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billfromlaketravis

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  1. I always assumed it was inevitable.
  2. My body is ready.
  3. My parents and grandparents usually bribed me with JCI to go to church. I think the Sunday special was like $1.50 per chili-cheese dog. When I met my wife they still had the Sunday special. We’d go there after church. Good times.
  4. His pizza reviews are entertaining, but after hearing some of the inside baseball details they’re not very authentic. The pizzerias almost always are notified beforehand that Dave is coming by. So the fifth generation pizza maker/owner is making Dave’s pizza instead of the usual line cook from Central America.
  5. The marketing has been odd. The uniformed probably think this another remake of Man on Fire.
  6. Listening to The Athletic’s NBA Daily show right now. Torre appears to have them dead to rights. 7 sources at Aspiration, thousands of pages of evidence.
  7. Well always have PDD’s Original Princes or Comedy. The HBCU sweatshirts killed me. Rest in Power Smoke Dog.
  8. Oh yes. Stick with it.
  9. The Jack in the Box smashburger is better than Sonic’s.*
  10. This. Ringwald was smart enough to decline Some Kind of Wonderful, but decided the Ohio indie version of Pretty in Pink. Was a good idea. I guess, we all have a mortgage and bills to pay.
  11. A XOM really suggested Pancho’s?! That’s some wild stuff.
  12. Fresh Horses. Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Viggo Mortensen, and Ben Stiller. Available on PlutoTv. Wow. What a bleak piece of shit for a coming of age movie. They shot the whole thing in Cincinnati in the winter so it just looks gray, brown, and shitty throughout the film. Ringwald starts the movie with a bad Kentucky accent, and later drops it. McCarthy plays exactly the same character as Pretty in Pink. Stiller is supposed to be the comic relief, but he’s just brutally unfunny throughout. It’s very early in his career and it’s apparent he has no idea what he’s doing. There’s really no story. McCarthy meets Ringwald, class and social conflict ensue, roll credits.
  13. Bad recent lunch experience: Black Walnut. The location by the park is getting remodeled, so Rice Village has been insanely slammed on the weekends. I love the place, but they might be too busy for their own good. I’ll try again during off hours. Great bloody mary’s and breakfast menu. Lots of good memories of Entourage style brunches with the boys after tearing up Midtown the night before. Pro tip: You can skip the counter lines and order at the table with a QR code. Good recent brunch experience: The Red Lion. They have to be only place in town that serves an authentic English breakfast. Blood pudding, bangers, bacon, fried eggs, grilled tomatoes, Heinz beans, and toast. They also have London Pride on tap. Amazing place and probably the last English pub in town. If you want something lighter, I’ve parked at Red Lion and walked across the street to Hot Bagel. Their lot is a war zone on the weekends, but you can get in and out on foot. Eat your bagel and go have a beer after.
  14. Certainly a Houston only thing, but I nominate James Coney Island (JCI). I can happily report the Meyerland location is not only open; they’re thriving. Chili and cheese coney with a little hot sauce. Tastes just like how it did growing up.
  15. The Jack in the Box smashburger than Sonic. Sonic has wisely read the room and created a dollar menu. Corn dog, 2 mozzarella sticks, and soft pretzel. Pretty good snacks with your cherry limeade.
  16. Old Forester Birthday Bourbon will only be 92 proof. https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/old-forester-2025-birthday-bourbon Mandatory.
  17. I expect a lot of jokes of the “how is Kam going to read the cue cards?” variety. Not sure what they have in the can of Kam appearances. He was on the last Netflix special. I believe they turned that around in 9 days. Live performance at MSG was August 19 to published on Netflix August 25. The show usually runs a few weeks behind. He did not appear in the episode published on September 1. I’d say it’s possible he appears in the next 3, maybe 4 would be pushing it, episodes of KT. It’s also possible Netflix will be his last KT performance for the foreseeable future.
  18. This is really unfortunate. Allegedly they’re going to keep working together, but not on SNL. I’d count us lucky if we got a few seasons of digital shorts and another movie on Peacock.
  19. Congrats to Kam. I have no idea how it’s going to work, but going from Kill Tony to SNL is a remarkable achievement.
  20. New cast members. https://tvline.com/casting-news/snl-new-cast-members-2025-changes-1235501428/ If Kam makes it past 1 episode I’ll be surprised. 1) Likes to use a certain word in every sentence. 2) Genuinely DGAF. 3) Crazy dad + a very large entourage. I know Lorne is gambling on the next Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock, but I’m not sure Kam has the talent to overcome the other stuff. It’s going to be like a bomb went off at 30 Rock when Kam rolls into town. Never change Lorne. Widely criticized for having too large of a cast, he says hold my cognac hires 5 more newcomers.
  21. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/man-charged-murder-ding-dong-120954498.html 1) Good. The guy shot an 11 year in the back that was running from his home. 2) The shooter and victim probably knew each other. Sounds like the kid lived up the street. Horrific to fire on somebody that could be some kid in your neighborhood.
  22. Is there an official spoken history here? I’ve heard everything from Saban’s chosen successor to Sark consulted with Saban and accepted the Texas job. Sark left Bama in 2021. I think we can all agree Saban, at least mentally, was very far from retiring in 2021.
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