mason

unfortunately all tweets are mine... except for retweets, those are not mine

[mason @mason_ebrey]

got the call to officiate my first wedding, I knew this would come in handy one day

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[mason @mason_ebrey]

I need to get to Mexico

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

Mexicans dancing and singing GANGNAM STYLE with the Koreans in Mexico after South Korea's World Cup win 😭

[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

Draft is almost here... time to keep building the empire.

[Elmo @elmo]

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

[mason @mason_ebrey]

Great moments are born from great opportunity.

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

The #Texans likely to be without their top WR..

[Tad Wissel @DVE_Tad]

Big moment for Texans owner Cal McNair, who is also a homicide detective.

[Brandon Walker @BFW]

Texans defense might be the most terrifying group of men ever assembled.

[mason @mason_ebrey]

#NewProfilePic

[NFL @NFL]

KENE NWANGWU RETURNS THE KICK FOR A JETS TD

CLEvsNYJ on CBS/Paramount+
https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt

[mason @mason_ebrey]

some things don’t need the Shariff Law Firm tag

[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

#7 QB C.J. Stroud is being evaluated for a concussion and his return is questionable.

@ShariffLawFirm

[mason @mason_ebrey]

I don’t care what the haters say, we should go for more 4th downs

[Baylor Football @BUFootball]

Final

#SicEm

[James Roy @JamesRoyNFL]

My family is hungry.

[mason @mason_ebrey]

I am moved

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

Clipse and John Legend performing "The Birds Don't Sing" at the Vatican 🔥

[mason @mason_ebrey]

@sportmagee1 @SportsSturm You have my unwavering support

[mason @mason_ebrey]

@sportmagee1 @SportsSturm Electric chair

[ems 🫧 @atotalposer]

THE NEW YORK TIMES PAYWALLED THE MINI CROSSWORD

[mason @mason_ebrey]

I feel it admin

[Baylor Athletics @BaylorAthletics]

The hype is building for kickoff. Do you feel it?

🏈 Don't miss a second of the action: https://t.co/iwvIKoTssO

#SicEm

[mason @mason_ebrey]

Wonder what Matty B is up to

[mason @mason_ebrey]

We’re cooked

[Jacob @JacobBarzilla]

FIRST TEXANS OL COMBINATION IN TRAINING CAMP via @ShaunBijani & @WillKunkelV:

LT Cam Robinson
LG Laken Tomlinson
C Jarrett Patterson
RG Tytus Howard
RT Aireontae Ersery

Would you be a fan of this grouping?

[mason @mason_ebrey]

never give up

[Scott Hanson @ScottHanson]

50 days until NFL RedZone