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Fallout: Lou Begas
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New guitar day - out: Epiphone SG (traded in). In: Jackson JS22 7-String. Never tried a 7-string, figured I wouldn't find another this cheap to try out.
Black Jackson Js22-7 7 String electric guitar. All black hardware. Strap is black with gold flowers.
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Left: December 2023
Middle: December 2024. Minus 80 lbs
Right: December 2025. Minus 190 lbs overall
Extrapolating from this loss rate, I should completely disappear around June 2027.
Left: Me, December 2023 Middle: Me, December 2024 after losing 80 lbs Right: Me, December 2025 after losing 190 lbs overall
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Today I am Slash's less-talented cousin Em-Dash
Me (middle age white dude) in a slash wig and aviators, wearing a DEEP v-neck and guitar necklace, holding an electric guitar. I'm sitting at my work desk.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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New ink today (the magpie)
Tattoo of a Eurasian Magpie, standing with tail up looking at the ground. Tattoo is black and white with blue-green wings and tailfeathers. Placement is on the topside of my right arm, crossing the elbow joint from upper to forearm. About 3" height.
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Got the beginnings of a home recording studio set up. Found my happy place.
A grey-haired white middle aged bucket of awesome (me) wearing headphones with an acoustic guitar, in the background is my computer running DAW software and a MIDI keyboard.
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Took a little trip out to the southern part of the Oregon Coast. My favorite part of the coast, pretty much everything between Port Orford and Brookings is gorgeous.
Sunset at Harris Beach State Park, Oregon coast. Foreground is driftwood in a tide pool. Background besides the sun are a few small islands/sea stacks.
September 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Sunrise from the Alvord Desert playa. Taken this morning.
A closeup of the hardpan surface of the Alvord Desert playa - a dry alkali lakebed in Oregon. In the distance wispy clouds are illuminated by the orange and yellow of a summer sunrise.
August 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Alvord Desert, Oregon.
The Alvord Desert Playa with Steens Mountain in the background. Foreground is my 2018 Subaru Impreza facing left - I'm sitting to the right of the car, using the trunk lid as shade.
August 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The logo for Rustic Films, the production company of filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead.
August 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Mesmerizing
August 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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My planned Road Trip route, going to see parts of Oregon I've never been to (Painted Hills, Steens Mountain, Alvord Desert). Also I haven't been camping in about 20 years so this should be an adventure.
Google Maps navigation view of most of the state of Oregon - route is from Sherwood through Shaniko, Clarno, Painted Hills, and ending in John Day. Navigation view - Google Map of Oregon, trip from John Day through Frenchglen, along the Steens Mountain loop road, Fields, and ending at the Alvord Desert.
August 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Ceviche is ready. Absolutely not traditional - tuna and skrimps ("cooked" in lime juice), tomatoes, sweet onion, Serrano peppers, ginger, green onion and sesame seeds in a sesame-soy dressing
A rather large bowl of tuna & shrimp ceviche
July 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Salad: shaved fennel, radishes, mandarin oranges, aged parm, fennel fronds and pickled jicama with a lemon olive oil dressing.
Pasta: Beggar's Purse pasta stuffed with Prosciutto and Parmesan, tossed with crabmeat, olive oil, garlic, crushed chili pepper, italian parsley, and roasted red peppers.
A salad of shaved fennel, radishes, mandarin oranges, aged parm, fennel fronds and pickled jicama with a lemon olive oil dressing. Beggar's Purse pasta stuffed with Prosciutto and Parmesan, tossed with crabmeat, olive oil, garlic, crushed chili pepper, italian parsley, and roasted red peppers.
July 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Me, Christmas 2023 vs July 2025. Slight difference.
July 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Today's food experiment - pickled jicama sticks.
A jar of pickled jicama sticks, with a couple thai chilies and allspice berries.
July 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Nice day in the PNW.
Outside of Sherwood, Oregon. Shown, from foreground to background: Rows of Grapevines, Red barns and outbuildings, a plethora of pine trees, rolling blue hills, and Mt. Hood seemingly floating above the horizon. The blue sky is dotted with cotton candy clouds.
July 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Making Bourbon cherries
Several jars of bourbon-soaked cherries. A few pounds of fresh red cherries. Bourbon cherry ingredients: Bourbon, cinnamon, anise, clove, chocolate, brown sugar, allspice, cayenne, vanilla extract. Bourbon mixture simmering
June 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Achievement unlocked: Designed a tattoo using Excel. - It's a sine wave graph of an Em9 chord (E-G-B-D-F#)
A tattoo going from the inside of my wrist to the elbow consisting of 5 lines - the lines are a sine wave graph of an E Minor 9th chord (notes E-G-B-D-F#)
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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May 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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April 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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New ink.
A forearm tattoo - two green vines in a double helix pattern with yellow Daffodil blooms encircling a brown running rabbit.
March 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Took a road trip up to my hometown today (Rainier, OR) - found some neat abandoned stuff off the backroads. Will need to get up there again soon.
An abandoned house, tractor, and truck near Rainier, Oregon. The truck has mostly been reclaimed by nature, the tractor and house are well on their way.
March 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Got myself a new toy today - Taylor 212ce
Taylor 212ce acoustic guitar Closeup of the upper neck and head of a Taylor 212ce acoustic guitar
March 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Took a quick day trip out to the coast, I love the blustery cloudy days.
Oregon Coast from Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach. The sky is grey, distant rain partially obscures the coast range to the south. Oregon Coast from Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach. The sky is grey but a couple sunbreaks are visible through the clouds Haystack Rock, Tolovana Beach, Oregon. Me, with my hair whipped into a wind-fueled frenzy.
March 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched?

Some good, one that I thought was garbage.
My letterbox last 4: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 3 1/2 stars, Gladiator II (2024) 2 stars, Wolf Man (2025) 3 1/2 stars, The Gorge (2025) 4 stars
March 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM