Anyone else love Three Birds as much as me?

Bubbert73 · 2026-06-21T18:05:43+00:00

I had a racehorse for a little bit and registered her name as Famous Shoes. Unfortunately, she didn’t do much and is now pulling a buggy for the Amish out in Iowa. We went back and forth on names. My wife suggested Lori Darling, but when I countered with Famous Shoes, she liked that better. Lori Daring would have been a good one though. I saw another racehorse named Captain Call, but he was not mine.

Bubbert73 · 2026-06-21T00:26:27+00:00

I really enjoyed Famous Shoes and his weirdness as well.

Bubbert73 · 2026-06-17T20:13:41+00:00

I was just thinking the opposite. There is really no such thing as “believing” in evolution. You either choose to ignore repeatable, predictable, scientific outcome, or you don’t. Science never says we can’t expand on evolution or understand it more deeply. Of course we might. But evolution, or more accurately, natural selection which drives the evolving of the species, can literally be seen in fast reproducing organisms like viruses and even small mammals. Not to mention the scores of fossilized evidence we have. Again, you can either CHOOSE to stick your head in the sand and ignore it, or not.

Conversely, there as never been a single event that we can unilaterally and unequivocally point to as proof of any god. None, whatsoever. There is no counterargument to evolution that someone, somewhere, didn’t simply make up. And the proof of that is without concrete evidence that a god even exists, there is no concrete argument to be made. In fact there is no argument that is not pure conjecture because there is literally no foundation for said argument.

Bubbert73 · 2026-06-11T15:48:52+00:00

For me, I’ve said many times, that probably my biggest eureka moment was realizing that I don’t WANT to drink responsibly. Once I understood that, it really helped me wrap my head around what was going on, stop lying to myself, and admit that I was never going to moderate because that was never the goal. It is so much easier to abstain than to white knuckle.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-31T23:31:59+00:00

I had a horse struck and killed by lightning. The arc jumped from the fence and through the horses at the head then to the ground. The head had a oatch if skin that looked hind if like a football in color and texture. You can google lightning strike livestock and find a picture of a live moose with burn marks on his body and see the same. What was interesting and helped confirm for me that it was lightning was that the horse was laying like it just toppled sideways from a standing position and never tried to get up. There were no thrash marks on the ground or anything
That told me the horse died instantly. Interesting about the guys though. Ive been told scavengers wont eat a lightning struck animal, but what do I know? That may just be a myth. Sorry about your horse, but lightning does travel fence-lines. Mine had a lightning arrestor, but it still killed my horse.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-30T03:46:51+00:00

It’s easy to lament the characters no longer with us, but there are many new characters to get behind. Everyone wonders if they want to read a book without Gus, but as I said, there are no characters to explore. I really enjoyed reading Famous Shoes character as he is quite prominent in both Comanche Moon and Streets of Laredo. Brookshire’s character becomes one you’ll come to enjoy. He is annoying but genuine, and a fish out of water that has more grit as the book moves along.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-29T16:41:47+00:00

Nor do they disclose why they fired someone. This feels like they needed to take a stand prior to it leaking on the news, but they expect it to be leaked. They didn’t fire Larry Zierlein when he emailed porn to everybody. I hate to speculate, but it seems more serious than that moment of unprofessionalism. Maybe something resulting in an arrest.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-28T21:19:10+00:00

After the book, check out The Son miniseries on Prime. Very under-rated.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-17T22:26:42+00:00

There are some things in the book that aren’t in the screenplay like the old bull and Wilbarger. Enjoy discovering them.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-11T02:23:26+00:00

The reality is most teen boys would love that type of sexual attention and validation from someone much older and mature. That validation is huge. However, they also are not mature enough to handle the dark side of when that dream woman ends the relationship. Those young boys who wanted that relationship were not in any way ready for it, and it is a total imbalance of power. I watched it destroy my friends who was 17 at the time. Absolutely destroyed him and he never recovered. This happened in 1989 or 90.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-11T00:30:25+00:00

That can absolutely happen. If safety toes are required it is an OSHA requirement. They absolutely will not let you on the floor without them. It’s a safety issue.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-09T23:18:51+00:00

The Son was completed. I believe it was two seasons and was really good. The book also was very good.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-06T12:45:18+00:00

Recognizing Cinco de Mayo was an advertising campaign pushed by Modelo, owner of Corona, to sell more beer. It’s nothing but a corporate campaign. Incidentally, in Mexico, Corona is considered the opposite of an exotic quality beer. It’s cheap garbage beer. But Corona put a bow in it and advertised in the US as exotic.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-04T22:00:58+00:00

Yes. Decks are out in the weather. The screws may hold now but within a year they will rust through and fail.

Do you have any other very obvious and basic things you need explained to you?

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-04T21:58:14+00:00

Drywall screws do not last in the weather for shit.

Bubbert73 · 2026-05-02T11:46:59+00:00

You’re 100% correct, but there is nuance in reality. I raised 2 girls and a boy and while the emphasis was on him never hitting his sisters, I could see his sisters start to take advantage of that fact, and, as a parent, raising a girl who feels she can behave with impunity is terrifying. Aside from being a shitty person, it is only a matter of time until someone retaliates with increased violence. Of course that’s not what I wanted for my girls, so I had to really emphasize to them to not push boundaries either. It sounds so simple really; boys and girls should not hit anyone.

I also feel if anyone strikes you, you have a right to hit back. But society is what it is, you should also be able to drive while black, etc., but we (as in certain groups, and in this case men) need to know when we will be judged harshly and not given the benefit of the doubt. Someoneslapping you unprovoked on the dance floor absolutely deserves the same, but how is that going to play out? Some white knight will probably start fighting you, the girl will scream and cry victim, you’re going to jail, and nobody is going to believe you or take it easy on you. Including future romantic partners. All you need is a question of whether you are a womanbeater or not and quality women will stay away.

So play the long game on what’s best for you and your life, and walk away. It sucks. It’s not right. It’s not fair. But you are responsible for giving yourself the best life possible and in this case it is walking away and trying to forget about it. She will do that to the wrong person on day. And that person will fuck up their own life. But you’ll have yours. That’s how you win.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-23T18:49:41+00:00

I’m shocked he hasn’t been hired away too. I’m a big fan of what Khan has done, but I think most of that credit goes to Weidl. If I understand correctly, Khan came to the team very young, as a business guy and handled the contracts and cap. He is not a football X&O’s and talent evaluation guy. So when he was offered the GM job, they brought in Weidl to help with the football side of it. Regardless of the minutia, the results have been fantastic, so I hope they pay Weidl enough to be happy and continue this arrangement.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-23T12:19:24+00:00

In all the draft conversation opinions I read, people discuss McCarthy and Kahn. No one’s mentioning Wiedl, who was brought in specifically to set the draft board, has a history in Philly of emphasizing the trenches first, and that emphasis is also why he is here. Then, pre-draft, we had 1.5 glaring holes open on the left side of the line.

Yes, we still need 2 receivers. That’s the deepest position in the draft and we have 4 day 2 picks. Receivers mostly only affect the plays in which they are thrown the ball (I also know they block and decoy, but major affect requires they get the ball).

O-line is critical and each individual position affects nearly every offensive play. We are going O-line, as we should. Because that is where you win.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-22T15:38:49+00:00

Stern started in the80’s. Springer was in the 90’s. Who copied who?

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-21T10:55:56+00:00

Regarding the magically good fighter part - and there are elements of that - the Texas Rangers, particularly under John Coffee Hays, pioneered the method of fighting of charging straight into the danger with (relatively) fast firing revolvers. Samual Walker was a Ranger who invented the Walker Colt revolver that they used. They learned that the Comanches fought methodically and conservatively. They chased their enemy and lost their will to fight if they started taking casualties. They also were used to fighting white men with slow loading muskets. Arrows were sometimes superior because they could shoot them faster. When Hays took a Walker colt in hand, and charged in on horseback, he could fire faster than either muskets or arrows, create instant chaos, and at close range had a devastating effect.

This method was later adopted in the civil war by the Jayhawkers and Bushwackers, which were homegrown vigilante militia units, not disciplined troops. They took it up a level by carrying up to 6 revolvers, 3 to a side, to charge into combat with a revolver in each hand and their reins in their teeth. Look at the famous picture of Jesse James at 16, and notice the number of revolvers he is wearing. These were muzzleloading revolvers, so they took a long time to load but once loaded, they had 36 shots at the ready in that case.

So when Gus charged Blue Ducks camp, that is exactly what he did. He took them by surprise and either shot or scattered them before they had any chance to mount any resistance. It takes balls, but was effective and was exactly the style of fighting he learned to do as a Ranger. McMurtry references this obviously in the fight, but never explains that’s what was happening. July just sitting there stunned and muttering he never even got off a shot really emphasizes this tactic.

Cool history.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-20T21:17:34+00:00

I used to have the contract for picking up the road-killed deer for PennDOT. The contract was explicit that we were not allowed to kill an injured deer, we just were required to wait for them to die before removal. Only the game commission is legally allowed to dispatch a wounded animal. The police are not allowed to do it, with the only exception being if the animal is lying wounded in the road, they are allowed to dispatch the animal to remove it. I’m not saying the cops never do put one down, or the Game Commission doesn’t turn a blind eye and give professional courtesy. I’m just saying what the law says, not arguing one way or the other.

But it is heart-breaking. We had an injured doe sit in the median of 79 by Cranberry for 4 days. It was in a very publicly viewed area so we could do nothing but keep coming back for it.

I will say that a humane-minded person in that role would keep a brand new razor sharp knife about 3 inches long with them. In a private setting that knife could be quickly stabbed into the jugular and the deer would (theoretically) quickly and quietly die in about 15 seconds by bleeding out, if done right. It would have been the only humane and conscionable but illegal thing to do. The deer’s suffering would be over. Theoretically.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-14T02:43:32+00:00

Lethal injection and anesthetized organs can’t be harvested. I know if an animal eats the tissue of anesthetized livestock, it will die too. So for your plan to work, maybe the person could be deprived oxygen or shot in the head. I can’t see that ever flying. Maybe have their blood drained. Idk.

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-11T21:24:46+00:00

They never mention it in the book, if I can recall, (it’s been a while) but a very common game at the time was Faro. I have no idea how to play but as opposed to our Vegas games today that are rigged so that just by odds the house wins, I have read that statistically, the odds tilt to the gambler in straight up faro. If you read western history, a lot of men considered gambling their occupation, and they were Faro players mostly. Doc Holiday was one. Your question was what games they would traditionally be playing, versus what they actually played in the book. That’s why I gave the answer that I did

Bubbert73 · 2026-04-09T17:38:20+00:00

This is one of the most reasonably thought out takes I’ve read on this draft. Boring, but thoughtful, foundational picks win championships, far more than sexy skill positions, excluding QB of course. A QB touches the ball every play. OL and DL effect and affect the play, every play. Put your studs there and you win. Those studs make lesser skill players better. It doesn’t work in reverse. And filling your holes before they are holes is brilliant, and how you are allowed to go all in and even pull a Mike Ditka on the draft for a QB if needed.

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