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Hellraiser97

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  1. That's a lot of text to be completely wrong. prop J won't protect you or anyone else at all. State law trumps it and state law says that while you can vote to have or not have zoning, you can't out the actual code to a vote. I do not like OU
  2. No. It's a waste of time and money I do not like OU
  3. 1234 I do not like OU
  4. I doubt it's going to be an issue. Memphis is terrible and UCF barely got past them. They'll stumble somewhere along the way. And if they don't make it? Too bad. I don't see it as bad for the sport. In fact, it would be a hell of a lot better if we DID split FBS into two divisions IMO. There's no need for 120 'major' college teams. We have plenty of upsets and excitement when the 'also rans' in the P5 step up once in a while. Hell, maybe we'd see it more often if you didn't have teams from the G5 taking talent away from those teams. And if it comes down to us or them? Fuck 'em! We're Texas. And anyone wringing their hands over how this 'delegitimizes' the CFP or college football in general, take a look at your history. There were plenty of years where some non-power conference team went undefeated and never got a shot at #1. The only difference now is that you can see those teams on TV and SportsCenter.
  5. Yeah the last few books by Jordon drag, but it's worth getting through them for the ones Sanderson wrote. I only finished them last year and I'm already considering rereading them again. I haven't read New Spring, but since the two books after it never happened, not sure it's worth it I do not like OU
  6. No shit. I was going to but all of them, but they wanted something like $120. So I'm paying 10 each. I listened to them on audio. On Audible it was something like $400 for the whole series. Umm. No. Not going to happen. You couldn't even use your credits to get them each month because they were about $35 a piece. Fuck that ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG Just started the 3rd book in the academy series. Ended up really liking the second book, liking the third too, but I can see it getting a bit formulaic. Probably take a break after this for a while.
  7. This is such a fucking waste too. They KNOW that the law is clear that while you can vote for or against HAVING zoning, you can't out the actually zoning regulations a vote. Passing Prop J guarantees exactly one that thing: There will be a lawsuit that will cost the city millions of dollars and drag on for years. It will be a lawsuit from the NIMBY crowd when they don't put the new code on the ballot or it will be a lawsuit from someone else for putting it on , but it will be a lawsuit that will waste a shit ton of time and money to learn something that is already established law. I do not like OU
  8. I'm envious! The last few Jordan books do drag, but fight through it. The Sanderson books are worth it I do not like OU
  9. Fuck OU. Fuck then in their inbred asses. God damn dirt burglers I do not like OU
  10. So what's the chances that Nebraska goes winless? I'm thinking pretty high. They redefine terrible. Charlie Strong's Texas teams would trounce these guys I do not like OU
  11. Finished Engines of God a couple weeks ago. Really enjoyed it. Thanks to the others that recommended it. Onto the second book, Deep Six. Liking it a lot now but wasn't sure at first. Part of that is that I'm listening to the books and they switched narrators! I do not like OU
  12. Early rankings are an integral part of the recipe of aggy misery. Don't fuck this up. You could kill someone.
  13. Skipping a grade seems not to be really an option at our school. Hell, we tried to have her in 1st last year since she'd done Kindergarten already, but they just weren't having it. I've been told there is a lot of research surrounding GT and early (pre-middle) education and that, sort of like with languages, the earlier you start the better. That's not me, just many of the 'experts' we've consulted. She's got my genes. Obviously looks won't be a problem. I just need to make sure she's smart enough to keep her men inline.
  14. We tried a 'montessori' school when she was little. It was a disaster. I'm sure it works for some kids, but it's not for her.
  15. That would be an absolute disaster. She needs structure.
  16. Was that in Austin, Onboard 2.0? I'd really like her to learn a second language starting now.
  17. So we spent more time meeting with my daughter's kindergarten teacher last year than my daughter probably spent in class. She was constantly getting in trouble for not paying attention, being disruptive, etc. I figured it was mostly due to her having done kindergarten already once at Primrose but being forced to do it again since her birthday is 5 days after the cutoff and AISD bends rules for NO ONE!!!! Turns out that while that was definitely a problem, she's apparently really fucking smart. We had her do one of those all day assessments where they test everything from ADHD and Anxiety to whether your kid is a complete retard or Einstein junior. Well, she's borderline ADHD (no surprise, her mom has a pretty serious ADHD), but it wouldn't be much of a problem except that she tested above 92nd percentile on every intelligence test, including one that was 99.9th percentile. On the academic stuff, she scored as performing in line with late 1st grade in most things, 2nd grade in several and 3rd in one. So she's in 1st grade now. When we got the results from the doctor, frankly, we were a bit overwhelmed but I managed to ask the doctor if these results meant she just needed to be challenged a bit more or where we talking look at private gifted and talent programs. His response was that she would definitely qualify as gifted and we should explore what AISD has to offer as well as private options. We've shared the results with the school counselor and her teacher and had one meeting. Nominations for the AISD gifted program don't happen until January, but her teacher is GT certified so that's good. We're at Clayton and we've met with the asst principal that runs their gifted program. We went to an info session today. At least from what we heard there and from other people, we're in the right place if we're going to keep her in regular public school. So it then begs the question, should she stay in regular public school? I've hear there are AISD magnet schools at middle and high school, but I didn't see anything on AISD's site for elementary school. We have friends that have a 'legitimately gifted' 3rd grader and he goes to Regents, though his dad told me while he likes the school, at the elementary school stage, he didn't think they were doing anything special for the gifted students. He recommended St. Francis and said if he didn't live and work in South Austin, that's where he'd send his kids. He was not impressed with AISD's options and said the general education was better than the gifted program in AISD (can't remember which elementary school though he's zoned for). So, any of you deal with this before and have any advice? I'm kind of all over the board. On one hand, I want to do whatever I can so that she reaches her full potential, on the other, I've never been a huge fan of private schools and while she may end up doing better academically, in the long run is it really going to make her life any better? Any advice is welcomed. Thanks
  18. Every clusterfuck is unique for its own reasons, but they have in common that both were loses to teams we should have soundly beat due to multiple coaching failures and poor player execution. Certain different coaching failures and player execution.
  19. I've become mellow in my old age. Well, except when I yell at clouds.
  20. The problem with that comparison is that you're looking at how those guys played under Strong for the most part and saying "Hey they turned out to suck!" Well, their coaching sucked. Who knows how they would have performed with even moderately capable coaching.
  21. And this is what concerns me. Herman may not be the guy to get us back where we belong, but there's no way you can tell that 1 game into the second season. Anyone want to remember NCST? Based on that game, I wouldn't have thought Mack would have managed a winning season that year, much less become our second all time winningest coach. When we are immediately ready to toss someone under the bus one game into their second season, we start becoming like aggies.
  22. Longhorn fans still making excuses for Strong and blaming everything on Mack. Pathetic.
  23. Completely serious. Charlie fucked us good. Wanting to can the guy simply because he didn't immediately bring us back to the level we expect is down right aggieish.
  24. I think Herman inherited a far worse situation than Strong so you can't compare the two. Strong inherited a team that had under-performed, but still won 8-9 games the previous 3 years. He turned them into a team that had three consecutive losing records, to which Herman inherited. It's going to take more than 13 games to change that. I'm willing to giver Herman a real chance to do it.
  25. I have one of those as well. I like it but for some reason after a few months, even with a new blade I start not getting a good shave. Use something like the Gillette for another couple months and same thing, then switch back. It's like my beard adapts I do not like OU
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