hactar42

joined 2 years ago
[–] hactar42 15 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

I had the style, I had the ambition
Read all the authors, I knew the right slogans

[–] hactar42 3 points 17 hours ago

It tastes nothing like OK Soda

For those who are younger than 40 or not from one of the few test market cities - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Soda

[–] hactar42 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Avenged Sevenfold - Exist is a 15 minute song that is about the big bang all the way to Earth forming and cooling.

American Pie - Don McLean it's the history of rock and roll from the 50s through the 60s

[–] hactar42 3 points 1 day ago

I always felt like The Batman was just a boring remake of The Crow.

[–] hactar42 3 points 1 day ago

I've always felt like Darren Aronofsky makes great movies but absolutely sucks at ending them. Every movie of his, that I've seen, I've enjoyed up until the last 5-10 minutes. He just makes the most depressing endings, that make me regret watching the movie.

[–] hactar42 3 points 5 days ago

After watching 12tone's analysis of this solo it gave me an all new appreciation for this cover and Prince. Don't get me wrong, before I thought Prince was top 10 now I'd consider his in contention for number 1.

https://youtu.be/lT_mlbMjcxo

[–] hactar42 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have a package that has been less than 50 miles away from me for 5 days now. I live at the north end of DFW (Denton) and the package has bounced back and forth between Dallas and Fort Worth 3 times now. One time it made it up to Denton, then went back to Fort Worth. The latest update is it spent 27 hours traveling between Fort Worth back to Denton a 40 mile drive.

[–] hactar42 4 points 6 days ago

Surface pro is less than 2lbs with around 15 hours or battery time. The only real complaint I have is they don't work well in your actual lap. The detachable keyboard and kickstand makes it a little awkward to balance on your knees. But it also functions just like a tablet, so unless you need to do a lot of typing then it shouldn't be a problem.

[–] hactar42 2 points 1 week ago

The Six Triple Eight - it's a great story that I can't believe I never heard before, some of the acting was great, but some characters felt forced. Like the sassy grandma or the mom worried about money. Or the friend with the potty mouth and the preacher's daughter who always got offended. It really felt like they had a checklist of stereotypical characters to have.

I stopped watching about halfway through. I just couldn't watch anymore after

spoilerthe scene where she gets upset about the dog tags that ends with them just going, we'll find his letters, then cut to swing dancing.

[–] hactar42 3 points 1 week ago

I just double checked, it's actually a cedar elm

[–] hactar42 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They really are. If they were on my property I'd get rid of them and put in some oaks or something. They drop flowers in the spring, seeds in the summer, and leaves in the fall.

[–] hactar42 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We have an oak tree on the other side and it provides great shade. It loses its leaves too, but they're smaller, so they don't clog up the vacuum. I just need to dump the skimmer baskets every couple of days.

 

The road behind my house is lined with bradford pear trees. Their leaves are so big that my pool vacuum cannot suck them up. So once they start falling I need to go out every night and get out what I can with a net and a special leaf vacuum. We had strom come through this week and thankfully the winds knocked the remaining leaves out of the trees. It took an hour and a half but I got every last one out of my pool. Now I can relax until the spring when they sprout and drop their flowers.

 

As a life long Superman fan, who grew up on Christopher Reeve, I've been on the fence about this movie but I think this trailer has sold me.

spoilerFuck yeah, Krypto!

 
 

Giants 3 touchdowns, 1 failed PAT, 2 failed 2 point conversions

Washington 7 field goals

Seriously one of the strangest score summaries I've seen.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671716/giants-commanders

 
 
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submitted 6 months ago by hactar42 to c/vegan
 

I think I'm ready to give vegan a try, but I'm struggling with breakfast ideas. Mostly I'd meal prep egg and bacon burritos or just have some toast with jam.

I used to be a cereal person but after having my gallbladder removed I developed an intolerance to lactose. And I haven't found any good alternatives for milk or cheese that I like, so I've basically cut them out of my diet. Plus most cereal is loaded with sugar, and...

I found out yesterday that I'm prediabetic and my cholesterol is a little high. So, I'm trying to move away from animal products and sugar.

I will occasionally have toast with peanut butter and banana on it, but that's so calorie dense, I only eat it on days I know I'll be doing a lot of physical activities. Most days I sit at a desk for 8-10 hours.

So really the only other thing I can think of is oatmeal. And eating a bowl full of something hot is the last thing I want to do after my morning walk. I'm in Texas so it's hot even when I go out at 5 AM.

I'm looking for ideas that can, preferably, be meal prepped or take less than 5 minutes to make. But I'm open to any ideas. Thanks!

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submitted 6 months ago by hactar42 to c/texas
 
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submitted 7 months ago by hactar42 to c/dfw
 

We had some insane wind up here in Denton. Trees down, lots of power outages.

 

I'm so glad to see Howie focusing on the defense

 
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