Random Thoughts 15: Crystal Clear 2021 Edition

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Speaking of vaccines. Back in the day when everyone got the smallpox vaccine and the reaction scar on their shoulder, mine never took aka non-take. Multiple tries, no reaction.
Are you safe then? Beyond it being nearly eradicated I mean
 
I'm working from home until at least the summer, I think. Weather in Texas has been unusually cold these past few days and they're even predicting 3-7 inches of snow for Monday! We'll see if it happens.
Yea, it's cold for Texas but still better than what we're getting.
 
Remind me not to go into any more basketball threads. I can't believe the number of people who feel it is perfectly okay to talk about our players with "player X should be shown the door at the end of the season", "player Y should transfer down a level", and "player Z has no business playing on a Big 12 team". Just because the team is struggling and you happen to have season tickets (or maybe even don't) doesn't mean that it is okay to slam the student athletes that hard. Doesn't anyone subscribe to don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say anymore?
 
Remind me not to go into any more basketball threads. I can't believe the number of people who feel it is perfectly okay to talk about our players with "player X should be shown the door at the end of the season", "player Y should transfer down a level", and "player Z has no business playing on a Big 12 team". Just because the team is struggling and you happen to have season tickets (or maybe even don't) doesn't mean that it is okay to slam the student athletes that hard. Doesn't anyone subscribe to don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say anymore?
Not just that. Some seem to consider these young people commodities, not even "kids." We are all people, even if some don't realize it.
 
Remind me not to go into any more basketball threads. I can't believe the number of people who feel it is perfectly okay to talk about our players with "player X should be shown the door at the end of the season", "player Y should transfer down a level", and "player Z has no business playing on a Big 12 team". Just because the team is struggling and you happen to have season tickets (or maybe even don't) doesn't mean that it is okay to slam the student athletes that hard. Doesn't anyone subscribe to don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say anymore?

Forums/social media has led to further dehumanization imo. That goes for recruiting, personal life, etc. and I have to check myself at times. I was flat awful a few years ago during games.

It's bad enough to start and but to go further I think it's weird that there's still meltdowns. Sometimes a team isn't good and that will not change.
 
Furlough day tomorrow that I was hoping to get a lot of my MBA work done for this week but now my mom can't take LilMiss and it is looking very likely that LittleWx will have a virtual school day. The best laid plans.
 
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Remind me not to go into any more basketball threads. I can't believe the number of people who feel it is perfectly okay to talk about our players with "player X should be shown the door at the end of the season", "player Y should transfer down a level", and "player Z has no business playing on a Big 12 team". Just because the team is struggling and you happen to have season tickets (or maybe even don't) doesn't mean that it is okay to slam the student athletes that hard. Doesn't anyone subscribe to don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say anymore?
It's why I'm not in there.
 
Furlough day tomorrow that I was hoping to get a lot of my MBA work done for this week but now my mom can't take LilMiss and it is looking very likely that LittleWx will have a virtual school day. The best laid plans.
Put her on a leash in her room? :jimlad:
 
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I don't think I've ever seen something like this.

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Remind me not to go into any more basketball threads. I can't believe the number of people who feel it is perfectly okay to talk about our players with "player X should be shown the door at the end of the season", "player Y should transfer down a level", and "player Z has no business playing on a Big 12 team". Just because the team is struggling and you happen to have season tickets (or maybe even don't) doesn't mean that it is okay to slam the student athletes that hard. Doesn't anyone subscribe to don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say anymore?
It's incredible how many people on boards are experts in coaching, recruiting and evaluating talent.
 
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I don't think I've ever seen something like this.

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Yeah. I'm glad I'm not living in Houston right now. I can only imagine how bad the roads and such are going to be. Especially the overpasses and major interchanges. Those things are incredibly steep (they are at least 4% grade, probably closer to 6%) and will just to into a bobsled run with the people that don't know how to drive in winter weather, plus the lack of salt trucks and such.
 
Yeah. I'm glad I'm not living in Houston right now. I can only imagine how bad the roads and such are going to be. Especially the overpasses and major interchanges. Those things are incredibly steep (they are at least 4% grade, probably closer to 6%) and will just to into a bobsled run with the people that don't know how to drive in winter weather, plus the lack of salt trucks and such.
My mom's cousin was hauling pheasants down in Texas and he was right behind the pile up.
 
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