up because I was so happy for her and so proud that she was able to tell me (and not to brag, but she told me before her mom). But, about 8 months or so before her coming out, I was having a conversation with my then-wife in which we both agreed that our daughter was probably gay. It was just parental wonder, and we certainly weren't going to approach her about it. But then she asked me, "What if she's transgender, and comes to us saying she's a boy?" For two bleeding heart libs, at the time that seemed like a huge emotional leap for us, and neither of us had any comfort level with that possibility. We actually have a trans friend who had come out a couple years earlier in her mid 40s, but that was our only personal experience with the trans community, and we were still adjusting to that. So, I totally understand the parental anxiety that comes with a child seemingly changing their own identity, of losing the idea of the daughter or son that you birthed, raised, and knew for so long. And I also appreciate troph's recognition of that, while at the same time her perspective that the years of pain felt by her and those around her can be far greater than the parents' sense of loss. I wish there was more love and understanding to go around these days.
  9. From what I've read, he was very reluctant to do Captain America for this very reason, but million$ of other reasons persuaded him to take on that franchise role. I don't know if he needs to go away, but he may need to take on some roles that are more out there than this, meaning more roles where he doesn't look just like Chris Evans. I liked him in Knives Out, but thought to myself during the movie, "Wow, Steve Rogers is a dick."
  10. Yuge. Trump will announce a ‘major trade deal’ with the UK Thursday
  11. I think Chris Evans is a good actor, but I watch that trailer and I still see Steve Rogers.
  12. You want University of Houston apparel? Okay.
  13. This page has been doing some serious fucking.
  14. But that's different, because it was in the privacy of her own home where she let her ex husband pee on her.
  15. Go on . . . .
  16. I'd be willing to take on some of your rain if you include more 5-star recruits with it.
  17. This is a classic Idiots Abroad pic, from the Colosseum in Rome: Not my photo. But should anyone question whether this is photoshopped or otherwise some urban myth, I saw it with my own eyes and took my own picture when I was there in 2004 on my (first) honeymoon.
  18. Walnuts are great for maintaining healthy cholesterol. Nothing about Ronda Santis is healthy.
  19. "Son, there ain't no dedicated show threads no more."
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