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I work as a server and had one aggy couple that came in near the beginning of the game. They were watching it on their phone and I asked them who they wanted to win. “We’re rooting for A&M!” All I said back to them was I hope you get beat by a 100.

The Celina-Stephenville semi-final should be a fun game. Lampasas is in the process of imploding defensively and giving up half a hundred. When you are the slower team on the field and your opponent is from the Panhandle, you severely lack team speed. Hopefully next year they find a way to get Ty Johnson more involved. This year was mostly average because it was a run first QB in Jerome. He was really good at that, but when you have a 2027 WR that UT has already invited for a visit you might should let him touch the ball more often than he did. Still a really good year by Lampasas standards.

I left a laughing emoji only because it is common knowledge that Christians are the worst tippers. Thank God I work in tourist areas and can avoid those Sunday after service crowds.

Going tomorrow morning. Seems pretty cool and I enjoyed the first one.

A Real Pain. Directed by Jesse Eisenberg as well as starring himself and Kieran Culkin. This was a beautiful movie and they got a lot done in 90 minutes. Culkin’s character was poignant and will probably resonate with some folks here. The Concentration Camp scene was great in how it let the horrors there speak for themselves.

I’d greatly appreciate never hearing again about Elon being on the spectrum. He is a complete embarrassment of a human being to the rest of us who are on it as well. This is not directed at you Brisket. We have people posting here about it who think they are experts on the subject that do not know and will never know what this is like because they are not on the autism spectrum. I can tell you that Elon makes a choice to be the narcissistic clown that he is. He is wholly unrelated to those of us just wanting to live a quiet life and do better for those in the world around us.

Marco’s was the first chain pizza I had that used that cup pepperoni. They make some really, really good pizza. I can recall as a kid when Tony’s frozen pizza used that kind of pepperoni. Never had a better frozen pizza than that, by far.

Pizza Hut was always my favorite pizza as a kid and it still is. All those Friday nights eating it as a kid watching TGIF was good memories. My mom worked at the one in Lampasas before I was born. My brother loved Mr Gatti’s. Good, but never supplanted Pizza Hit for me. Gatti’s ranch dressing was/is great.

That reminds me of a story a friend from Niger told me when he first came to America. Someone took him to a buffet and he didn’t know what it was. He said to his friend “You mean I can pay 11 dollars and eat as much as I want to eat?!?! He ate for two hours. He weighs about 140 soaking wet. He couldn’t believe such a thing existed.

Fork’em! This is a fun first season to be a supporter for ASU!

Helobious just doomed a high school football team last night to a loss in a game they were up by 18 in the 3rd quarter. He is nails at that kinda stuff.

I enjoyed it. Plenty of fighting and Denzel did his thing which, honestly, it does not much matter what he is in because he’s just great at his craft. I watched it in IMAX and though the sound was a bit much it did make it a cool experience. I liked Pascal’s character as well. Mescal, at times, I found him to be annoying, but that seemed to be the point to be that way in some of his scenes. The rest of the cast did not matter much. The monkey was humorous to watch.

Georgetown has junior Lampasas transfer Jett Walker at RB. He had over 2200 yards and 35 TD’s (36 total with a TD catch) going into the game. Can’t imagine how he and his teammates have to feel waking up today from that nightmare.

Just incredible. His words took away a victory for them. He has a real talent for this.

The Calhoun game is a bit of a revenge after they lost to Davenport last year. Good on them for getting that win.

West Plains pistol whipped Brownwood 49-14 and Lampasas won 55-21 against Dumas. That game was done again by halftime with a five touchdown second quarter by the Badgers. Stephenville beat the Whitefaces from Hereford on Thursday night 35-7. Stephenville should win handily again next week. Lampasas is going to have to come out strong from the start next Friday. West Plains opened in 2022 so this is mostly new to them, but they have to be pretty good to put up half a hundred on Brownwood in a playoff game. Believe the game is being played at the Mustang Bowl in Sweetwater. Lampasas hasn’t gone this far in Region 1 since the state semi-final appearance in 3A while a part of district 8 that year. I still can recall listening to the radio broadcast from the playoff game that year against the Crane Golden Cranes. Lampasas kicked a 30 yard field goal as time expired to win 10-8. My parents were not taking us to the games as we were too young for my parents to want to drive my younger brother and I really far. I think that was the 3rd round game that year against Crane, but not entirely sure. I went to check and it was indeed the 3rd round. If I could remember things that were actually important I’d have it made! 😂 Fun year until the state semis against Jefferson where we lost 26-0. Best season we had until the 2019 Ace Whitehead Experience got us so painfully close to being in the state title game.

This ends exactly how it does with everyone else that tried to be BFF’s with numb nuts. They will eventually turn on each other, but in this instance the insanely rich immigrant will get put out of the country by the guy who can do it. From there it’ll get really interesting.

I’m a long-time ASU supporter and ordered some clothing this week. By long-time I mean this summer since I started a masters program with them. It’s a degree I really want though and the football program seems to be in that early stage where they could be a fixture near the top of the Big XII standings. The school is in a major metropolitan area which is something almost no schools in the rest of the conference can say. Just gotta beat the Mormon National team this week. Easier said than done because they play some really good defense. Still I’m excited to watch this game against the Cougars. Get this one and then it’s a battle for the state title against Arizona and trip to Dallas against Colorado for the conference title. Who would have ever predicted that going into the season?

Finally got to see Conclave tonight. I loved it, but I also love watching UK shows so this was right in my wheelhouse. Just some great acting with three guys in particular in Fiennes, Tucci and Lithgow that I really enjoy.

I watched Bonhoeffer two days ago. The people who need to see it will not. I enjoyed it even if it was not entirely accurate. Still it resonated with me.

So far the indications would point in that direction. It’s only 14 games in and just his fourth game since he was made a starter, but yes he looks like a guy that can give consistent point production. The only thing holding him back is himself. AD said they still have to convince him that he needs to shoot more often. Thanks to the Pelicans front office for the gift of letting us retain this pick.

Dalton Knecht just had himself a game. Might come back on the floor, but he put up 37 on 9-11 from deep in a little over three quarters. Looks like the Lakers might finally have a consistent third scoring option.

I think the EU steps up since we will not be doing so. They are going to have to take care of their own security concerns for at least the next four years. England might even step in because, well, it’ll all be on the table with us withdrawing military support soon. I would not at all be shocked to see the EU send troops to Ukraine, especially Poland and other nations that used to be part of the old Iron Curtain. Finland sure as heck would join that group. Maybe we can get one Finn to go real life SISU on the Soviet goons.

I totally get this and why that woman gets so excited. Her day has been made for helping out family back home. The couple I had said it to me and I have said this for a few years now when I get Argentinians. The ones that can travel are few in number. They would not be considered filthy rich by American standards, but by their standards they are the 1 percent. It’s sad when you hear these stories and the context they are given in. I hope that woman that has that gallery you show stuff at is doing well. I like having unique art so once I get moved to Hawaii I would be interested in buying something from her and getting it shipped there. I am sure we have a few folks on Surly that would buy some stuff from her knowing we would be helping out folks who need it.

So Argentinians are a somewhat rare thing to run across here when it comes to tourists. I met a couple who are here that live in Miami. They are here studying and working off the books. They explained how dire things are monetarily by saying that she could make 8k a month here, but back home she would make the equivalent of 1500 USD doing the same job. They think we are off our rocker to put a crazy person back in office because they see enough of a nut job back home. Still they hope to stay here solely because they can both earn more with a work visa here if they get one.