Brian C

Lover of irony and occasional snarky commenter. Follower of the Lord. Longhorn by birth and education. Proud family man.

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@chrismartenson Dude didn't have time to check randy bison checklist

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@JimNicar @UTAustin Student Union was closed for remodel at this time, correct?

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@_delconte *without

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@jonkay As a non-Canadian normal human the trash dumping was upsetting - and not weirdly.

That behavior showed utter contempt for anything beyond herself and it pissed me off.

[Chris Del Conte @_delconte]

How about them Longhorns! A United Texas is a reckoning 🤘🏽

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.

I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.

Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.

In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.

This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.

The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.

So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.

The owner asked if everything was okay.

"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."

He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"

I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.

I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.

So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.

And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.

Reborn.

A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Send the video to everyone you know showing how heinously Nowak was treated by the police in his dying moments and how the police cravenly kowtowed to his murderer.

Legacy mainstream media, same ones who wrote about George Floyd millions of times, are dead silent about Nowak.

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

If you liked our making of story behind TOTAL RECALL, please share the opening post 😀

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[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@buddyenright @mattyglesias @3p Guardians 2 was one of my favorite Marvel/Disney/Trek movies - a lot of heart. Guardians 3 sucked - too dark and disturbing - joyless.

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@TracesofTexas @grok are tarpon currently caught on the Texas coast?

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Heaven ushered in a hero of the faith last night as my Dad was welcomed home!

Many will say sorry for your loss but the truth is he’s not lost, we know exactly where he is.

He’s home.
Forever!

I asked him last week what he looked forward to most about Heaven, and he simply said, “Jesus.”

He couldn’t wait to see Jesus face to face.
Praise God that his wait is over.
Death has been swallowed up in victory.
He’s healed and whole now.

So we don’t mourn as those with no hope.
See you soon Dad!

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Washington doesn't have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem.

My Six Penny Plan is simple: cut six cents out of every dollar the federal government plans to spend. Do that for five years, and we balance the budget.

[C🅰️tSE @CatSE___ApeX___]

Amazing news😻 $ASTS

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Washington doesn't have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem. My Six Penny Plan fixes it: cut 6 cents from every dollar spent for 5 years. Families balance their budgets. Washington should, too.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The national debt crossed $39 trillion for the first time last month. That's another trillion added in five months. Interest alone is running $88 billion a month. Cut six cents out of every projected dollar for five years and the budget balances. It isn't radical. It's basic math.

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@ick_real My 93 year old mom’s name is Althea.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

America’s threat isn’t foreign countries invading us—it’s the destruction of our dollar and our debt. Year after year, Washington’s mandatory spending goes unchecked. We keep looking outward, but the real enemy is those destroying the dollar with reckless debt.

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

Budapest sample - arrived here Saturday of the election. Everyone I met and talked to, every age and gender, was excited about the result of the election. It doesn’t seem like Victor had any supporters.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

We don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.

My Penny Plan would cut just 6% a year and balance the budget in five years. That’s it.

Show markets we’re serious about fiscal discipline, and the economy will respond.

Time to hold the line on spending.

[Brian C @5lbflounder]

@Simon_Ingari Good. You’ll forever be viewed as unloyal if you stayed.