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  So, we're staying at a VRBO. We're leaving in the morning, so I'm removing our YouTube accounts from all the TVs we used while we were here. Other past guests did not seem to do that. I can neither confirm nor deny that the Trumpiest algorithms are getting gayed up before we go...

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  Ran class tonight - Friday is comp rounds but it was just me and a one month white belt. Actually just about the perfect way to get back on the mats after a week's vacation. #jiujitsu #bjj

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  I am the captain now. #jiujitsu #bjj

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  Posted up at the local brewery because I'm bored, hot, and still technically on vacation. #CraftBeer

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  I don't compete in #jiujitsu, but if I did, I just looked it up and I'd compete at Masters 6. I'm gonna need to lie down for while.

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  Back to back #jiujitsu classes, including the constraint based positional class. Not bad for the oldest guy in the gym. Now excuse me while I lie on the floor and cry myself to sleep...

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  Currently reading: Agnet Running in the Field by John Le Carré 📚 Picked this up on a whim while waiting for my kid to finish picking her manga titles last week. Choosing it now to clear my brain after 3 weeks of Umberto Eco. https://micro.blog/books/9781984878878

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  Just finished this book and loved it. My wife says DeLillo writes for dudes but luckily I am one. #bookstodon

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  My kid dragged me to the 10th anniversary theatrical showing of Your Name, which I'd never even heard of. Holy shit, it was GREAT

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  The plan is to do two back to back open mats at two different gyms tomorrow. Not bad for an old son of a bitch. #bjj #jiujitsu

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  Double open mats in the books. #bjj #jiujitsu

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  Spent 500 bucks a month ago to have a dermatologist deal with an ugly spot on my forehead before a friend's wedding only to get mat burn on my face last night anyway (wedding is on Saturday).

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  Let's go, #redsox !!!

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  I like bulky!

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  I appear to have caught a little springtime cold. Skipping training and drinking tea instead. Would hate to get other dudes sick, especially with a big comp coming up. #jiujitsu #bjj

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  Currently reading: Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon 📚 Started this last night when I couldn’t sleep in the wee hours. Already loving it - it’s like Hunter Thompson crossed with James Ellroy… https://micro.blog/books/9781101594674

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  Just finished Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and will be slightly off kilter for a bit. I bounced off the book many years ago, and now I'm glad I did because now was definitely the right time for me to read it. It resonated in a way it wouldn't have when I was a young dumb shithead.

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  Really struggling to think of a gift for my son's birthday. Need some ideas! He's 25, very shy, and not into fitness or the outdoors at all. He enjoys gaming but doesn't want any new games. Ideally I'd find some experience that he could fall in love with, so (a) he has a passion and (b) I'll have gift ideas in the future. He also loves Roman history, but isn't a podcast guy so my idea of the Hardcore History back catalog didn't fly....

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  In this moment of political fascism and corporate enshittification, it's pretty disheartening how many otherwise resistance-oriented sites and services are still using Facebook or Instagram or Discord or Substack for their communications.

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  Started reading Zen and the Art of Motorcylce Maintenance. Holy cow - why did I bounce off this 30 years ago? It was right in my wheelhouse at the time.

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  Hey, #bjj and #jiujitsu peeps - tell me if this sounds reasonable or if it's just copium: About a year ago, I switched from a very smashmouth, wrestley kind of gym (where I went from white belt to brown) to a new gym across the street. New gym is much more technique based, and, being new, was mostly lower belts. Nobody over blue except me, the coach, and a purple with sporadic attendance. Lately, I'm getting caught in all kinds of stuff I didn't use to to a very frus...

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  Hey, #fountainPen people - a question: Just got my first, and it came with a bladder converter. Seems messy and I'm having a hard time telling how much ink I'm getting. I was going to shop for a piston converter, but a buddy says he prefers to just refill cartridges. What are y'all's preferences? Help a noob out?