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LCHorn

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  1. I feel like I've heard that before.....
  2. I first found Casa De Luz after seeing the raves on Yelp years ago and risked taking a lunch date there. For me, it’s 5 different ways to over-boil squash with a Scandinavian aversion to anything resembling spice or heat. If you’re craving something that approximates 17th century gruel four weeks into crossing the Atlantic then it’s a good spot for that.
  3. @Gil Bang has never met a problem a couple of travel nurses couldn’t fix…
  4. Lack of faith in the American electorate, imo. Can’t imagine why, of course.
  5. It’s funny that I’ve spent more time reading this thread than I did attempting to watch the show.
  6. That would be awesome but good luck getting a PIW right now. Fannie and Freddie tightened eligibility requirements for automated underwriting software and I mostly can’t get borrowers to meet them, even with 30%-40% equity in purchase made 12 months ago.
  7. LCHorn

    Gumbo

    I usually cook the slime out of my okra but it still thickens a little bit, too. I actually prefer it a little less thick, personally. It's not etouffee.
  8. Fredericksburg is so weird. The residents are typically very friendly, the town is charming, it's the rare small town in a rural area that's thriving in the 21st century, plus tons and tons of outside investment and high-earning immigration. It's like all that is cover for the Klan.
  9. I had Adams for American Lit since 1910 (subtitle was "God is dead"). Unfortunately I got on his bad side taking another student's graded paper and my own to point out the inconsistency in his grading (admittedly hers was better but not THAT much better). Plus he gave me a B+ on an essay on mechanism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a B on another paper I wrote on Jesus' Son. I spent 15 hours on the former and maybe two on the latter and I would've given myself an A+ on the former and no better than a C on the latter. This was in 2001, mind you. Clearly I'm over it.
  10. Miller’s not a Dem and most of his guests are Never-Trumper Republicans. It’s really weird-I think it’s a strong place to attack, particularly coming from the right.
  11. I think it’s #1 but I’m always surprised I don’t see it written about, talked about on podcasts, etc. Maybe the media exhausted themselves over it in 2018 and I was paying less attention. I’ve probably listened to Tim Miller on the Bulwark podcast and Pod Save America 80 hours over the last month and they’ve definitely talked about #2-#5 but nothing on Russian “investments”.
  12. I'd love a recommendation for a pool resurfacing pro in Austin if anyone has one.
  13. That’s just because Tucker is aloof. I hope we offer him market but it’s easier to get average production in the outfield and upgrade elsewhere. One thing I want to take a closer look at is our peers bench production. We’ve got probably 800 at bats with, at best 650 ops. Some of that is bad luck (I wouldn’t expect Chas to repeat last year but this level of production is unexpected), but it’s also a place to upgrade for a low relative cost.
  14. Look, if the window is closed, who cares if the payroll is $65m or $165m? Bregman appears irreplaceable in 2025 and 2026 is going to be contingent on replacing Tucker or his wins.
  15. The last couple of years on most longer contracts are shitty anyway; I don’t know why that should be a hindrance. I’ve been moved into the “pay whatever the market requires” camp by the relative paucity of replacement candidates. Particularly with a hole in LF, 1B, and ideally hunting an upgrade in CF.
  16. So I listened to that yesterday because a Klein/Buttigieg combo is like crack to me, and Mayor Pete as always delivered. That said, I think his failure as a candidate (and to some degree as a surrogate) is because his communication style is exactly what someone of my education and social class wants to hear. He’s a little like Elizabeth Warren in that he proposes solutions that seem appealing because they are based on data, are constructive, etc, but is almost over polished for an electorate raised on reality TV. I don’t think he or Ezra laughed or cracked a joke in the whole hour. I get that they want to discuss serious topics, but if he dares to run again he’s got to try to entertain a little. It also made me think that maybe he’s a better Senate candidate than Presidential candidate. He can be Gen X Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
  17. Yeah, but that blue Texas sure looks pretty, doesn’t it? Imagine if we can flip it…
  18. Lucky in a statistical sense. You and I both know that pitch a half inch up or down and the batted ball performs differently. If it makes you doomsayers feel any better, take a look at the statistics of the other playoff candidates in both leagues. We’re a little spoiled because the of how well balanced most of the Astros teams have been during this run, but pretty much everyone has a hole or has to pick between defense and offense at a couple of key positions (just like us).
  19. #1, I don’t think more money helps Trump anyway. His cake is baked (you said it on another post and I’ve read it elsewhere-his ceiling is his floor). #2, the Trump campaign is comparatively small with fewer satellite offices; they pretty have to spend their money on traditional and digital advertising because they aren’t set up to pivot elsewhere. I’m sure this is over-reading into it, but I’d presume there’s some realistic reasons to spend in Florida (defend abortion rights) and maybe subordinate but also satisfying reasons (Mar-A-Lago tv’s running pro-Dem ads, maybe trying to shape now what a post-DeSantis Florida looks like).
  20. That’s a little pessimistic. Analytics minded folks would say there’s a spectrum of outcomes and the MLB playoffs aren’t designed to produce the best team. Let’s not forget the run the Rangers went on just last year and the fact the 2019 Astros were the best team in baseball (and it wasn’t close) and still lost because Steven Strasburg’s neck survived one season too long and Howie Kendrick got lucky.
  21. I remember when the Hillary Clinton campaign was thinking it could add in a few battleground states, too. That said, she needs to be spend her money somewhere and it appears no one wants to bank it and use it discreetly to take over the Texas Democratic Party.
  22. Maybe he’s an exception, but when I see 6’6’’, 250 and from Jasper I want to predict a position change once he gets into a college strength and conditioning program. He may end up great but that’s a luxury take if he’s committed elsewhere and needs NIL promises to turn his head.
  23. Agree on this-I’ve talked about this before but I’ve been told UT still has a mixed reputation in some corners of the African American community (mainly urban Dallas and Houston to a smaller degree). It might be that first generation kids don’t have the same inherited baggage, or maybe African parents are indifferent to everything but current academic rankings. Additionally helpful is that there are first-gen African descent kids on campus for pure academics and it’s not a token presence. Either way, there’s quite a few success stories to tout if you’re trying to sell the school.
  24. Also, one more thing--the make-up and prosthetics on Farrell are superb. I don't think I've ever seen someone basically wearing a mask but able to emote and move their face as much as I'm seeing here.
  25. So I finally caught this on Hulu after reading about it here and periodically over the last year. I was a little disappointed and it was not atypical of the weirdness I see in lower budget foreign produced horror films. Plot holes, characters that behave in unfamiliar ways, plot that demands that the characters are oblivious in order to set up conflict. The best “oh shit” moment I won’t spoil and involves a dog, but I’m afraid everything after was underwhelming.
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