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Paper_jam

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  1. I wouldn't be surprised if some hack from the Lege or the Governor's office tries to tank her admission to UT.
  2. I can't imagine that anyone with integrity or character would even accept an endorsement from Trump. An infamous liar and demagogue, twice impeached, who urged on a mob to subvert the U.S. Constitution and the democratic process. A man with no humility, compassion, or even loyalty to anyone besides himself. If you separated Trump from his wealth and power, and he had to be judged solely on his character, would anyone even want to be his friend?
  3. Fucking toothbrushes. I'm trying to find a basic, but quality, toothbrush just like you used to be able to get from Oral B (or possibly Reach) in the 1970s-1990s. I don't want it to look like an athletic shoe. I don't want a big chonky rubber-coated handle that won't fit in a traditional toothbrush holder. I don't want exotic color-changing bristles made out of carbon fiber or organic spider silk. I do want to be able to pick the size of the head as they all seem to be giant or tiny without enough specific sizes. Why do manufacturers take devices that have already been perfected and fuck them up in ways nobody asked for?
  4. I backed my car out of the garage for 10 minutes just for this purpose.
  5. Time for a general strike. And stop paying any fees or taxes to a corrupt state. "No taxation without representation"-- if we don't have real elections, we don't have real representation.
  6. If this had been a crowd of BLM supporters, or Greenpeace, or even the League of Women Voters, the Republicans would be jumping up and down screaming for congressional hearings.
  7. Guess I should have taken macro instead of micro. If we get a sustained run of inflation I'm double-fucked, as my income is unlikely to ever rise for reasons I can only discuss in CR.
  8. Maybe you should get tested, you might have the real thing.
  9. Ugh, I quoted/replied to the wrong post. ... sorry
  10. Rant about light pollution: Even on clear nights, I can only see the brightest meteors basically directly overhead. Doesn't help that my neighbors always have outdoor lights blasting (front and back yards) all night. And who made the decision that neighborhoods need streetlights glaring every 100 feet, or that gas stations need to be brighter than a supernova? People think it's "safer" to have everything lit up like it's goddamn daytime; shit, that just lets the crooks see better.
  11. It's really enraging (at least to me) that we've lost control of our phone system. I don't understand why we can't implement security protocols and features to prevent spoofing and make Caller ID actually work as it was intended. I have Nomorobo, but I still get tons of calls from "Paul at US Home Solar" or "We have a special offer for AT&T Customers" or whatever that spoof local numbers and get through the system.
  12. When the Manor Expressway (toll portion of 290E) was being built, a contractor working from an outdated set of plans built a bunch of enormous support columns to the wrong height. Version control is a bitch sometimes.
  13. Oh god, my brain must be turning to mush. I saw articles about the sprint race quali format and assumed it was in place for this week's race. Thanks for clearing that up.
  14. I'm pretty confused--was there/is there qualifying today (Friday) for the sprint race tomorrow? Can find nothing about TV time/channel coverage for the qualifying that happened (?) today. I see some Practice stuff for Friday, but are they calling today's qualis part of the "practice" sessions?
  15. Yeah I would not want to be in the Hondo, Castroville, or SA area now. Best of luck to any Surly denizens there.
  16. There's almost nothing left of that 911 in front of the rear axle, it's just completely compacted into the tree. Unless the front broke free and landed somewhere out of the photo I found.
  17. After qualifying for each race is finished, F1 should roll a D20. If this "Chaos Roll" comes up 13, they invert the field for the race start.
  18. Seeing articles that New York lost a congressional seat by only 89 people. Damn, that's close.
  19. Some of those pieces are bigger than I would have expected. I guess dogs don't chew so good.
  20. A lot of these killers off themselves anyway before being arrested, so I don't see increased punishment working very well as a deterrent. Plus we still have that whole eighth amendment thing that we'd have to repeal first. I know we aren't 'sposed to talk about these losers much, but apparently this guy was a big brony (My Little Pony fan) and posted something on social media about being with Applejack in the afterlife.
  21. Up "only" 8% in 78754. I almost feel left out.
  22. Can anybody recommend a live weather radar website that doesn't suck shit? For some time now, the animated radar on KXAN's website, and other local TV channels' websites, all seem to use the same app or codec, which works terribly on my PC. They try to play back 6-8 hours of radar history, which is pointless--I only want to see the last hour or two. Starting 6 or 8 hours back means I have to wait forever to get to the current radar image. Trying to skip ahead using the slider bar doesn't do shit. Doesn't matter if I use Chrome or Firefox.
  23. I'm gonna start asking all my ladies to sign an affidavit of consensus (pre- and post-coital) and pass a written competency test before allowing them to experience my erotic talents.
  24. I'm not sure if this fits as a Larry David thing, but I recall a generally embarrassing event from my youth. When I was a freshman, I was living on the 19th floor of Dobie. One morning my roommate had gone to class or something so I had the room to myself. It's a quiet morning, no one's around, I have a ragged copy of Hustler that someone left in the laundry room. I figured I would take advantage of this privacy and release some pent-up sexual energy. So I go to work, feeling pretty secure in my privacy. After I'd been at it a little while, I hear a soft thump or squeak from the window (19th floor). Window washer, busted. (Actually, he gave no discernible sign that he saw me, and Dobie's windows are tinted, so maybe I got away with it. Still, I was startled and embarrassed.)
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