Mrs Whiggins

True, true. With the addition of @atomheartbevo's tweet (Liam Neeson) post above, I think the Cybergs are envisioning themselves in a Mad Max Fury Road role w/o considering that apocalyptic environments are bad for one's well-being.

Daddy issues. Some guys are fond of speaking about women in this regard, but Errol did his son no favors with respect to modeling appropriate behaviors and the meaning of love. Elon will forever search for that approval or act out in ways that harm others.

There is definitely a chance at the title (men's). I was glancing over other teams and event points and again, that Tech team head to head with Texas would place higher than the Longhorns, but as you say the field expands at nationals and can throw a spanner in the works. NAU doesn't have the breadth so I am going to be surprised if they can hold on to second or even third by the end of the season (but, don't count them out, they are a tricky bunch in those distance races). That gives Texas, Florida, and even Arkansas the opportunity to move up. If Leo N competes in both the hept and the long jump, that's potentially two first place point totals right there. Texas' ranking can fluctuate by several spots up or down over the next three weeks (as can other top teams) and then win the title. For the women's teams, Arkansas is just so dominant right now.

Raspberry. Hard to find but a good pop-tart.

'Member when the Right was all about Classical Education from our "lil old European ancestors?" They had to amend that some because it got confusing for their party when discussing the 7 Liberal Arts of medieval curriculum because of the word "liberal." The Seven: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy. I remember. (I include spelling with grammar)

They're a pair then. Elon had a hair transplant, but he still had some hair with which to graft when that happened.

X, X Elon has wider hips than I do and I've born children. Also, "people" (probably Elon) say that Elon is 6'2" but he doesn't look that tall to me. I think he's just fluffed up his hair to add height.

It's likely because of the kernel of truth that often exists in some theories (in order to make them appear believable). Most of us recognize that PR relationships are definitely a 'thing' in the entertainment industry, even formally written up etc. Promoting a movie, album, and so on with the celebs 'breaking up' sometime after the premier or release. It's a hot topic among fans and drives the side industries that thrive on the speculation. Swift and/or Kelce can date/marry whomever they wish and that's their business as long as no crimes (underage, DV, etc) are committed, whatever their relationship, this one got crossed over into the culture wars and that in itself drives more side industries. Bread and circuses for all.

Helobious had approximately 12 posts on two different threads (Football and CR) that mentioned Taylor Swift so given that she had 12 camera pans for a total of 54 seconds during a 4 hour and 8 minute game time, there should be _____ posts about the game itself by said poster. Solve for X. Or Q. Whatever. It's pretty funny.

I didn't watch the entire game due to some work that needed finishing; besides the ending which was so Keanu Reeves' Shane Falco/Gene Hackman's Coach McGinty "Winners always want the ball when the game is on the line" Mahomes is THAT guy and nothing I saw during the playoffs would dissuade me from that view (at least as long as he's healthy)......I thought the trick play with Purdy/Jennings/McCaffrey in the first half was pretty slick. If it hadn't worked, people be pointing and saying it cost them but it did work and you'd have thought would've loosened the 49rs up a little. But they needed some of the GB player's vibe from the play offs, the what have we got to lose go for it. Sure it can go too far, but this is Lombardi trophy on the line. Grab it and don't let go. I enjoyed what I watched--entertainment and a spectacle just as the Super Bowl has been for quite awhile. If it returned to the 70's roots, viewership would plummet further. It's just the way it is. As it is, the way the NFL turned a potential ho hum (Chiefs again..) into something that got people talking (over and around each other); they (NFL) know how to track demographics and participation and all the rest. Viewership was trending downward as was/is participation (tackle). I like regular football games w/o the pomp and circumstance (and talking heads) but it's obvious that is becoming more of an outlier; sport is an 'experience' now and a 'lifestyle,' where people identify with teams, players, ethos, whatever--and if that is perceived as changing then some may not like that. But change is going to happen because the money (or lack of it) will force it to happen. All the sighs and cries over changing and this and that--dig the coach's shorts and tube socks out of the drawer and head out to the sideline where players can practice sans water and sans NFLPA labor protections and stare at the empty field. I don't think those days are returning.

Wow; I have no words because the reasoning of MIL is just not going to have anything with which to rebut. However, James Earl Jones, at age 93 and pretty much retired, for a small ok maybe not so small fee may be convinced to record or call a message to your MIL strongly worded to the effect that God is not amused with her leaving the abode where she was surrounded by love to go wander in the desert. @mchookem That is heartbreaking. Some of the same issues to which you referred have happened in my family background and it's a rough road with a lot of suffering. Hang in there. Vent in the Help thread or here if you need to...

But there's a lot of lame ass commercials out there. One might think that because the ad buy is so expensive that the agencies could come up with something more clever, and I think they could but the best ones sometimes push the envelope in unexpected ways and I suspect that like @MNLonghornFUKM point about Hollywood, the corps play it safe just as the studios do. A lot of great screenplays never get made, a lot of perspectives never revealed and a lot of shitty commercials are given the nod because they check a box of 'does this make our company look good,' in ways that are forgettable instead of memorable. If Coco-Cola came out with the famous 'I'd like to teach the world to sing..' commercial from 1971 now, how would it fare? History then and now, culture then and now. We're now into many decades of commercials and a lot of $$ at stake. The classic 1984 Apple ad was directed by Ridley Scott (fresh after Blade Runner, which at the time, 1982, was a box office disappointment, and hadn't grown in stature among general viewers yet) and cost around $370,000 to shoot. That was taking a chance of sorts, meshing several types of references at once that struck a chord with viewers and done in a very stark and coherent way--memorable. It's likely another reason why the Dunkin' commercial is getting some positive feedback--in a slightly different and less chancy way. I'm not in that line of work, but it's fascinating in its own way. Easier to enshittify than it is to deliver the beef and that is another memorable ad, btw--and featuring an octagenarian emphysema laden Clara Peller. Go figure.

Yes, if some consumers are just now noticing this, then they've haven't been taught by family or teachers because this is nothing new. When I was learning how to cook/bake, my mama had a lot of old recipes that had to be adapted because the ones that had instructions like use one box yellow cake mix would turn out awful if one didn't account for the shrinkage (i.e. volume matters). The Betty Crocker company, along with Pillsbury, etc have been doing this for years, and I rarely buy mixes unless a recipe specifically calls for it and then just do the math but it's a pain. Across the board, it's those little amounts every aisle, every product and nationwide adds up. IIRC, weights and measures are regulated by state not federal although there is a federal office (Office of Weights and Measures underneath the aegis of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Dept of Commerce). Not sure if I have that correct, but a friend back in college was a food science major that was really interested in candy bar weights and how much $$ profit was in getting that bar perfectly weighed. Now, it's Snickers bars in various sizes from King sized to bite sized so that consumers don't even think about what they're doing.

I'd wait until the grass is actively growing which is usually sometime after the last frost date (middle of February on average). Waiting a little ensures that the grass takes up the nutrients more than the weeds do. It wouldn't hurt to wait longer by a few weeks really. However, I usually do the herbicide separate from fert so maybe if @cactusflinthead would be willing to give advice as I know less about weed n feed product efficacy.

The Men's 4X400 Relay mentioned above broke a school record yesterday with their time of 3:03.93. It is currently the 6th fastest time in the nation (indoor) behind teams from ASU, Florida, USC, Alabama, and A&M. (*Fastest time indoors this year is 3:02.73). The USC time was set at the same meet where UT broke their record so keep an eye out for the indoor champs. Next meet on tap is the Alex Wilson Invite at Notre Dame, followed by the Big 12 Indoor Championship in Lubbock. *Indoor collegiate record is 3:00.77 set by USC (Zack Shinnick/Rai Benjamin/Ricky Morgan/Michael Norman) in College Station (3/10/18) at the Div I Indoor Championships. I was there and it was amazing to watch. I haven't had a chance to visit their new facility in CS, but it's supposed to be pretty nice.

Regarding his latest--He was interviewed in November ('23) and essentially revealed he was no further along (1100 pages) than he was in 2022.

Cool, the flowers on the cukes I've grown seem smaller than that. Did you look at the base (flower) to see if it's male? If it's male then it wouldn't hurt to trim it off so that the plant could produce a female flower and set fruit. I don't know enough about how a volunteer would work in that regard (pollination/self pollination) to say though. It's neat that it sprouted. Seems the only volunteers I get are wild petunias and weeds!

Make a driving test mandatory after a certain age for renewal but get outta here with just taking it away.

Have you ever grown zucchini in your garden? That almost looks like zucchini to me.

I think it varies, I really do. Brett Kavanaugh is at the older end but Josh Hawley is at the younger end. Yet I know Gen X of various ages that are way to the left of those two. Gen X seems to march to their own beat but no one pays any attention regardless which could explain some of the disaffected MAGA types that went to DC wanting to be seen. As a whole, though, and perhaps moreso in middle America you're probably more correct than my own anecdotal experience.

Final results of the day: Field Events: Women's Shot Put: Nina Ndubuisi (1) 17.88m/58' 8"; Chrystal Herpin (3) 16.39m/53' 9 1/4"; Kiana Lowery (4) 15.94m/52' 3 3/4"; Marilyn Nwora (5) 15.81m/51' 10 1/2" Women's Triple Jump: Texas did not have an athlete compete. First Place: Winny Bii of Okla. State 13.72m/45' 0 1/4" Men's High Jump: Dylan Lineberger (4) 2.10m/6' 10 3/4" First Place: Elias Gerald of USC 2.16m/7" 1" The winner passed at 2.13 meters after successfully jumping the first two heights; gutsy move but reserved some in the tank I guess as he moved from fourth to first with the eventual winning height. Running Events: Women's 3000m: Eva Jess (11) 9:25.99; Elizabeth Pickett (21) 9:39.39; Haley Harper (34) 9:59.00; First Place: Silan Ayyildiz of Oregon 8:56.60 Women's 4X400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Smith, Oakley, Davis, Holman) (1) 3:29.80; Texas B (Chatfield, Lewis, Garrett, Ebarb) (4) 3:38.75 Men's 3000m: Isaac Alonzo (7) 7:53.72; Emmanuel Sgouros (24) 8:02.00; Hudson Heikkinen (40) 8:19.10 First Place: Alex Maier of Okla State 7:43.22 Maier is from Texas, a Flower Mound HS grad if I recall. Men's 4x400m Relay AKA 1600m Relay: Texas A (Popelka, Mosely, Rutledge, Herron) (2) 3:03.93; Texas B (Brinkley, Washington, Smallwood, Hulbin) (5) 3:10.18; Texas C (Belaire, Shelvin, Small, Moore) (8) 3:13.29 First Place: USC (Braun, Blockberger, Cumberbatch, Jones) 3:03.14 Of note, to make the indoor champs, the top 16 for each event (top 12 for relay) are selected with a tie-breaking process. Everybody is trying to get those numbers right now. Best of luck to all the athletes. Cross Country, indoor, and outdoor is a pretty tough slate for student athletes and this is an Olympic year (Paris 2024)

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Some time ago there was a fellow who ran for city council where I live. He was of the 'no taxes, I'm a fiscal conservative, no social benefits for the community unless there is a fiscal ROI' variety. His platform was quite austere and he wanted no money to go into the parks department, despite the rapid growth of the community. One of the city's requirements for developers was setting aside some land for a park (I think it depended upon subdivision size) and this guy objected because parks have to be maintained and he didn't think residents should have to pay for parks all over town, etc. Well, I happened to look up this guy and guess what? He lived across the street from a park, a very nice park that was well maintained by the city. But two miles away in a neighborhood where some apartments were being constructed--well those residents were going to be SOL if he got elected--just some green space with no equipment for the children like this guy's neighborhood had because we'd already paid for his. I might've put the word out about that and was relieved that a slightly different fiscal conservative got elected. One who didn't mind funding parks that benefit all of the citizens but also kept an eye out against wasteful spending in areas such as hiring the retired friend of one of the other members as a "consultant" when reviewing building plans when the city had its own architect. LOL.

Updated event results from Boston College Meet: From last evening Men's Mile: Christopher Riley (28) 4:09.00; Jack Boyd (31) 4:10.13; Logan Pateete (33) 4:12.43; Hudson Heikkinen (35) 4:13.60 First place: Ethan Strand of North Carolina 3:54.62 From today (Saturday 2/10): Field Events: Men's Shot Put: Patrick Piperi (1) 18.07m/59' 3 1/2"; Michael Pinones (3) 17.59m/57' 8 1/2" Men's Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel (1) 16.07m/52' 8 3/4"; Solomon Washington (3) 14.86m/48' 9" Women's High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (5) 1.74m/5' 8 1/2" First Place: Roschell Clayton of Villanova 1.88m/6' 2" Running Events: Women's DMR: Texas team DNS Women's 200m: Keondra Davis (2) 23.22; Aaliyah Foster (10) 25.05 First Place: Madison Whyte of USC 22.96 Men's DMR: Texas A (Bizimana, Small, Howells, Knight) (2)9:41.92; Texas B (Riley, Hulbin, Patete, Boyd) (3) 9:55.45 First Place: Oregon 9:35.90 Men's 200m: John Rutledge (4) 21.01; Brian Herron (5) 21.03; Nolton Shelvin (6) 21.08; Marcellus Moore (8) 21.23 First Place: Justin Braun of USC 20.92 (USC swept the top 3 spots There are 3 field events and four running events left and I'll post those later. In the current national rankings, the Texas men are ranked fourth behind Texas Tech, Northern Arizona, and Arkansas. The Texas Women are ranked fourth as well behind Arkansas, Florida, and Oregon. Things are beginning to take shape. The men jumped 3 spots while the women jumped 14. Texas A&M has been moving up as well, their men are ranked 10th, and their women's team is 5th behind UT. The last date for non conf. qualifying is Feb 25 (I think?) and UT has at least one more regular season meet prior to that. Qualifiers are usually listed within a couple of days after the final date with the finalized start list posted the first week of March.