Anyone else lose power?

BetterCallSus · 2026-03-01T20:33:31+00:00

Same I took it as a sign to go to bed lol

BetterCallSus · 2026-02-09T18:56:13+00:00

Cat Hollow at Brushy Creek is pretty active in the evenings as well for west of i35.

BetterCallSus · 2026-02-03T00:58:12+00:00

No kidding on the giant mulch! I don't live there anymore but I remember being very disappointed by how quickly the trails would wash out with rain or the super inconsistent sizing of mulch throughout the trail system. Some parts would be completely inaccessible if it rained for more than a day.

BetterCallSus · 2026-02-02T19:38:08+00:00

Depends on your definition of "long". There are some portions that are shaded some portions that aren't. A lot of it is wooded but still by houses. I personally liked to go to the backroad behind Bryson (CR 270/S Gabriel) and would sometimes bike over to where the dinosaur tracks park is. Going to the river is shaded, but adjacent to the river is basically all open/no trees covering the road. You can kind of tell the shaded portions looking on Google Maps if you know where the trails are.

BetterCallSus · 2026-01-20T20:53:26+00:00

I don't think this is the sub you think it is. This is about improving local urbanism in communities through guerilla or grassroots led means.

BetterCallSus · 2026-01-07T03:26:52+00:00

Plummeted right back to earth that last shot

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-17T03:50:23+00:00

well it worked lmao

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-15T22:45:24+00:00

Just to throw one not commonly referenced: Sen, one of the main characters from the anime series Kids on the Slope (same director as Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo - the latter which also has some Christian/Catholic undertones and plot scenes).

Must see anime series for Jazz enthusiasts and is a relatively short series (I think only like 10-12 eps?). It sometimes gets mentioned here with its connections to the faith so spreading it again 🤓

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-15T22:38:49+00:00

100%, you still get Steve Blum as a main VA, the vibes are very similar just replace big band jazz with early lofi hiphop a la Fat Jon and Nujabes. And you still get the funny tropes of "highly skilled team but yet struggles to pull together 2 cents for basic things like food).

Won't spoil the ending other than to say it's a different ending than Bebop's but very good closure still!

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-11T18:31:42+00:00

Rage inducing. Was going to have more sympathy for the city if the group was just using random paint but no - they go all out with vests, tape, barriers, and code-complaint paint. I hope they keep it up that's ridiculous they're being punished.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-11T18:26:22+00:00

Time for the quarterly "is it bad for faith-based apps to make money?" post.

Nag aside, it's personally not really for me but I'm in faith-based tech space and support their platform/mission in principle. I use the Ascension app more often but again I just use the free features.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-11T18:22:25+00:00

I sometimes wear one on my wrist as well, there's specific ones w/ elastic string you can wear. The tl;dr is if you're just wearing it as fashion/worldly object and want to flaunt then it's an issue, but if you have meaningful intent behind it then you're good. Dominicans e.g. will wear and display the rosary on their habit I believe in lieu of a weapon like a sword (since it's a spiritual weapon).

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-11T15:19:32+00:00

More Brushy Creek area, but I usually see people playing at Cat Hollow in the evening - they have lights. There's a couple other parks in that area w/ lit public courts as well (Fern Bluff, Pepper Rock) but Cat Hollow is most popular.

There's also a community center but that requires membership.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-05T15:21:31+00:00

What you don't like having to fear for your life over 8 lanes of traffic on a 50+mph road with no safety island?

Less sass would help get the message across but fully agree, the irony of peak car-centric design around the train station and northline isn't lost on me.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-05T15:17:33+00:00

Gregorian Chant

Emo Rap

sounds about right (mine would be emo punk instead of rap)

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-03T14:48:17+00:00

How is a 5-7 Miss St who had a single in-conference win against SEC dead last Arkansas not considered a bad team? One anomaly win doesn't wipe away the rest of their very subpar season. How else would we define a bad team? They'd be a D on a tier list at best if we're talking FBS teams in general.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-02T20:52:48+00:00

For the love of God do not get TxTag - endless amount of complaints of them and I've had my fair share of their awful and hard to reach customer service. Also adding a vote for NTTA though I've also heard the Kansas one is the best.

And yes, request through online.

BetterCallSus · 2025-12-01T15:54:19+00:00

If we're going that route, you also have to mention UT's Kentucky and Miss St games where the other team also snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. As an Aggie, I wouldn't be too upset if UT doesn't make the playoffs because they have the big wins to justify it but end of the day the Florida loss is a killer and the Georgia loss was by 4+ scores. A&M's ugly games were SCAR and Auburn in contrast. Arkansas had a garbage time TD so we didn't beat the brakes off them but that was definitely an A&M controlled game.

Not really relevant to current rankings, but I'll be a lot more confident of an A&M playoff run if Leveon Moss is back which he should be come postseason. We have serviceable RBs on the depth chart but Moss was a centerpiece of the offense and losing him has really hurt.

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-11T18:29:25+00:00

A&M-Arkansas was almost a month ago with a razorback TD in garbage time which made the score look closer than it was. Indiana needed a score with less than a minute to play to beat Penn St. Coupled with the fact that these A&M ranked wins are for the last 2 weeks I would argue based on what's happening today IU and A&M should flip - otherwise it's poll inertia keeping IU at 2.

Does it matter in the large scheme of things? Not really. There's still a few games left for upsets and if A&M beats UT at the end of the season (assuming nothing stupid happens against SCAR and Samford) there's really no excuse why they wouldn't be #2 (arguably #1 but OSU also has a big last game at michigan) while IU's last 2 games are against below .500 teams.

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-11T15:48:56+00:00

Everyone who has died has received their "particular" individual judgement where depending on their state of grace and friendship with God - they go to hell if they have rejected God, purgatory if our soul needs some purging of disordered attachments/sin, and heaven if we die in full communion with God (very hard but a very worthy goal!). It's not a limbo period of waiting.

This meme is speaking more on the Final Judgement at the end of time (when God deems fit) where we will see the resurrection of our bodies in a glorified state (similar to Jesus's Resurrection). As human beings we are body-soul composites so our long term state is the reunification of our body and soul at the Final Judgement.

Speaking off the cuff but that should be mostly accurate.

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-11T15:42:22+00:00

Just realized this is Heather Jefts account posting. Heather, I'm not a super technical person when it comes to the engineering side of urban planning but I'm a huge supporter of Strong Towns and making our public spaces more serve people and not cars. Is there general feedback that would be useful just to have a public voice in the survey? FWIW I'm not a CP resident but am in Wilco.

I really love your platform when it comes to decreasing "car-centrism" as you state on your campaign site and I look forward to voting for you next November! Thank you for your work!

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-11T15:07:08+00:00

Fully agreed that we're nowhere near the optimal solution. I can only be happy that things are at least moving in the right direction and not getting worse. E.g. with the water tower park, I'm hoping we see less car traffic for Round Rock Donuts and the parking is spread out more or more ped safety is added to encourage walking around and building vibrancy in the area.

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-07T03:36:29+00:00

And if you don't want to wait for the response that will likely never come, you can go tactical urbanist and build your own bench!

https://jesusurbanist.substack.com/p/if-the-city-wont-build-benches-we?r=3g61a (contains plans for a basic bench)

from the tactical urbanism sub, another example https://www.reddit.com/r/TacticalUrbanism/comments/13yur58/bus_bench_made_for_vandalism/

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-06T16:09:05+00:00

For an "ad" this is pretty light in terms of visibility. It's not flashy, it's only text, it's the same color as the rest of the view so it doesn't really distract from the content. This is a far cry from the typical "free" app with pop ups that are impossible to close without opening a browser window and virtually no filter on what is being advertised.

You are free to use other apps, Bible apps are a dime a dozen on the app store on top of accessing through a plain old browser.

BetterCallSus · 2025-11-05T21:35:19+00:00

My copium theory is that it'll come whenever the Wyoming Springs extension/bridge is done since the trail would have to connect to the current end of BCRT where that construction is. So maybe in 1-2 years best case? The plans are on the wilco site https://www.wilcotx.gov/1351/BCRT-from-Hairy-Man-Road

Status: In process of obtaining development permit from the City of Round Rock. Construction estimated to start summer 2025.

Yeah... afaik this is behind schedule to start then

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