u/son_of_yacketycat

I've been living in Houston for 20 years now and still run into expats every day (probably because my entire wardrobe consisting of Saints jerseys and tees, or the Saints flags on my car, kinda give me away).

Since I'm hosting some out of town friends tomorrow, I had to go replace all the likka I finished on Monday night for reasons, and it was nice to have a bunch of total strangers yell "WHO DAT! We got ROBBED!" and similar things in the store from other people in black and gold jerseys.

Shit may suck right now, but sometimes it's good to know a whole-ass other city got ya back. Did an entire dance and chant with a lady in the HEB last week. I can't think of two other cities in this country that are that tight.

If you're here too, we just gotta get Fox to start broadcasting some games again up in this b*tch, because I'm real sick of them playing Jets vs Browns or something when there's zero broadcasting conflict.

(Done with anecdote)

I moved here 20 years ago and loved the sense of humor at places that are unfortunately gone (Art Car Museum is the first one that comes to mind, but there were many more). Reminded me of New Orleans. Now it's Influencer Central. Constant drunk drivers and shrieking chicks.

I like where I live, and welcome new people who appreciate the culture and history, but it's feeling like we got an infestation of cockroaches that don't appreciate the culture and the history.

These people are making me tired. "Moved here from California and where do I find a job" bitch, go home

Rant done

PS: before y'all keep downvoting me, I'm queer. Stop y'all weirdness and anger

I drive a 2010 Couture Edition that's otherwise been a joy, and keep up on regular maintenance (full synthetic oil, yearly "checkups" with my dedicated mechanic when I get my annual emissions inspection, drive belt replaced last week, etc). But the weirdest noise has been happening several seconds after I start it and usually before I even put it in reverse.

The only way I can describe it is that it sounds like someone slapped the roof or like the roof just expanded/popped. Maybe it's just the acoustics inside the car and it's actually under the hood? The mechanic couldn't find anything wrong in the past couple of visits - one for the oil change/inspection at the end of August, and one last week for the drive belt.

Anyone experienced anything like this? It's the damndest thing.

Y'all need to look at y'alls nonsense from earlier this year. Ran across this post while looking for a different one. Malik Willis? Joe Burrow?? Aaron Rodgers?? There are like three sane comments in here 😂

https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1qgooco/here\_is\_a\_list\_of\_2026\_quarterback\_free\_agents/

Now lock in and pull for the fog to lift for our QB now that Tank is sort of back (one of the sane comments) or please pick a different team.

Just got back from a first visit to the "new" (former La Dolce Vita) location and it was a great time. I used to go when it was in the strip where BB's is now, but had never checked out the current location. The sushi was so freaking delicious, and I'm shocked that it was pretty empty on a Sunday night - they were giving us free stuff (appetizers and ice cream), I guess just for being there. So, pro tip, I guess? It felt a lot like when I used to go to Coco's and Tomo (RIP both).

Sorry if not allowed, but after losing so many of my favorite places in the neighborhood in the past few years, it was just really nice to have a relaxing time and really good food in 2026 Montrose without the bill being wild. I'm in no way affiliated with Osaka, I just hope for my own selfish reasons that it stays around. After two decades, unhiding the "hidden" gems that need to be kept is really important to me.