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Ghost of LL

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  1. Pretty remarkable how right around the rest of the world we manage to blow dry our hair in the bathroom without electrocuting ourselves. We must all be goddamned supermen.
  2. I took your suggestion and am at the Edition, and you're right that the location is perfect. But this is now the second Marriott property I've stayed at in or hear Soho (the other being the W a couple years ago), and in both instances there are no electrical outlets in the bathroom. So I have to go out to the entry hall to find a place where there is an outlet near a mirror. What the fuck is up with that?
  3. Do what I do--don't re-register your car. Seriously. I'm white. I haven't registered my car since 2020. Guess who gives a fuck? NOBODY!
  4. There's no real story. Counties govern themselves, and the Constitution prohibits the Legislature from "regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, wards or school districts." Tex. Const. art. III, sec. 56. So in kinda the same way that Congress cannot have a law that applies only to Alabama, the Constitution does not permit the Legislature to legislate for each individual county. So the Legislature gets around that through inventive definitions typically tied to population and/or geography. And yes--they do go in once every ten years and have a housekeeping bill to update those population numbers. But I don't know whether they're going to have a housekeeping bill to update the name of the Gulf of Mexico. For my part, I'm not saying shit about it. Until one day, when it benefits a client. At some point, I'm definitely filing a summary-judgment motion saying "this law doesn't apply to my client because there ain't no thing as no Gulf of Mexico, you America-hating libtard."
  5. Oh my fucking god, I just realized something as I was sitting here just minding my own business doing law stuff. There are a metric asston of Texas statutes that apply to some counties and not others. But under the Texas Constitution, the Legislature can't single out counties by name. So they do things like "counties with a population of more than 1,000,000" or "counties with a population of less than 40,000" or "counties with a population of more than 30,000 and less than 36,000 that borders the Red River." And sometimes they do things like . . . just to take a statute at random . . . "Subsection (a-8) does not apply to a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico or a county adjacent to a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico." Tex. Water Code 13.254(a-9). Huh--so that's interesting. Aint no fucking Gulf of Mexico in these here United States of American anymore, libtard. So I think Subjection (a-8) now applies statewide. Your move, Paxton.
  6. And the squirrel on Cesar Chavez got it because he couldn't make up his mind. If he'd dashed across the (nearly deserted) road, he'd've been fine. But no--he had to stop in my lane and change directions four times, paralyzed by his indecision about whether to finish crossing. Look, bud--it's icy. I'm not hitting my brakes for you. And I'm not changing lanes. Particularly when I can't figure out what fucking direction you're going to decide to go. But it's ok--all is not lost. If you just hunker down in the middle lane as I drive overhead, you'll be fine. In fact, you'll get a nice little warm breeze from my exhau . . . Nope. Thunk. Dumbass.
  7. Fuck--it's sleeting again downtown.
  8. Yeah. MoPac and the downtown streets are more-or-less fine. But getting to MoPac is a bear. Loop 360 was worse than I've ever seen it. I'd say give it a couple hours for some other intrepid souls to help melt some of that ice on the lanes of traffic. I think it'll be fine before too long, but right now it's pretty bad.
  9. In ordinary times, Joe Biden would go down as a very good president owing to the infrastructure act, the CHIPS Act, and the inflation-reduction act. But these were not ordinary times. Biden treated them as they they were ordinary times, but they weren't. Joe Biden never had the first clue what it was going to take to defend the Republic. So he nominated people like Merrick Garland. And in so doing, Biden failed in his foremost job duty: to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
  10. That is great. Good for him. My son got to do that when he was about that age. He got to take one adult down with him, and he chose his grandfather. So I missed out. But it's a great memory for my son doing something cool with his late grandfather, so that's probably a net-positive for me.
  11. Well, I guess that's something.
  12. Fuck--I'm going to be there next week to see us play Leicester, and it's starting to look more and more like a critical battle to avoid relegation.
  13. I mean, ok. But they still have tickets to all the good inaugural balls. Right?
  14. I only hope his pain is amplified by seeing just a small number of the millions of Democrats who are getting joy from his suffering. Mmmmmm--magat tears. Soooo yummy.
  15. I think there are a couple options: a 3-4 day trip to another area or 3 or four day trips. For the day trips, I might suggest: Rouen: Former capital of the Duchy of Normandy with the great Gothic cathedral that was the subject of the series by Monet that you'll see in d'Orsay. Chartres: Another Gothic cathedral--probably the single finest one in France. Fontainebleau: Big royal palace. Honestly--maybe preferable to Versailles (particularly given the crowds in August. Meaux: Ok--I know the wife is not a history buff, but the Musee de la Grande Guerre is amazing. Reims: Great Gothic cathedral, the Palace of Tau, and a bunch of Champagne houses in the area where you can do a tour & tasting. Barbizon: Little artist village that has been home to Monet and Renoir. The local museum is relatively small, but it's got an amazing collection of paintings.
  16. Fair enough. I mean, maybe it's worth breaking down some areas in Scotland that are kind of discrete in themselves. Edinburgh & Environs: Here you have the history and culture of the capital of Scotland. In the environs, there is Falkirk, Bannockburn, and Stirling for those with an eye toward Scottish history. If you like moody abandoned castles, there's Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace. And for those who are interested in engineering, there's the Forth Bridge and the Falkirk Wheel. Glasgow & Environs: As you note--a historically working-class city that is rapidly gentrifying. So there's really a good vibe there with some fun things to do. Kind of a Scottish Detroit. Just north of Glasgow is Loch Lomond National Park, which is absolutely stunning. Oban, Glencoe, & Islands: Past Loch Lomond is Oban, which has the distillery (one of the rare ones that is actually in a town) and is also the port for a bunch of ferries to the islands off the west coast of Scotland, including the Isle of Mull with its early Christian Iona Abbey and Islay for those of us who actually like whisky. An hour from Oban is Glencoe, which is kind of the hiking area you think of when you envision hiking in the Scottish Highlands. Skye: Further north is the Isle of Skye. It's a long way up there, but damned, it's beautiful. Cairngorns: Kind of in the middle is Cairngorns National Park, which is a nice area for hiking. But I have to tell you, I think it's kind of underwhelming. The one thing I really would recommend is a sheepdog demonstration--they're fucking amazing. I'm not going to really talk about Aberdeen or Inverness because . . . why would I? With a week, you probably have time for about two of those. Personally, I might do Edinburgh for a couple days and head over to Oban via Glencoe. But I could easily be persuaded to go to Glasgow and hoof it up to Skye via Loch Lomond.
  17. Sounds like you've got your itinerary: three days in Edinburgh, two in Aberdeen, and three in Glasgow. Note that Aberdeen is not close to either Edinburgh or Glasgow. It's a three-hour drive from Edinburgh/Glasgow to Aberdeen and 2.5 hours by train. And by the way--I'm not at all certain why you would want to go up to Aberdeen. Or Glasgow, for that matter. For what you're looking at, I might make a drive in a circle Edinburgh-Stirling-Glencoe-Oban-Glasgow. Note: I don't think there are any distilleries in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, or Glasgow cities. The distilleries tend to be more rural affairs. Though you will find plenty of shops in town that will offer tastings and sell you whisky.
  18. Well, what do you want to see in Scotland? You don't need a rail pass to get from Cambridge to Edinburgh--just buy a couple tickets. I personally think Edinburgh is worth a couple days. But after that, I think you'd be well served to rent a car to be-bop around. But from the standpoint of be-bopping, what would you want to see? How important are distilleries to you? Do you want to make it up to the Highlands? Are you a hiker, or are you more of a guy who wants to pull over at a scenic overlook and see shit from the reasonable proximity of your automobile? Are you more interested in nature or do you dig on history (e.g., Stirling Castle) or are you interested in feats of engineering (the Falkirk Wheel)? Where do you fall on a scale of a backpacker's hostel to the Ritz-Carlton? And you know the Loch Ness Monster is made up, right?
  19. Yeah—Ewers leads the team down the field with a flawless drive, but we find ourselves at 4th and goal from the 8 because of brain dead play calling, and then Cam Williams completely whiffs on a block … and it’s because Ewers is Charmin soft. Never change, surly.
  20. Yeah—let’s definitely not blame the coach with a dogshit second-down play all. And we should never blame the left tackle who just threw a look-out block. It’s always on Quinn, who, by the way, has accounted for some pretty fantastic play in this game. God, you people are exhausting.
  21. People get caught up in the whole "he was gay and built castles" thing with Ludwig II. They completely ignore the fact that he was King of Bavaria during the decade of German unification. Ludwig himself was not a proponent of German unification, but Bavaria wasn't itself strong enough to forestall it after it was defeated in the Austro-Prussian War. And the role that Ludwig's weakness played in Prussia's ascent to dominance over Bavaria and the other southern German countries is kinda unexplored.
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