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  1. TSLA stock up 27 points at the moment. That doesn't seem manufactured or manipulated at all. No, sir-ee.
  2. A few drinks in and I forget how to use commas. It's not a bug. It's a feature.
  3. We're in the back of 111.
  4. I gave it about 15 seconds per side too much on the sear, but damn, it still was good.
  5. Also, this is Bubba. He's an American Bully, but he's kind of small in stature. But he's got them lats. Still, even though he's small, he weighs around 60 lbs. He's fairly useless. Scary looking but scared of everything. My friend was pet sitting him.
  6. Archie just went full speed on a squirrel. He missed, but damn. Now Maeby patiently waits. They've ruined our yard.
  7. It reoccurred to me that I currently own a car and the founder of that car company was, in fact, Hitler. I'm sure glad I never bought a Tesla.
  8. Tried the half-chicken at Stanley's today. It was great in the taste department, but it was in the neutral zone between dry and juicy in the breast. Probably working out the kinks in getting it cooked and held, but it's not quite there yet. But the rub on the skin was great, and the included side of Clucker sauce made up for small sins in the cook.
  9. Two things that suck about traveling, likely lack of bidets and white noise machines (my wife had a Marpac app that was discontinued. Not sure if she still does, but I need to sideload it onto my phone for travel.
  10. I can't fall asleep to the flickering light of the TV, but we use our Google Home speaker as a white noise machine. Occasionally, I'll play rain sounds on it. The ocean one wasn't as good, but those things have lots of relaxing sounds programmed. And if you don't like the internet speakers, there's always the gold standard: Marpac mechanical white noise machine. We got a pair of them when our second child was born (so he wouldn't wake up the 3 year old. You can tune them and block out just about everything.
  11. I would have have described it as better than fine back then but not great. What I ate the other night was great, and I don't know what could be improved. I forgot to mention above that they also changed their beef source to 44Farms in the last year. The vibe is awesome for sure.
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    Looks like the Texas Hemp industry generates $8 Billion per year in tax revenue. Hey, I've got a great idea, let's fuck with that.
  13. We ate at Stanley's on Tuesday night. The brisket was damned great, and it already had noticeably improved a couple of years back. I've tried to be pretty objective since it's my local, but damn it was elevated. And this is the second time recently I've noticed it. So what changed? Apparently, they've hired Jordan Jackson to consult, and he's been doing so for the better part of the last year. Since then, they've added another 1,000 gallon pit (apparently, they were doing briskets on a rotisserie in recent years, and while it was good, they're now on the new offset). The difference is very notable. He also has them cooking chicken halves over mesquite on a newly-purchased, direct-fired wood smoker (looks like the one from Leroy & Lewis). I may try one next time. They look good. They've been sold out of ribs the last two times I've been (both times for dinner), but whatever was off about them in the past has been corrected, and they are very tasty again. I don't know if they're doing all of this because they want to push into the top ten or just to make better BBQ or what. But the food there is elevated right now. With Texas Monthly's recent tendency to give nods to places that do more than just the trinity well (Mother Clucker hollah!), I can understand their wanting to give it a shot, albeit a long one.
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    I believe the house bill is more toward regulation than a ban. ICBW. So if the house passes its bill, there may be some reconciliation. But I fear this will be like a compromise with my wife, i.e., she wants vanilla ice cream, I want chocolate ice cream, so we compromised and got vanilla ice cream.
  15. I had the point side of the brisket at our local Rudy's once and it was inedible. That pretty much spawned my complaint about how terrible the trinity is there.
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    Double the dispensaries to six, actually. Lucky us.
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    Most companies state that the person ordering them is required to be aware of local laws. Because it's legal federally, they'll ship USPS, aka the largest distributor of contraband in the US.
  18. Rudy's is a taco, sandwich, stuffed potato joint. That's it. It's fine for the rest, but don't expect bbq that isn't macerated and mixed with sauce to taste good from there.
  19. Same. It happens. We don't take it personally. But we remark about a good-night's-sleep when it all synchs up and we sleep in the same bed, which is most nights. You get used to your humans.
  20. Have you rebooted your machine?
  21. Looks like they close at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. If they're open, I'm guessing they have a good selection of food. It's not a line-up type of joint. It's like the much better (to me) version of Terry Black's.
  22. I thought he was the brother that was kicked out of the Sammich/Meats business. The one in Houston was pretty good back in the day. I didn't know they still sold them anywhere.
  23. Solid story. A lot to unpack there. Sorry to have assisted Brisket in derailing this thread. I haven't thread jacked anything this much since three days ago when I made a high-school science, "keep-your-units-consistent joke," and set off a firestorm of Ford/Chevy/Dodge enthusiasts arguing about metric versus English designations for small block engines and which was called what when. Again, my sincere apologies. Slava Ukraini!
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