El Segundo Guy

I was in Key West over the 4th of July.

The best food i ate there was Sandy's Cafe. Their Cuban and breakfast burritos and coffee are amazing. In my opinion all of the touristy places like Conch Republic were ok. But nothing noteworthy.

A few years ago my dad sold his farm in Missouri and moved full time to his lake house on the Lake of the Ozarks. During the boat races he stays hunkered down in his cove.

In September, they have a big old motorcycle rally and he stays pretty close to his house and cove. The rally brings in a ton of bikers.

I went to a USC game against a mediocre PAC12 opponent back in the Helton days. It was at least that bad. The atmosphere and stadium is terrible. Everything about it was subpar, including the tailgating. I went with a USC alum and it was free and it was still not worth my time.

The only thing worthwhile about the whole thing was the "Danger Dogs or "Victory Dogs" depending on who tou ask that vendors sell outside after the game. Those things are awesome.

My grandpa had one that he used for all bird hunting, but he mostly quails hunted with it and his old English pointer.

My dad has it now, but as he's now 83, it's unfortunately a safe queen for now.

Not just that, but Oklahoma was very Democrat back in the day and a lot of gray hairs still stick with their Democrat registration. A lot of old time Yellow Dog Democrats here in rural SE Oklahoma that are against welfare, grannies, taxes ad all that but are registered Democrat but vote Republican in the general.

I can't vote (I'm registered as unaffiliated and can't vote in the GOP primary runoff) but my wife is still registered as a Republican. I told her that she will vote for Mazzei. She doesn't have an option and will do as I instruct when it comes to things like business and politics.

I don't know much about either, but I can't stand that Drummond family and my wife could out cook that Pioneer Woman any day of the week.

But Mazzei if elected, better not start fricking around with the medical marijuana rules. I have a suspicion he's going to try to jack up prices and regulatory crap.

Anyway, frick the Drummonds. And for the most part, I don't trust the Republicans in Oklahoma anyhow. They're more worried about church affiliation and Bible thumping than anything else. That's why Ginger Pedo Lankford is still in DC

If Drummond won, I'd probably abstain between voting for him of that Democrat broad.

ETA--I will be voting yes to both state questions, as will my wife.

I wear bib overalls every single day from October to April, but it's too damn hot for overalls the other 6 months. Now when I'm on my land everyday, I wear a wife beater with Dickies coveralls every single day. When I'm taking a break, I unzip the coveralls and catch a nice cooling breeze.

Building a console entry way table out of walnut and some shop furniture (mobile drill press stand) out of jointed and planed syp.

I'm excited about my next step, which is using my Veritas Large Router Plane. Anytime I can use that tool on a piece, I always look forward to it. I need to get the cheeks of a bridle joint shaved down to size and cleaned up for a perfect friction fit.

I have a professional level woodshop. Big jointer, big planer, big cabinet saw and big bandsaw. All hooked to a cyclone dust extraction system and all of the above are 240v. I also have a nice Incra router table.

And i have a ridiculous amount of high quality hand tools. Joinery saws, bench planes, specialty planes like router planes rabbet block planes, bench chisels, mortise chisels, spoke shaves, etc. And the normal jigs for them like bench hook and shooting board.

I spend 4-6 hours in my woodshop everyday. I always have several projects going on at once. Currently i am building a console/entry table out of walnut, a Moxon Vise out of maple and cherry and some shop furniture.

My intention is not to make money. It's to have fun and build awesome stuff while staying cool in my air conditioned shop.

Now my wife has some side bullshite going on with a realtor friend of hers. I make dumb arse charcuterie boards and cutting boards and the realtor buys them to give to clients as house warming gifts.

But I can't stand that and I do the milling and ripping, but I make my wife do the glue ups and finishing. I don't have time for that. I want to get back to making furniture pieces that will last well past my lifetime.

Back in March, I saw the Paranormal show with Frederic da Silva in Vegas. It was entertaining.

I didn't believe anybody it, but my wife and the 3 other couples we were with were in awe and met him after the show. They were convinced he was some kind of wizard. I wasn't, but it was worth going to.