
Samson's Wig
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The Blake Lively (Ryan Reynolds's wife) Controversy
Samson's Wig replied to chainsaw's topic in Daily Texan
Say what you will about social media, but YouTube is where the truth-tellers of our time share their voice. They definitely have no motivation to push a certain angle on a story if they thought it would draw more views and likes from incels and Trumpers who have latched onto this story when absolutely no one else cares. I've been saying for years that YouTube celebrity gossip channel hosts are the Walter Cronkites of our modern era. -
Holy shit I forgot about that abomination of a movie. Go Disney!
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That really is incredible. Some days, you just gotta stay in bed and deal with the consequences.
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Yep, this is where they landed. It's a shame they didn't go "all in" (admin and board's phrase) on these schools before now. You know better than I how they've been kicking this can down the road for many years. I am sincerely hoping for the best, but I don't see how they will improve these schools in one year when all of the district's resources and energy have been spent on these same campuses already, including insane amounts of funding for special programs, specially trained staff, etc. to the detriment of students at other schools in the district. Despite what some outside community organizer agitators, with no personal stake in this situation, have been spewing online and in their podcasts, these underperforming schools have had much higher budgets, better facilities, teachers with higher qualifications, etc., than the so-called "privileged" schools in the district. This move seems like magical thinking more than anything, especially when these campuses have already been on a specialized turnaround plan for a couple of years that has been failing. I'm still operating under the assumption that TEA will be rolling in after next school year. I hope I'm wrong, but I'll be ready to pull my kids out when the stormtroopers show up in 2026. For now, I'm selfishly thankful that my kids' last year of middle school won't be ruined by the cockeyed plan that sawed off little superintendent tried to push through with his blatant lies. He needs to be shown the door after next year, no matter what happens.
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Gotta love this place. Because this particular camp endangered wildlife (allegedly), it was a top priority to go. Camps endangering other humans? Fuck 'em. At least we now understand the playbook. I'll be bringing up the golden cheeked warbler in an attempt to get the assholes in the woods near us evicted before they start a southern CA style wildfire in our neighborhood. If it stopped development in our area it can sure as shit be used to justify getting the useless junkie trash out of the woods.
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I don't think there is any risk of that, at least not in our lifetimes.
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Honda has been offering the DCT since 2010 or so on a few models. I wish other manufacturers would do likewise. It would open up riding to many more people, which is a good thing for all of us. Triumph kicked ass in 2024 by offering up small displacement bikes and making things easier and more affordable for new riders. I hope they realize they can double down on that success by coming up with an automatic platform of their own. BMW has its ASA options on bikes such as their new 1300 GS, and Yamaha is coming out with its Y-AMT system this year. Harley decided to ride the nostalgia train almost into the ground, but who knows? With what's going on now with their CEO getting the boot and their sales in the toilet, they may decide to finally start offering bikes other than oversized and overpriced machines with dated tech. Their demographic is aging out of riding by the second, and they forgot to build interest among the younger generations. My wife has a 300cc Vespa GTS that she loves riding, and though it can go 90 on the highway if need be and easily keep up with my 1200cc Bonnie, she wants something that won't get blown around so much at higher speeds, especially when the wind is blowing. Using a clutch has held her back from trying a lot of bikes, but I'm going to get her on a few of the Honda DCT models to see if one will work for her. I suspect the Rebel 1100 will win out, given the lower seat height, but I'm secretly hoping she goes for the Africa Twin so I can ride it some too. Of course lots of bikes come with quick shifters and auto blippers these days, but that's not quite the same for someone who is either afraid of a clutch or can't use one due to physical limitations.
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H-E-B employees petition to ban non service animals in store
Samson's Wig replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
Oh yeah. We have an old timer in our neighborhood who will hire a sheriff's deputy to come issue tickets from time to time. It cracks my ass up every time our block text thread blows up form incredulous women complaining about getting speeding tickets. It happens every few months like clockwork, and not once has one of them ever expressed that maybe they should just slow their asses down. It's always a bitch fest about how unfair it is that they were targeted. -
H-E-B employees petition to ban non service animals in store
Samson's Wig replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
Oh it was satire. -
H-E-B employees petition to ban non service animals in store
Samson's Wig replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
This is anecdotal, but that video tracks with who I see not picking up their dogs' shit in my neighborhood. Older women. It's a really strange form of entitlement, but they have so few entitlements I don't want to judge too harshly. Nah, nevermind, fuck those old ladies. Pick up after your animals or learn to live alone with your thoughts. -
I like the new Trident 660 a lot. Saw it the first time at the big Triumph event a few months back, where they unveiled the 2025 lineup. If you're in Austin, AF1 has been such a massive improvement over the last shitty dealership that had Triumphs (and had them taken away by the manufacturer). If you change your mind and go the modern classic route, it's not too late for the Distinguished Gentleman's ride this year.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Samson's Wig replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
A hearse for space robots from 1960s television. -
Ah, Seagraves. I dated a gal from there for a stretch. She moved to Sundown, and for some reason, that ended things. She probably found a better-looking fella with a nice truck or something. My dad's family moved from the Goldthwaite area to Brownfield when my grandma was pregnant with him, and the poor guy was born in Hobbs, NM, when they went there for a visit for some unknown reason. Mom's side is cotton farmers from the south end of Wolfforth. Both folks went to Tech, and I did as well for undergrad. Still tons of family growing cotton and raising cattle scattered amongst the communities in that triangle of Lubbock, Big Spring, and Midland/Odessa.
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It was indeed Cooper, back when it was a backwater. It's incredible how much has changed. My mom taught at Andrews for a few years, driving down from Lubbock every day. That would have been the early seventies if my memory is sound. She ended up at Lubbock-Cooper, so I did too.
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