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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. Me and my well-endowed prostate say fuck anyone who wants to criminalize public urination.
  2. If we hit our 2s I think we win by 7-10. If we struggle with our 2s probably 1-3 point win.
  3. Don't waive the CDW coverage on the rental car if that's in your plans. You really are going to hit the curb.
  4. Educated by Tara Westover (2018) Okay, I admired the woman but at some point relatively early in the book I just got to the point where I couldn't tolerate her asshole family or her attempts to stick it out. I empathize with it and I completely understand it, but it made the book a bit frustrating.
  5. It's a really terrible title and cover. I mean, I don't think a cowboy has to be on the cover or Texas in the title, but you look down at the thing and there is no impetus to pick it up. I bought it for my son in law, and am going to start reading it when I go over to visit.
  6. My report back: Stayed in Malahide (North of Dublin and just a tad north of the airport) at the Grand Hotel Malahide for start and end of trip. Great location. Can take a DART train right into city center and the suburb is pretty and has some nice pubs and close to Howth. The hotel was basic but had a fun health club and so I took a sauna with the local lads each night we were there. Good place to stay because good warmup drive from airport. Drove to Kikenny (wife drove - my job was to tell her every 10 minutes that she was going to hit a curb) but mostly big moterway.Stayed at the Mount Juliet Estate - a golf resort and it may be the best all around hotel I have ever stayed. A bit of a way from Kilkenny but an easy drive. The hotel grounds had great walking paths as well and a good steam room to steam out the Guiness. The town was crawling with Purdue folks who were there for a pre-St. Pats parade which ultimately got cancelled. Thence to Killarney and a stay at the Cahernane House. Fantastic all around. Could walk to town and National Park just a couple of kilomters away. Really liked the town and the accessiblity to all around Killarney and Ring of Kerry. We actually didn't drive down into the smaller roads that led down to the water in the area but that would have just taken some patience and a few deep breaths. I'm glad we didn't do a tour. The hotels we stayed at apart from Grand Hotel Malahide (which was still very very nice) were pretty damn high end -- if it were me I probably would have economized on that and just ate pub food. But the people were so helpful that we enjoyed our own pace and just going to sites based on local recommendations. If I did it again I might do something like try to get to Galway by train or bus and then rent a car there rather than drive the whole country, but if the car price doesn't bother you, I thought the car made sense. The bus and train schedules and routes to me weren't very convenient when I looked closely at them. The weather looked scary on paper when we were planning for mid March but once there it was perfect -- a bit of rain every day, wet, but sun peaking in now and then. Waterproof light hiking shoes, travel pants, fleece top, beenie and raincoat did the trick. Lovely. Grand.
  7. Why is it so important to be "god fearing"? Unless you are a complete POS.
  8. You've chosen to ignore content by trump, desantis, the ghost of ernst rohm and fattyflattie. Options
  9. The second best player on LH is Quinten Perkens (Jaylon Washignton is the NT signee). He can rise to the occasion if TJ is off.
  10. March 10 Semis 7:00 pm 6A Beaumont United(35-1) vs. Northside Brennan(32-7) 8:30 pm 6A Richardson Lake Highlands(32-3) vs. DeSoto(30-8) I've been following little Lake Highlands and they look pretty good. I think Tre Johnson has some solid help from some of the others on the team. Go Lake Highlands! Go Brennan!
  11. My image of bama giving her critique of the ditch pig.
  12. Unmasked (2022) by Paul Holes Eh. As a police procedural, I thought it covered too many cases and so it didn't have a lot of depth of character. Other than the writer, who injected his married life into the story which kind of hurt it, since I thought he was kind of a jerk about marriage, family, etc. But ultimately, his story -- I can always find another true crime book about the ________Killer, etc.
  13. Guns Germs and Steel (1997) A bit of a slog after the freestylling of Sapiens. I thought it would be a natural follow up and it did feel a good deal more researched and focused, although a lot less fun. Four thousand years is a long time to wait for a good bowl of frijoles.
  14. The Stranger (2022) Moody and well acted and well done but in the end really didn't get much out of it other than the director and actors can be moody and act well.
  15. Plus, Homicide had the best opening credits up to that point in time.
  16. The Good House (2021) Not a complete waste of time -- Sigourney and Kevin Kline carry it along and there are some very pretty scenes. I still have some loyalty to Sigourney because she is a Stanford girl but also because:
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