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  1. 6 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

     

    There would have to be a Federal Do Not Hire Database set up to force that shit from happening...

     

    Completely agree. The federal government does this for healthcare practitioners via the National Practitioner Databank so there’s a mechanism in place already to do this. If you have an ugly NPDB report good luck getting hospital privileges, medical malpractice coverage, credentialed by payers, etc. Something like this should be part of federal policing reform legislation.

    National Practitioner Databank

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  2. 14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


    smoked salmon app (I’ve been known to just eat this, add a salad)

    Hawaiian rib eye 

    French dip 

    Asian noodle salad

    ribs 

    Burger

    chicken sandwich

    soup of the day

     

    ive been once or twice 

    Good list, but I no longer get the Asian noodle salad since they stopped making it with steak. 

    If you’re a Hillstone fan like me, and it sounds like you are, you might be interested to know that the Houston location is adding sushi to the menu around the end of the year/beginning of next year. 

  3. 2 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

    This was straight-up murder. That cop shot an elderly black woman in the face simply because she had the audacity to "rebuke him in the name of Jesus."

    She was cowering and apologizing and dropping to the ground when he pulled the trigger. It's truly awful.

    Don’t disagree with any of this, but I read in the CNN article posted up thread that she was 36. I was surprised because she definitely seemed much older. Further advances my thought that she was having some sort of mental issue and the approach the officers were taking with dealing with her was entirely inappropriate for what she really needed. 

  4. Seeing those options written out by two fans of west coast schools really hammers home how shitty the travel in their new conference is going to be. If you live in Seattle or LA, why the fuck would you want to make a road trip to fucking New Jersey or Indiana? Feel kinda bad for the fanbases.

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  5. 2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

     

    True in small quantities but there's that whole problem where society as currently structured completely collapses if everyone who doesn't really want kids or who would be a bad parent didn't have any kids. 

    Are you positing that people who would be bad parents or don’t want kids should still have kids for some societal benefit? Seems like a bad deal for those kids.

  6. On 7/19/2024 at 10:05 AM, Da Fino said:

    It's also how they get away with not making calorie counts available. 

    This. They keep the number of units for each of their concepts under the number that requires they publish nutritional info. They rebranded enough Houston’s to Hillstone to get under that cap.
     

    J. Alexander’s is not a Hillstone concept. It is owned by the same company that owns Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago, Krystal, Gordon Biersch and a few other concepts.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Lazarus Bocanegra said:

    On a similar note, Western Addition, which owns Il Bracco and Balboa on Post Oak, was started by a group of former Hillstone's group people.  A buddy I went to high school with is part of the team.  We went to the soft opening for Balboa and enjoyed it.  Il Bracco has become a regular spot for us.  

    The wife and I go to either Balboa or Il Bracco once a week. Like Hillstone, they put out consistent, high quality food and have great service. It’s not groundbreaking or particularly adventurous, but you’d know what you’re going to get every time you walk in the door and you know you’re going to leave happy.

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  8. I hate having to (sort of) agree with the gun nuts on this one. The actual mechanics are probably more secure or, at least, more standardized than some dude at Academy selling you ammo. To me it’s just a commentary on this country’s stupid gun culture that we feel the need to sell ammo in a vending machine in a grocery store.

     

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  9. 7 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

    Unfortunately we’re in BFE in California.  Neurologist was near San Jose and can get fucked with a rusty butter knife.  Our euthanizing vet has been the most helpful as she doesn’t give a shit about standard of care.  It’s amazing how lawyers ruin things they touch.

    Damn. The only good thing about living in a metro with a bunch of aggys is that the good ones are excellent vets. 

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  10. 1 hour ago, KYHorn said:

    Maybe I should blame Chrome or Crowd strike or something else, but the site seems to be acting differently today. The page is reloading randomly, and when I leave the page and then return, it often reloads. This also deletes anything that was saved when editing a post and sometimes the content written into a draft post. Seems to be mostly happening on the Ukraine thread (haven't been able to replicate it elsewhere). 

    Glad it’s not just me. This has been happening to me for several days. I only browse from mobile iOS and pages randomly reload and it doesn’t reliably go to last unread.

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  11. 4 hours ago, Hefeweizen said:

    Shit, I’ve started and stopped a post to this thread several times this past month.  My vizsla is almost 11 and epileptic, but seizures were pretty controlled.  Until about a month ago, when I was out of town, and he had what apparently was a huge cluster of seizures.  Wife took him to pet ER and they tried a lot of things including Midolazam, keppra, and nothing worked until they did an IV with phenobarbital.  Even then he was still seizing, but less often.  After I got home we picked him up since I usually care for him myself, and after talking to the vet we put him on bromide as well.  
     

    Btw, pet ER can get 5k before you blink.  

     

    We got home and he was still seizing but more controlled than before.  After another 24 hours he stopped and we were able to assess the damage.  His back legs basically weren’t working, whether due to ataxia or neuropathy, and he was obviously in pain.  
     

    We got harnesses, slings, and went to work on therapy.  For about two weeks he steadily improved.  Then out of the blue, he starts dragging his paws and tripping.  In addition it looks like he’s having focal seizures (he usually has grand Mals).  Really weird.  
     

    Vet tells us she’s out of ideas and we should go to a neurologist.  2 hours away.  So off we fucking go, get there and realize this neurologist is a fucking idiot, asking us for videos of the seizures and a log.  Another 1k wasted.

     

    At this point I contact a vet who does home euthanasia because I feel like the dog is just suffering needlessly.  She comes twice, the first time I wave her off because I’m seeing some improvement.  The second she gives me pain medicine for the dog, because she thinks there is probably some underlying pain besides the seizures causing the lack of mobility.

     

    We got him on Meloxicam and so far, so good.  Three anti convulsants and a pain med and I think he’s averted the rainbow bridge for now.  I cried more over my dog than I have for anyone else in a long time.  I really thought he was done for a few days, and I’m glad I am so stubborn and wouldn’t stop trying for him.

     

     We don’t deserve our dogs, but we can try to live up to what they think we are.

    Don’t know what metro area you are located in, but we had to take our dog to a neurologist to evaluate a bulging disc in his neck. Our vet in Houston referred us to a neurologist in Sugar Land that she knows from vet school. We were very impressed with her and felt like her consultation was thorough and extremely competent. Happy to share the details if you happen to be in the Houston area.

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  12. 5 hours ago, Pancho said:

    Second story—a friend who was on the UT Speech Team with me felt as though his gay profile wasn’t high enough for certain crowds (he owns a successful business but is super weird about being a Houston A-list gay [his words]). So what does he proceed to do to help him with this goal? He runs for congress—in SJL’s district. A sliver of her district is in Midtown which is where he lives. Well a bunch of us were at a game night where he proceeds to tell me this because I’m the only one in the group who didn’t know. My first question was “why” then I asked “what is your plan?” His plan was to target just the folks who lived in Midtown. So I asked him “wait, you don’t plan to do town halls or canvass in the main area of that district which is Acres Homes where, you know, the majority of her prime constituents live—hint hint?” And of course he said no. He lost—bigly.

     

     

    Is your friend an optometrist?

  13. Checking in on this thread for the first time in a month. Decided around the time of the debate (didn’t watch) to tune out of election news. It’s not like I’m going to change my vote so I made the decision to not give a fuck about the daily barrage of shitty news. It’s been quite a nice break. I suggest others do it. It’s not like any of us can influence a cult member who is pushing for the project 2025 agenda. Those people are too far gone.

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