In BJJ there are only five belt colors (white, blue, purple, brown, black). At purple belt you're already recognized as being able to teach and open your own school. Blue belt is hardly seen as being a noob color in BJJ.

Mav wrote:Why

Seir wrote:Why not?

Hmm

My big fat smuggle cat

How much catnip have you been feeding him, Jez? You know he'll sell you out for more dope.

He doesn't get much catnip and he's mostly muscle. He's just a big boy!

Wife and I went to the coast for the first time in a few years. These trips always give me the best memories. The Mrs. caught a shark (Finetooth).

That's awesome. Looks just like a scaled-down version of its bigger brother. Did you eat it?

Also, and I don't want to cause any marital strife here, I'm sure that both of the people in this picture are giving me the eye.

"And then after this, Jesus duplicated this fish 5,000 times while Mary Magdalene performed a belly button routine."

Me and the wifey pants

One or both of us might be intoxicated

Rorschach wrote:Did you eat it?

Nah, we set it free.

Rorschach wrote:Also, and I don't want to cause any marital strife here, I'm sure that both of the people in this picture are giving me the eye.

Oh, I'm sure your significant other is fine with it.

Hirschof wrote:Oh, I'm sure your significant other is fine with it.

Had I shown her the picture, I think she would have understood.

Jezebel wrote:One or both of us might be intoxicated

Immutable universal law: drunk girls make out.
As is my understanding.

Me and my newborn!

*like*

Oh, wait. Wrong thing.

Congratulations, EE!

Opening day of rifle season for whitetail deer in Texas was today. Switched from the Mathews bow to the Remington .308 and ended up cashing in both my buck tags in the same day, a first for me. Now it's strictly meat in the feeder for me (does, no bucks).

First one walked by and he was really nice! Keep in mind this is the Texas hill country, where they don't get as massive as in deeper south Texas or in other parts of the country.

Morning:


Second one must've been the first one's big brother! Nice mature buck, one of the best wild bucks I've seen in the hill country with my own eyeballs (vs game cams or people showing off pics). Note the kicker.

Afternoon:


Lots of meat so far, and we had properly fresh backstrap grilled over charcoal and mesquite for dinner. The first one will go on my wall as a European mount while the second will be a full shoulder mount.

I consider it to be an early birthday present from Texas, partly in recognition for how much time and work and money I've put into preparing to be "lucky" in the right place at the right time.