Bellaire, TX | Navy Vet | Navy Dad | Foster Dogs | Girl Dad | @driveftf
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If you an or feel like helping, you can donate or just as important is to share our GoFundMe to help with these unexpected expenses, travel and short-term housing. #MedicalSupport
gofund.me/98ed191c0
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Hi. I’m the Commissioner of Fun. Are you making good times for Texans in your way? Cool.
HMU involving anything specific fun re: @astros, #Rush, @zztop, next #Texans game. We are gonna have the biggest win probability tailgate ever. Need the fun people to make more Actual Fun
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#StevensJohnsonSyndrome is perfectly explained here and why Kettler spent almost a week in the @LoyolaHealth ICU Burn Unit after almost losing his life.
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Feeling sentimental. After the game, went to a memorial service for a GREAT guy. Y’all would have loved him because everybody loved him. Was great to see a bunch of people I love.
I knew him from the neighborhood. Everybody fun knew him.
He had season tix, came to the tailgate. Really fun, encouraging guy. Think of THE MOST FUN GENEROUS GUY.
And the interesting thing is, I remember hanging out with him at games and having big fun, but I don’t remember one way or another who won those games.
Interesting as a concept of time and memory.
25th year. I think a lot about friends who have died or I can’t find.
Super generous awesome people, I shake my fist at losing such cool people. Then I realize I am super blest to know so many super generous awesome people. Very Houston.
Anyhow, obviously win probabilities are not good right now. (I prefer to speak in understatement because I personally find large displays of anger as the primary emotion after losing is not good for analysis, winning, the soul, fun, pretty much not good for anything).
Been my observation that people (people includes me) are often not their best selves during hard sports and life times. But sometimes they are. I want to thank those of you who hold it down irl.
All the best things that have ever happened in my life happened after challenging times. Doesn’t mean I needed bad times tho.
As I subscribe to Bum Phillips very Texas view that you don’t have to practice suffering.
Anyway as an expert on both good times and bad times, the best thing to do during bad times is not make it worse for yourself and others. Easier said than done. NMP = Not My Problem (except when it is)
Anyway, how my Houston heart feels right now is this. With what I know now, I super regret the things I have ever said in anger, even if, and especially if I was right. I don’t regret much but I do regret that.
I’ve had some real convos with people on this topic. It hurts more when the people you thought were friendly say things that rub it in, especially in Texas where gentlemanly behavior is valued.
There’s reasons why most professional, religious, philosophical codes are all about proper emotional regulation and the slow to anger stuff.
In any event, you be you. Memememes. Just sharing my overly online sports history from day 1. I don’t have many regrets but I do know plenty of people who wish they woulda dialed it down a bit.
Anyway he would have enjoyed his memorial because it was great to see so many extremely cool people at once.
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The Astros are in
May the weeping of:
Jeff Passan
Ken Rosenthot
Buster Olneyfans
Doyers fans
Yankees fans
Ramgers fans
ESPN
AJ Persnickety
Mariners fans
Jomboy
And White Sox fans
…fuel this run, refill my hatred of them all and provide my soul with tranquility
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Please help if you can as Kettler continues his recovery.
Non golf tweet. But one of my most important tweets I’ve put out.
A follower who has become a good friend has a son who has gone thru a shit storm over the last month. And he needs our help.
Kettler is a Navy Officer and in mid August he had an allergic reaction to something. At first the doctors thought it was something minor and sent him home with Antibiotics.
Just a few days later he woke up in severe pain, and was sent to the ER, they realized he was in great danger and sent immediately in an ambulance to the burn unit at Loyola. His skin was literally burning off his body from the allergenic reaction.
He was admitted to ICU and diagnosed with Steven Johnson Syndrome. His case was so severe that it was nearly fatal. All of which came from the Antibiotics prescribed in the first visit.
Kettles dad Skip has left his job to come care for him and the family is renting an Airbnb.
Kettler is out of the hospital but can barely open his eyes and his recovery will be a long term process. Skip is staying in Chicago area to transfer him back and forth to rehab and help with every day activities. Kettler is not allowed back on base per doctors orders.
On top of that there is a dispute about who is responsible for the medical bills and as of right now the family might be on the hook for them.
Kettler is devastated that his Navy career could possible be over. He wanted so badly to follow in his grandfathers footsteps who was in the navy for 32 years.
Help if you can.
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The @Ravens are giving the @dallascowboys the Michigan St treatment.
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This is the most wholesome #Texans group chat right now. Be stay kind to your fam, friends, neighbors and sheetrock and most importantly don’t scare the outdoor gardening tools ⚒️ 💃
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Once again, get Braden Smith back and plug him in a guard, move Rutledge to center, and work Ingram back at tight guard.
The Texans are not going to succeed with the current combination at guard, center, guard
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Can someone bring me a computer, all the people in the media center seem to be working on stuff.
I’m watching the DP event and playing my war game on my phone.
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If the International team wins the Prez Cup, I'll make a discount code for [however many total points they score] % off WHBTC for the next 24 hours
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I tell people all the time... If you need something, either I gotchu, or I know a guy.
It's about who you know just as much as what you know.
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If you an or feel like helping, you can donate or just as important is to share our GoFundMe to help with these unexpected expenses, travel and short-term housing. #MedicalSupport
gofund.me/98ed191c0
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Please share.
If you an or feel like helping, you can donate or just as important is to share our GoFundMe to help with these unexpected expenses, travel and short-term housing. #MedicalSupport
gofund.me/98ed191c0
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