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  1. Yeah, this. In past two weeks, he’s played golf, posted on Truth a lot, held a singular bizarre press conference, and then flew around montAna in circles to avoid paying for fuel which reminds me of when my mom got older and would spend like $4 in fuel to get two counties over to save 3cents/gallon.
  2. I don't think she'll specifically, verbally/post an endorsement of Harris/Kamala for reasons above. A very simple, "Swifties/Ladies/Girls......Get out there, register today! And vote in November! We're not going anywhere!" Everybody will know what that means, even if it also means yeah...it bring out 50,000 MAGA voters who also love her music. Numerically speaking, it's not a gamble...it's a rounding error. She doesn't need the additional headache of MAGA troglodytes following her around, particularly since they just broke up a suicide bomb ring at one of her shows. She also gives a shit about her fans, unlike Ted Nugent and Kid Rock. Remember, her first #1 album was in 2008. Say the youngest Swifties were 10 at the time. That puts them at 26 now. First international tour in 2010, putting them at 24. Say the oldest were in college at the time. That puts them in their mid-to-late 30's likely with little up-n-coming Swifties of their own. Millions upon millions of them. A huge portion of which are just now outta college and getting politically engaged. Nevermind the 18-26yo chunk that got hooked along the way at her peak stardom and are now voting in their first, maybe second, election of their lifetime. I like those odds a lot. I am absolutely taking my daughter to vote with me after school or on Saturday during early voting. You are absolutely entitled to have somebody join you in the booth if you're having trouble getting around/reading. And I'll fill out all the boring races first, then scroll back to page 1, highlight Harris-Walz and tell her "This is for you and the Swifties like you...anything is possible" and hit submit. And she gets to feed it into the exit machine alongside with me. And on Election Day proper, while she's in school learning the pages that haven't been banned from her Social Studies class...I get to what I did in 2020. Drive to a couple of polling places in Far East Austin. Don't touch anybody, don't pass out water, but I can pace back and forth and speak with them in Spanish about any issues they're having with registration or voting. And directing them to the proper website or phone number. And just like in 2020, there'll be cosplay fatties milling around the parking lot for purposes of "Election Integrity" (read: intimidation). And I get to do some crowdwork making fun of these guys in Spanish to the folks in line to help pass the time. You'd be surprised how long it takes these guys to realize we're laughing at them, not with them. But yes, let's do the Swiftie thing first. I'm joining that zoom call with my oldest and if she wants to make a donation, I'll use my CC and can put the cash in her piggy bank.
  3. Are you going through withdrawals right now? Or still drunk/high? Or just hungover and regret seeping in? First things first, physiology. Make sure your body is not gonna freak the fuck out on you (sorry to sound alarmist). If you can drive, go buy a BP monitor, a thermometer, and one of those little deals for your finder that measures the oxygen in your blood (~95+). Start taking B-complex vitamins to help with the shakes/nerves. DO NOT TAKE TYLENOL! If you have a bad headache, cold or hot compress over the eyes, no blue lights, and just ride it out. Call or meet a friend sometime today to talk it out after that, preferably with some food. After 24-48 hours if you're feeling okay physically, get to a meeting and go from there. I think most would agree, make sure your withdrawals don't need/need a hospital visit (no shame in it, they get several of these per day) Or on a weekend, and Emergent Care Clinic. There's an OTC diuretic (Diurex). Take as directed. It won't make the ride down the cheese-grater any less painful, but it'll speed it up a bit. As you probably know from this thread, AA not its members (even those that are health care providers themselves) do not provide medical advice. I don't either, but these are just basic steps condensed from a dozen legit med sites (webmd, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, NIH, et. al.). You gotta see where your body is at TODAY, and monitor everything for the next 24-72 hours like a hawk. Have somebody else with you if possible. And then the real work begins.
  4. So his attempt to thread the needle of Stolen Valor, Tim Walz, and the Somali population in the Governor's State.....was to try to crack a joke about "problems down there" regarding CW4 Durant being tortured and imprisoned for 11 days, along with 18 American military KIA's & 84 wounded? And this guy was picked to be the Show's Opener. I can only assume the closer will make some "Look at me Sgt. Walz, I am your O-3 Captain now!? riff as crowdwork.
  5. Too soon. He did anger the Aviation Gods yesterday with his completely bullshit story about him and Willie Brown almost going down in a helicopter years ago in California. It was Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and the flight landed without incident. $50 says when they fix the plane, he gets back on, and just waves to an empty Billings tarmac. "Uh, sir...we really need to get wheels-up if we're gonna make the quck flight to the rally venue." -Hang on, I'm waving to all my adoring supporters over there. They'll talk about my little stopover here for the rest of their lives. Let's get some pictures. Fantastic, they're all wearing matching MAGA gear as well." "Sir, that's the ramp crew and mechanical team. You're waving at the staff in their FBO issued uniforms."
  6. It's why I prefaced it with "vague understanding." I don't know. We did it once when Formula1 started and cleaned ourselves (this was before kids, so it was much easier). I guess a "suggested" list of vendors and/or DIY/hire out sombody else you know makes sense. I don't really know or give a shit. Since the proliferation of these in the last 5-10 years, I think we've had instances where the house was immaculate, other times it looks like a 60-minute rush job. I wish there was some uniformity to the swimming pools though. Rented places with pools that were immaculate, others where it was completely unsafe and filthy with green water and dead animals. Still others who overhaul the chemicals and shock the shit outta the pool 45 minutes before you get there so you can't really use it the first 24 hours of your 48 hour stay. I don't mind wiping a few things down upon arrival or just using paper plates. But I'm not gonna spend first few hours of my vacation dealing with your pump, filters, skim, buckets, and topping off the pool which is a foot too shallow. /rant
  7. Did they finally fix/replace that goofy fucking thing they called an airport? My SiL used To live in “Kansas City”, code for 75mts south of it. And she’d brag “oh we’re just minutes from the airport, we’ll come pick you up.” Code for airport is the 45 mts north of town. Plus she’s always an hour late for everything. So invariably stopping in Dallas plus ground drive time, we were better off just driving there from Austin. The Power & Light area is cool. So is that plaza/fountains area. Bbq is beyond overrated. City is ugly. Suburbs repeat themselves like the background homes on the Flintstones. i never ‘got’ the allure of some American cities. Facebook marketing ads aren’t gonna change that /rant
  8. Have they been training with our Gravy SEALs?
  9. I have this weird dream where I’m very important. I’m in a helicopter in an emergency landing with either Aidy Bryant or Lane Bryant. We survived though. Dunno what y means
  10. LET THERE BE LIGHT! -Harry Caray, 8-8-88 Yep, I remember watching the rainout at some sports bar near Wrigleyville with my friend and his Dad. I think his plan was to scalp tickets at the last minute, by the time we got seated and ordered food---the tarp was already out and the players were sliding and gliding all over the tarps (no respect for the sacrifices of Vince Coleman). It's funny, because about 6 weeks later, my dad took my buddy and I to go see a little known baseball movie (at the time), "Bull Durham." Where the players pretty much do the same thing as they did at Wrigley that night. Later tonight will mark 36 years the Cubs actually play their first full night game. They'll beat the Mets 6-4 and go on to play just 4 more night games the rest of that season at home. To this day due to various city ordinances, the Cubs play about 30-40 home games under the lights. And that's fine, I've only see a handful of games at night there over the past 30 years when I visit. But I've seen about 100 day games there since I was 2. With all respect to Getaway Day/Businessman's Special games at Minute Maid and other parks (I've taken in my share of those as well).....to this day, there really is nothing like an afternoon weekday game at Wrigley.
  11. It's my (vague) understanding that in certain, more popular markets---AirBnB has like a "preferred" vendor list of cleaning services. The owner has to use one of them so AirBnB gets lets complaints about the place when they check-in. I'm sure there's some sort of kick-up % paid by the service back to AirBnB for being on said list. Is that kinda right? Like I get a one-off place in the middle of nowhere, owner just uses who they can or does it themselves. But like in the Hill Country, or Central Austin, or by COTA---I would think AirBnB can say, "Here's a half-dozen services you can use which meet our guidelines for timeliness, cleanliness, and price." Or am I missing something?
  12. Why are you carrying that plumping equipment, we need a medic for this athlete. There's nothing wrong with the pipes here! Steel Shank in German accent, "Ja, zat's vie zey send me. I'm expert."
  13. Wow, Sorbo's 23&Me competitor startup seems overly offensive. "Uh, Mr. Sorbo. Using the swab DNA test, her dad's half has a trace amount of Taino Indian and British blood, but 49% of it is Jamaican black given the slave trades through there centuries ago. So genetically, she's half-Black. And culturally, she was raised partially in her mother's Indian heritage, but for the most part has lived life since her teenage years as a Black Female. And again, the DNA backs that up. So what's your new alternative to these types of empirical tests and family history?" Kevin, "She has to say the N-word on live television! That beats all 23&Me testing!" "But sir, what would that accomplish? It doesn't negate her background or her blood." Kevin, "Don't care! N-Word! Network TV. Hard-R at the end! That's my test!" da fuh with this guy?
  14. Not exactly a celebrity, but Austin legand---Pete Winstead died earlier this week (yesterday, I think). On paper, a legend of an attorney. But driver of commerce, philanthropy, youth outreach, medical care for those in need, city planning, crime prevention, And a helluva nice guy to boot. In the pantheon of Austin institutional pillars like Joe Long, Neil Kocurek, and Bob Inman. Much of the Austin our children will grow to know will be better off, immensely, because of guys like Pete Winstead. RIP, Pete.
  15. “…Heavy into lots of different worlds.” and tell me something Mr. Trump, what color is the sky in these worlds? does he just have a running recording device in the bathroom where Junior does blow all night with friends and Kim and then just uses those ramblings as off-promoter talking points the next week? Sure feels that way.
  16. Uh, maybe reading terrifying shit like that is part of the reason you don’t sleep well…smart guy
  17. Shouldn't the Ann Margaret couch be red? Or at least orange accents?
  18. This ^ SLEEP! I always knew it was important but I just learned to live with insomnia since college (6 hours/night). Never got on any Rx about it. Once we had kids, I was so exhausted, I'd conk out anyways (7.5 hours/night). But my brain adjusted and I was always cognitively with it after about 30 minutes of getting outta bed. Then my 2 shots, and boosters, and one bout with Covid...my sleep was completely fucked up (never mind all of us were thrown off routine by lockdown as well). Took me like two years to get back into a sleeping routine and not having horrible brain fog/disorientation/loss of time feeling. Now I've this rough lymphatic system infection that causes all kinds of issues including fluid retention and swelling from my legs up to my lungs. Doing more Rx drugs in the last two months than I have in entire life combined. And I cannot sleep for shit because of the pain. So I find myself awake for 3-6 hours/night with no hope of sleep. And I can't add sleeping pills to the mix. I lose track of what day it is, what the kids have going on for summer activities, what I'm supposed to be doing for work stuff and pill taking, despite copious notes. So specialist tells me given the swelling around my lungs and even heart with all this fluid not to get any respiratory illnesses. Which will be tough because the kids like to bring shit home the first 60 days of school. I ask, "I'm probably due for a Covid-19 booster. This would seem like a good time to get one since that's as serious a respiratory issue as I can get." She laughs at me, "No, a booster with your immunity system how it is would knock you down for a week." So she tells me that yesterday. What the fuck am I supposed to do with that information? So I slept 4 hours last night in abject terror. And I don't know if it's Friday.
  19. I'd keep the Corvette, the Marshalls, and the concert t-shirts. Everything else should be sold or donated (or trashed). My wife and daughters have every fucking square inch of our storage space/cabinets filled with shit. The only two rooms in the house not packed to the gills with their crap are the master bedroom and my home office. I have a 3-car garage with an backside apron. I built great shelving over the years for everything, all my gear, a workbench, bike rack for all the family bikes, and 2 SUV's comfortably inside. My wife saves stuff for her little sister for when starts a family, and then we store shit for her other sister to come pick up for her office at her convenience. I'm just a freight terminal at this point just sending and receiving crap until finally I can barely fit my most basic tools, everything is just inches away from collapsing down onto the hoods of the vehicles. We can really only comfortably park 1 vehicle between the 3 bays. Point of the story is trim down while you still can. When you have these moments of doubt, start decluttering, your brain is trying to tell you its kinda overwhelmed. The way most people get an adrenaline rush from shopping, I literally get the same dopamine hit from donating stuff or putting it out at the curb. I quietly go around once a month and fill up two large boxes with their shit. One is clothes they've outgrown that we don't need to save for 7 years when the next baby comes in their family. Some poor kid needs it today. And the other box just infant toys, old art supplies, books no longer age appropriate for the little one, etc. And then my favorite is bulk pickup day once a quarter in my neighborhood. I drag all kinda broken shit my wife and oldest want to save "to fix up later." Yeah, the $19.95 "Learn your Numbers" pretend laptop from 8 years ago that speaks like a demon is really worth clinging to, along with training bikes, broken lawn implements, etc. Invariably, that Sunday...Hispanic dudes with trailers will cruise our 'hood, often with their kids. And I'll go out there and chat with him about what's broken and what needs what and help him load it up. Like Christmas Day for me./rant
  20. I don't know anything about tattoos. Was that a permanent ink gun or one of those that lasts for awhile until it starts to fade/break-off and you go and get the rest (comparatively) easily removed? Ot was fully leaded ink that would need the series of removal sessions and eventually you can still make out the image faintly in the right light until you're dead?
  21. It's like some weird "Arrested Development" reboot (RIPcarlweathers) with RFKJR as a wealthy political coach. "Whoah, whoah. There's still plenty of good meat left on that roadkill bear, son. You help me take this bloody slab back to my freezer. We toss in some carrots, a potato, maybe an onion. Baby, we got ourselves an Adirondack Stew going!"
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