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This has been my uniform lately.

IHJ-54
Black tee
888-XHS
Wesco

The IHJ-54 always comes through for me.

Johnny Cash
IH Tee
888
Wesco

And standing awkwardly, about to get some headshots taken.

We've done this three times now and will continue to do so, so I think it's officially a holiday tradition. There's a nice hotel in the area called The Lodge at Torrey Pines, and it's an absolutely gorgeous building which (and I'm not architecture expert, so please forgive me if I mess this up) seems like a combination of craftsman and Japanese design, and it's just stunning. We go there, see the carolers singing by a big fireplace, and tuck ourselves into a little room off of the bar for a martini and what they call the "Drug Store Burger." It's a pretty fancy place, so it's definitely a treat to go there. Anyway, here are some pics that my wife took last night.

Not the most conventional tool, but a shop apron is absolutely a tool. Having some of my most-used hand tools at the ready is super important, and rather than buying something that already exists that I'd likely be unhappy with, I decided to make my own fully custom apron.

This was nearly 80 hours of labor, and a shit ton of leather!

This is a project I've been meaning to get to for a long time, and I finally got it done today. I have two tees (one black and one navy) that had some bleach spots on them. No idea how they got there, but I've been wearing them for a while and wanted to get them fixed. I got some dye, and decided to do them both black. And while I was at it, I wanted to dye my white shirt red. The bleach spots are gone (hooray!), and the black over navy came out really cool. I'm also very happy with the red. Here are the results.

Before:

After:

My wife got a candid of me when we were setting up for pizza at the beach on Friday. I make pizza every Friday, and we live a couple of blocks from the water. I bought a stack of pizza boxes on Amazon, so in the summer, we sometimes take our pizza to the beach with a bottle of wine, and enjoy the sunset.

My wife doesn't like lamb, so when she's out for the night and I can cook whatever I feel like eating, it's a great opportunity to have something like this.

Rack of lamb with bordelaise sauce, roasted potatoes, and steamed broccoli.

I got a blastover yesterday to cover up some of the tattoos that I've been carrying around since 1998 and 2005. I'm so stoked with how this came out. I'm definitely going to go all the way around my upper arm and blastover the rest.

Okay, so I spotted some Iron Heart jeans at a Super Bowl party yesterday, and said to the guy "it's not often that I see Iron Heart in the wild. Nice jeans. Are the 888s?" He replied, "yeah 21oz 888." I'm kind of surprised that it didn't even register with him that I guessed the cut. I didn't want to sound super nerdy, so I didn't mention that I knew they were 21oz by looking at them, so I just let it be.

I made burgers for dinner last night. I don't usually buy burger buns anymore because I've yet to find any in a store that are to my liking, so I've been making my own for years. Not the best photo of my burger and oven fries, but it was delicious

The other day, I was at the hospital in an elevator on my way to a doctor's appointment, and a guy said "Double denim. You don't see that too often. I dig it." fist bump

Thought you guys would appreciate that.

Wow. Thank you all. It's an honor to be on the team, and really the least I can do to give back to a community from which I've gotten so much over the years.

This warm welcome feels like I've just won an Oscar, and I have so many people to thank. Or maybe it was an award for the World's Best Cinnamon Rolls. Either way, here goes, and I love you all.

@Alex Thank you for the great intro! It's truly an honor to be able to serve this community.
@Giles Thank you for creating my literal favorite place on the internet, and thank you for being a role model for all of these years.
@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot Is that a thing? Maybe we can make it a thing. I'll go first.
@gazza61 Thank you!
@Alex (again) Those look so good. I can see why you might think those are better
@Karol Thank you!
@endo It's an honor to serve 🫡
@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot (again) All purchases should be mailed to my home address so that I can add the cinnamon rolls to the Green Bag. I'm a size Large in most things. Thanks!
@Brian Thank you! I'm still settling in, but I will.
@Luijim78 Thank you Luigi!
@sabergirl Thank you, Ann! Glad we'll be seeing more of each other. Its's always a pleasure chatting with you.
@Oaktavia I'm hard-headed? Ha! I'll take that. Thanks, dude!
@Mister_Brue 🫡
@Twistlock So great to be here. And now I have even more reasons to spend my time here.
@yannis Thank you!
@mclaincausey Thank you, friend!
@goosehd Thank you, Goose! I just want to be like you
@Aetas Happy to be here, thank you!

I saw this gorgeous osprey when I was out on a bike ride the other day.

Somehow it became a holiday tradition that I make cinnamon rolls because I make the best fucking cinnamon rolls on the planet (not an exaggeration), and I hate it. I don’t really enjoy baking and I don’t love sweets, but it really does make everyone happy so I do it with a smile on my face. Bah humbug. Sorry, this turned into a rant. @goosehd is probably going to move this comment to the random rants thread

My daily carry. Although I think mine is a V2.