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Sorry, was incorrectly mixing events. Table is at Hubbard Inn with reserved access to the River dyeing.

Have fun. My daughter’s office at 35 W Wacker overlooks the river. She and her crew have a reserved riverside table at some nice place with bottle service, Champagne, and beer buckets reserved for the river dyeing at 10, but they have to be at their table and ready to get well-lubricated by 7 am. Then afterward, a reception at the office. Should be interesting. I might go next year, someone has to drink the coffee.

Sometimes a blind squirrel is right twice a day. Thanks for the $.

Meetings are WAY more exciting than dying of acute alcoholism, or at least that's my accepted narrative. Where does he live?

And for the relative lack of stretch compared to mono in light tackle uses (yes I know that under load it's more stretch than mono.)

My first stepmom had way bigger tits. She was also about 6 years older than me. She didn't last long. Twas before the internet era.

Weiners love chipmunks.

My sister was an FTC lawyer, she flew around the country taking depositions from old people who got hoodwinked by Miss Cleo.

Live shrimp with a small split shot weight and a 18-inch fluorocarbon leader, red steel hook. I love light tackle.

My best friend from High School invited me to come to the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in May. I might go, as Warren is getting long in the tooth. Anybody ever been?

TBH I only care about monitoring and adjusting temps remotely. Just put up the boat and now prepping brisket for an overnight cook. Not a bad March Sunday.

For our own good.

First cast of the year. Again, daughter from Chicago insisted we go fishing.

Red letter words - “The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” This past primary broke my brain.

In 2018, I bought a new Tundra from a longtime friend who was in dealership sales. The very first thing he did during the pricing exercise was to strike through all the dealer-installed options while he said “Well I won't charge you that” under his breath. I filed that away for future reference, and next time I need to buy a new car that's the first thing I'm requesting be removed before starting the talks. I didn't order it, and I've never used a warranty other than Discount Tire road hazard. And once I've left the lot, the only thing bringing me back is free oil changes. Also, I'm requesting that they remove the shitty OEM tires and put on new Michelins. I'm not going to spend the first 20K miles rolling on goodyear factory seconds. Apparently, Toyota went with Falkans on the new TRO model that have half the tread depth of replacement tires and people are ditching them after 9k or so miles. I may be wrong, but I honestly believe new non luxury cars come with substandard tires. Port-installed options were a great value, however - the upgraded wheels and steps on the Texas Edition that Gulf States Toyota put on after leaving the factory were a good deal, especially since that model came with additional rebates.

I told my new realtor “your value add is market savvy, insulation from buyers - but more than that, it's accountability for my ADHD and OCD.”

Lol on a Saturday night it's a great meeting

Went to the 37th annual Lake Murray Men’s Conference last weekend in Oklahoma. Fantastic speakers, fun fellowship, and great food. As y'all probably know, conferences and fellowship in AA wherever my travels take me is a big part of my sobriety. Previous Saturday night:

I just made an appt with a realtor to offset my ADHD and OCD, otherwise I'd never get my old house listed. There's a difference between being able to transact real estate and doing it well. I'm also thinking about paying a professional organizer to come inflict some sanity into my wife’s closet and storage environment. Then I'm joining the country club.

Whew

That's just the Orange County vote. I'll let my wife narrate. voice recognition isn't working too well but you get the point. “can we just move to Canada? I’m embarrassed to be a citizen of this country I’m embarrassed to have ever declared myself a fucking Republican Greg Abbott, a fucking idiot Cruz over elect Trump, but fuck him for however, long and fucking sucks his dick at the same time that’s an embarrassment , Donald Trump has idiots paying for his fucking legal fees. I’m embarrassed to be an American citizen I’m embarrassed to be a fucking Texas citizen and all of this is a fucking goddamn joke. Thank you.”

Voted during lunch and chatted with his sign waver who is my wife’s step-brother, he made a fortune working for James Street. Was a little surreal seeing Jack Brook’s daughter on the R primary ballot for county tax assessor. Her dad (D) was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that impeached Nixon. On the same price of grass where I waved signs for my “Uncle,” Mark Stiles.