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Obviously working in a restaurant means I will cross paths with a whole bunch of people who either are doing hard drugs or drinking heavily, or both. I know one of them drinks sometimes at work because I can smell it amd I have heard him mention it to someone else. I saw him last week and said I wanted to ask him a question. I asked him how much he drinks. He was a bit evasive at first, but he told me a good bit of his story. He’s in his late 30’s and has been in drug rehab six times and that yes he does drink. I just told him that if he drinks it is not my place to tell him what to do, but if he needs to talk to someone that he can always speak to me. He gave me a hug and thanked me for taking the time to see how he is doing. Now I know he drinks too much, but I cannot control that. I can be there to help him though when he asks for it and at least listen to what ails him in his life. I think that’s important and perhaps something we should attempt to do more with those around us.

Medvedev just broke Sinner in the 3rd set. This seems like this might be a bit of a problem for Sinner. Sets at 1-1 but Medvedev up 3-1 in the 3rd and his serve is yet to be broken.

His childlike mind is more fragile to being criticized than Kevin Durant. One of the most unlikeable tennis players in the history of the sport. My younger brother still plays competitive tennis (Won the doubles tournament in Texas in 2022 that got him to nationals in San Diego the following spring) and he really does not like Djokovic.

Absolutely racist, but considering the source it’s believable that it would be the Post printing that. They might as well rename themselves the Staten Island Daily. They remind me of newspapers ran by William Randolph Hearst during WWII. He took a side and it was with Republicans. They would run articles about General MacArthur filled with even less truth than what we are reading now. I guess the point here is the print media didn’t just start with idiotic stuff like this in more modern times. It’s been there for decades and decades.

California should tell the rest of this country to kick rocks considering that without them a lot of the southern sisters of the poor states would lose a whole lot of federal funding.

Mentally he is completely exhausted and cognitively we can all see the decline. He’s in his early 80’s and he should be resting comfortably in retirement. Instead he entered the 2020 race to make sure we got the worst president not named Andrew Jackson out of the White House. Mission accomplished there. Now that same psychopath is not only not in prison for trying to overthrow the government, but he is running again. Biden should be able to hand the baton off to Harris or another viable candidate, but right now that isn’t the reality of the situation. He does not want to leave and step down. I feel like part of it is he wants to keep TFG from returning, but also being the most powerful political person in the world is probably something he also does not want to relinquish yet. I will give him or his replacement my vote, but boy what a time to be alive.

I am absolutely good with a president like Biden. You delegate out responsibility to subordinates who understand their role in America and the greater world as a whole. You do your job and you make sure that at home and abroad we are taking care of our citizens and strengthening ties with countries we are close to as well as ones we need to have good relationships with. The alternative is a narcissistic nutjob that thinks airports were around 250 years ago who, and this is kind of a big deal, LEAD AN INSURRECTION to keep control of the government less than four years ago. Give me quiet competency versus a crazy person whose greatest contribution to American society will be the day he no longer walks among the living.

I stopped celebrating a few years back. It’s just another day.

This is where I see so many of y’all being at. I have family back in my hometown in Texas, but the pull is not enough to ever make me go back. I empathize with the situation you and your wife have in front of you. We just get this one life and I’ll be darned if I am going to waste it attempting to help folks who do not want it. I’d rather go be part of a different culture and be a positive contributor there while trying to do right by folks. When the lowest rung of society, not monetarily, but the lowest of the low in ethics, morals and all that entails has decided the being decent is no longer a requirement to be a part of society, well, that is the bright blinking sign telling me to head elsewhere.

I am mostly in line with this. Social media, as a whole, is a cesspool she needs to steer clear of. Just focus on basketball, connecting with the fans at games or PR events, and lead a good life. She’s the breadwinner right now for a league that needed one and I hope she just keeps on keepin’ on. I also hope she eventually gets teammates that can catch her passes. That seems kinda important as well.

The humidity and rain can be a real beating in the South Pacific, but the people are good and I already put together the basics of an exit strategy from American life over the last year and a half. Some absolutely wonderful places there to work and call home if you are okay with uprooting and becoming part of an entirely different culture. This kind of stuff is right up my alley as I have always gravitated towards people and cultures different from what I grew up in. This ability to adapt has been a strength for me. For others I can see looking at the South Pacific as way too far removed from the life they live to do it no matter the circumstances in the mainland US. I guess it’s mostly a matter of how you want to spend your life going forward. For those of y’all with families it is far more complicated than someone like me that just has two dogs to take with.

Klay is a nice addition for Dallas. He could’ve solved some issues shooting-wise for my guys in LA, but he’s a better fit alongside Luka. Should get a ton of great looks from beyond the arc all season long.

You have to learn how to shoot going forward. She could do worse than visiting Holger. He seems more than willing to help players out, even those who can’t hit anything outside of 10 feet. Hammon helped usher this style in. Within five years if you can’t space the floor you’ll be out of a job or be a role player . The women’s game will evolve just like the men’s game has. I think that part is cool how the game just evolves continuously.

Y’all have fun with all of this. I’ll hopefully have a place in The Solomons to live and work while y’all are dealing with some of the most hateful people on the planet. The history written by folks watching this in other countries, places that actually believe in the rule of law, will not be kind to these six justices. The GQP will probably build them a national monument in front of The White House.

Well yes it does have to be addressed. During her double-double streak she’s shooting 42 percent from the floor. The WNBA is undergoing the same thing the NBA went through and post player, especially undersized ones like Reese, are going to have to figure out how to stretch the floor. Right now she has zero ability to do that and that’s kinda going to be important if she doesn’t want to be a one dimensional player. Were I her I’d go find Dirk Nowitzki and get his old coach Holger to teach her how to shoot from beyond the arc after the season.

I am honestly trying to understand how you can shoot 42 percent on a layup. I mean that to me is just incredible. The odds of her layups going in are roughly what Chris Dudley’s odds were of hitting those ridiculous free throws he shot.

I don’t care what sport you play nor whether it is a men’s or women’s contest. If you are playing with a migraine and gut out an entire game, while sitting for a grand total of 33 seconds, you are one bad son of a gun. Also her ability to pull up and just gun it from that deep with complete confidence is part of what makes her different from any woman that has ever played in the WNBA. She is just on another level of confidence to do that regularly.

I was told by a 12 year old or so boy from Iowa that is a Hawkeyes fan that Caitlin Clark is overrated and that Luka Garza would kill her 1-on-1. I just looked at him and said “Well yeah I would hope so.” Mom just kinda sat there and didn’t care. Good on Clark almost getting a triple double today in the win. It would take Garza a couple of months to get those combined stats in the NBA.

It is just simply astounding to see TFG being able to run again after inciting a riot. We are teetering/already are a 1st world banana republic. We truly have some of the dumbest human beings on the planet living right here in America. Millions of these people do not deserve to be able to call this country home. That they support TFG just reinforces how insanely broken so many of these people are. I’ll cast my vote for Biden in November, get off the mainland and then out of this country entirely within two years, God willing.

If Biden is alive on Election Day he gets my vote. He has quietly been exceptionally effective as president for all the reasons already noted. If he stands down and is replaced by anyone, literally anyone, that has a D next to their name I will vote for them. Anyone that ensures TFG is not back in the Oval Office is okay by me.

There are six justices that need to be dropped off for a vacation on Snake Island. One of them I’m cool with giving a low earth orbit trip on an ICBM. These people are ghouls. Just absolutely atrocious human beings who run in circles with like-minded people that deserve the same fate.

I do not care what critics think, good or bad. This is an epic western and man this hits the spot. I am impressed by how immense this is and all of the stories they are telling. So many actors that I like in this.

I saw the first part tonight. It had my attention start to finish and it did not feel like three hours. I like how they are piecing together different storylines in this. The musical score was really cool as well. For the short attention span folks you will just be mad at having to sit through three hours, but for those that can do it you’ll like it. The differing scenery of each place was wonderful and I can’t wait for part two in August. They left the story in a really good spot and there are so many interesting characters and subplots going on.

I am actually glad I did not have to learn math that way.

You are just, well, so insanely negative about most everything. The NBA, movies and life in general. Try and attempt to enjoy life more.