samagon
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I think they did the dome demo at 9:30 on Sunday, but I didn't hear, or feel anything, and I'm in Broadmoor. I'd find it very odd that we could have heard the explosion from the dome demo all the way over here. I do routinely hear the trains hitching up, but I've lived here so long now it's become white noise.
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Hey Triton, I wear glasses, and have a fluffy 1/2" red beard, I've been in and out in the mornings and evenings trying to get the WiFi to act proper. I'm usually going to be in there on Saturdays and Sundays. Hope to see you all. Winter break and summer break we will be staying open, and we don't plan on having reduced hours, we'll see how it goes.
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Yeah, that's my fault, I tried shaving the beard, but it kept growing back, so I started embracing it :-p
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Heh, I guess that's important stuff ;-) 4701 Calhoun, ste 150, hou/tx 77004. Basically, right next to China star, across from post grad housing, and near law and business college. Hours are m-f 7am - midnight. Saturday 7am - 1am. Sunday 8am - midnight.
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Lol, thanks kbates, I did lots of 'market research' hanging out in every coffee shop i could find in Austin whenever I made it up there over the past 10 years :-)
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I keep waiting for the lemon extract to be put behind the counter, it seems either no one cares about the youths getting drunk on 89% alcohol, or the kids these days aren't as dumb/smart as I was.
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I'll discuss it with my partner, I know some of the flavors people choose can be almost as smelly as regular cigarettes (not sure how they manage that feat!).
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Hey guys, some of you know I've been working on opening a coffee shop for a few years now, well, I'm very happy to say now, it opened Friday! We of course have coffee, but our other drinks include juices that are freshly squeezed on site, we also have beer and wine. For the beer, where possible, it's Houston local, or Texas local. We have pastries from Riviera bakery on fountain view, cake from take the cake, regular cookies and vegan cookies from sinful bakery. Our roaster is a uh alum, Katz coffee, we also feature single origin roasted from various different rosters around the country. Ian Armstrong designed it (another uh alum), and we feature artwork from students on campus. Hope some of you guys get a chance to come enjoy it, especially those of you who work on campus, or live nearby, we definitely designed the shop with the campus in mind, but I also know (living in the east end) that there's very limited options on this side of town for a cup of coffee and I had that in mind when designing the space :-)
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Found a YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2XiseypWU&feature=youtube_gdata_player Turn your sound down if you're averse to the f bomb.
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The Nook Cafe officially opened today
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Peak oil isn't about the amount of oil, it's about the price to extract oil at a price that people are willing to pay, there isn't a bell curve as such, there's more oil, just not accessible at a price with the technology. So, as technology progresses, we can access harder to get reserves. like all the shale that's being cracked today. They knew about the reserves decades ago, it just wasn't economical to extract and the technology really didn't exist. same for the oil that was deep in the gulf and other locations. 3 decades ago cutting edge was drilling in 200 ft of water, today cutting edge is drilling in 2 miles of water. (and the price for drilling in 2 miles today is relative to what drilling in 200 feet was 3 decades ago).
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The original topic is actually quite fascinating and a self fulfilling prophecy. It was a different time and place. Fears were that neighborhoods of mixed color would drop in price. They fulfilled that prophecy by not lending to anyone that wanted to buy houses in those neighborhoods, and (shocker) the values dropped. Speaking of shock and race, I was quite shocked on Wednesday when I went to Jury Duty and when I filled out that slip of paper it explained that filling in my race was a state law. Now why would that be? Why is the government insistent upon caring about what I say my race is? I very happily ignored that box, and got a stern warning from the clerk that the judge might not find it amusing. I wasn't trying to make a joke.
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I suspect the goal here is to come up with a plausible excuse that will make your wife feel comfortable sleeping in the same bed. There was subliminal messaging in the program that you picked up on that gave away the cards that were picked.
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well, it IS downtown Houston afterall
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definitely photoshopped/rendered. note directly under the car the pavement is blurred so it looks like the car is moving, then at the cobbled crosswalk, the blur inexplicably (or inexorably) stops. it must be amateur hour over at Porsche, if they made such an obvious cutoff line for their blurred road.
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They keep playing valley girl on encore, and like a sucker I keep watching. Wait, this isn't the guilty pleasures thread. At least it has a good soundtrack. Thor 2 was pretty fun. Still need to go catch ender's game.
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Maybe it could be the museum of stuff no one wants to pay for, but no one wants to throw away. The kicker would be that the museum venue would be a part of the exhibit. Oh and yeah, call it science technology engineering and mathematics, but people who read to fast and are religious end up thinking stem cell research is what it's about.
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Does East Downtown Need An Inane Made-Up Name
samagon replied to bachanon's topic in General Houston Discussions
lol. I remember not too long ago areas that were part of the original heights (as a historical map would show) had people who denied living in the heights. Now though? I wouldn't be shocked to see someone living near Yale and Crosstimbers saying they live in the heights. -
Two logical fallacies (the same logical fallacy though, so no extra points for you) in one post, and no real content. Kudos. I live in a house as old as those as are in the heights. I do not live in a historic district. I will fight to preserve my house as long as I own it. I will fight against the historic ordinance if it comes to my neighborhood. I'm sure you can figure out the logical fallacy regarding mayor Parker.
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I'd bet insulation and cost. How much can it be for some walls with insulation vs insulated windows, caulk, and all that comes with it? Summer cooling bills must be a lot cheaper. No matter how many windows you have, or don't have security is still a requirement.
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I am all for this.
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The loathing for Bud isn't that simple. It's partly about the stadium, but that's because he sold us on updates to the dome, these updates were supposed to be good for years to come. he threatened to move the team if we didn't do it, so it was done. Then, it felt like the paint wasn't dry before he was threatening to leave again if he didn't get a whole new stadium. So leave. Not to mention he didn't seem to care about the team actually winning. I was happy to see the Titans go to the Superbowl, I was even happier to see them get within one yard of actually winning the Superbowl, and then lose. When the tv cut to bud Adams face at the moment the rb (eddie george?) was stopped at the 1 yard line, the look on his face at that moment was worth the loss of the oilers to another city. Overall, I think Houston is in a better place, football wise. Edit, it was a pass to Kevin dyson that got stopped on the 1 yard line. I can't find any video showing his reaction though.
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ugh it feels like it right now. at least we got past one problem. city permits + center point = unhappy
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East End Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
samagon replied to sir_foulto's topic in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
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Does such a place exist? I'm hoping to have the coffee shop open before the holidays.
