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The first half of episode 3 was great, roughly up until the crowd rips apart the heist artist. The second half mostly sucked. They beat the you-son-of-a-bitch line into the ground. That is arguably part of the joke, just like the lame, planet-wide heists, but it falls flat. The second half wasn't bad, just mostly boring with an occasional chuckle. The Netflix pitch and Rick's callous behavior afterwards were alright, though not funny at all. The after-credits scene offered some redemption, hitting a great mix of apathy and dark humor. I'm starting to wonder if the back part of season 3 and season 4 so far are the prequel to evil Morty and not the further adventures of the C-137 duo.

That's not true. Religious priests, (i.e. members of a religious order like the Franciscans), take a vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Most priests are diocesan, (i.e. work for their territorial bishop), and take only a vow of obedience. I'd imagine Osteen is like many non-mainline Protestant ministers, (especially on the prosperity side), and isn't at all shy about requesting copies of tax returns so that he gets his 10% tithe. Add book sales and other income streams and he is raking it in. The average Catholic family tithes about 1% of their gross income and diocesan priests top out under $100k including housing allowance. (That's for married priests with children, e.g. ex-Protestant ministers who converted and were ordained. Celibate clergy start out around $25k and live in rectories.) A very few Catholic priests, think Andrew Greeley, become rich on book sales or media appearances. Others skim off the top or have connections, (organized crime or otherwise), that bring in the bucks. But most of them do alright because they have decent healthcare, a pension, free housing, and no wives or kids.

Great thread. I've been tempted to order Collin Street Bakery for my out-of-state clients, especially the non-fruitcake offerings. Anyone think this is a good idea? What are the best halal or kosher options? Thanks.

I sympathize with Derka. The premiere wasn't dead like the last few seasons of Archer, but it felt contrived. Were all the alt universe Ricks callbacks to Pocket Mortys or are they new DLC for the game? I'm not saying those scenes were humorless, but the alt-Rick bit seemed dead at the end of last season. I guess not entirely dead, but they were more amusing than funny. The ep did improve as we got deeper in and the end was pretty good, but it is hard to compete against previous greatness. Jessica's locker talk with her friends was good, but it can't top the docking discussion. Unless there is a long term narrative payoff, it still seems like last season ended at the wrong point and we're getting more of the same now. I'd be happy to be wrong.

Why? Do you need to stock up on lube and sex toys before the game?

Here is a better article. It's just a type of slime mould.

So her nephew is saying that she pointed her gun towards the window before she was shot.

A decade ago when I worked for a Big 4 firm, one of our Fortune 5 clients had a policy that if they called us on our cellphones and we answered while driving we would be fired. I'm sure I've been the subject of various NextDoor threads because I've pulled over to have phone calls in random neighborhoods or parking lots.

A steamer will give you wrinkle-free clothing. It won't give you creases that aren't already there.

I got a travel steamer for Xmas a few years back. It is way better than the old suit on the back of the bathroom door during a hot shower trick.

In my family, eight weeks of no contact is nothing. After moving out in college, my mom didn't call me for at least five years and then it was only to ask for money. That's not to say we didn't talk, but it was always me reaching out. It's just the way she is with everyone in the family.

The only Hockaday girl I know went to UT and um, yeah, that was backwards in her case.

I suffered from myopathy and cognitive side effects when I was on simvastatin in my late 20s/early 30s. I never had overly dark urine, but my muscle mass went to zero and I had severe problems with weakness. The myopathy was livable. The cognitive side effects? Fuck it, I'll take a heart attack and death. It took three years after discontinuing statins for my mind to return to a semblance of normal functioning. Even now, nine years later, my mental functions are sometimes severely degraded compared to what they were. Of course, that might not have been the statins. They mistook my constant fatigue and mental issues for a variety of things, primarily ADHD and depression, so I went through a lot of different drugs until I told the psychiatrist to fuck off and I'll fix the physiological and social problems in my life first and then see if things improve. Unsurprisingly, they did.

What I hear from my fellow TCU alums is that the financial aid packages mostly suck compared to SMU, Baylor, Trinity, etc. TCU does not use financial aid to attract middle class kids. Instead, its main focus is on people with donation potential and decent scores, not the best students. (This explains their lower test scores compared to most of the other in-state privates.) To bolster the number of non-1%'ers, TCU uses its community scholars program to offer full rides to local, minority students from poor schools.

I've noticed an uptick, but I screen my calls and use DND mode at night, so fuck 'em.

Call the Texas elder abuse hotline.

My younger half-sister cleared up the mystery by getting in touch with our unknown half-brother. He was born in 1974 in Fort Worth and was adopted out-of-state via a closed adoption. A 17 year-old mother. My dad would have been 18 when he got her pregnant, though he has no idea who she is. This guy shares about as much of my father's looks as I do, though not so much as my younger half-brother. And that's about all I know. The weirdest part is that he and my older sister share the same name, though with different spelling. We'll see if he wants to get in touch with me once my 23andme results are processed.

Pizza Hut’s $20 box meal is a great deal, but none of the major chains are all that great. If you live in an area with QuikTrip, might as well go there as any of the chains. Just like with burgers, going to a local chain or a hole-in-the-wall is almost always better.

About a decade back, I realized most of my deodorant ended up on my armpit hair. Being a cheap bastard, I started using my electric clippers to shave it off once a week or so. That not only saved money on deodorant, but it also lessened the funk when the deodorant eventually failed. Then, a few years ago, I started using hand sanitizer to clean my armpits at least once a week. After that, my deodorants never fail. I've even switched to a Right Guard gel that doesn't mess up my shirts.

Drain the pool and turn off the water?

It sucks you in early. You're hooked before it starts dragging. How does it hook you before page 1?

My half-sister used 23andme and found a potential half-brother with a 26% DNA match. To the best of my knowledge, I've never used 23andme. (I even asked my ex-wife if we did way back when.) Even though my mom raised my sister and me on stories of dad cheating and I have corroborating memories from my early childhood, Dad says this guy would have to date from his touring musician days in the early 1970s. My sister was conceived with IVF almost thirty years ago, so it's possible there was a mix-up. Now I kinda have to take 23andme to rule out some things, unless this other guy responds and clears up things.

Like use fAegon to fight a war in the south and Euron's alliance with Cersei is against him? Then Dany comes and burns them both out, perhaps becoming the monster her father wanted to be. Then she meets Jon and goes North. They fuck like champs, defeat the dead, and learn Jon is Aegon. She betrays him, maybe the Dothraki plunder and rape, and he kills her? He exiles himself, Sansa becomes queen in the north and the kingsmoot is held at Winterfell?

Arya will find them on her ship, “The Whorefinder”.

My wife will be sad. This might be her favorite show, up there with Last Man Standing. I hope someone picks it up. Maybe #Catholic twitter will campaign for that.