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  1. He's said that he's looking forward to spending more time with his family and being present for his kids while they grow up, but I likewise would love to see him transition to a new role as a hitting coach for us.
  2. There aren't a whole lot of original mid-century signs of that scale around, so there's definitely value in preserving it, especially considering existing signs are grandfathered under the COH sign code. If the developers are smart they'll do as you suggest and replace the Sears logo with the new development name, but if that happens I'd be surprised if they didn't convert the neon to LED lighting. Even in the capital of neon, Las Vegas, it's become common for large outdoor neon signs in need of repair to be converted to LED - the glass tubing makes neon expensive and comparatively hard to work with, while LED lighting has improved significantly in recent years. Many LED conversions used to look pretty bad, but now if they're done properly, the average person probably won't notice the difference from neon. Personally, I prefer neon, but I understand why someone would opt to replace it.
  3. I wasn't aware that the original Five-O was streaming at 1080 - looks like you have to have Paramount + to get it now. There hasn't ever been a hi-def physical media release, only DVD, so this is one time when streaming bests physical media. At least until the series gets put "back in the vault" for an undetermined length of time, anyway.
  4. I have a Mohu Leaf. I also have cable and Amazon Prime Video. Unfortunately, if watching live sports is a priority, you're not going to get very far without either cable or one of the streaming services. But it's always entertaining to see the reactions of people whose only frame of reference for OTA TV is fiddling with a pair of rabbit ears on grandma's old CRT set when they see the picture quality of modern digital OTA compared to cable.
  5. Only one way to find out - if they're flying the Jolly Roger in front of the building tomorrow night, the answer is "yes".
  6. Camaro production ended on November 22. Charger and Challenger production likewise ends on December 31. These are sad times in the four-wheeled d-bag community.
  7. I wasn't familiar with this shop, but after spending a few minutes yesterday enlarging the photo, squinting at the address on the door, and finally determining the name of the business, I likewise tracked down their website. Judging from their Flickr page that documents some of the projects they've worked on, their mechanical and metalworking skills are quite impressive.
  8. Ouch! 92 violations at Doneraki, with 18 of those "critical"? How are the mighty fallen (although honestly they've probably been coasting on their former glory ever since the original location on Fulton closed).
  9. Props to them for using an old-style vacuum-formed plastic sign. That type of sign used to be absolutely ubiquitous (particularly among bars and liquor stores), but you don't see them very often anymore.
  10. I didn't get the flyer in the mail, but I did get the robocall. Anecdotally, I saw a lot more Reyes-Revilla signs around the neighborhood than Castillo signs, but it was pretty clear that she was fighting a rearguard action without much hope of victory even before she shot herself in the foot. I'm kind of amazed that she'd play the gay card in 2023 - for a minute I thought we must be back in 1985 again, with a different Mayor Whitmire, "Don't Shoot Louie", and the "Straight Slate".
  11. It's Ken Paxton. "Embarrassing" is on-brand for him.
  12. "Fusion" used in a restaurant context usually shares at least one trait with artificially-induced nuclear fusion - lots of hype, but nowhere near ready for prime time.
  13. As I understand it, Holguin is a popular tourist destination, particularly among ecotourists. But it does seem surprising that there'd be a sufficient number of travelers from Houston to justify adding a route there.
  14. This runoff was Castillo's to lose, but Reyes-Revilla, likely desperate to gain some ground on him, sent out an ill-advised mailer containing an anti-gay dogwhistle (contrasting a picture of her and her family with one of Castillo and his husband/partner). After several high-profile endorsers called on her to apologize, she instead doubled down with a robocall that started with "Did you know that Mario Castillo is gay?" Predictably, this led to endorsements being unceremoniously pulled and a drubbing nearly as bad as the one Whitmire inflicted on SJL.
  15. I think this may have been posted here before, as I had another copy of it saved, but this version is far more legible when viewed at full size. Another one, from a somewhat earlier era:
  16. This has been used as the residence of Rice's president since 2004. Prior to that it had been vacant for 25 years. It was renovated in 2003 before the president moved in, and currently some additional, comparatively minor renovations related to accessibility and sustainability are wrapping up. Rice University Wiess House President’s house construction nears completion
  17. One of my closest friends was half-Cuban (his father was Cuban and his mother was Spanish). When we were in high school we used to occasionally go to Piquet Market to grab a Cubano and a cafecito in the small restaurant area you mention. If memory serves the restaurant area was pretty spartan - just a handful of formica-topped tables adjacent to the main market.
  18. She's a Republican political consultant/PR flack who is currently a staffer in the Texas Senate. So I wouldn't expect her to be favorably inclined toward Hollins, to say the least.
  19. Willy's statue was removed from its central location in the academic quadrangle yesterday as part of the planned redesign of the quad. It was also announced on Monday that the quad will be closed to pedestrian traffic until April due to the construction to implement the redesign. Academic Quad closed Nov. 6, redesign to be completed April 2024
  20. That, and the ever-popular "Drive 70 and freeze a Yankee."
  21. Ha! I do as well. When I was in college my then-girlfriend worked there for a few months, and I'd occasionally have to drop her off or pick her up, so I was probably going there more frequently than most people. But I think of the old rice silos at Studemont and Allen Parkway more often. Photo credit: Larry Harris on Flickr - more here.
  22. Depends on your point of reference, I suppose. While it was certainly nowhere near as well-known or iconic as Fitz's, I'd bet there are plenty of longtime Heights residents who still think of King Biscuit whenever they pass by that building.
  23. Alumni Weekend (homecoming + reunion) was this weekend. I'd bet more than a few former residents of Old Sid experienced cognitive dissonance as they gazed upon that vacant slab.
  24. There should be four, in keeping with the number of presidents on Mt. Rushmore. So who could the fourth be? Maybe Albert Thomas?
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