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South Austin

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  1. Went to Intero for our anniversary a couple weeks ago. It was really good, but great. Both of our mains seemed too rich. We like its sister restaurant Poeta better.
  2. Who wants to go with me to commit some crimes in Jacksboro this weekend?
  3. It’s pronounced “Hah-buh.”
  4. 78759: “I want rain, no thunderstorms. I want soaked lawns, I want flash flooding, I want . . .” Weather: “You’ll get nothing and like it!!!”
  5. My omission was not out of hate. It’s a great movie.
  6. We know you weren't trying. It was effortless.
  7. Why don't you get lost with that serious analysis?
  8. Was she in The Devil In Mrs. Jones?
  9. When he was hired, a lot of us had the Cleveland Indians fan's response in Major League: "Who's this fucking guy?" The "I guess" qualifier is fair, I guess, because I'm not sure how much the fans can say the improved play from guys like Broughton and Collins was Kenny Baker's coaching.
  10. Historically, I don't see Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves on the same level. Yes, Cruise seems to have gone exclusively to blockbuster big-money action movies over the past several years. But he has a list of fantastic dramatic performances that blow anything Keanu has done out of the water. Risky Business, The Color of Money, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Magnolia. I know it seems like forever since Cruise has taken a role like those. But those performances are way beyond Keanu's range. I do like your "adequate actor but tremendous entertainer" label.
  11. Or an intentional work of beauty.
  12. We're all going to start agreeing with his sports takes now, aren't we? Goddam you, Trump.
  13. I was never a fan of Keanu until a couple years ago when my son asked if we could watch John Wick. So we dialed up Chapter 1, and I was hooked. We watched the other chapters equally entertained, and saw Chapter 4 in the theater. I still wouldn't call him a great actor. He has very limited range. But when he does stuff like John Wick and The Matrix, he does them very, very well, and I am entertained. And for whatever it's worth, I've always read that he's one of the genuinely good dudes in Hollywood.
  14. Anthony Hill is going to be pissed at you saying that.
  15. Dean Smith is rolling over in his grave thinking about all the young snatch he could have had with him in Chapel Hill.
  16. Going to be worse when Satan School starts developing some serious blue chip college football prospects.
  17. I'm surprised that Parker Livingstone hasn't scared him straight to the portal by now.
  18. Eh, Schindler's List just didn't grab my attention.
  19. Traveled out of Austin last week for the first time in 2025. A 9:30am flight, arriving at the airport two hours before, and was in the regular security line with genpop because my TSApre expired in December and I forgot to renew. Took about 20 minutes from walking in the door, checking my bags, and getting through the security line. Better than I expected. I can see summer sucking, though.
  20. Wrong. And there is science behind it.
  21. It depends. If you drink 2-3 pours of regular (nonflavored) Vodka every night with nothing but ice and maybe club soda, that's about 98 calories per standard shot, which are purely empty calories. And it's going to affect your metabolism, causing your liver to create more cholesterol and fat, and making it more difficult access stored fat to burn as energy. Maybe to your more general point, no, you don't need to abstain completely from alcohol to bolster weight loss in combination with exercise and healthier food consumption. And, yes, some alcohols are better than others in terms of sugar and other carbs that further tax your liver and go straight to your love handles. But as you get older, drinking "good" alcohol even in moderation makes shedding pounds much more challenging. So I stand by my proposition that cutting alcohol (including straight unflavored vodka) is a game changer. And personally, I don't do that on a regular basis (football season? forget it). But when I abstain completely for some significant amount of time (e.g. Dry January) and don't change anything else about my diet and exercise, I can more easily and visually cut off some excess pounds.
  22. Fuck, that looks outstanding.
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