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  1. Long range planning, even for the off-the-grid types, still takes them by surprise because of the little details to which we've become accustomed. If, for example, secession was not a peaceful transfer of all the various entities, and even if they and their neighbors formed a little militia under some sort of agreement, one little siege would likely lead to capitulation. The reliance on so many things that we take for granted suddenly become evident. Safe water and food seem simple and yet...cell service and being able to travel to buy whatever seem simple and yet...to what lengths is one willing to go to survive? History and the past show us, when we aren't too blind to see it or illiterate to read it...
  2. Maybe on the premium where they don't want to ban customers, but I suspect a lot of threads will continue to get removed from the rest by their moderators.
  3. I'm very happy for him and his people. I know the college football world is full of big money, big moxie, big hot air, and Lord knows a lot of hate, delusion, misogyny, and obsessive personalities. If a fellow can face his flaws and emerge from that a better man, a human who tries to make the young people under his purview see how to cope, how to understand another's perspective, how to keep trying then I'm going to nod my head and root for the lot of it.
  4. @Biff Tannen please please crosspost your food pics here--you've got some winners from NOLA.
  5. ....Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. Perhaps the slimmest difference between Shelley's poem and the future is that no human will be left to record the hubris of our species.
  6. I love how in Louisiana the french fries are a step-cousin in the fried food hierarchy whereas in many other places they'd have pride of place alongside the main entree.
  7. THIS!! Love the food pics, everything looks amazing.
  8. Labor isn't what I'm worried about so much, although if the powers can screw them over w/o penalty they will. I don't think the officials/donors/investors care for the "have skills can transfer" part of the current system, so I wonder how long that will last? Money laundering, not with the top teams but with the lower tier programs, seems like a stronger and dangerous risk--especially if outside entities get involved (private investors/foreign agencies/et. al).
  9. Is some of this coming from the "trad fam" types who want the young males to be paired off before the female has a chance to develop her own ideas, thoughts, and plans for her future? Between the Andrew Tate types and the evangelical dating = courtship to marriage, it seems to be some of the same backlash against educated females being able to leave unsatisfactory and/or abusive marriages w/o becoming destitute or when males decide to trade in first model for updated younger model, again, not plunging the first wife into disarray because she can advocate for herself. In our culture, there is still a fair amount of 'boys pursue sex' with no family/societal shame but girls are not "permitted" to admit to have desires period. (Eve in the garden syndrome). It's toxic for whatever gender to which it's applied.
  10. Big blessings to @immamac for the party planning as that was some work and same for all you degenerates who are living the good life in NOLA for the weekend. Enjoy and make memories and soak it all up. Rooting for the win; nice to see it come together for the team, the staff, and the fans.
  11. Does the military have a JV? Cause he has always struck me as strictly JV material. Varsity if daddy makes a substantial contribution to the school sports club fund for a banner.
  12. It may be too late now, but often the discount stores (Target, etc) will have a selection of basic team gear and you can filter the search engine for stores in your vicinity and then further filter for size. Nothing fancy, but usually t-shirts and such.
  13. They, and you, will likely keep on truckin' in '24. Madonna is a selection only due to some of the plastic surgery. That can mess with one's health if one overdoes it, although she's got access to quality doctors if she so chooses. Ezra Miller is the young dark horse but I'd read that he's (they're) getting some healthcare/treatment/counseling so I wish them (him) well. *Ezra uses them/them pronouns but I know it gets a little confusing in a post that mentions multiple names.
  14. I'm going with last year's list minus Feinstein who was the one entry who did actually pass away. So tagging into her spot will be Sylvester Stallone. 1. Sylvester Stallone (77) 2. Donald Sutherland (88) 3. Morgan Freeman (86) 4. Michael Gambon (83) Oops, I guess I had two entries in 2023. Somehow missed that he passed. Okay, #4 is Madonna (65) 5. Martin Sheen (83) 6. Bill Parcells (82) 7. Debbie Harry (78) 8. Linda Ronstadt (77) 9. Richard Dreyfuss (76) 10. Ezra Miller (31)
  15. I had Diane Feinstein as number one and she passed away at age 90 but Ezra Miller was heading down the path but seems to have righted his ship...
  16. Our holidays have been pretty sane; I've been cooking and baking a lot and whenever the football games have been boring (ie teams that I don't really care about or blowouts) then I go for a walk and leave the guys to watch the games and talk. I did hit the wine pretty hard when I made short ribs because the recipe uses two cups of wine and I hate to let the rest just sit there when I could drink it so I do have that going for me...but some of y'all have some interesting family dynamics to say the least. Pretty much just waiting for the big games on the first and making sure everyone is fed and watered until then. Happy New Years!
  17. I'm sure it's a lot of screen time/damage. I will say that many years ago I complained (karen-like) at the desk at the doctor when Fox was on, pointing out that some of the images were very inappropriate and that must've gotten their attention. Every visit after that the tv was always on Food Network. It made the bloodwork visits (with fasting) a little drool worthy, but I'd rather sit and watch food than Fox while I wait.
  18. We've been AAA members for a long time and within several states. Has come in handy on more than one occasion. Ditto the remarks on California--way better experience than any Texas DMV I've ever encountered with respect to wait time, services, etc. In unexpected circumstances the AAA discount has also been a nice boon.
  19. I don't know if this counts per the original post, but I'm thoroughly unamused by the corporate marketing drive to app or 'join' everything. I say "No, thank you." Salesperson: "don't you want to save money by joining our program?" I, of course, would like to save money. However, they turn around and sell that data (most do, but there are a few that don't). Or they want me to pay a yearly fee so that I will somehow feel compelled to buy stuff in order to make up for that fee. Again, no. With respect to online--show me the charges for shipping and I'll decide whether I want to buy the product, I'm cheap like that. But with local businesses having less and less inventory, it's getting slightly more difficult to do that. Healthcare is trending the same way with their large franchise operations now for dentist offices, etc. Makes one feel so secure knowing that the SSNs and (cashless systems) card #s are in the same databases that have some not great security. With respect to maps, we made our children learn how to use paper maps because reasons and you'd have thought we were placing them in prison by their complaints. Kind of like when we made sure they could tell analog time, etc. Sometimes a person just needs to know how the concept originally was designed to work before it was improved or shittified.
  20. Hazarding a guess, it could be from that giant Aggie gear warehouse that's down the road from their stadium and not too far from the airport. We've attended the NCAA indoor championships (track) in past years, and that place had a lot of clearance items (from who knows how many years back) on tables so maybe he found a bargain right when he hit town after the big announcement.
  21. Go back further to the subject of the Arthur Miller play with a similar title--perhaps Justice Devine identifies as a prosecutor from the Salem Witch trials of the 1700s and the forging he is talking about is his imagining all us shameful sinful wommens burning burning burning. Devine gotta blame them women for the forging of his convictions (I state it that way because doesn't it seem as if he would have no moral standing or convictions whatsoever if it were not for women and their reproductive freedom and choices? Weird weird man)
  22. Awkward and dorky and unskilled with conversational timing, while unfortunate, when paired with kindness and a sincerity of heart should never be bullied but perhaps gently mentored and guided along. It isn't just in the movies that those folks can surprise you with a genius moment or a loyalty and love of which many of us are incapable. Ted is way past that. He is cruel, he is elitist though as @atomheartbevostates Cruz pretends he is anything but. He delights in making fun of people who cannot fight back. Does he do many of these things awkwardly? Of course, but I do maintain that there is a stout difference between the likes of Senator Cruz and the mood dampening dorky dude that can't quite read the room.
  23. Although I have, along with many of his constituents, tried to speak with his office and found his voicemail box full, I have never met this representative. However, Senator Ted gives off the the very distinct vibe of someone who desperately hopelessly wants to be liked, to belong somewhere that the people he thinks matters (not us, somehow his constituents are probably deemed as not the people he is trying to impress) will give him the stamp of acceptance. If you think I feel sorry for him, then you'd be wrong. For it is entirely within his means to seek counsel with a professional who could help him work through his issues but instead, we the people, are to be the means by which he seeks retribution and affirmation that he is not an asshole or an outsider who doesn't quite fit in, who brings the cringe first and foremost to every event in which he attends. Nothing wrong with cringe (for most of us); if it's harmless and hurts no one I say lean into it and embrace it. But Ted? Ted Cruz is a modern day *Roger Chillingsworth seeking vengeance for the wrongs he perceives perpetuated against him. Perhaps not an exact reflection, but Ted is warped beyond recognition and that alone is enough to warrant the comparison. Hester Prynne's husband from The Scarlet Letter if it's been awhile for readers.
  24. OMG, that pic is adorable. And yes, your trees are amazing but I'd agree that the one in question is probably not ideal with respect to the trunk and the diverging branches.
  25. And a collection of miniature spoons.
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