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Sheer PROFUNDITY!
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Never listen to a guy wearing a green polka dot suit.
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It sure did feel good to sleep in my own bed last night.
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Good morning Hamsters. Half an inch of rain graced our dirt yesterday and lots of ground mist before that and this morning. The green things are even greener for all of that. Started off at 69 at 6.
To all the Hamsters recently feeling punk, your descriptions of the symptoms seem quite a bit like what spouse and I brought home from the Alaska adventure in July. The gushing waterworks and sore throat at the start are the same.
The sore throat eventually goes away after things roar into high gear, but the waterworks do not. Invest in lots of boxes of Kleenex or its imitators. Gonna need them. Also some Vaseline for the sore nose all the Kleenex causes no matter how careful you are. Then the coughing marches in and stays for several weeks. If you’re lucky, you do not get messy bronchitis to boot. I did and spouse did not. This misery lasted 3 weeks for both of us with the lingering cough finally trailing off a couple or so weeks after that. Not gone, you understand, just trailing off. Coughing fits can sound and feel like you are coughing up you toes. However they do not come loose. Cough medicine might or might not help very much.
Now while waterworks control is labor intensive, the real villain is the fatigue that steadily increases until you are existing in seeming slow motion, except for the waterworks of course, for a good portion of those weeks. No strength or energy, sometimes even to try eating something. Appetite can tank precipitously for some. Leaving the sickbed to make it to the bathroom becomes a monumental task.
What we had was a virus, and neither of us ran a fever though there were episodes of feeling feverish and then chilled to the point of shivering. And there are occasional body aches coming and going. The thing had to run its course, and not much made things better except something for the aches. This thing is absolutely vicious.
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Youngest son bought his brother and me tickets for tonight’s game! Wahoo!
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Wow, I’m impressed just to know of someone who actually gets to go to a game like this one. Everybody at this game is somebody.
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You would be able to quickly spot El Gordo at Minute Maid Park if he were there tonight. He would be the guy dressed like he was going to a funeral.
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#5 GJT: Congrats on raising goood sons and getting to go to the game tonight. Be sure to take ear plugs,
BECAUSE IT WILL BE FRIGGEN LOUD!
Loud enough to feel your clothes shake and damage your hearing.
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Well I’ll be–Game 7.
Now if that don’t boot me right off my fried potato pork skins, tepid back bacon, Tabasco sauce and corn pone and chitl’n gravy diet.
Wooo-Hoo! Almost better than Dukes of Hazzard reruns.
Et tu, Billy Bob!
/I salute MST3K
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Back home after a quick trip to and from Bryan for rental business stuff. The plus was I got to see Lovely Daughter & Co.
Sunshine likes to wake me up, but she surprised me by entering my room a little after 6:30 a.m. Normally, she sleeps until about 7:30, giving Mommy and Daddy at least until then before having to kick themselves into gear. I tried snuggling her a bit and keeping her upstairs as long as I could, but eventually we went downstairs where I prepared her cereal breakfast and put her cartoons on the TV. I had gotten a request to bring a certain key back to Houston asap for Handsome Son, so I had to get on the road early.
I felt badly, but I called LD on the cell phone a little after seven to let her know her eldest daughter was jumping the gun on the morning, kissed Sunshine again, and left. LD was up before I left; I saw her through the window.
Got home while the sky was overcast, but after the fog burned off. We just had a brief shower that ended and then CRACK! just now – neaby thunder. As I type, the sun is now shining brightly.
That old line about “wait ten minutes if you don’t like Texas weather”? It’s all happened here in five.
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And for those who can get to my FB page – Sunshine (with a cameo appearance of LD2) is describing her imaginary grandma as we we walk through a store.
BTW – the grandma is green and black, and is seven years old.
And she tells me with such authority! Too cute.
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Thinking about making today a sci-fi day. I usually watch the westerns on MeTV…but today may be different.
Hubby’s on a car show trip with his mom, I have bookkeeping I brought downstairs for a change of scenery, so I can do whatever I want this weekend.
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The former Lt. Governor of New York knows what she’s talking about.
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress are pushing for a $10 billion a year payout to insurance companies that sell Obamacare plans. President Trump calls it “bailing out” the insurance industry. Truer words were never spoken.
The politicians backing this sweetheart deal claim it will protect consumers. Don’t fall for it. The money will go straight to the bottom lines of insurers – who enjoy tremendous clout in Washington, D.C., thanks to over $85 million in campaign contributions and over $150 million spent on lobbying every year.
The deal’s authors — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R. Tenn.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D. Wash.) — have taken hundreds of thousands in insurance contributions personally and through their PACs. No surprise the deal gives insurers everything they want: an estimated $10 billion a year cash plus $100 million in Obamacare ads. No other industry gets taxpayers to pay for their advertising. Meanwhile, consumers get nothing: no freedom to buy affordable plans without Washington-mandated benefits, no escape from onerous tax penalties for not enrolling.
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Well, I made it back from the woods. Huntin’ Buddy and I went up yesterday morning and hacked our way to the deer stands. Man, the rain this year has everything so grown over that the briars N brambles had about took over the place, but just like finding the cabin in the weeds, a couple of weeks ago, we managed to clear out the trails pretty good. But by dark, I was worn plum out so eating the Hot Dawgs by the campfire made the trip worth it.
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We got up early and left the camp this morning and rolled into Clear Lake a little after 11 AM. I put everything away and scrubbed the crud offin’ me and headed to the Horse Pistol to hold my new granddaughter for the first time.
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It’s almost like summer out there. I believe when that front moves through there’s going to be some nasty boomers going on.
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So summer like everyone’s passed out from the heat and quit posting.
Except for me of course.
Great day for a healthy and sweaty run in the park.
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#15 Super Dave
Aha, Grandpa looks a bit star struck there. She already has stolen his heart. 🙂
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Agree with Shannon about today’s heat and abundant humidity causing lots of activity when that front roars in. The Wisconsin/Maryland game today was in Madison, and it was sunny and warm there with everybody in the stadium in shirtsleeves. It will be rocking up there as well when it comes through.
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Taking a quick break from my football watching to get ready for the evening schedule. Owls are playing UTSA in the Alamodome. UTSA apparently uses orange as one of its colors, to the Alamodome looks like the Astro game, except for crowd size. Hey, GJT, are you going to be tweeting the game? Or facebooking? It’s a tough job keeping up with all these scores, but someone has to do it. Go Astros.
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I went to clean MIL’s house while she’s out making memories with Hubby, ran an errand for her. Decided to go to mass this evening so I can sleep a little later tomorrow morning (since Sunshine woke me up pretty early this morning).
I’m back and have decided to watch “Ex Machina”.
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I had a nice Greek dinner and opened a bottle of wine and am ready for the ‘Stros to win…bigly.
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If I met Sabathia on the street, I wouldn’t guess in 27 chances he is a MLB pitcher. He looks like he should be running a BBQ joint in Acres Homes.
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Fay’s great niece baptized tonight. We’re sitting outside The Hill waiting on burgers to go.
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End of the 2nd, no score.
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Sabathia doesn’t seem to have his usual control. Too many ball pitches that don’t seem to be planned.
Morton, however, has been very tight and focused so far.
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Although the left field wall at Minute Maid park in Houston is just 315 feet away and 19 feet high, its power alley in left center field stretches to 404 feet; the longest in baseball.
Right field at Minute Maid is much more standard, stretching to 326 down the line and 373 in the power alley.
The wall is just seven feet high, however, meaning balls have to be hit only just as far as they would to left to leave.
With a flagpole and hill in center field stretching to an MLB-long 436 feet, the park boasts the most unique outfield alignment in baseball.
Because of the hot temperatures in Houston, Minute Maid park plays as a consistently top 10 environment for hitters.
Dead-pull hitters can absolutely feast and pad their home run totals.
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So for Christmas one of my sisters bought an Ancestry DNA kit for me. I probably would have never done it, but what the hell. I’m sure they already have my DNA anyway. Lots of matches came up. Probably a dozen or so are cousins who I know so the accuracy seems pretty reasonable. Last week the closest match I’ve seen popped up. After a few emails I discovered this woman was a half-sister to my mother. No one knew about her. She was born a year before my grandparents married. More than a little shock is rumbling through the fambly at the moment. A few bubbles are bursting. My mother seems cool with it. Others … not so much. It appears Grandpappy Hamous was a bit of a philanderer 😉
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With a flagpole and hill in center field stretching to an MLB-long 436 feet, the park boasts the most unique outfield alignment in baseball.
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Nobody liked that damned hill.
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I’m still coughing my head off, so tiresome.
That Sabathia does have a belly on him. I never heard of him, so I had to look him up to see how “running a BBQ joint in Acres Homes” came into play. 🙂
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I liked it. Back in 2004, Beltran danced around that flagpole like it wasn’t even there.
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31 mh42
When I think of Houston and barbecue, I always think of Williams Smokehouse in Acres Home. My all time favorite and it burned down in 2007.
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Wow, “Ex Machina” was some kind of intense. I’m needing something light before I go to bed tonight.
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The Astros just put on a world class defense, particularly that throw out at home.
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I’m getting to be pretty proud of the Jewish boy from New Mexico at third base.
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4-0 ASTROS!
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#36 TP: It’s a lot easier to find a Kosher restaurant in Vegas than in Houston.
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I’m starting to get more optimistic. Little by little, my optimism is improving. Go Stros. It’s gut it up time.
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38 BC
You were surprised about that ? There are probably as many Jews in Vegas on any given Saturday as there are in shul in New Jersey. Of course, eating kosher makes everything else okay. //snarc off
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Keeping up with the Astros here on Hambone. Do not have the strength to watch the game itself, so I’ll just tune in every so often here. Right now the Force is with the Astros it seems by the comments.
Wondering if Justin Verlander will possibly take over in the late innings since he did not go the full game last night. Insurance? There’s likely life still in his arm tonight.
Dear Astros, why must you do things the hard way so often?
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It’s starting to get chilly, HELL MUST BE FREEZING OVER, THE ASTROS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!
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Adee
Bottom of 7th, still 4-0 Astros.
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Six outs away from the WS.
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42 BC
A baseball game is never over until the very last out. It’s only 4 to 0.
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Now down to 3 outs for the Astros to vanquish the vile scum from NYC.
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Three outs away.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ‘STROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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McCullers has looked so uptight he was making me nervous as hell.
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I was unwilling to wake up at 03:00 to watch pitch counts online so I woke up at 05:45. I’m really glad they are doing well. I’m going to have to find some way to watch a couple of World Series games from over here.
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One out remaining,
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joy. Joy. Joy.
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Yes !
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#45 Yes! The fat lady is only in the shower.
But, Dayaam, it looks good….. I hope That I didn’t jinx it. -
OH YEAH! ASTROS WIN THE PENNANT!
Next up on the chopping block is the Dodgers from the land of flakes and nuts.
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DAYAAM, They’ve pulled it off!
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What a great win.
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So sweet to beat the Northern Aggressors.
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When the chips were down they dealt those Yankees a THREE hit SHUTOUT!!!!!!~!
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When McCullers’ breaking ball started working it was over.
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Sparkling defense.
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OMG they gave the MVP to V E R L A N D E R
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I haven’t gone back and checked, but I’m pretty sure that I’ve kept my prediction record in tact, whether it be political races, sporting events, or whatever. I’m batting 100% wrong still. So, I’ve got that going for me as I predict the Dodgers to take the WS. Go Astros.
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There is plenty of joy in Mudville tonight. Yea.
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60 Shannon
Yeah, but there were times I thought McCullers was going to hyperventilate on the mound before he got the next pitch off.
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A kinder, gentler Coop.
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The only things missing from this video are a matching pink speedo, an empty NoDoz box on the floor and maybe some majorette boots.
Other than that this song rocks.:)
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Good morning Hamsters. It was not a dream, the Astros did it, and Texas has gone nuts over it. As it should be. And everybody is wiped out from the stress before and the celebrating after the final out.
Mugly 71 here at 6, but radar shows the storms ahead of the front are almost in Harris County. Can see lightning in the billowing clouds to the north so it’s close to our doorstep now. We still have the calm before the storm here, barely a leaf stirring.
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Mornin’ Gang
I watched all the Astro’s game last night and the thing that stood out to me, was the fat black guy pitching for the Yankee’s. I’ve NEVER seen a baseball pitcher with a beer gut that hung down almost to his knees. That said; he did pitch very good. -
That said; he did pitch very good.
He’s one of the best. Fernando Valenzuela was a hefty boy, but I don’t think as big as CC. Bartolo Colon probably gets close.
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Some showers blew through here sometime in the early morning hours as evidenced by my wet patio this morning, but I must have slept pretty hard through it all. A crisp 55 degrees now. We are being over run by skunks out here – animal control officer says he’s disposed of over 100 this year. My neighbor trapped one a couple of day ago, and then another showed up at my watering hole last night – fatal mistake for it. It’s time to declare war on all skunks.
Astros still basking in the after glow I guess. I’ll be headed to Dallas for the annual WS chili cheese hot dog eat off with my BFF as we binge watch. College football weekend was pretty good. OK, gotta get cracking on cleaning up around here after kinfolk visit. I think they covered every square inch of territory inside the house and some outside as well.
And for all you tea drinkers, here’s a word of caution picked up from over yonder.
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#5 GJT says:
October 21, 2017 at 10:09 am
Youngest son bought his brother and me tickets for tonight’s game! Wahoo!
Way to go! What a great game! Oh and without pictures it didn’t happen. 😀
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Shannon
Wasn’t Katfish with us when we went to see Valenzuela pitch against the Astros many moons ago ?
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73 Texpat
We’ll have to ask him. Shockingly, he seems to have less amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles than I do.
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That’s the backdrop for The Throw.
Or, The Play.
Or, as I like to call it, The Holy Hell What Are You Doing, Alex Bregman, Ha Ha, Just Kidding, You Beautiful Bastard Play.https://www.sbnation.com/2017/10/22/16515638/astros-world-series-alex-bregman-throw
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Here’s a slightly different angle of the throw. If you stop the action at just the right moment, you can see it was perfectly thrown.
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As was told on the radio, Bird’s foot slammed right into the webbing but didn’t dislodge the ball.
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And in other breaking news, GJT is passed out in Darren’s driveway in the back of his Uber vehicle.
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♪ Oh what a night ♪
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Thanks SD for posting the pic!
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We fully planned to use uber but they were 75 bucks and no telling what return woulda been, not like we we had to worry about too much to drink at 10 bucks a bottle. We ended up paying 60 for parking but hey, don’t happen everyday right?
I don’t think Darren could haul the three of us big boys.
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GJT looks just like I imagined him to look.
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I can’t find a video of the throw Bregman made to first after a hard ground ball down the third base line. It hopped into foul territory after it passed third base and Bregman somehow caught it, spun 180 degrees and hit Gurriel’s glove for an out with a millisecond to spare. It was amazing.
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I wanted to buy an official, classic, triangular ALCS pennant but it is so pathetic, I may pass.
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But the coffee mugs are very, very nice. I think I’ll get a couple.
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I had forgotten they don’t show replays at the park in MLB, or if I had I’d have figured they would be by now. The only one we saw was the one officiall reviewed at first base. So this is my first time really seeing the plays. They are an incredible defensive team.
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It’s gonna be a good day. The Astros won, I have a reason to wear something other than shorts for a change, I stayed up late last night watching TV and got some much-needed bookkeeping done, and since I went to mass last night, I was able to sleep in this morning as late as I wanted. My blood sugar is well into the acceptable range, and the scale shows me down a few pounds. Hubby will be returning home later today.
I was pretty hungry, so I scarfed down a big helping of scrambled eggs and 3 pieces of bacon.
I’m avoiding the talking heads this morning. Don’t wanna ruin the mood.
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We went to the Astros store in the stadium but they were already out of AL championship stuff.
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I was thinking of getting one of those 2017 ALCS garden flags and then we could have a betting pool on how long it would last in our front yard here a few miles from Yankee Stadium.
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I was thinking of getting one of those 2017 ALCS garden flags and then we could have a betting pool on how long it would last in our front yard here a few miles from Yankee Stadium.
Prolly as long as your “TRUMP/PENCE” sign did.
BTW, near our river property is a large lot of land with a nice white wood fence, which prominently displays a “TRUMP/PENCE” sign on it. I always think of it as the “Pence Fence” in my head.
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GJT looks just like I imagined him to look.
I’m much prettier in person.
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Rancho Popantopalous, CA—It started when a local brown bear attempted to use the restroom at the Feldman Public Library in Rancho Popantopalous. At first, library staff refused the bear entry, but when it was clear that the bear self-identified as human, the issue immediately became more complex. The library’s restroom was an “inclusive restroom” and after some thought, library staff decided to allow the bear entry. Despite the mauling of three patrons, the community at large felt good about the decision and celebrated it as a big step for interspecies progress.
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I’m still shaking my head about the dumb pennant.
With all of the creative things that could have been done and the amazing history and story surrounding this year’s team, ten morons sitting around a table chose this “Fly The Pennant” design?
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After you buy your Astros memorabilia, be sure to stop by and get one of these official Bearmageddon t-shirts.
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#85 Shannon
Agree that the pennant is disappointing in design. Not of course in the message it conveys.
Agree the mugs look tastefully classy and likely will have a much longer lifespan.
#90 Texpat
But if you get the pennant and couple it with a Trump/Pence sign and discreetly wire both to a large battery so they are energized….
Saw where a conservative homeowner rigged up a Trump/Pence sign doing that after lefties kept stealing his signs, and he placed a camera to catch the thieves.Sign stayed put, thieves fled empty handed after they snapped out of the shock—literally. But then that was likely in a civilized state where private property rights are respected in terms of trespass. Maybe a No Trespassing sign in the yard would be useful.
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#96 Ms. Adee: I think a heavy load of rocksalt out of a 3″ 12 gauge would work very well, not much permanent damage and lots of pain.
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I wonder if there’s a way to attach a paint gun or other paint splattering device (maybe a balloon paint bomb from above?) to the merchandise so the perp is marked clearly?
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Come on hunnert. I’m setting it up for you.
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Wow.
James is young, accomplished, black, determined, devout, and the kind of new conservative that the Grand Old Party needs in order to shake up next year’s midterm election cycle.
He is at once full of energy, grace, command, and passion. When he tells you he is running on conviction, everything about this young man tells you he is not a poser. “I am called to a life of service. I want to serve my country and my community and my state. When I would come back from Iraq on leave during the great recession, the economic and societal devastation I saw here in my own state floored me,” he said.
and,
James has been very successful in his post-military life, he became the president of the family company in 2014. “It’s an automotive logistics company that specializes in warehousing distribution manufacturing and assembly and supply chain information systems. When I started the company it was making 35 million. It was good, it was very good. Strong customer base. I bring a passion for service, and I am pretty much an energetic leader. With a clarity of vision, we were able to grow from 35 million to 137 million in less than five years and added a hundred jobs here in Michigan,” he said.
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Packers lost to the Saints this afternoon, but there were some brighter spots than last week.
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Cold front is here and so refreshing already.
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#s 73 & 74 – amyloid WHUT?? 🙂
I’m pretty sure I have seen Signor Valenzuela pitch against the Astros – not sure if I was with Yall……………….
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Caught In a crossfire.
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Well, mom and baby came home about 2 PM and my lovely bride was keeping Cheyenne like she’s been doing since early Friday morning. Here is the first picture that I have of her and Lil’ Paisley Ann. FWIW; She doesn’t look old enough to have a granddaughter, let alone two of them. 😉
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Adorable. Bof of ’em.
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Just couldn’t find any Tom Jones.
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Just saw something that made me laugh: “The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.”
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I have baby baptism photos but you’ll just have to take my word for it.
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Do we have a Baby Boom amongst our Couch Dwellers and their offspring? Why yes, we do.
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#108 TedTam, 😀
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Ed Begley is on tonight’s episode of “Columbo”. I think the guy’s a political idiot, but I do give him credit for integrity. He’s the only celebrity I know that actually lives like he believes in man-made global warming. I’m not sure, but his wife may have actually left him because of his lifestyle. His house isn’t large, he conserves, drives small cars- when he drives. I don’t know that I’d be happy living in the house they were living in, trying to manage on solar cells and such.
At least he did, years ago.
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I stand corrected. He’s upped his lifestyle since the video I saw of him years ago.
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Well, it’s a school night and 4:15 comes real early. Good night all.
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Nytol.
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But I could.
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#116 – “and ALL of a sudden…………………there was Southern Rock!”
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I want another day off.
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