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  1. Not necessarily a generational thing, but definitely a hard ass parent thing. I graduated from UT in 2009, and my dad is the Old Man.
  2. A guy on another message board admitting to spending $22k in 9 months at the Midtown Spec’s. He’s had some nice Vault pulls, but he’s not exactly blowing me out of the water and I’ve spent a small fraction of that. There’s some bottles like Heaven Hill 19 or OF Presidential that know I’m never going to get and that’s just fine.
  3. RIP Mr. Limmer and I’m glad they got a conviction.
  4. The first rule of Houston McDonald’s is never leave your car.
  5. Not a bad week. WLW and Lot B. About what I usually get for Christmas. No idea when I can pick it up. Their turnaround is is averaging 10 business days.
  6. Would be very Gilligan. Like I said, the dude isn’t interested in some Independence Day type show.
  7. Gilligan was inspired by 2 things. The rise of AI and Covid. AI is obviously the virus.The ensuing disaster is Covid. Some people like AI. Some people liked staying home during Covid. Let’s call them an analogue for the Others, people like Laxmi that want to join the hive mind, and Others sympathizers like Diabate. Vince is asking what it means to be human. If we let AI do everything for us, are we still human? If Carol asked the Others (AI) to bury Helen while she drank iced tea and chatted with Zosia (ChatGPT) on the back porch, is she really mourning Helen? She did it herself with immense pain and exertion. She bled, sweated, and cried over Helen’s grave. She suffered. She mourned. She achieved emotional closure.
  8. I’m not mad at the team getting 5 days off. Alpie was sick, and KD is 37.
  9. MSRP on Eagle Rare and ETL essentially doubled. Blanton’s is a cool $90-95 now. I still think ER is a good buy at $50, but I won’t buy another bottle of Blanton’s or ETL unless I’m forced to in a bundle situation. Weller 12 and Antique have been $50 for several years. They priced ER12 well. I believe it’s the same price as ER10. The new cask strength Sazerac rye is supposed to be under $50. BT is kind of a mixed bag on MSRP.
  10. Random thoughts: - I remain convinced Gilligan doesn’t want to do a big VFX show with hundreds of extras in alien makeup. I think there will be a build up for an invasion and they’ll converse with Carol, but little green men aren’t coming. - Something stuck with me after the poker scene. The others clean up broken glass with their bare hands. No brooms or dust pans or hell gloves. This could demonstrate the aliens don’t give a shit if the others injure themselves in their service. They’re worker bees. - Maybe the virus didn’t kill anyone because the aliens need worker bees? What if their biology prevents them from doing some tasks on Earth? What if they don’t like dirty jobs? - Again everything is deliberate with Gilligan. He went out of his way in the previous episode to say they can gather and eat fallen fruit. There’s probably enough healthy orchids on Earth to keep a small number of humans alive.
  11. Yep. All the NBA Cup games pushed it back.
  12. Simmons called the Chiefs defense better than the Texans’ defense and Cousin Sal didn’t correct him. A truly stunningly bad take.
  13. MSRP is about $80 now. That’s too much. I hope that helps.
  14. The Bama-OU game going to be a dogshit fight. They just played and it was probably the worst 60 minutes of football I’ve witnessed this season. I think OU wins and then gets drubbed by IU. Probably the worst offensive 11 win team in recent memory. Tulane - Ole Miss and JMU - Oregon should both be better games. At least your eyes won’t bleed during it. aggy probably needs Beck to go full regard to beat Miami. I fully expect him to go full regard in a big game. fOSU should handle them pretty easily. I’d bet the over on The Blanket to pick up 5 DPI’s in that game. I’m glad we’re back to beating aggy’s ass instead of the common opponent argument bullshit we had to do for 10+ years. Oregon should wax Tech, but holding Indiana in reserve to knock them out makes me feel pretty good about it.
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