Aggie87

I travel to San Antonio (2-2.5 hrs), Austin (3.5 hrs), and Houston (3 hrs) regularly. Occasionally to further destinations like Dallas, College Station, & San Angelo. When I was in college at A&M we thought nothing of driving 8-9 hours to Lubbock for the football game - luckily that only happened twice, but that's a long haul. Had to plan ahead when we got there too, because Lubbock was dry and you had to drive out of the city/county limits to Pinkie's to buy beer back then. I do appreciate these regular concert updates that include Austin, Houston, and SA though!

Maybe the one doing the hooking should be called The Hooker. Pitching sucks? "We want The Hooker, bring out The Hooker!!!" I could get behind that chant.

Fishing hook - it's a coastal thing. Kind of a silly name, but it's grown on me over the 10 years they've been here. Hunter Pence played for the Hooks before making it to the bigs, and is still beloved here, as is Altuve. Delino DeShields Jr was also a Hook last year, until the Rangers stole him away this offseason. The Hooks are the Astros' AA affiliate.

Caught the Houston Astros vs my hometown Corpus Christi Hooks tonight. 'Stros won 7-4. It was fun seeing the former Hooks who are playing for the Astros now (Jose Altuve & George Springer among others), versus some up and coming talent that will make it's way to Houston before too long. Carlos Correa (1st overall pick in the 2012 draft) looked good for the Hooks, hit a monster homer. The Astros aren't going to make the playoffs (again), but they're taking steady steps toward being respectable, at least.

Not quite the same topic, but some good recs in this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqU9PqIhuIY edit - I'm not sure it actually was a Top 40 hit, but it hits your other criteria..

Again??

Does it have to be Al's?

I happen to know he's alive and well, and I'm sure he appreciates all the well wishes!

I suspect their goal with the introduction of that OS was to "dazzle" everyone into upgrading their hardware to touchscreen technology. Force an iteration of PC sales. Obviously it didn't work too well.

Feliz Cumpleanos, Tecolote Grande!

Thank you for the continuing list, KH! It is much appreciated.

Org. board member Soulstream is all over the Billy Gibbons episode, check it out - Mike's rockin' the organ! And he's got his regular organ trio gig at the Continental Club in Austin, go see him if you're in town. It's well worth it! You might see him with Jimmie Vaughan or many other fantastic guitarists. And he's a great guy to boot.

I see the LTIA sun on that poster! This was the poster for the first KC show I saw, at a large festival in Wiesbaden:

Or pay employees reasonable wages, negating the requirement for a tip in the first place.

Something I don't understand about tipping (at least in the U.S.) - why does Starbucks expect you to tip them but McDonald's doesn't? Is there any fundamental difference in what the service is? They are preparing food or drink for you and you pay them for said food/drink. Why does Starbucks have tip jars by the register and at the drive-thru window? Are their employees more deserving of a tip than a McDonald's employee?

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/160678/twitter-reaction-to-seattle-seahawks-fourth-quarter-interception All of these NFL players (who I'd assume have more knowledge about football than you, but then again there are no guarantees) feel like it was a terrible play call. I don't see a comparable article compiling NFL player comments that say "Great Call! Too Bad it was intercepted".

I apologize. Clearly you are the expert and we are all idiots and you hate us. Whether we are older than you and have watched and evaluated more football than you or not. Simply doesn't matter. You're the expert. Your opinion rules. Nobody else's can possibly be valid for themselves.

So YOU are saying it's NOT common sense to defend against the most likely play the Seahawks would and should call?? That's exactly what the Patriots did.

If I'm Pete Carroll and the Pats come in with that defensive package, I either run Marshawn Lynch up the middle anyway (since there's a 50/50 chance he gains a yard or two anyway, since he'd been averaging 4+ yards per carry the entire game), or run a QB option around the end with Lynch trailing, giving Wilson the option to keep it or pitch it. Never a pass. That wasn't a tricky or clever defensive call by the Patriots, it was common sense to try to defend against what the Seahawks likely call in that situation on the 1 or 2 yard line - i.e. Lynch up the middle. Carroll tried to be clever instead and it cost them the game.

Tempting! Maybe I can drive out in my RV. Can I hook up at your place?

I'd love to see The Church, but not during SXSW unfortunately. I wish they were coming to Austin at a different time of year.

Which means dick. For my purpose it meant that most people don't seem to have as high an opinion of Mr. Winston as Cali has.

How about Philly on May 28, Aggggggggggg? Now why on earth do you think I have any affiliation with Philly?? Yeah, might have to consider that one for sure!

I apologize for the "Not much else" part. Uncalled for on my part.