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Loro from Austin is going to be huge in Deep Ellum. The brisket rice bowl is incredible.

Watchmen is the greatest comic ever made and Moore's grievances with DC are legitimate. Both of these things are true simultaneously. Read the work, respect the creator's wishes, and acknowledge the industry that exploited him.

Pecan Lodge mac and cheese is undefeated. I have tried every mac in DFW and nothing comes close.

Kaggle competitions are where I built my resume. Employers care about demonstrated ability, not certifications. Show them you can actually work with data.

Capullo does not get enough credit. Snyder's scripts were excellent but Capullo's visual storytelling elevated them to classic status. The two-page spread of Batman fighting the Court in issue #7 is poster-worthy.

The OGN model is the future. Jonathan Hickman's creator-owned work is proof. Give readers a complete 200-page story for $20 instead of dripping 20 pages per month for $5 each.

Super Metroid's atmosphere is unmatched. Landing on Zebes with no music, just ambient sounds and rain, is one of the most iconic openings in gaming history. Modern Metroid games are great but the original set the bar.

From New York. The toll roads blew my mind. Get the TollTag and set up auto-pay. I got a $200 bill in the mail before I figured this out.

The budget discipline point is key. A24 can take 10 risks for the cost of one Marvel movie. Even if 7 of them underperform, the 3 that hit pay for everything.

I thought the third act was fine. Not every MCU movie needs to apologize for having a big finish. The Sentry going full power was earned by the buildup.

Cattleack being Thursday/Saturday only is the most DFW thing ever. Limited hours creates the hype. Those ribs deserve it though.

The OA Season 2 ending with THAT cliffhanger and never getting resolved is genuinely disrespectful to the audience. Netflix owed us closure.

AnimeFest's cosplay competition is legitimately world-class. Some of the costumes I saw last year had months of work put into them. The craftsmanship is insane.

The Oncor phishing emails are scary good now. They use the exact Oncor branding, correct billing format, and even reference your approximate area. Always go directly to oncor.com.

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Windsurf free tier is how I learned to code with AI assistance. When you are starting out, the less overwhelming UI matters more than power features.

Sinners not being in your top spot is wild to me. The juke joint sequence alone is worth the ticket price. Coogler and MBJ cannot miss together.

commenting so i can find this later

Fuel City at 2 AM hits different. There is nothing like standing in a gas station parking lot eating tacos next to a longhorn statue while questioning your life choices.

Oak Cliff is the most underrated food neighborhood in DFW and it is not close. While everyone fights for reservations in Uptown, we are eating better food for a quarter of the price.

I waited 60 days and got pulled over in Plano. $200 ticket. Don't be like me. Do it within 30 days.

Dune Part Two is the perfect example of the hybrid approach. Those desert scenes were shot in Jordan and Abu Dhabi with real sand. The digital enhancement is invisible because the foundation is real.

wish i knew this last year

Hellboy's influence on modern comics and film is massive. Guillermo del Toro's aesthetic, Mike Mignola's use of negative space, the occult-detective genre — all of it traces back to Mignola.

somebody finally said it

need to show my roommate this