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Like me, it's easy on the eyes.

Houston, TX
Joined December 2008
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Rapid City isn't overrated. As a South Dakotan at heart, it's Vermillion that's overrated (and, by extension, so is USD).
The Most Overrated City In Each US State Credit: mattsurelee See the most underrated cities: brilliantmaps.com/best-worst…
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There are signs going up that we're about to get gas stations #7 & #8 within a 1/2 mile of my house. #6 is still under construction... @HoustonTX, do we need all these gas stations on Ella???
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Kids are aging up into needing access to a computer so I bought a new laptop for myself & and kids get my old one. It arrived & I realized I don't own a USB-C jump drive for @OmarchyLinux so I had to wait a day to use it. My wife was amazed I wouldn't use Windows even for a night
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Trees are nice but bollards work better, @HoustonTX @houmayor @WorldBollard
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Exploring options for moving my money out of @Fidelity because they keep blocking my account because I have a 3rd party managing my money. Give me the option to have them manage the asset allocation but not withdrawals. Give me read-only tokens for my UIs. Be useful...
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I do what I want, when I want.
> Austin has a $6.4 million storm drain out for bid right now, and no contractor can bid on it without… showing how the subcontracting work gets divided among minority and women-owned firms. Honest question – is this not obviously violating equal employment opportunity law?
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WTF @CenterPoint? You tell me someone will be at my house by 8PM to turn my gas back on and now that it's after 8 and you haven't shown up, I call, spend 3+ minutes with an AI agent, only for it to tell me no one is there??
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Follow up today: Spend more time with the AI agent only to be told you were closed. Called the emergency line and got some decent customer support. Get a refund on your AI purchase and give a bonus to your emergency support reps.
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Regarding the shooting near N Main yesterday, it was awfully close to my kid's school. Was @HoustonISD notified, @houstonpolice @houmayor @whitmire_john ?
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Doesn't sound like me at all. I still pay for the NFL.
Last week, Austin cancelled sports leagues to save $400k Now, they are considering a new $480k contract for 'LinkedIn Learning Hub' ( which has training videos on stuff like excel for city staff ) Can we have staff watch free youtube videos instead and get the leagues back?
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Austin Salonen retweeted
Replying to @ChuckGrassley
$39.1 trillion of our debt has accumulated while Chuck’s been in office.
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Low-key pumped that @teamsnap fixed the UI for parents of twins. Every past season has been me telling the coach that "if I say one is playing, both are; I will go through the gauntlet of changing players if only one is playing"
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My kids, inspired by @DeepPocketMnstr videos, want to complete a set of Scarlet & Violet (not 151). Why are the booster bundles more expensive than any of the cards you can pull? The Gardevoir Ex #245 is supposedly the most expensive card at $70 but a booster bundle is $82
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Austin Salonen retweeted
This is BRILLIANT.
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Had someone cold call me for our house. I asked for their offer and they said [90% of Zillow] which I obviously passed on. They asked why. I said it wasn't for sale now but it could be at [3x market]. They passed.
I sent neighbors a nice letter offering to buy their property so we can expand. It's a small property, has a house on it. We have a 5 acre lot next to it that I paid $1.1M for. These ppl told me they wanted $1.5M for their lot. Yea ok buddy
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Seems like it would've been an easy win for @houstonpolice to have an officer or 2 at all the school zones during the first day of school. Drove through 4, got passed in 2, no one enforcing. Guess @houmayor cares more about cars than kids.
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Holy cow I should've change to @Tesla as a power provider awhile ago... $49 power bill in Texas in July.
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Crazy news story but why is @Polymarket reporting it?
JUST IN: Investigation underway after all 3 pilots on a British Airways flight from India to London fell ill with suspected food poisoning, leaving one incapacitated midair.
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Gave a HIRE recommendation to a candidate today who uses neovim and properly pronounced no-sql. @ThePrimeagen @teej_dv
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Replacing my 12-year-old @Bellroy with a new @Bellroy wallet. The CC slots were too stretched out after 12 years.
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