Alan

Highly self-aware dilettante. A lover of food, cooking, football, and relapsed drum corps nerd hitchiking my way down the eightfold path.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

It’s been thirty years and it still stings to hear anyone talking about Nick Anderson missing those free throws.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Livia was right about one thing, mesquite wood does make the sausage taste peculiar.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Hunter Biden is having a legendary twitter run right now.

Just enjoy it and don’t get carried away with dumb ideas, democrats.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Wait, Verse got traded to Cleveland? 😭

[Alan @idontwan2know]

It’s in the best interests of everyone who doesn’t own a tv network.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Nick Saban: "I think it is in the best interest of student-athletes to have regional conferences."

[Alan @idontwan2know]

“The ULA sniper strikes again.” - Elon probably

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

A Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a launch pad as part of a static fire test in Florida ten years ago. What can Blue Origin learn from this?

https://t.co/aglS3E2SY5

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@primediscussion @saintwarrick Booster support can mean a lot of things these days. One thing that is true regardless of performance is that FSU does not have tech/finance billionaires stroking big checks as a few other programs do.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Bet Russell gets a talking to about throwing his head restraint on to the track.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

*cough*

[Alan @idontwan2know]

If I had to guess how this will all play out:

1) At least in the short term, the Iranian regime that emerges from this will be wounded, reactive and more hardline than before
2) Because of 1, the only plausible “victory” to be won is to degrade Iran militarily to the point that

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@thingsshldwrk @DJSnM Yes, I understand that. It’s still not “not a problem” to have this level of raptor failures.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@thingsshldwrk @DJSnM Riiight, totally not a problem that they had multiple engine failures and didn’t achieve target orbit.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@itskeefis @blueorigin @SpaceInvestor_D The FAA being a major holdup in rocket flights was largely an Elon myth. The fact that SpaceX was the only one who had a problem with it kinda told the story.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Great thread and article. I didn’t come at it from the cultural angle, but jettisoning a lot of the “fat guys should dress like this to make themselves look skinny” advice and way of thinking has been a major growth point.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I wrote something about how to dress for your body type. When people talk about this, they often frame solutions as a corrective — clothes that make fat men look slimmer or short men look taller. I think dressing for your body type is more nuanced. 🧵

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Man, I was really growing to hate Bert Cooper, but the way they treated his exit on Mad Men was perfect.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

I think nowadays the association is more “teenage boy going to Homecoming dance in the outfit he picked out at Kohl’s”, but still one to be avoided.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

dont know anything about spencer pratt. but imo it's not a good idea for male politicians to wear black dress shirts, which were historically associated with seedy nightclub owners and criminals. does not inspire trust.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Great for the oil companies, yes.

Terrible for the American consumer.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump says the loss of the Strait of Hormuz is “genius” because countries are buying their oil from Texas now.

“It’s sort of amazing”

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@dieworkwear The thing that makes it confusing is there’s no standard naming convention for open weave wool, and a lightweight wool can be either super fine and densely weaved or high twist/fresco/tropical/whatever marketing name the mill uses.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

Hot take: No one should be introduced to LotR via the extended editions of the Jackson movies. Those are for established fans and book readers.

The theatrical versions are much better movies from a standalone perspective.

[Alan @idontwan2know]

@primediscussion Ultimate play stupid games, win stupid prizes scenario.