Saint Tacky

This isn't much, but I know two kids who attend WashU, one of whom interned for me a couple of summers ago. He's from L.A. and the other from Long Island, both without any family connection to the school. They both love it, and their parents are very pleased with the academic support the school provides. My daughter was accepted to WashU last year but chose to focus on schools with graduate programs in veterinary medicine, so she didn’t end up visiting the campus. I was disappointed but I do like the in-state public school tuition.

“Transformers One.” It’s the origin story of the Autobots that’s been missing. The prequel that delivers you from the early friendship between Orion Pax and Megatron to the war between Autobots and Decepticons. Animation was a concern going in, but it is at or near the top of the franchise for me. We left the theater ready for the future stories. If you’re a Transformers geek, you’ll love it.

If attending Texas had been priority one, I might have chosen to live in Fort Worth and enroll them in FWISD. While Fort Worth is a nice place to live, its schools lag behind those in Houston and Dallas in statewide testing performance. Strategically moving there for high school would have made it easier for the kids to rank in the top 5% of their class, considering the academic landscape. As it was, there was a small exodus of kids from my kid's senior class during her four years of high school trying the same.

I thought I heard that Dallas Wilson might be somewhat redundant given the talent we currently have committed, whereas Daylan McCutcheon seems to be a more likely choice for the staff than Keshaun Johnson. But at the moment, Johnson appears to be listening more.

I'm just an old attorney who's tired of dealing with attorneys.

@thunderlounge@immamac I too need a website (recently decided to become a solo practitioner again rather than retire). I'm not as interested in generating business from the website as my clients have been with me a long time and I'm not trying to garner more of them. Priority One Is setting up something with a custom email domain, then I can circle back to creating an actual website. But, my work product and my clients' invoices are piling up because I don't have a professional email address to utilize. Suggestions are welcomed, and I'd gladly pay for your time and a website. Thanks.

... in Iraq? I didn't know this until recently, but there were three Texas Exes killed on 9/11. Two men perished in the towers and a woman died on Flight 93. The woman was an ADPi from Houston Stratford. It only took me 23 years to figure this out.

9/11: The FDNY | 60 Minutes @ 31:00 is the segment with the kids of firefighters who died on 9/11.

I liked it. Glad my kids dragged me to see it in the theater rather than waiting for it to come out on TV

obligatory "made an appearance" coming in and out of the tunnel.

Gutted. His poor parents.

Betty Bridges. Todd Bridge's mom. Good Times; 2 Broke Girls: and ER

Interesting idea and a boon for UTD. I looked into it and found that this was contemplated before - within the 2000s - but UTSW was dissatisfied with the bridge program between the schools. So, deal off and still off until UTSW can be convinced (or compelled) otherwise.

I wish I had come across this thread sooner. This all feels so personal—dealing with parents, UTIs, hospice care, etc. We said goodbye to my Mom last month, and I still can't write this without getting teary-eyed. I’m constantly aware of how many times a day I think of something to tell my Mom or have a question I wish she could answer. My brother, who was the first responder by default, because he lived nearby, truly deserves a medal. He, like horn4life, stepped up in so many ways over the years, far beyond what anyone could have expected would be needed. I've never been prouder of him. What I've learned from these past few years is to always expect the unexpected. There isn’t a flow chart or checklist in the world that can guide you perfectly from Point A to Point Z in situations like this. You learn from your mistakes and just hope you didn’t make too many, or worse, do something that impacts your parents' quality of life or hastens their decline. Now, the challenge we’re facing is that Dad never imagined he would outlive Mom. Everyone is guilty of assuming it would be the other way around. In his 80s now, he's always had bouts of depression throughout his adult life, but now it's worse than ever. I suppose he's earned it in a way. To his credit, he tries to put on a brave face when we're around or on the phone, but he sleeps most of the time and isn’t taking care of himself. My brother, once again, is doing his best. I try to get there as often as I can to relieve him, but as Dad's condition worsens, the odds are getting longer and the days fewer. Most people don't get to share as many years with both of their parents as I have been gifted. For that, I am grateful beyond words. Regardless, it's not easy to see them finally go.

My takeaway from the article, the Astros won another World Series and I'm just now learning about it. Raise the banner!!!

Street recalled that on the night he was taken backstage to meet Elvis, Elvis was the only person in the room who argued that Texas deserved to win the "Game of the Century" against Arkansas. Everyone else believed Arkansas was the better team and should have won. Years later, I had the honor of meeting George Klein at Graceland. When I mentioned this story, he confirmed it was true and admitted that he was one of those who, at the time, thought Arkansas was the better team.

The "iLet Bionic Pancreas" has been a game changer for me. At first, being connected to a pump made me feel like a tetherball, constantly aware of the device. But it quickly proved its worth. All I have to do is input an estimate of the carbs in my meal (usual, more, or less) and that’s it. The device takes care of the rest—administering, monitoring, and making any corrections. It automatically adjusts my dosage to keep me within range, adding or reducing insulin as needed. What makes it "bionic" is its ability to learn my needs over time and adapt. It communicates with my Dexcom G7 and makes all the dosing decisions based on my history—no carb counting, no correction factors, and no manual adjustments. The lone drawback -- and it is a significant one -- is cost. I was able to get in on a deal for the device through my endocrinologist, but the cost of the supplies is egregious.

It's available, from beyond the grave.

Tell me more. I had a chain snap a couple of weeks ago and it whipped me across the shin. Nothing was broken, but holy fuck I bled like a stuck pig. Stump is still there.

So, when they need NIL money they rub one out?

Perhaps. But it does say he didn't lock them down. Over the past three days, I must have heard a half-dozen times that Sharma's strongest connection through the recruiting process has developed with Courtney Morgan, Alabama's general manager, and how difficult it would be for Sharma to make the call to Morgan to tell Alabama "no thanks."

There's a lurker here on Surly Horns who led the FBI investigation into the Byrd murder and received the Bureau's "Medal for Meritorious Achievement" for putting an airtight case together against the perpetrators. It's a hell of a story, but not mine to share.

^ This. Absolutely. Matt Galante spent countless hours working with Craig Biggio in Kissimmee when he switched to second base. While the rest of the team rushed out to make tee times, Galante and Biggio stayed on one of the back practice fields taking grounders and practicing turning double plays. They would go all afternoon. We'd grab lunch, return to the hotel to write, log tapes, edit stories, and satellite them back to Houston, then hustle back to the facility for the 6 p.m. live shot. More often than not they were wrapping up or had just left.