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  1. Hah. Fred beat me to it. C'mon, Ted. I'll note his picture at the maroon stadium is from the Chancellor's suite, just an observation.
  2. That's a tshirt fan if one every existed. Exactly when did Raphael decide he liked tech? Was it when a small child in Canada? Maybe it was when he was at school at Princeton. Or was it his time at Harvard? I'm willing to bet there are no other pictures of him supporting tech until they got deep in the tournament. Raphael is such a cameleon.
  3. I can avoid spoilers for the most part - except facebook. That shit always shows up when I don't want it to. And to top it off (already knowing the winner at Barber) we set up the DVR without anything padded at the end and missed the last 9 laps or so. Fsck. That was a pretty damn good race. Gorgeous race track. And spoiler alert - that start. WTF with passing 3/4 of the field before the green. It was a slow start, but he timed that poorly.
  4. Ares V and now SLS are where it seems we just can't get a consistent program going.
  5. Oh, and is Marquez gonna win it, again? Just won Argentina and was 2nd at the first race in Qatar.
  6. Got my parking pass from Cota for our tailgate. That's the earliest it has ever arrived. I don't know if COTA or the vendor are on their game, but I'm impressed. I was gonna park off of Elroy Road if it didn't come in - I decided not to sweat it and just pay the little family $10. If you ever need parking near Cota, Danny & Carmen are great. $10 for Indy and Moto (F1 probably more). Located right on Elroy, right next to the back entrance for Lot T. Walk through T, hop on the shuttle(*) and you can get anywhere on the property the shuttle goes. I plan to be at our tailgate spot by about 10:40 so I can watch all of Moto3 and Moto2 before taking a booze and food break and then watching MotoGP. (*) Looks like for Moto they are running the shuttle from T all the way to L... so 2/3 of the facility.
  7. True. We could probably do a 1 way trip today with a crash landing. It's that safe landing on the moon.. if I read correctly, there hasn't been any development done on a lander and then getting back home that's the bitch part. Unless Nasa's budget is doubling immediately, they aren't getting there that quick. Not with Elon's help, not with Boeing's (who might currently have other problems going on) help.
  8. No way on earth any sane person believes we will land on the moon by 2024. Will. Not. Happen.
  9. Part of the TMS Nascar story I couldn't tell because we completed our mission yet. (C&P from a posting I made somewhere else) I may have been "That Guy" at TMS. I sometimes get invited to a sponsor's suite. I may have found out that Tony Stewart would be visiting our suite and I may have a friend that has wanted him for ~20 years, bad. She really wants him. Has a pass from her boyfriend and all. So, being the enterprising gentleman I am, I figured, what does one get a girl that is totally in love with Tony Stewart that I could have him perhaps autograph for her. Underwear. Wife was totally in on it and went to Walmart (sexy, I know) and bought a cute pair. Tony shows up to the suite, I hop in line with underwear in bag and a sharpie, get up, we take our picture with him and then I say "Hey Tony, I have a friend that is totally in love with you. Do you mind signing these panties for her? Maybe with a To xxx from Tony or something?" To which, the nice gentleman replies, " I've never had a guy hand me underwear before, but sure". I made sure to show him they still had the new size tag on them and they were clean. He put them on my back and signed them. The Stewart-Haas staff in the room were cracking up over this series of events. Here was their 3 time Cup Champion boss signing some underwear for a dude. I was glad to put a smile on everyone's face. We gave the newly autographed underwear to our friend last night and she lost it. She LOVES them. And is probably one of Maybe a handful of people on earth that have underwear signed by Tony Stewart. Also - one of the nicest guys. I liked listening to Joe Gibbs' stories a bit more, but they are really close together. And I think Tony said he'll be at 1 more Nascar race this year since he has 99 things he is racing at on his calendar between now and the end of the year.
  10. Hell - even I had Champ's meat in my mouth, back when he was at 8th Wonder, and lord knows I hate going to Houston.
  11. What is the dish with chopped brisket et al in it? Because it looks fucking good.
  12. Ferrari WTF. They keep finding a way to step on their own dicks. Just when things are looking up... boom.
  13. So - my review, which is worth what I paid. We drove up Saturday after my son finished at a UIL contest and stayed at my aunt's house in Azle, which is about 40 minutes south west of the track. Got up Sunday morning and got to the track. By the time we got parked (I think 6th row from the front), it was 9:58 and the gates opened at 10. Made it up to our suite and got checked in and I ended up with someone elses Hot Pass. Nascar has this whole system where you upload a picture of yourself, a copy of your license, etc. and then the hard passes, I'm fairly certain, are just given to the team and they hand write each person's name on it. Apparently they just doubled up on someone and skipped mine so the guy grabbed some hand sanitizer, sharpie off, new name on, away we go. Breakfast and booze started the minute we got in the suite. The one thing I wished they had there was hard booze in the suites but I've been in multiples, including non team suites, and there is just beer and 2 wines. About 11am, Daniel Suarez came in and spoke with us and did pictures. He is once again one of the nicest people you could ever meet. It may all be a show (I don't think so) but I enjoy hearing him each time. We then had a little break and then went down in groups for a pit/garage tour. We did it last time so the wife decided to stay back but I took our 18 year old son on his first visit and he enjoyed it. The first Super Truck race of that day (*) was going on while we were on pit. Went back up and Tony Stewart showed up and talked and did pictures. From this point forward, Tony has 1 Nascar race he can attend and 99 other dirt track type things he is driving in. I asked the Stewart-Haas guys about Gene Haas and he was in Bahrain for that race, unfortunately. After Tony, lunch was served and then we hurried down to sign the start finish and watch the start of the race from the pit box. My wife and son finished up the day in the suite and I bumped back and forth between our pit box and the suite. We stayed afterwards to watch the second Super Truck race and then headed home. I enjoy the spectacle, but if I wasn't getting schmoozed in a suite with hot pit passes - I wouldn't pay. The racing is.. kinda boring. The cars are all so good now, the drivers are all so good. All the passes are either made with a slow car acting as a pick or in the pits. I could have a good time in their stands with a cooler of booze or maybe in a RV in the infield, but it just doesn't really call to me. Overall - a good day and I'll beg the vendor again in about 18 months to do it again. (*) Super Trucks. My wife watched the first race from the suite and said "I love Super Trucks". I was like - told you. We got to see a truck flip on the dirt ramp during warmups and 3 trucks get in various states in the first race. And then second race, wtf. We ended up with one of them not quite completing the jump, rolling down the ramp and ending up sitting on the barrier. And then while they are attending to him, everyone else is stopped, the ambulance and tow trucks are dealing with that drive, and Robby Gordon is going full speed around the track without a care in the world and we're like "He's going to stop, right". Yeah. He did the big jump and that tow truck hauled ass and at the bare minimum probably saved Robby from taking a trip to the infield care center. Apparently Robby's radio was not working so he didn't know there was a bad accident and to stop. MotoGP in 13 days.
  14. It was really dead. There are probably more people in the suites than in the seats. I think there's a combination of issues. Most live sporting events are going down in attendance, cold windy day, Nascar has run off a percentage of the old school rednecks, cost, long fricking races, no wrecking, single-ish race line at TMS.
  15. Some men like grooming younger men. Who are you to judge?
  16. That sounds like something that I, as the owner of a racetrack, would maybe promote and see if we can get some people out, interested in our track, and eat some overpriced food and drink some overpriced booze. Not a fucking peep on their facebook page. I am continually amazed that we have a racetrack that hosts F1, Indy and MotoGP - I am certain that is the only track doing all 3 currently and it's promoted so poorly. Look atTMS. They are having a free concert Saturday night in the infield and have been promoting the shit out of it. TMS does giveaways every Nascar race, shit like "If country bumpkin wrecks on lap 3, we'll give away 3 hot pit passes" and people go fucking nuts for that. COTA - not a god damn peep.
  17. Tila Tequila, er, Tornado Thien, has started a GoFundMe to record a gospel album That's nightmare fuel.
  18. And we trust these guys to investigate crimes? They can't even report accurately the date of the incident?
  19. Yeah but some kid will just tell this group of "leaders" to fuck off and there's nothing you can do. Other than follow UT's rules, require your members to use the provided transportation or not go at all - and there still seems to be a discrepancy as to if the new members were allowed on the bus or not, family says no. But I bet that all comes out during depositions. And I would also argue that a sleep deprived driver is about as deadly as a drunk driver. I know when I'm tired I drive pretty damn bad - thank goodness they started painting brail on the road.
  20. https://www.democraticunderground.com/107841633
  21. The point is - if a navigator was awake, then the kid wouldn't be dead.
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