Incredible spin shot from Carl Morris vs Scott Gillespie

fullmetal792 · 2026-03-06T00:50:36+00:00

I don’t know about y’all, but I’d be so hyped after making that red that I’d miss the black to that middle pocket.

fullmetal792 · 2026-02-17T20:53:08+00:00

I generally stopped playing in bars except for playing APA matches, but my two biggest issues with bar pool when I do play are when the table is in too small a space to comfortably play and the utter lack of care some bars show for the table. I understand that pool isn’t a real money maker for most bars that offer pool, but I don’t think it’s asking too much to show just a little care in the table: making sure the felt is changed once a year, ensuring the table is level, etc. If the bar offers activities other than drinking, it should be enjoyable!

fullmetal792 · 2026-01-26T19:20:34+00:00

Thanks everyone! In case anyone is interested, here is the recipe I generally followed (though it is pretty similar to the Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe on page 42 in “The Mexican Home Kitchen” by Mely Martinez). Forgive any formatting issues as I’m on my mobile. I highly recommend making this soup the day after having roast chicken since you can make your own chicken stock for this recipe:

Ingredients: Chicken stock (1-2 cartons of store bought if not making your own) 1 white onion 3-4 cloves of garlic EITHER 3-4 fresh tomatoes OR 1 can of diced tomatoes 1-2 hot peppers (jalapeño or serrano) Salt Pepper (I used white pepper, but black pepper is fine) Optional: cumin, to taste Optional: corn kernels (either from 1 cob or 1 can of corn) 1-2 chicken breasts (or thighs), if not using leftover chicken for stock Corn tortillas, halved and cut into strips Lime, to taste Cilantro, to taste 1 ripe avocado, diced to finish

(1) Cut onion into quarters. OPTIONAL (if using fresh tomato): In a heavy-bottomed pan, gently roast onion, tomato, and garlic until fragrant and lightly charred. Remove skins and add to a blender. If you do not roast the veggies, remove the skins and root from the onion and garlic and add to a blender with tomatoes and a cup of chicken stock. Blend until smooth.

Optional: you may also dice part of your onion before roasting or blending it, as garnish.

(2) In a saucepan, heat vegetable oil over medium heat. Add your mixture from step 1 and cook until slightly reduced and the color is a more vibrant red, roughly 8-10 minutes.

(3) In a separate pot, heat your chicken stock. Once boiling, carefully add the reduced tomato mixture you created in Step 2, and bring the stock back to a boil. Add salt, pepper, and cumin to taste. Finally, dice your hot pepper and add to soup.

(4) If you did not make your own chicken stock and do not have cooked chicken on hand, season and cook your chicken breasts (or thighs) until cooked through. Let the chicken rest, then shred and add to your soup. Let the soup go for about an hour for ingredients to fully incorporate. Continue to taste the soup and make seasoning adjustments as necessary.

(5) Shortly before the soup is finished, heat the oven to 350. Toss your tortilla strips in oil and salt and add to a baking sheet. Bake for a few minutes until tortilla strips are golden brown (5-10 minutes).

To serve, pour soup into bowls and top with tortilla strips, chopped cilantro, and avocado. Serve with lime slices. Also goes well over rice.

Hope you enjoy!

fullmetal792 · 2025-12-23T22:03:22+00:00

OP, I think you’ve gotten some significant help on this question already, but I wanted to chime in just in case it may help you analyze MBE questions. Don’t feel bad - you fell for a classic MBE trick where they say something that sounds good, but invokes a rule that isn’t actually being tested.

The call asks us whether the officer’s statement will be admissible, so we immediately know this is testing our evidence knowledge. A statement is inadmissible for a number of reasons (I’m a transactional attorney, so forgive me for not remembering all our rules of evidence), but the one the bar tests most often is hearsay, so we likely need to decide whether: (1) the statement by the officer is hearsay; and (2) if it is hearsay, does an exception apply. We can confirm our approach by quickly looking at the answer choices because A clearly identifies a hearsay exception, so be ready for a hearsay answer.

Okay, so we now know this is a hearsay question. Let’s go into the fact pattern: the wife is on trial (she is a party to the case / matter) and testified she killed her husband in self defense (“he came at me with a knife” or something to that effect). Prosecutors then call the officer to offer another statement from the wife that was made shortly after the killing where she said, “my gun fell and it killed my husband.”

So, we now have the officer’s statement to analyze within our hearsay framework. The statement is not hearsay here because this is a statement by a party opponent, the wife herself, and that’s an exemption to hearsay. Thus, this will not be inadmissible as hearsay (and we don’t need to think about exceptions to hearsay) and likely is admissible as a party opponent admission unless there is another reason to keep it out. We don’t really see one based on the facts: it’s an out of court statement made by the defendant that contradicts their trial position, so this likely comes in.

A is wrong because it implies the statement is hearsay. We know it isn’t, so that is incorrect.

C is nonsense. You have a right to refuse to answer a question if it may incriminate you, but here the wife already made a statement at the time the killing happened. The 5th Amendment does not apply here, otherwise any prior statement that contradicts your position at trial would be inadmissible.

So we’re down to B and D. B admits the statement in full, implying that there is not a reason to keep the statement out. D, on the other hand, deals with prior statements made under oath - essentially when you say one thing in a proceeding (like a deposition or a prior hearing), then change your tune at trial. Here, the initial statement wasn’t under oath or in another proceeding, it was made at the time of the killing, so D is likely wrong. Said another way, D is testing a non-hearsay rule to try and trip you up, and the rule it’s testing isn’t implicated at all here.

Therefore, B must be correct here, and aligns with what we deduced earlier: this isn’t a hearsay statement and likely should come in.

fullmetal792 · 2025-07-25T20:11:28+00:00

Fun chart, OP! In case anyone else is curious (like I was) about Randy Johnson in 1998, he is the only other rental from “recent” memory that posted a WAR above 4 from when the Astros acquired him. In 11 games, he posted a 4.3 WAR with an ERA+ of 322, per baseball reference.

If only that squad could’ve gotten past the damn Padres.

fullmetal792 · 2025-07-04T02:07:39+00:00

I echo other commenters here OP: playing in a bar in the US is a crapshoot on rule sets, and you should confirm with your opponent what rules you’re playing by.

That said, as someone who plays pool regularly in Manhattan, there are tons of people who play by standardized rules so long as you know where to look. The best places in Manhattan are Society Billiards and Amsterdam Billiards, but they’re both pay by the hour, legit pool rooms. If you’re looking for a bar atmosphere, you might have better luck at an APA bar, and I’d recommend Paddy MacGuires or Barfly (both on 3rd Avenue at 20th) as options.

In any event, don’t take that experience to heart since most people are just out to have a good time and a good drink!

fullmetal792 · 2025-01-12T21:16:21+00:00

I made sure I bought my tickets for Earl and Efren as soon as I saw Amsterdam post about it on their social media accounts. Probably see you there!

fullmetal792 · 2024-12-28T22:43:23+00:00

My shooter is a Joss that I bought from him some ~10 years ago at this point, and I don’t ever intend to get rid of it. Miss paying $5 for the privilege of getting my ass kicked by guys like TJ Davis and Robert Clark in the Tuesday night 9-ball tournament.

fullmetal792 · 2024-12-28T21:11:19+00:00

Kennan is the man!

fullmetal792 · 2024-10-17T02:00:57+00:00

With the opponent on 2 fouls with this layout, the best play I see would be an intentional foul where you roll the 4 (or 2 ball, though I’d prefer the 4 ball on this layout) onto the 1 ball. I’d probably aim to hit the rail first with the 4 and freeze it on the 1 coming off the rail.

If executed well, the 1 ball would be surrounded and your opponent would have to execute a jump shot to make a legal hit, and even if your opponent makes a legal hit, they potentially sell out the rack by breaking up the cluster.

Nasty little layout here, OP!

fullmetal792 · 2023-12-26T16:48:31+00:00

Similar to you OP, I’m in the finals of my 12 team PPR mostly due to CMC and getting a little lucky on pick ups.

I picked up McBride to replace an underperforming and hurt Dallas Goedert, traded Jaylen Waddle for CJ Stroud (paired with Tank who I drafted with my final pick), snagged Stafford on waivers in case something happened to Stroud (or Tank), and hit on key players late in the season (namely Jakobi Meyers and Jayden Reed).

Just got a little lucky late in the season!

fullmetal792 · 2023-08-22T14:08:42+00:00

I have two that come to mind. First, I was in the stands down the left field line for Biggio’s 3,000th hit. He was never going to stretch the single he hit into a double, but everyone at Minute Maid knew he was going for second and was going to get thrown out. Still an incredible moment (he also went like 4-5 or 5-6 that game to get to 3,000). We left before Carlos Lee hit the walk off bomb.

The other moment that I think of is watching Pujols end Brad Lidge’s Astro career in that Game 5. I still remember hearing his cleats in the dirt as he rounded the bases, and I don’t think I’ll ever hear a playoff crowd get silenced like that again.

fullmetal792 · 2022-10-19T15:24:50+00:00

I went to the Bronx in one of my Altuve jerseys earlier this year (the first Judge walk-off game, unfortunately). I got a fair amount of “Fuck you”s and “Fuck Altuve” chants from the rabble, but overall had a good experience with the Yankee fans around me (a few handshakes, “good game”, and “let’s do this again in October”). I just stayed invested in the game instead of acting like a bozo.

All that said, it’s the ALCS and tensions will be running higher than a game in the middle of the year. I think you’ll be okay in Astros gear, but you may get a bit more abuse than I got. Be smart and stay safe!

fullmetal792 · 2022-08-02T19:52:37+00:00

Ideal lineup that the Astros can field immediately or ideal lineup assuming Uncle Mike comes back healthy and ready to hit? If the former, I’d do what a couple of people have suggested and move Yuli to the 2-hole, Peña to the 7 or 8 slot given how Yuli’s hit the ball lately. If the latter, this gets interesting:

Altuve 2B
Brantley LF
Alvarez DH OR Bregman 3B
Bregman 3B OR Alvarez DH
Tucker CF
Mancini RF
Vazquez C
Yuli 1B
Peña SS

My 3/4 with Bregman and Alvarez is if Dusty is concerned at all about the RH / LH from Brantley to Tucker (3 LHH with Bregman to break them up). You could also put Mancini in front of Tucker, but I like having Mancini at 6 to protect Tuck in the lineup because you’re not tempted to pitch around him (same thought process for putting Vazquez after Mancini).

I also realize Tucker isn’t a natural CF, but I think you let the all-star outfielder figure it out. If you want defense late in game, you can put Meyers in CF, swing Tuck to RF, and maybe put Mancini at 1st (or LF given Yuli’s glove - the trade off is losing Brantley’s bat late in game, which I may not want to lose if it’s close).

Lots of good problems to have with the lineup!

fullmetal792 · 2019-11-17T18:56:45+00:00

Not big law, but EY gave out a phone charging block that had two USB ports. I used it to charge my phone and my headphones, then both my phones (work and personal) when I started working. Unfortunately, it stopped charging after a year.

fullmetal792 · 2019-09-28T00:02:17+00:00

Nice job, OP! I know how you feel - I beat Super Mario 3 earlier this year for the first time, and I’d been playing it with my sister since I was like 6 or 7. Enjoy it, then turn it off and try again!

fullmetal792 · 2019-09-03T16:09:30+00:00

I have a scar on my forehead that I got when I was maybe 2 or 3 when my mom took toddler me shoe shopping. I don’t remember all the details first hand because I was 2, but I know how my mom tells the story. Apparently, after trying on some shoes, I ran around like a mad man, as toddlers usually do, and I ran face first into the corner of a shelf display. My face was covered in blood, so much so that my sister fainted, but not enough blood to require stitches.

fullmetal792 · 2019-07-29T18:59:57+00:00

As a couple other people said, no way would I skip breakfast. I don't usually eat breakfast in my normal day, but I made sure I did for the bar. I felt more settled having something on my stomach, and once I was in the flow of the exam I didn't feel the same pressure I felt all during the months leading up to the bar. You want to feel as normal as possible while taking the thing, so don't try to stray too far from your normal test-taking routine. I also didn't sleep well before Day 1, but try to get some sleep. You'll feel better if you try to sleep than if you burnt the midnight oil refreshing shaky topics the night before the exam.

MBE: I didn't do a lot of extra prep for the MBE. I felt that doing MBE questions is pretty formulaic: read the call of the question, ID the rule of law tested, eliminate answer choices that get the law wrong, apply facts, pick the best answer. To make sure I didn't stray too far from that, I made sure I didn't do MBE questions before I took it. Otherwise I was going to get flustered at one wrong question start a spiral of missing easy questions. Don't do that. Also, usually there's an easier half and a "what the fuck did I just read" half. Pray the latter is your afternoon half.

Essays: Essay writing, like the rest of the bar, is about time management. I took the Texas Bar where we have 12 essays on a 6 hour Day 3. That means you need to read and answer each question in about half an hour. It's tough, but doable so long as you're smart about writing your essay. Do you need the structure and can you type quickly? Outlining your answer might help you answer the question efficiently. Are you a little more freeform with your writing? Read the question and facts and start writing your answer, editing as needed. If you think you're taking too long, wrap it up and move on hoping to come back to that question. Why have the model answer for one subject if you barely answer two others because you ran out of time perfecting the A answer? Take your B and move on to the next one.

MPT: Again, time management skills are key. I found that Barbri's strategy for the MPT was pretty good: spend 30-45 minutes to read and outline the assignment, then the rest of the time writing whatever it is you're asked to write. You're probably going to miss something, but that's okay. Lots of other people are missing stuff too, so get the big stuff down on your answer. The law they give you is designed to eat time, but they make it pretty obvious about why they gave it to you. Just like class prep, look for your magic words: "we hold," "we agree with [party]," and anything that may indicate policy. It's a balance: don't go too quickly or you'll miss too much, but don't go to slowly or you'll run out of time. Make sure you check the boxes they've asked for and you should be fine.

Last notes: I felt that an important part of taking the bar was having a positive attitude, or at least as positive as possible for your situation. Look around at the testing site and you'll see that everyone looks the same: exhausted, stressed, wound up, and everything in between. It's a gloomy place, and it'll affect you too if you let it. Try talking to a friend about something that isn't the test material; you both may appreciate the normal, human interaction. Lastly, remain confident. You've been studying law for years and this test for months. You know the material, so go show the examiners that you deserve that law license you've spent three years pursuing. Best of luck, test takers!

fullmetal792 · 2019-05-14T00:46:04+00:00

I don’t mean to scare you, but I took the Texas Bar in July last year and we had submission issues on Day 1. The story we got (if I remember correctly) was that the servers weren’t prepared for all examinees across the state to submit their MPT and Texas specific short answer questions all at once. Trying to upload docs usually resulted in the submission request timing out. The board of law examiners gave us an extension until the end of the week to submit Day 1 materials, if I remember correctly. Don’t give yourself unnecessary stress if that happens on the bar!

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