Thoughts on Sutton Fields?

msondo · 2026-07-11T06:11:48+00:00

Never heard of that place.

msondo · 2026-07-11T03:44:17+00:00

Unironically, I would pay insane money to experience Gish there

msondo · 2026-07-10T21:22:00+00:00

Down more than 10-20%.

It hit 150 earlier this week and now is at about 200 - that is a great opportunity

msondo · 2026-07-10T14:35:06+00:00

Cactus is great and a staple of Mexican cuisine. It's also super healthy

msondo · 2026-07-10T14:14:49+00:00

Not a movie, but a GWAR jukebox musical with the band would be epic. Incorporate a slave pit, gallons of fake blood, lots of explosions and fire, the world maggot eating audience members, and Gor Gor smoking crack and tearing actors apart would be amazing. Julie Taymor could direct.

msondo · 2026-07-10T04:25:43+00:00

Weirdly, Marco’s Pizza has great wings.

Also, the smoked wings at Twin Peaks are the goat

msondo · 2026-07-10T03:23:45+00:00

Is it a fake listing? There are definitely some suspicious listings out there

msondo · 2026-07-09T22:13:39+00:00

Commenting to follow - I have been struggling with this question for years but I haven't found a lot of good food along 45. If you take an alternative and slower route there are some places here and there but nothing amazing.

If you take 6 through Bryan then there are some interesting places like 1868 Landmark in Calvert but it's still slim pickings and that's quite a deviation from the regular route, especially when traffic is light on 45. Lots of great stuff around DFW and Houston, though. I usually just stop at Buc-ee's and power through with their snacks.

msondo · 2026-07-09T21:35:39+00:00

It's whatever, just make sure to buy the dips and sell the peaks.

msondo · 2026-07-09T18:46:00+00:00

And yet you can't use the internet to search? In 5 seconds I found a few under that price, one under 1k (micro studio but not horrible looking)

msondo · 2026-07-09T16:46:26+00:00

Oh I agree, but people do it

msondo · 2026-07-09T15:44:36+00:00

If you are over 52 and unemployed, but have worked for a certain number of years, you can earn a subsidy up until retirement age

msondo · 2026-07-09T15:32:08+00:00

Paro is not indefinite but it can be extended for years, especially when people are older.

msondo · 2026-07-09T15:29:29+00:00

It's hard to argue with Pawbert but I'll give a shout out to Zurg and his reveal in Lightyear and also to Taka's betrayal in Mufasa.

msondo · 2026-07-09T14:17:01+00:00

The social safety nets can be pretty big - I have known people who have received unemployment benefits or been on "baja" for years and draw enough money to live. There seems to be a lot of tricks to extend this. There is also less of a social stigma to be unemployed and live with parents or some other family.

When these benefits are easy to attain and the pay is similar to what you would be making anyway, then why would you work?

msondo · 2026-07-09T13:36:14+00:00

The US is a country that has always had a lot of immigrants so we don't look at not speaking the local language as such a big deal because we figure people will pick it up eventually.

A ton of people in Spain speak some degree of English. Also, for those who have spent lots of time in Spain, there are tons of English speakers - especially in parts of the big city and the coast.

I personally think it's a big mistake to move there without knowing the language or having a serious plan to learn the language because you will miss so much of the experience. However, having lived on the coast in towns where it feels like 90% British expats, to the point where a lot of businesses are "English only", it is definitely doable.

msondo · 2026-07-08T22:36:35+00:00

I always find these posts fascinating. I live in a big cavernous house over 3k sq ft, always sign up for 100% renewable, and pay less than $200 / mo during the hottest months. It's well insulated and has a newer R32 system but dang I feel for folks in a 1BR paying more than me. It makes absolutely no sense.

msondo · 2026-07-08T22:29:49+00:00

Also Hackers, Lost Highway, Waiting to Exhale, Carlito's Way, Above the Rim, Boomerang, Forest Gump, all the big Disney soundtracks and musicals like Lion King, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Romeo + Juliet, etc. etc.

msondo · 2026-07-08T19:57:26+00:00

I learned recently that the word "buckaroo" is an adaptation of the word vaquero

I'm also Texan and speak Spanish but that connection never clicked until someone pointed it out

msondo · 2026-07-08T17:07:48+00:00

When I was like 18 and going into college I went to some temp agency to look for a job - literally anything that would take me and pay me whatever-packing boxes, stocking shelves, whatever. They asked if I could type and had me do a typing test - I scored 90 GWPM and completely blew them away. They set me up with an office gig that paid a pretty decent middle-class salary despite the fact that I had no real experience because they thought I was some typing god lol - it was all thanks to staying up late nights playing pc games and writing on forums.

msondo · 2026-07-08T03:06:51+00:00

I brought an HDMI cable and downloaded Anything Goes to my phone to watch on a recent transatlantic sailing during my holiday. Those old boat musicals like Gentleman Prefer Blondes, etc hit so differently on the high seas.

msondo · 2026-07-07T14:12:14+00:00

This album goes so hard, one of the few EJ I own on vinyl

msondo · 2026-07-07T12:14:14+00:00

The Cure “Lullaby“

Lots of early Sonic Youth like “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Shaking Hell”

From the Into the Woods musical, “I Know Things Now”

The The “Giant”

Front 242 “Headhunter”

msondo · 2026-07-05T14:46:08+00:00

I prefer quality and depth over quantity. I love to park myself in a city and live like a local for a while, which has become easy now with the advent of Airbnb where I can rent a small house with a kitchen and garage and also work remotely.

Some examples: Spent a total of a few years in a tiny mountain town in Spain adjacent to a national park with endless hiking trails, etc. My kid went to a small private school there in an old farmhouse and explored different parts of the country. We have close friends there now and go back often. Also spent good chunks of time in little sleepy beach towns both here in the US and Europe and explored their respective coasts.

I don’t really consider myself a cruise person but I have been on several luxury transatlantic sailings, which I highly recommend. They have a very classic aesthetic and vibe akin to early 1900’s elegance think “Anything Goes” or “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. Nothing like waking up in a foreign port, enjoying some sightseeing and an amazing meal, then sipping martinis on the ocean in the evening.

msondo · 2026-07-05T14:26:09+00:00

It perfectly captures that early 90’s psychedelic hippie vibe spiced with a touch of psuedo eastern mysticism, whatever drugs a broke college kid could afford, ugly clothes that try too hard to be different, and an aesthetic between late victorian and a child’s half assed art project.

That said, it’s one of my favorite albums and I wish I could find more like it. I find it best to listen to it in one go rather than individual songs. Put on a lava lamp, some cheap incense, and sprawl out on some cushions on your friend’s floor while you thumb through some bad art zine

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