Everything posted by Tonesky
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Recommend me some Houston eats
This is terrible news. I discovered and started regularly eating at Pico's within a few months of their original opening on Bellaire Blvd. Fajitas, Chilorio, chiles in nogada, soft shell crabs, shaker margaritas.... I have no idea who can replace them on my rotation. [Xalisco would be the clear choice if they were not in the Woodlands.]. The only people I know happy about this are my internist and cardiologist.
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Vince Young Perpetual Appreciation Thread
Fuck Jeff Fisher.
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Shit I've Cooked Lately
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Screwed Up Shoulder
I sustained full thickness, partial rotator cuff tear in January. The surgeon was fairly optimistic that PT might do the trick. But, while PT has been positive - increased strength, improved range of motion, and somewhat reduced pain, it is all relative. It is my dominant arm and there is discomfort all day long with anything that engages the rotator cuff - opening a door, holding card key out the car window to enter my office parking garage, upward resistance against a towel when drying off after a shower.... And, the dog is pissed that I no longer throw him tennis balls. I've just scheduled an ortho follow-up for next week to talk next steps. Furk!
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
Tossed around like a fucking rag doll....
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
Tread derail in 321....
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What impact will Trump have on the 2026 World Cup?
Thank you for protecting us from this caballo de troya. Every one of these "baseball players" and their paternal chaperones, are secret Tren de Aragua, coming here to rape and murder. God bless you Mr. Trump.
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Ghislaine "Sgt. Schultz" Maxwell: "I know NOTH-ING"
It's like the drug world - when you get stiffed on payment for your product, you can't exactly go to the police. The only leverage in such disputes is thuggery, leverage that neither Trump nor Epstein had in the 1990s and early 2000s. Only more recently did Trump gain the ability to kill his problems away. I expect Ghislaine understands her current options.
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Gardening 2025
I am taking my first shot at starting new fall tomato plants from sucker cuttings. I've got several cuttings from the two plants that were most prolific for me in the spring - Matt's Wild Cherry and JD’s Special C-Tex (Texas Early Black). I'm told that if they root/take, they will produce as soon as temps fall into the range, without having to wait the stated number of days from transplant to production as for new plants. We'll see....
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
Nothing like the sting of losing Chief Wahoo McDaniel!
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The Italy Thread
My sister-in-law grew up in this Indianapolis house. The architect told her parents that he always wanted to design something based on Truilli architecture, and they told him to go for it....
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The annual college football magazine thread
Looking for Torbush rep emoji.
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Floods - how you can help
Done. Chai x 10.
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Fleetwood Mac has fired Buckingham, hired Mike Campbell
Zak Starkey needs a gig.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Was just in the car for a bit and listened on FOX for about 5 minutes. The lying and distraction is strong. The two big nuggets I heard in that brief time were (1) Nothing like this has ever happened before, and (2) the Federal response was immediate and perfect.
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Ken Paxton is dirty? NO FUCKING WAY!
NTTAWWT
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4th of July Texas Flood
Texas Monthly. Litigation - even expensive litigation - ending 13-14 years ago, should not be a factor in this tragedy. Certainly, no impact on government failures. And, hard to imagine it prevented them from staying up and remaining plugged in, posting a watchman, etc. on a night that called for it.
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4th of July Texas Flood
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
Maybe I was not clear, but this misses the point. Highest all time refers to the high point. What about the lower elevations that HAVE flooded in the past. How many of those killed were at those lower elevations, and were not killed by historic flood levels? Simply saying this was unprecedented is a cop out.
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
But, were those closest to the river, like the Mystic cabin swept away, higher than the 1987 flood? We may not yet know the details, but there is zero question that some lives were lost due to negligence.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
Daughter is first year counselor at a camp she attended as a camper for many years. All connected devises are banned for campers. Conversely, staff are REQUIRED to have their phone on them at all times.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
This is true. It is also true that this weather event underscores the stupidity of DOGE related cuts, as well as the more recent decision to end sharing of military weather data with civilian agencies and the private sector. The information that was available (and ignored) this time, may not be available next time.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
And, nausea/vomit emoji.... Gutted!
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2025 Thread of the Rains
lawsuits > bankruptcy > land sold to real estate speculator/developer....