Lazarus Bocanegra

goddamn it mac I told myself I wouldn't be fooled

Got down to Whitsett the weekend before Thanksgiving. I was able to bring one of my best friends who is currently fighting stage 4 colon cancer and his treatment schedule finally aligned. I've spent a ton of time at his family's place in East Texas but he hasn't been to our ranch since we got it in 2021. If the theme of the weekend was to do as much South Texas stuff as possible in the event he never gets back, we 100% checked that box. He's not too mobile in the mornings, so I sat Saturday AM by myself, saw a big 8 point and some smaller 8s. There is a freakshow (8pt) I've seen on cameras that is on my target list this year, but I have a ton of meat in the freezer and I told Mrs. Laz I likely won't soot a deer this year. Well, freakshow showed up and I let him walk. Hard to describe him - his left antler is a typical 4 point, but his right is like two long points kind of twisted together. I don't really care about trophies, but I'm a sucker for weirdos. To be determined. Saturday to the feed store, then we took a detour to Choke Canyon SP where we took a short hike along the shoreline, jumped a 6' gator, and then--owing to a misguided shortcut attempt--wound up low crawling through pig tunnels in the brush with me using bare hands to open the way so he wouldn't snag his chemo port. Lunch at Max's, yardwork, then an evening sit. Not too much in the way of deer coming to the feeders. It's pretty green and I watched a small buck browsing on granjeno for a good bit of time that morning. Towards sunset, a group of Javelina showed up and we watched them for a while until sunset. Sunday morning, I went back out and the deer were similarly sparse and unremarkable. In the almost three years we've owned the place, I've only seen pigs in daylight once. I was on foot and rushed the shot, and they escaped unharmed. I'd put a 0800 hard stop in order to clean up and break camp before noon. Well, lo and behold, about 0750 a sounder of 6 pigs shows up at one of the feeders. I lined up on a good eating black pig and took the shot. Didn't see it drop, but a brown one went down kicking. When the dust settled, I approached and found that the black one dropped like a rock DRT, and the 168gr .308 brained the brown one too. I processed one, left the other for the coyotes. Cooked up the backstrap and Mrs. Laz, despite her initial misgivings, cleaned her plate. /CSB

had the burger at Toasted Coconut for the first time in a long time last week, and it is still one of the top burgers in Houston

just watched BlacKKKlansman on a flight recently and there is a great moment when Isiah Whitlock drops a sheeeeit but gets cut off prematurely

just reached the Peterman era on our re-watch and I am here for it.

Men in Blazers reported that bc of FIFA rules that the same continent can't hold successive tournaments, they added South America at the eleventh hour to block Europe, Africa, and South America from '34. Then, shortly after the 2030 hosts were announced, the House of Al Saud dropped it's '34 bid, and then shortly after FIFA Pres announced any competing bids had to be submitted within three weeks or some ridiculous timeline. Get your robes ready for your winter world cup '34

Been slow playing S4 partly bc I forgot my hulu password, and partly because I didn’t want the ride to end. Finished it last night. Standing ovation, hats off, bravo to the creators of one of the best television shows of the 21st century, and a genius work in the pantheon of Black art. You have an amazing spirit. Thank you for sharing your time with me.

probably not as much as the clutch on the tractor. when it rains, it pours

I want to write the story of the 2017 Rockdale Tigers State Championship because it is an amazing story that the Hollywood scriptwriters couldn't have fashioned better if they tried. Other times, I want to write it as though someone wrote a book about it, then the book got sold, and then the Hollywood scriptwriters get involved and totally muck it up

if you didn't stick around for the post-credits extended Big-Bev scene, it's hysterical

fvckin tractors man. This happened to us last year. Same timing

Madonna Louise Ciccone? probably et some but idk

I celebrate David Simon's entire catalogue. We just finished a rewatch of treme after many visits to New Orleans since the first, the most recent being in March for Saint Joseph's to go see the indians. MIGHTY COOTIE FI-YO!

Watched this last night and thought it was outstanding. I'd never heard of it before. Lost in the miasma of mid-80's war correspondent films

here's one to follow that. I just finished it and it is terrific

visually appealing, bereft of any compelling narrative. 6/10 I've been a fan since the Bookstop robbery, but this was underwhelming.

watching that movie as a kid, yes. Watching that movie as an adult, Bender is a shitass

This is the way. I've had colonoscopies every two years since I was 16. Don't be a puss puss on the drink. Just put it down. Depends on what your doc gives you - sometimes it's the big jug of salty awfulness, sometimes its the wee bottle of sickly sweet. These days they give you propofol, which is the stuff Michael Jackson was talking to go to sleep at night. You will be lights out and then farting in the recovery room before you know what hit you. Back in the versed days, a man possessed of a certain resolve could steel himself to remain conscious during the procedure, for science. Propofol laughs at man's steely resolve. But seriously, the big fart after the colonoscopy is one of the greatest pleasures in life. it's my biennial cheesesteak

I have it on good authority that he tried and we said no. Assuming other sureties did as well

I did not want to denigrate Penelope Witherspoon's e-peen by inferring the greatness was yet unknown

another not new, but I am consistently impressed with every meal I've had at Mastranto's. Just found out they bought Weights and Measures to make a brunch restaurant. Will be interesting to see what they do there.

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Casa Paco for stek El Corte Ingles to buy Fluchos Museo de las Americas (off the prime museo circuit but well worth it for the plunder and miscegenation) Mercado San Miguel smoke ducados, eat gelatos, no compra madera guilty afternoon snack pleasure p'pizza cones by the puerta del sol

have recently discovered Sushi Pop in Spring Branch next door the Kroger at Wirt & Westview. Not fancy, clean shop, and good fish. Tues and Wed they do buy one roll, get 1/2 off a second. Mondays, they do free sushi, where they give you a gift card equivalent to what you spend on food. Enjoy that while it lasts.

I'll let semi-Austin music legend Mike Nicolai tell it true