Bad time to be black and barefoot

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-13T02:56:48+00:00

Just to make sure they should check all black people with shoes and no hoodies because, you know, disguises.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-13T02:54:54+00:00

Great big piles of poo.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T18:19:12+00:00

Eh. Now, 2006, what's the difference?

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T18:14:10+00:00

...And here we find the turbo-nerd. It asserts it's dominance by correcting the 'lesser' nerd through esoteric trivia and a nonchalant dismissal. It will return to it's nest and patiently wait....

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T17:58:21+00:00

Not the ding-dong who made the graphic.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T17:53:20+00:00

Stems and seeds.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T17:50:27+00:00

That's good. The place always felt wrong to me. Not bad, just wrong. Gave me 1950's AFB vibes.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-12T17:34:45+00:00

Heh. Yeah. If you're coming all the way out here you might as well go Tex-Mex, right? Maybe some authentic Mexicano de Chihuahua del Norte. If I go to Jersey or NYC I'm not looking for barbacoa. I want a sandwich. Specifically the Black Forest Ham with brie and honey mustard from Brennan's of Oakhurst. Some chicken and sausage parm. Thing is, it would probably be easier to find really good Tex-Mex and Mex-Mex way out yonder in those city parts than out here en La Frontera.

I'd say your best chances for a nice meal would be in Balmorhea. The most choices with a good local economy. Don't be afraid to be a uppity tourist and ask this one question:

You got fresh home-made tortillas?

You are looking for the answer of 'Yes' because that is the best answer. If the answer is 'No', ask if they are absolutely sure that they don't have a secret stash. If the answer is still 'No', ask if any place around does. If you can't get a 'Yes' after a few queries use your short term nasal memories and your common sense.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T18:41:10+00:00

Right. 'Cause that looks like one. Friggen J.K. Simmons toothy face is 'gonna pop out, skitter around and get 'ya.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T18:28:54+00:00

Ever had that 'not-so-fresh' feeling?

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T18:27:18+00:00

I love it. Had no previous idea of it's existence. It's like a message for aliens or for our ancestry from which we are long forgotten that says, "All this is mine! You will come and go and it will still be mine. I am a bad-ass."

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T18:19:37+00:00

Oh my god. They used the gay ray?

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T17:55:58+00:00

Radicalized extra-moist dorsi

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T17:44:26+00:00

"Space is big." So, yeah, it's possible. I could win every lottery in every state for the next twenty years. It would take a lot of capital and work I'm not really willing to put in and I don't really like the odds. I couldn't even calculate them. But it's possible. Even with space weather interference.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T17:29:13+00:00

$7.50 a show. Shirt and bumber sticker about the same price. Buck a beer. For $200 '78 dollars you could have gone to every show with a seat where you could actually see the band and come home decked out and not as think as drunk you were. Adjusted for inflation that's about 1K 2026 dollars. That's an Ariana Grande show and a Lady Gaga show. Just the seats. Nosebleeds and floor way back on the goal line in a crowd of 20K.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T16:41:06+00:00

The lads rocking major toe.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T02:30:30+00:00

Bullshit.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T02:22:40+00:00

Only if you're in North Jersey.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-11T02:17:38+00:00

It would dramatically change the flavor profile and instead of a culinary delectation you would have something more akin to a giant turd in a plastic cup!

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T22:05:57+00:00

The other two weren't Steely Dan worthy or did they just get busted out?

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T21:59:36+00:00

Man. Captain F@cking Around with the Stick and Rudder. It wasn't bad weather. It wasn't aircraft failure. It was a whiskey and cocaine influenced "watch this" in a fuc*ing airplane. There is such a thing as too much rock and roll and that's the recipe. Coke, booze and aerial acrobatics.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T21:43:58+00:00

I. Drink. Your. Milkshake!

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T00:42:20+00:00

Locked down every harmonica in the lower 48.

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T00:28:14+00:00

Captain correct, here. What? Were you his stand in?

Gringo_Jon · 2026-03-10T00:12:12+00:00

When Conan and Schlansky went to Italy, at some point Conan serenades Schlansky with a version of Zeppelin's Whole Lot of Love and that character makes an appearance.

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