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  1. He basically plays Lobo in everything else, why not officially?
  2. Anecdotal, but thatā€™s actually not the problem and it seems like policy makers make gestures in this direction because it SEEMS like it would be helpful. I bet 75% or more of my purchase lending over the past two years has been to first-time homebuyers. Caveat, Iā€™m not stealing deals often from the KB Homes of the world and they are building the housing stock priced more affordably for working class first-time homebuyers and that are larger users of down-payment assistance, seller incentives and rate buydowns. Anyway, I canā€™t think of anything on the demand side that doesnā€™t have predictable consequences I donā€™t like. Bear in mind, too, that a lot of the ways that the government addresses affordability end up a tax on middle-class or more mature buyers/borrowers, it just doesnā€™t get publicized that way. That doesnā€™t make it a bad deal on the face, but it does give me a little heartburn knowing someone selling a home and buying a small upgrade is subsidizing a first-time homebuyer, and they are both otherwise identical in terms of wealth, income, and credit qualification.
  3. Iā€™m sure this has been discussed but the non-conference schedule takes several years in the making, right, I.e., this is basically the Beard non-conference schedule? Because itā€™s straight garbage and if itā€™s CDC signing off on it then he needs some criticism.
  4. I donā€™t think I want Verdugo at the major league minimum. Pretty much every teammate heā€™s played with has leaked to the press that heā€™s lazy and bad in the clubhouse.
  5. My kids just put their bathing suits on and just jumped in the pool.
  6. Funny you should say that; Iā€™ve probably seen Interstellar close to 10 times, including twice now at the IMAX. Iā€™ve been fighting it because I like him personally, but Iā€™ve come to the same conclusion. He plays everything a little too large, a little too exaggerated. I mean, Caine does that, too, but heā€™s so awesome he can get away with that. I imagine that with someone else, say a Christian Bale, Mark Ruffalo, obviously Hugh Jackman (Iā€™m just thinking of actors whoā€™s filmography includes doing grief over a lost child) it becomes a very different movie. I do think if you wanted to go full McConaughey they should have shown more that brief flashbacks of him being a test pilot. Open up with Cooper doing a scene like in Top Gun; Maverick where you really get the sense that heā€™s kind of a rockstar pilot.
  7. Shady shit? Weā€™re talking about a liquor store named after Gypsies. Did they promise a free bottle of Pappy with every roof replacement?
  8. I read it as they are putting a dollar amount on each player and thatā€™s based on an analysis incorporating demand, supply, and current roster. In other words, making a bigger splash is most likely constrained by a) who might be poised to come on the market as the playoffs proceed and b) if youā€™re exceeding what youā€™re paying for guys like Wingo and maybe retaining Golden, then do you also have to make a bigger commitment there.
  9. Typically we expect increased demand for treasuries to lead to lower rates.
  10. I think the Bullock sold out for all showings. I donā€™t know the reason but itā€™s too bad they can extend the release when that happens.
  11. I think Pelosi would agree she needs to go. Itā€™s mostly that the cohort behind her lacks any nerve and she knows it.
  12. We made reservations for La Pascina at the Austin Proper. I cooked last year and it was amazing pretty much all I did on Christmas Day.
  13. That was a good trade for the Yankees. Use their ridiculous local revenue as a super power.
  14. Iā€™ve become obnoxiously experienced with the TJā€™s dough and you have to either dust it with flour or with olive oil. Itā€™s also much better after three or four days in the fridge and worse after seven. If youā€™re working with a stone I also need to put some corn meal on it and not everyone goes for that.
  15. Sheā€™ll hang on until at least 30 seconds has passed after Trump has breathed his last.
  16. Youā€™re not kidding. Iā€™ve just went outside and killed 3 of them in two minutes. At least they are moving slow.
  17. Also, I donā€™t understand how/why judicial canā€™t fast-rope down. Thatā€™s low tech.
  18. I guess weā€™re going to see, outside of exceptional circumstances, back-up QBā€™s as kind of itinerant journeyman who transfer annually in search of more playing time. Maybe four schools in four years becomes less of a stigma.
  19. I think if you sign one FA that requires draft compensation then they should just go crazy with it.
  20. I think they have to move Valdez for an outfielder. Also, I donā€™t understand how Tampa managed to trade a decent reliever, a AAAA 3b and a lotto ticket pitcher for Paredes and the cost for us is one of the best players in baseball.
  21. Iā€™m underwhelmed if thatā€™s the big pieces.
  22. Not sure I agree with this one, either. I think the rise in insurance cost will be changing the cost/benefit in certain areas but Austin should be a winner there compared to Houston (hurricanes) and Dallas (the enormous sucking due to proximity to Oklahoma). Also, Iā€™m not seeing any health insurers struggling to make a profit. Be honest, you drive a Cybertruck, right? šŸ˜‰
  23. Not sure I agree with this one (in that a recession hurts tech worse than other industries)-care to elaborate?
  24. Why do you need to be a homo to be into this? My wife and I both thought Call Me By Your Name was terrific. A Portrait of a Woman on Fire was also excellent. I think one of the reviews for it made the case that you canā€™t really do forbidden romance anymore except with same sex lovers because so little is forbidden.
  25. Care to elaborate? I mentioned upthread that Iā€™m getting close to hate watching this show, and while that diminished in the last couple of weeks, I think itā€™s due mostly to declining expectations. I was watching Segel in the first scene of this weekā€™s episode thinking ā€œif the camera wasnā€™t in close up and the lighting was worse, add a laugh track and this is a sitcomā€. The fact I canā€™t stand sitcoms but love Ted Lasso probably speaks more to the recognition by the production team that shooting a sitcom like a drama seems to work better in the 2020ā€™s. Here it seems to be trying too hard.
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