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Ghost of LL

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  1. Barron picked the ball off and returned it to the Georgia 10. Refs called PI. Terrible call, and the fans went apeshit. Students started throwing shit on the field, and they had to pause the game for about five minutes. When they came back, the refs discussed it, picked up the flag, and gave Texas the ball on the Georgia 10. I’ve never seen anything like that before.
  2. Student section was the player of the game—legit generated a turnover.
  3. Yeah—I don’t think the CCA has jurisdiction. Not that law and shit should get in the way of killing a man.
  4. I see the Republicans are taking a page from the Obama playbook.
  5. Mrs.LL just sent me a video of the ad--you and she were apparently watching ABC at the same time. Hey, . . . wait a minute . . . .
  6. If you see Judge Jessica Mangrum around town, you ought to buy her a beer.
  7. This is a really good idea, and long overdue. There really is no traffic on Congress north of Sixth. Congress dead-ends into the Capitol at 11th, so the only traffic on Congress is whatever is coming from north/south of 7th to go over to I-35 on 11th. And that's really not much. With no vehicle traffic and with very little in the way of office or residential north of 7th, there's little to keep retail/restaurants in business. The only things you have are a couple small restaurants and a coffee shop. It's really the only area in downtown that you have a bunch of empty storefronts. Pedestrianizing roads is great for street-level retail. It is an absolute magnet for pedestrians. And pedestrians are more likely to go into street-level retail than car drivers. After seeing something they might want to visit, a car driver has to find a parking space, get out of the car, and walk over to the business. A pedestrian just has to walk in. For an example, just take a look around Madison Square Park after Broadway was pedestrianized. Or take a look at Akard & Jackson streets in Dallas. Or fuck--look at Speedway on campus and how much nicer that is than when most of us were students. If you pedestrianize Congress north of Sixth, you'd turn a lot of those empty storefronts into some of the most desirable retail in the state.
  8. An important point for all of us who care about our preferred candidate(s)--please vote on the first day of early voting. Every night, the campaigns get a list of people who early voted from each county's office. When they see that you voted, they can cross you off their GOTV list. So that is one less call and one less door-knock the campaign's GOTV people need to do. And that frees them to focus on other people who actually might not vote. If you're on this thread, then you're fucking voting. Even a single minute the party or the candidate spends on GOTV on you is a fucking waste. So don't make them waste that time/resources. Go vote the first day of early voting!
  9. Seriously—why is Ted yelling at me?
  10. I guess to precisely that point, . . . I was looking at the schedule of weekday games this week, because those are often a lot of fun and I like having them in the background while I do other shit around the house after work. And so I see Okie State at BYU on Friday. And it occurs to me . . . I don't have the first fucking clue what Okie State's record is. Are they any good? Are they terrible? Is Coach Whatshisface on the hotseat? I have no clue. Do any of you? And what about Tech. Or Baylor. Or TCU. Ok--I know TCU got its shit pushed in by SMU, and that was awesome. But apart from that? Absolutely no fucking clue. God, I love this post-Big12 reality in which not only do I not have to care about those programs; I'm blissfully unaware that they even exist.
  11. Can't say that I do.
  12. Hey, guys—we’re bowl-eligible!
  13. It’s a goddamned Stetson open road. And there ain’t no motherfucking feather.
  14. Ok—back on the road. Hopefully no more stops.
  15. Gerik’s has been consumed. But goddamned if I couldn’t make it twenty more miles up the road before my old man bowels got the best of me. So now I’m sitting here in the shitter at Buccee’s. Arrival time now slightly delayed.
  16. Goddamn, that’s funny. I hadn’t noticed that. It’s muted and we’re bullshitting.
  17. Let’s go, bitches—it’s motherfucking Gameday!
  18. Let’s go, bitches—it’s motherfucking Gameday!
  19. To that point, Harris appears to be polling better than Biden did among white people (and particularly white people over the age of 45. If you tell me that Harris is picking up even 2 points among white people over 45, then I don't care if she drops 20 points among Black men.
  20. Stay outside the Fair if you're looking for scalp tickets (and, as warned above, everything is electronic). The game ticket is also your ticket to the Fair, so sellers should be outside. If you can't score a ticket, go over to Craft & Growler on Peavy just across the street from the Fairgrounds.
  21. He's 15. I would say he'd love it, but the reality is that he'll probably be watching TicToc the entire way.
  22. Off topic, but I wanted to make sure you erudite motherfuckers saw this wonderful opportunity to spend six hours in a car Saturday with me and Brisket. He'll be on the ledge. I'll be pumping sunshine. It'll be great.
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