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    So I just finished this one, same author: The set up is fantastic-American couple buys an old house in a small, Sicilian mountain town with the intention of making a semi-permanent move. Unbeknownst to them, the house was previously owned by the Catholic Church and who had used it for predictable reasons. Unfortunately, that’s about as far as I can recommend it. It might be that I’m just spoiled by better writers, but the dialogue read like a high schoolers attempt at his first book; unlikeable protagonists, plot holes galore and the mythology goes mostly unexplored (and not in a good, “it’s better left to the imagination” way). That said, it’s the kind of book that could adapt easily to film and there would be the opportunity to correct most of the weaknesses. It also wouldn’t shock me if started out as a screenplay.
  2. I don’t think it’s that, we just have rivals that need more urgent attention. India appears be almost wholly unable to project strength outside its own borders (or chooses to not), while bad actors like Iran and China keep us engaged more deeply in the mid-East and needing to focus on our own domestic concerns, respectively (there’s a very good Politico article out today on Jake Sullivan and his role in articulating a post Reagan-Clinton-Bush era of “free trade” and democracy exportation-it makes the point that Chinese government subsidies for key industries have made it an unfair competition. That may be going on, too, in India, but I don’t think they are considered a peer threat to US business interests).
  3. I don’t think they are getting a pass-they haven’t ever been a reliable regional ally (that was Pakistan, although it’s always one of those “with friends like these…” relationships) and they are useful as a counter balance to Chinese power.
  4. Also, if you want to do my routine it will get you there fine-I run 30 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday and then do 5 miles or 60 min, whichever is longer on Saturday morning (I also do resistance workouts and I’m sure you’ll want to continue doing those, as well). Maybe once a quarter I will do 10 miles on Saturday (usually when the family is out of town). You can play with speed training (if you want) during the week and then just worry about the miles on the weekend run. Probably the biggest challenge for you is going to be to not add miles too fast (I.e., if you can only do 6 miles a week right now, trying to gut out 10 might be possible but it also might result in injury). That’s one reason why I’d suggest just running for time right now and not for miles. If you have to walk, that’s fine, too. It’ll help get your feet ready.
  5. I think at your age you need to focus on adding mileage until you’re at 15-20 per week and then you can work on trimming time (tons of advice on the web for how to do that).
  6. What year is that from?
  7. We ate there fairly recently on the way back to Austin from Houston. You’re far better off eating at Truth in Brenham if they are open. it was pretty ordinary and about as interesting as cue from a charity fundraiser.
  8. I do so enjoy the political ads that play like a bingo game of dog whistles as they pander to the kinds of people who make political decisions off 30 second commercials.
  9. As I was, I meant unemployment rate, not CPI,
  10. Hey man, I don’t want to start a nitpick battle on this but you’re mistaken and I’ve been told that by CDC himself. It’s his job to lead Texas athletics, period, and sometimes that’s working behind the scenes to organize stakeholders in a compliant way so that the athletes are supported. Obviously it wasn’t in his job description when he was hired. It’s clear that the arms race over the next decade isn’t going to be “who has the newest locker room?”, it’s going to be who best organizes a cohort of businesses and donors to provide consistent sponsorship opportunities. If an AD is holding up his hands proclaiming “not my job”, then that university is going to be behind those that feel otherwise.
  11. I know it’s not showing up yet in the CPI, but in the circles we run in there have been a LOT of recent layoffs. It’s made logging into LinkedIn a depressing experience.
  12. That’s a pretty old foursome if they intend for it to have sequels.
  13. Well, apparently the bum LB coaches in the NFL aren’t unlocking that talent, either.
  14. Haha, when I opened up my computer this morning and saw we were only down by 25 I exhaled a little. This later reprice was the point at which I started cursing.
  15. I suggested to someone we float this morning so at least we'll all be impoverished together.
  16. I think it will show up more in retention.
  17. I got the brisket bowl the other day and thought it was excellent. Ribs, not so much.
  18. It’s my favorite, too. Everything on it is sublime but the Carter Burwell score is a particular standout.
  19. Why would he need to sell the owner that the ALCS loser in game seven, and which hasn’t lost any key contributors from that team, can win a ring next year? Crane has always said he would spend into the tax if it makes sense and he did. I’m not trying to give Crane credit for doing the obvious, either. You seem to think Brown is worthy of praise for some reason, though, and I think the only record there really is to go on are his hires in the front office and his minor league FA signings and end of roster chum, and I’m not particularly equipped to judge those for good or ill.
  20. Crane has been front and center on the extension-what are crediting to Dana? I said a variation of when Hader signed, but this is yet another data point that Crane is exerting more control that what we saw under Luhnow or Click.
  21. Not that I would credit the Democratic leadership for pulling something off this complicated and risky, but it seems like this is something this is what they would have preferred in the first place, kind of a “Don’t throw me in the briar patch.” kind of maneuver. Immigration remains available as policy leverage with a the GOP for something that the Dems want more.
  22. That does help contextualize the move to Fulshear. Seems like an ideal place to move hillbilly heroin. Not to go CR, but I'm imagining notorious Paxton super fan @YGIFS reading the thread and making a connection that the AG investigation is leverage on the cartels who lost money in World Class Holdings.
  23. Well, for one Fulshear is where you move to when you've decided Katy has gotten too liberal and you don't yet have money for 10 acres in Bastrop with a disaster bunker. Not a slight on the kid, but it makes his parents a little weird.
  24. This-it wouldn’t be a shock at all to see Montero have a better year.
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