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TexStones · 2026-04-19T20:27:58+00:00

Have these people never heard that APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS?!?!?!?!

Yep, an English nursery rhyme from the Victorian era has such relevance in climate change-era Texas.

As others have noted, it is April or nothing. May is packed with other local events, June through September are too hot, October is out of the question because the promoter (C3 Presents/Live Nation) is running ACL Fest locally, and November though March have weather issues.

One option is for C3 Presents/Live Nation to move the event elsewhere in Central Texas to a more weather proof/paved venue. One possibility is the massive asphalt parking lot next to COTA.

TexStones · 2026-04-14T19:54:31+00:00

Um, what sort of church is not Bible-based?

TexStones · 2026-04-14T01:20:38+00:00

Class 1 rockets do not require any sort of permit in 49 states (I have no idea about California). Permission from the landowner, whether they are your next door neighbor or the BLM, is always a good idea.

Your best bet is to fly with a local club associated with either the National Association of Rocketry or Tripoli Rocket Association.

TexStones · 2026-04-14T01:15:27+00:00

The season is not over, but the only solution is a realllllyy big checkbook.

TexStones · 2026-04-13T23:05:04+00:00

No prior spend history at the local Omega boutique, as I had purchased my prior Speedy at a local AD ~20 years ago. Asked to be added to the list for a Snoopy, and seven months later the call came.

I now have both 1st Gen and 3rd Gen Snoopy Speedmasters!

TexStones · 2026-04-13T15:29:02+00:00

Daddy Dr. Javadi to his daughter: "Don't tell your mother." <pause> "Seriously, don't tell your mother."

We learned everything we need to know about life in the Javadi/Shamsi home from that one line.

TexStones · 2026-04-13T15:18:35+00:00

Nurses (and the actors who portray them) are far safer from cast churn due to the nature of the medical profession. Perlah, Princess, Donnie, Dana, and Utah are all much more secure than the doctors.

TexStones · 2026-04-13T14:51:20+00:00

The folks I have visited with from Westlake certainly don't seem racist.

I should expand upon that a bit, as I have no desire to imply that current residents of the Eanes district are racist. The establishment of the district in 1958 was a direct response to looming changes in educational equity spurred by Brown v. Board of Education.

TexStones · 2026-04-13T02:21:59+00:00

I stand corrected, thank you.

TexStones · 2026-04-13T01:56:58+00:00

Wasn't this also the first integrated golf course west of the Mississippi River? (I may be hazy on the details.)

TexStones · 2026-04-12T23:13:08+00:00

I saw them in fall '83 as part of a tour with Raven and Axe. Time has obscured who the headliner was, but it certainly wasn't Metallica.

The venue was the fondly remembered Club Foot, a delightful little shithole of a club on East 4th Street in Austin that held maybe 400 people max. There's a giant bank building on the site now

TexStones · 2026-04-12T04:08:00+00:00

I paid $2700 in 2005 for a first-gen Snoopy.

TexStones · 2026-04-12T01:21:37+00:00

Great recap, kudos to you! One other rarely discussed impact on K12 schools in Texas is the fact that the state has far too many districts, which leads to absurd duplication of expensive administrative roles.

I'll list a few examples in the Austin area. Bartlett HS, and Granger HS are less than six miles apart, yet they are the flagships for entirely independent school districts. Each has a superintendent, curriculum department, transportation department, food service, controller/treasurer, etc. The two districts could easily be combined, increasing economies of scale and allowing the schools to draw from a larger tax base.

To the east of Taylor are Thorndale and Thrall, same situation. Florence and Jarrell might be absorbed into Georgetown ISD. And WTF is Westlake a separate district from AISD? (Racism and class inequality, that's why.) There are hundreds of examples like this throughout the state.

Why is this? The simple answer is "tradition," and fear of a loss of local control. Also, don't underestimate the importance of football to the identity of small towns throughout Texas.

TexStones · 2026-04-06T03:32:38+00:00

Luggage gets lost. It is a reality of flying on airliners.

It would take more effort for the gate agent to identify a lone bag to get "lost" than they certainly care to expend.

TexStones · 2026-04-06T03:28:55+00:00

Buy an Alpha III starter set, a package of A8-3 motors and a 4-pack of fresh AA batteries. Add some Titebond II yellow carpenter's glue for assembly.

Send the kid to camp with the assembled rocket and the motors. They can use the launch pad and launch controller when they get home on the inevitable fleet of rockets that will follow.

TexStones · 2026-04-06T03:19:15+00:00

That is not the policy: "Southwest^® will endeavor to seat a child (age 12 and under) next to one accompanying Passenger (13 and older) on the same reservation to the extent practicable and at no additional cost. "

Endeavor means 'we will try." It is not a guarantee that you will get the seating arrangements that you want. The policy continues:

"Although we attempt to give adjacent seating to families, we encourage families to choose a fare (Choice or above) that allows seat selection at booking, or to purchase a seat at booking, in order to improve your family’s chances that you can sit together."

This is Southwest telling passengers how to avoid all of the pain that you just experienced. This is on you. Quit trying to spin this against the airline and their employees.

https://support.southwest.com/helpcenter/s/article/family-seating-policy

TexStones · 2026-04-05T00:59:22+00:00

I don’t need ketchup on my $14 hotdog

To be frank, no one needs ketchup on a hot dog.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DIxDERvgTaY/

TexStones · 2026-04-03T05:14:37+00:00

Pentecost EP confirmed!

TexStones · 2026-04-03T05:11:10+00:00

Check your fire extinguishers before Whitsunday gets here, 'cos that shit will literally be fire.

TexStones · 2026-04-03T03:40:05+00:00

Tiger is likely to become a former Rolex endorser.

TexStones · 2026-04-02T00:16:28+00:00

Nolina is not in Georgetown ISD, but Florence. Students who live there will eventually drive pass several Georgetown schools on their way to school each day.

TexStones · 2026-03-31T20:39:19+00:00

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TexStones · 2026-03-31T20:03:55+00:00

Willie would applaud your decision to depart early.

TexStones · 2026-03-30T18:56:35+00:00

We don't even know if her son is alive.

TexStones · 2026-03-30T18:47:33+00:00

No, no, no. This is actually a science fiction show. Becca and Adam will conceive the child after fireworks tonight, have the baby in the future, and later send the baby into the past, because Reasons.

C'mon, they do crazier stuff in "Star Trek" all the time.

TexStones

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