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  1. There were plenty of Chris Chris bros in the back amongst the Whataburger paraphernalia, along with smartly dressed Infinity salesmen. All apparently trying to keep up with their Cross Fit regiments during the Holidays.
  2. Not “proud” of a sandwich. Said it did not disappoint. It was very good. Moist, smoky and flavorful. No sauce.
  3. You are wrong about the sandwich.
  4. Mouth was pretty occupied
  5. Stopped by Normathon on the way to the Liquor Store. Had a brisket Sammie from Earnest B’s BBQ. Did not disappoint.
  6. They called him “Uncle Babe”
  7. We spent Xmas night with a close relative who is a SW pilot. They live out in the boonies. He’s been off since last Tue. and was scheduled for a flight today. He hadn’t checked his emails in four days. He checked Mon. AM while we were having coffee. The ensuing eruption of profanities was amusing and impressive. One of them basically said they weren’t able to book accommodations for any layovers so good luck. Of course, by Mon. eve his flight was cancelled. He’s been bitching about their archaic routing/scheduling system for years.
  8. Bonnie & Clyde vibe going on there.
  9. Siblings. Over by the dental floss bush.
  10. What got me was the cops thinking they had a slam dunk case. Why didn’t they put him under surveillance and catch him in the act?
  11. In-laws with autos and some bigTexas hair.
  12. Ran for President in ‘36. Founder of The Silver Legion.
  13. Yeah we thought we would get the dogs walked before it hit. Made it 8 minutes out and it came in like a wrecking ball. Hauled ass back home. Can’t remember it getting so cold so fast before.
  14. Good on waffles too.
  15. Yeah not sure why he went with that pic. Usually has a vintage SRV look going on.
  16. I suck but my neighbor just released his first single. Pretty interesting. A touch of ragtime with a hint of bluegrass. He owns Neighborhood Arts and Music School and recently opened a recording studio, Noise Umbrella. https://texasselectradio.com/featured-artist
  17. Favorite Xmas time cookies. Pecan Snowball (Mexican Wedding Cookies)
  18. These are yummy. They make them with different fillings but I like the tartness of the lemon. Mom used to make Cinnamon Swirl icebox cookies that were awesome.
  19. Oops yeah. Meant to provide a link but got distracted by the dogs barking at the printer.
  20. Me too.
  21. Lotta talent on the field.
  22. We are. And it’s fixin to grow by almost 4,000 acres.
  23. DMN The competitive gap “Since 1970, the rate at which schools located within the Dallas, Austin, Houston or San Antonio metropolitan areas (what we’re considering a 50-mile radius from one of the four cities) have won football state championships at Texas’ largest classifications has spiked. Over the past two decades, it hasn’t been particularly close. Metro programs won 32 of the 40 possible state championships at the 5A and 4A levels from 2000-09. The difference climbed to 38 of 40 in favor of metro schools during the 2010s. In 2020 and 2021, metropolis schools have won all eight 6A and 5A state titles. Every non-metropolis team in the state’s largest two classifications (6AI and 6AII) was eliminated this postseason before the state semifinals. Non-metro schools won 26 state titles in Texas’ four largest classifications in the 1970s, compared to the 13 won by schools located within metropolises. In the 1980s, non-metro schools won 26 of 37 state championships at the four largest classes. Metropolis schools overtook the non-metro programs in the 1990s, winning 26 of 40. In the final statewide 6A rankings of the 2022 regular season, all 25 ranked teams were within one of the four major metropolises. In 5A Div. I, seven of the top 10 teams were within a major metropolis; in 5A Div. II, nine of the top 10 were. “[in West Texas] you’re building from a homegrown aspect,” Chant said. “That may be the case [in metro areas], but you’ve got people coming in and out in greater numbers. You just don’t have as big of a pool to draw from, talent-wise.” The population influx feeding Texas’ four major metropolises doesn’t only include families. It includes college graduates and young professionals — both of whom can be crucial in creating a championship environment. “You see more and more people graduating from college that’d like to go to the metroplex or the Houston area,” Chant said. “The bigger cities and the different things they offer them in social aspects. Everybody out here is struggling to find qualified teachers and coaches, and to get them to come out here to West Texas.” Amarillo ISD athletic director Brad Thiessen, like Chant, thinks that the championship gap has less to do with what his region doesn’t have, and more to do with what the major metropolises do have. It has less to do with the people themselves though. “An indoor practice facility in the [Dallas-Fort Worth] metroplex is becoming what gymnasiums used to be,” Thiessen said. “Everybody has one. You build a new school, you build a new indoor. It’s just part of the school’s culture.” According to a 2016 Dallas Morning News report, more than half of the state’s indoor practice facilities belonged in the DFW metroplex. As the Dallas area continues to add high schools, new expansive athletic facilities come along. Prosper Rock Hill (opened in 2018) and Frisco Emerson (opened in 2022) both have indoor practice facilities, and have each already shown an ability to develop high-end football talent and produce winning seasons. That, Thiessen said, functions as something of a recruiting chip to families on the move. And it coincides with school districts that have the funding to afford such facilities. “It’s attractive to parents with young kids, it’s attractive to kids,” Thiessen said. “That’s where the kids go.” Where kids go, winning often follows. Look at Dallas-area programs like Prosper, Anna, Melissa and Argyle — four communities in the midst of a population boom that played into the fourth round of the 2022 playoffs — for evidence. The issue for most of Texas? The kids have largely been going to four separate hotspots. It doesn’t project to stop anytime soon either. “By 2032, I don’t even know if we’ll be able to say the DFW area, the Austin area, the San Antonio area,” Harrison said. “It might be the DFW-Austin-San Antonio area, because San Antonio up to Dallas is growing together”
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