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UpperWestside

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  1. So the East River then. I’m good with that.
  2. Once we come out of this years from now and get a government that has to wipe away the stain of these traitors it’s highly likely he gets re-buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
  3. LeBron is one point away from 50k combined regular season and playoffs. Let it be a lob from Luka on the opening possession tonight.
  4. No. I am attempting to speed up the process and be out of the US by the end of next summer. I do not want to return no matter what transpires.
  5. I had no idea what to expect from this movie because it was the Monday night movie at Regal where they release a movie early, but don’t tell you which one ahead of time. This was good, REALLY GOOD. Jack Quaid is the star and he has a rare medical syndrome where he can’t feel pain. The plot had fun twists on a normal action/comedy. The bar scene near the beginning was great. One of the deaths made me cringe yet laugh out loud at the same time because of the brutality of it. I’d recommend watching this. It is quick and to the point with the story and is a cool movie to watch in under two hours. I’m definitely going to see this again.
  6. My best friend that's the Mavs fan actually mentioned this yesterday afternoon when we were talking. I told him I hope they don't borrow the part from the first movie and wind up with a cutout of Miriam Adelson or Dumont.
  7. He and Patrick Dumont need to get together at some point. Good Lord he looks like a Minecraft character with this square build.
  8. It’s a rarity to put two of the smartest guys in the league on one team, but then also have each of them be among the best 5 or so players in the league. This stuff doesn’t happen often. It was fun watching Jordan and Pippen, but more of that came from how they could annihilate backcourts on defense almost at will. Magic and Cap for me is still my favorite combo, but I am biased on that.
  9. I remember one poster here saying they were good when Beal joined them. Good times, good times. I don’t know how to say it other than anytime Devin Booker is supposed to be your leader, well, you’re screwed. Chris Paul carried him to the finals and I say that as someone that does not like CP3.
  10. It’s cool that you’re doing this! You’ll hit your number well ahead of time because the more you can do in one set will push you to keep doing more. I think you’ll at the very least double your goal for the year and probably go well past that. I can recall the summer after my first year of college (1999) coming back home and deciding I was going to Herschel Walker my way into doing a bunch of pushups to keep in shape. I was headed to a small school to play some foosball in the fall so I was doing sprints (Not exactly Xavier Worthy here, but I was running as fast as a middling athlete could go) as well in the blazing Texas heat. Anyhow I wound up doing between 1500-2k a day that summer. I would do them on commercial breaks and tried to keep the sets to 50 reps. I think the best memory out of the whole thing was being up late watching reruns of Are You Being Served? Look forward to seeing the updates throughout the year and your progress. Good on you for putting forth the effort on this!
  11. Just remind yourself that once they go down far enough and the outcry is at a fever pitch you’ll get the “Trump alone can fix it” line. As you well know, fascists out front shoulda told ya.
  12. I met him once briefly at his bar in Stamford in his hometown. I was disappointed to not see him wearing the disguise.
  13. I do not readily keep up with UT basketball that often, but Pat Kelsey seems like a guy who is going to win a bunch of tournament games in the next several years at Louisville. I think he could handle coaching in Austin. Louisville is just on year one though so I am sure he has no desire to pick up and leave after bringing them back from the dead to near the top of the ACC again.
  14. I am going to explain Elmo’s behavior a little bit. Since this idiot shares a spectrum with me there are certain behaviors I notice that are common. Note, however, that his narcissism takes what a want to explain to an 11. There is a behavior called masking. It’s fairly common among people on the spectrum. I will explain myself first and my experiences. I have found that looking back on my life that I always attempted to just fit into a group and mask the behaviors I had that were different. In my life I have hung out with people and in places that others would not go to for whatever reason. I can fit into just about any group of people. In another life I might’ve enjoyed working for the government because of this. Natural skills with people do not come easily to me, BUT what I can do is figure out how to mimic the way a group acts and it allows me to be part of said group. It’s mentally exhausting, but I have the routine of how to fit in down. It’s easier than trying to explain to everyone the differences I have and I am mostly okay with that. Elmo masks himself as well, BUT, and this is a big detour from normal autistic behavior, he will fit into a group and pour his focus into it and want to then be the focus of the group. This is where the narcissism comes in. Is there childhood trauma with his dad? Yes. Is there childhood trauma from being made fun of? Yes. Did he take these slights, put them in his back pocket and remember them so he could one day get back at all his imagined enemies? Yes. He’s doing that now while getting the adulation of millions of people here in the US and now in other countries. The narcissism puts all of his impulsive and selfish behavior way over the top. Autism can manifest itself in giving you a really narrow focus. My narrow focus used to lead me into making some real bad decisions. It took learning who I was and understanding that being different is okay. That was not an easy road, but the journey has been rewarding. Elmo skipped that day of school and really never has gotten in touch with who he is so we get this monster. He takes being different as a slight and he is still stuck in his mental development in his teenage years. He could be using his influence to narrowly focus on bettering mankind. Instead he chose money, attention and hate instead. For me I can see and understand his behaviors clear as day. I have no empathy for him because he chose to follow the hate. He’ll never find any real happiness. His internal emotional state is a never-ending void. That is a dark place to be at and it’s not good for the rest of us.
  15. If I lived and worked in an area where designated drivers were a common part of my daily experience I would gladly give them free cokes and whatnot. When I was on Long Island I worked at an Italian restaurant. I am not sure I ever served one adult that did not drink alcohol in a group setting. Those folks drank like it was a job.
  16. I’m starting to believe that having this husky Slovenian on the team might be a net positive. He seems like he can put 30 on the board in his sleep.
  17. Reaves leaving early combined with Rui out for at least a week contributed to those numbers for the starters. Still it’s good to see the bench perform well.
  18. Sweet baby Jesus. That’s what an uneducated person thinks a smart person sounds like.
  19. I am absolutely all for trying anything to help folks suffering with depression. I read the article and it’s promising. Again anything that is legit and is made to actually help folks is okay by me.
  20. Just load your son’s team at Keller with Tony Gwynn clones and you won’t have to worry about losing balls often to homers. Get some good ground ball pitchers on the roster and call it a day. Might be able to make it through the season on three dozen balls. Problem solved. Let the players know that anyone that hits a homer is getting charged ten dollars if the ball isn’t retrieved. Same deal for the pitchers. Gotta let these players know you mean business.
  21. I think I am going to call a former teacher of mine today. I know how she votes, but I also know how she leans on the voucher scam and it’s not anywhere close to what Abbott is pushing.
  22. Open up the Young Man Academy for Men. Only young men and only ones that are good at sports. Put it in Austin and pull every good athlete away from LBJ with promises you have no intention of keeping. Take the money and run to a nice spot in the South Pacific and live out your days on a white sand beach with that sweet, sweet voucher money.
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