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Yup. We ended up coming home. Made a 12-hour drive with all our Christmas stuff and my wife and kids flew. Had our second and third cases at the in-laws house pop up yesterday morning. We decided that we’d rather get sick at home if it’s going to happen, and our girls’ insurance is only valid in Texas if they end up needing to go the doctor. Christmas was going to suck anyway if everyone was stuck in their rooms. We picked that option over just saying “screw it” and turning the whole thing into an omicron party. Hoping if I do get it (pretty high probability at this point) it happens quick enough that I’m able to go back to work directly after the holidays

If this proves to be as mild as it seems it might be, this could be a best case scenario. It sure would be nice if a much weaker version of the virus took over and became basically a different version of the flu. I’m stuck in a house right now with someone who’s got it, and he had a fever for a couple of hours and felt like he had a sinus infection for a couple of days. By day 3 he felt completely normal, with no infusion or anything special, only a z-pack and baby aspirin. If I’m going to get COVID (which is probable, because my in-laws aren’t even being slightly cautious about him being sick), this is the kind of COVID case I want.

Man, i remember his mom bringing him to come trick or treat at our house when he was 3-4. It’s been pretty cool watching him grow up and turn into a heck of a player

I know some folks over there that have been involved with him, and from what I gather this was pretty much expected from him.

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They’re definitely down this year. Already lost two district games, one by almost 40. Not sure if they’ve had COVID issues or something, but they’d lost two district games in a row before beating LCM. I think my takeaway is that Yates is down, and LCM is up, but the gap is too great for those factors to affect the result.

Thread sure is quiet. Figured we’d have some excuses by now.

Saw HJ at their absolute best and absolute worst in the same game. I came away from this game believing the two things I believed going into it: 1. Silsbee is the better team 2. If HJ puts a full game together against them they’re good enough to upset them if they meet again

Could also be that to some degree you’re watching it as a dad more than a coach.

Just kidding around. But it does pose an interesting question: if reasonable force is allowed to retrieve a wallet, which could then lead to a self defense claim, perhaps if the situation is the same but with weed the judge may have decided on leniency? Stupid comments about the defendant and all

Westlake wins 40-21 and 3-peats

Westlake scored 17 points in about 4 game minutes and is up 16 with the ball. Milking the clock. It’s insane how good they’ve been the past 3 seasons

Westlake takes the lead with a 53-yd fg

DG up 21-20 mid third

Guyer surprisingly up 14-13 at the half over westlake. Westlake punted 4 times and turned the ball over twice in the first half. Be curious the last time they had 6 empty possessions in a half.

Unless it’s weed?

Who’d you pick to win between Crosby and Liberty Hill before Liberty Hill got out-athleted and won by 4 TD? I don’t think 40% of the site is stupid for picking LH. I believe I picked them. It was close to a tossup to me, and SOC didn’t exactly run them out of the stadium. Tied after 3, and quite possibly only a 3-point win if liberty hill doesn’t turn it over on downs late on their own 24.

I agree with this sentiment. The question is this: if someone steals your wallet from you, and you go after them to get it back and realize you’ve bitten off more than you can chew, would you argue that you were provoked? I’d say yes.

I kind of get the impression it might be a hybrid of the two situations you mentioned. The 15-year-old took the weed and ran. The 16-year-old (at the time) chased him down trying to retrieve his stuff. He didn’t start stabbing him, he just tried to get his stuff back. At that point the 15-year-old jumped on him and started thrashing him pretty good, and it wasn’t until this point the 16-year-old took out the knife. So if I’m selling you an Xbox, you take it and run, I chase you to get it back, then you start beating me up, and THEN I stab you, what’s the opinion?

Back to the actual case: it’s been reported that after he stole the weed, a struggle ensued and the victim ended up on top of the killer, who at that time stabbed him. I understand why this can’t be self defense, but given the circumstances I kinda get a lenient verdict. If he was selling an Xbox I think everyone looks at this differently. I realize it was illegal to sell the weed, but the guy stole from him and then was beating him up when he tried to get his stuff back. I don’t know that I agree with the sentence, but I don’t know that I disagree with it, either. I’d be curious to hear all of the details of the case.

I don’t see it. I’m a big proponent of protecting yourself, but somebody running away from a minor theft doesn’t really seem like a justification for shooting them in the back.

Yeah, pretty unarguable

Bad deal all around. The cop has to live with that for the rest of his/her life, and a family lost someone for no reason due to a terrible accident. I’m kind of curious… in this particular case is the race of the pedestrian relevant, as the writer of the article seems to think? If a civilian was involved instead of an officer, would the victim be identified as “a black man in his 40s?” Just seemed strange to me

I’ve enjoyed watching these games the last few days. The best part is the respect I’ve seen on the field. I’ve watched 6 of the games and haven’t seen an unsportsmanlike penalty, or even any pushing and shoving. With our country being as divided as it is right now, a lot could be learned from Texas HS football. There are teams with kids of all colors playing together as brothers. There have been games with teams of almost all white kids playing against teams made up of entirely black kids. These young men are helping each other up, patting helmets to congratulate good plays, consoling each other in defeat, and overall just showing a level of respect that is sorely lacking in our society today.

Paetow wins 27-24! What a game!