LSUGUMBO

Chicken and Hummus Bowl: Cucumber, yellow bell pepper, Roma tomato, black olives, feta cheese, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes and roasted chicken with a big dollop of hummus served over a bed of miracle noodles, and finished with a drizzle of lemon dill olive oil.

We were behind this family for my son's Junior Ring Ceremony (yes- not even a graduation). No air horns, but they squealed and carried on until that damn kid was back in his seat. So very obnoxious.

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Graduation has become more than it should be. We celebrate graduating every grade now. My neighborhood is filled with graduation signs from every school. PreK, Kindergarten, 3rd grade intermediate school, 5th grade, 8th grade, 12th grade. Only one of those should use the word graduate.

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To me, if it's the last stop (highest grade) offered at the school, it's a graduation. 5th Grade, 8th Grade, 12th Grade. My kids went to the same school from Pre-K - 8th Grade, and I wanted to totally skip Kindergarten graduation. They even made us order tiny caps/gowns, which is ridiculous since they have a set for 8th Grade Graduation. It obviously bothers me since I'm still talking about it days before my youngest daughter's 8th Grade Graduation :lol:

My license was up for renewal last year, so I went ahead and got it. I didn't go out of my way to get it, and it was in the middle of my son getting his TIP/Permit/License, so I just made an extra appointment and got it done. I have a passport that's good until 2027, although I'm not 100% sure where it is.

I also don't think that having a Real ID is nearly as critical for roughly 50% of the population, but as usual, the media made such a big damn deal about it, so there's mass hysteria running up to the deadline. The fact that this has been 'in the works' for over 10 years is also a bit of a problem.

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Shouldn't the bigger story here be that YET AGAIN the legislature failed to reduce our income tax? Something that was promised to be done when the state approved Landry's tax swop earlier this year?

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They were already reduced from 6% to 3% for anyone making over $50,000 annually. I’m not one to turn down another tax reduction, but let’s not pretend that most of us didn’t already get a 50% reduction in state income taxes.

After Easter lunch, Mom told me she didn’t want to do anything for Mother’s Day. I’m lucky enough to see Mom & Dad several days a week since my daughter walks to their house from school almost every day. They got new patio furniture that my brother and I chipped in on for Mother’s Day/Father’s Day, so no gifts needed delivering. I made brunch for my wife and children and drank champagne and wine for the rest of the afternoon. Damn good day all around.

Casual or formal?

Casual: Blind Tiger, Ki Mexico, Oyster Bar, Superior, El Patio, El Paso,

Formal: Chianti, Bella Fresca, Superior Steakhouse,

Just to name a few

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Loved to see Sal having the time of his life at the GGs.

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I feel like I just did some cocaine... so now I'm going to go do some cocaine :lol:

It was a good watch. I kind of want to go back and watch the original now.

I just finished a re-watch of West Wing, so seeing Alan Alda from 20 years ago and then seeing him now with Parkinson's was a real shock. Good for him for making a cameo at 89 years old.

Used to be a Vietnamese place called Pho Kim :lol: now called Pho L’Amour

Great Banh Mi, but the Pho and Pad Thai are average

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I’m trying to talk myself into it,

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I bought a 2017 Jeep in 2021- my F-150 was a POS and the warranty ran out, so I got rid of it. We really just wanted a convertible SUV, not a mud rider or rock crawler. It’s great because the top over the front seat comes off easily in 2 pieces, but the new Broncos have a 3 piece top that will allow you to take the top off the front seat and the back seat.

If I was buying a Jeep now, I’d find one with the Sunrider electric top- it’s a soft top roof with a hard top frame. You can roll the windows down and open the top without having to remove anything.

Also, as fun as the Jeep has been, the top leaks- not every time it rains, and it may leak from a hard drizzle and not a monsoon, there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason sometimes. I really want to pull all the carpet out of mine and spray it with bed liner and put rubber mats over it to help with the water, but I haven’t pulled the trigger on that just yet.