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I ate a corncob a few days ago (unbeknownst to my humans) and had to have emergency surgery today to get it out. This is me leaving the normal vet on the way to the emergency vet, looking very contrite, obviously. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welp, if we needed more proof that the apocalypse is nigh, it's whatever the fuck this is.

I think there's more than one - the TPC one that exploded was maybe half a mile away, but there's a Huntsman plant right across the street and when we would be outside for practices after school we figured that one was the cause of the smell. Nothing like being outside in that heat and humidity with eau de chemical plant wafting through the air. I'm not sure what exactly they make at the Huntsman plant, or even if it's owned by Huntsman anymore.

You were serious that PNG's mascot should be Bulldogs? That's what I was referring to.

Yep. Their number 1 rival. Like Alabama and Auburn but high school.

Yeah I'll have to look back to see who wrote that (about the bulldogs) but I wasn't sure if they were being serious or not.

So horrible. The Glee cast seems like it's cursed.

Oh, and this is the petition they started to keep the name: Also, I'm 99% sure that the guy who started the above petition is who we used to call Indian Ken, because he always wears full Indian garb and a full-length headdress to all the games. Basically a real-life Buddy Garrity.

I graduated with Chet. I love him but I'd be shocked if he voices support to change the mascot.

They still shut down every Friday night during football season. It truly is just like Friday Night Lights.

Yep. So do the drum majors and the Indian Spirit - that guy has a whole elaborate getup in addition to the headdress.

I wish I could say that this whole thing has been a long setup for that joke. Bravo, sir. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Someone suggested that the new mascot should be a golf cart. I laughed way too hard at that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For those not from southeast TX, the rundown is that in 1925 Port Neches-Groves ISD (or whatever it was called then) decided that their mascot would be the Indians. Every school in the district, not just the high school, has as its mascot some kind of variation on the theme. The high school is called The Reservation, etc. In 1979, the district got a certificate from the Cherokee Nation calling them "ambassadors of goodwill". Every time the question comes up of whether or not they should change their mascot, they bring up this certificate. Well, last week, the Cherokee Nation formally rescinded that certificate and asked them to change their mascot. As you can imagine, people are losing their shit. This is the superintendent's response: Of course, now all I'm hearing is "we don't need their permission anyway" and "the chief now is a leftist Democrat and I don't think he represents everyone in the Cherokee nation". This is a Beaumont Enterprise article about the superintendent's response. He and everyone else there are doubling down. For the record, I don't think they will change the mascot - there would be actual riots if that happened. But this is as close to change as I've ever seen.

Then that's not a real union recognized by any labor relations board. There are no real teachers unions here. Ok yeah, this was my understanding - my husband's a teacher and is in one of these but it has never functioned as more than a standard professional organization. That's why I was confused.

Are you in Texas? I thought teacher unions weren't allowed here.

I love it! He's so majestic!

Was thinking the same thing. It's nice till you try to breathe.

He likes it like that and it's not a hill I'm going to die on. Also it's not like he's going anywhere for anyone to see it.

I'm sure Edgar is directing that loving gaze toward my child and not the pizza in his hands. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We'll make a game time decision but right now I can't see how this is going to work. There are so many logistical questions. Such as, giving people the option to stay or go means that teachers will be creating curriculum on two platforms, which is nuts. Will they livestream classes for the ones at home, or have to add extra Zoom sessions? And, in the classroom, there can't be group work because the kids can't sit by each other. And, how in the world are they going to work in all the 504 accommodations? Etc.

See I didn't realize people didn't know about it until recently.

Rocket is about the wine, not the label.

He is going to be a huge pupper! Love!

I assume you never attempted to watch The Pallbearer.