(Part 3) Top products from r/houston

What gym are you going to? Because it is very reasonable to teach yourself to deadlift and squat solo. Squats in particular are easy to learn, but difficult to master. Do you have any prior injuries, to your lower back in particular? Because if not you really can learn these ok on your own.

Pick up a copy of Starting Strength, it provides excellent, highly detailed descriptions of how to perform these lifts. While the Starting Strength program isn't perfect, it has become the go to beginners program for a reason. Practice them a bit, and then post a form check in /r/weightroom on Friday in the form check thread. While /r/fitness is great for providing postive feedback and a good, supportive atmosphere I would caution against taking any actual technical advice there with even a grain of salt.

Might be interested in School Board, by Mike Freedman. From the Amazon description:

> Houston, Texas, 1999. Enter Tucker "Catfish" Davis, a high school senior with high-flying political ambitions as the self-proclaimed heir to populist Louisiana Governors Huey and Earl Long. Armed with idealism and a fedora, he embarks on a quixotic campaign to get elected to the local school board in an effort to help the "little people" of Houston.

> In the wild days that follow, Catfish's long-shot bid gains traction through guerilla campaigning against a questionable tax deal supported by his opponent, a powerful executive at an Enron-esque energy company. With the help of his classmates, an indicted Louisiana governor, a gay journalist with nascent mayoral ambitions and an ex-Green Beret trained to wage unconventional warfare, Catfish makes it a race Houston will never forget.

> Based on an actual 1999 news story, School Board is an entertaining but satirical debut novel that revels in the diversity, madness and absurdities of the Bayou City.

It's pretty short, and a new book is pricey, but there are plenty of used copies for sale for cheap on Amazon.

No idea on shipping time but here's some free "Don't mess with Texas" schwag.

eta maybe this cookbook? The Homesick Texan blog has some fantastic recipes. If your pen pal likes to cook then at least send her the blog link if not the book.

Yes, that was the original downtown, before all the skyscrapers got built south of that along Louisiana. Back in the CBD's heyday, that area used to have some GRAND houses and mansions. Check out this book, Houston: Lost and Unbuilt, to see everything else we demolished.

The best version of the board game Balderdash has a category where you have to makeup/guess movie synopses, and it's always a blast. When I was a kid I used to hone my skills by paging through dad's old "VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever" to learn the cadence of tight plot summaries.

May I point you to these series of books written by Robert Caro that goes into detail about how one obtains, keeps, and uses political power?

Once you read them you'll understand how 'the system' works. "The Power Broker" is especially illustrative. One man, Robert Moses, pretty much remade NYC between the 1920's and the 1960's. Never was elected to anything.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Lone-Star-Hiking-Trail/dp/0899975046

Make sure you wear long pants and bugspray in the warmer weather. We have encountered red bugs and ticks during this time on the LSHT

Incredibly helpful book for dealing with contractors - written by a former construction manager:

What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating

Yes it is! I didn't really plan this out. Just took the book on our walk and saw what was close. It is Anne Sloans book. They sell it at CVS and bookstores. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0738571180

I would like to recomend two different books to you, they approach the problem from two different angles.

The first is called "the cow in the parking lot, a Zen approach to anger", the second is called "Rage: a step by step guide to overcoming explosive anger". Both are easy reads and I think highly of them.

https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Step-Step-Overcoming-Explosive/dp/1572244623

https://www.amazon.com/Cow-Parking-Lot-Approach-Overcoming/dp/0761158154

I bought the Wiley GMAT prep book and got the score I needed for my program. I would have done better had I actually completed most of the book. Pay attention to the math section as they focus on stuff you probably haven't done since your algebra/trig days.

Here's the link on Amazon.

Probably this one

Did you expect this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300078803/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_2shozb2EQFCBF

Get a book called "Gift of Fear". Excellent advice on dealing with stalkers and violent people who won't let go.

P.S. That tortoise is totally haunted. Newport is the original "Poltergeist" neighborhood.

The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688051766/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wUkRzbJ0911RQ

That is not remotely what this article says, nor what the concept is.

Again man, enjoy your conspiratorial thinking where science is a lie and you are being scammed by a global cabal millions of people strong to destroy america and conservatism, with the elaborate lies of climate change, and the insane idea that if you want the rise to be kept to a reasonable minimum, you've got twleve years left to do it.

You could just ask Exxon. They knew in 1982.

Liberal exxon. With their insanity that CO2 is a greenhouse gas.

I feel sorry for you, bud. I really, really do. Like I said, I doubt you have done well for yourself.

https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469

My dog chews on my drywall during thunderstorm and thundershirt didn't seem to help. Enter this Magical Liquid.

He's been on this regimen for a few months and no damaged wall. I think it's worth a try?

Damn, I had no idea they found a body there in 2016.

This was an interesting book I read which goes into more detail on some of the earlier murders.

There's a whole book about the lies used to teach kids American History. https://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/0743296281

The truth is a bit too ... gritty. Flawed. Messy. Unpatriotic. So students in college American History classes have to unlearn these lies. People who never take college-level American History (or don't pay attention when they do) won't have these lies corrected, and will continue to believe them. Their votes count just as much as yours.