Horn of Gabriel

Took a little day trip out to Blanco today to visit Milam & Greene. I’m not as expert as some of y’all on this thread but I like their single barrel bourbon a lot, really smooth. I also picked up a bottle of the Distillery Edition (115p) and 13-year edition (120p), both very tasty.

Quick early-season Angel Fire review: we skied 4 days Tues-Fri this week. I was sweating this trip because up until a week ago they had basically no snow. The 2 days around Christmas they got some snow and the mountain opened up, but it was really limited, only ~8/80 trails, and they were all greens. It was pretty crowded on the lower mountain with the beginners, but the long run from the Chili Express lift down was about 3.5 miles and was fun. By Friday they got enough snow to open more trails, including some fun Blue routes including a few with moguls, which I had never really done. I did the moguls but I wouldn't really say I "did" them IYKWIM. If I wasn't beat from 4 days I would have gone back today, they opened even more routes, including some Blacks. My 13 y/o daughter did ski school and they did a great job. She was a solid beginner by the end of the trip, making turns, getting on/off the lift successfully, and had a smile on her face. My 11 y/o son we didn't put in ski school b/c on our last trip 2 years ago to Ski Apache he did it and was awesome and we figured he'd pick it back up. Wrong decision...my wife pointed out that he's grown a lot since then, puberty etc and is now really lanky and uncoordinated, he had a rough time. As a fallback, we wanted him to be able to do snow tubing...but apparently that requires a different ticket than our lift ticket (of course) and it was sold out (of course). Lesson learned. Other lessons learned, which are probably obvious to the more experienced skiers on this thread: You can pick up your rentals and lift tickets the night before. DO THAT so you don't waste 2-3 hours the morning of your first day. If you're not staying at the lodge (we weren't), you should either: Find a place at the base to securely store your gear overnight, or Find a good drop off point near the base to drop off your kids/partner with all the gear from your car, then park and walk up in your walking boots. Nothing sucks more than walking any distance in ski boots. Pack your lunch unless you're Surly 1%, the food at the base is crazy overpriced fried shit, and it's not good. Save your money for beer. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Drink 2x the water you think you need. Use SPF and chapstick, a lot of it, you'll burn. Altitude affects people in different ways. For me, not much, but I workout regularly. For my wife it killed her appetite and she generally just felt like shit, turns out she was also dehydrated. You'll also need more sleep than normal which won't be a problem if you're skiing because you'll be tired if you're doing it right. If you have time before you go: squats. I lift a lot of weights and still felt it in my quads and thighs after a few days. Also, cardio...in 2021 I added simple walking of about 2-4 miles/day to my routine and it helped a lot. Don't get frustrated! You're going to fall, it's part of it. I'm a solid intermediate and have no problem with blues and even occasionally blacks, but I really have to manage my speed and do a lot of cutbacks. In 4 days I probably fell about 4 times, two of those were because it was really crowded and a beginner cut in front of me unexpectedly and I couldn't pull off the turn quick enough, the other 2 were because I didn't manage my speed well enough and got going too fast and wasn't confident enough in my turn and caught my edge and tumbled. I did have a couple of nice "garage sale" wipeouts where I scattered skis, poles, etc in all directions Fun! Whenever I'm pulling myself together after a fall I try to do a quick retrospective and think about why I fell and how I can correct it next time...continuous improvement. Speaking of improvement...anyone have any recommendations for good YouTubers to watch for an intermediate looking to improve on quicker turns, etc?

You'll have a great time. I haven't been but everyone I've talked says that CB is great. Enjoy!

One more…fun day today with more trails open.

Happy skiiing from Angel Fire!

Checking in from Angel Fire this week! Good snow but not enough accumulation yet so it’s only about 1/3rs open. Lots of crowds. Still fun for this intermediate skier and my kids.

I just finished the last episode. Feels like we jumped 3 books ahead or something. Just totally disjointed, I have zero care about for anyone. Morai feels miscast, all of the dragons save the old chick feel miscast, especially the redhead who seems like a total pussy. The fades and trollocs are cool. The stakes in the fights don’t feel real. I’m Intrigued by what could be but I’m disappointed and I’m not even a book tag. I’m disappointed by proxy.

He put people in the blender every game. Seems like half of those highlights were vs. Tampa Bay...he terrorized them. I've never seen another back with that combo of being able to maintain close to top speed while cutting, just the elite-of-the-elite. He also had enough power to break tackles and the balance, the vision...just the whole package. Wonder where he would have ended his career if he didn't hang it up early.

Not a bookfag but I don't think she was Aes Sedai, I think she was the redheaded warrior race they referred to in an earlier episode when the skeleton was in the cage.

I'll be the judge of that! With my hands. And my mouth. And cock. Meaning I'd touch them.

Their time would be much better spent signing an online petition to attract QE's attention.

If a CFS doesn't have fried okra as a side, I'm not eating it. Fuck green beans.

I'm going to find a Nebraska fan and an old flip phone so I can do the cell phone flop out as I book my 2023 National Championship tickets to see QE lead us to the first of 8 straight titles.

We should hire some homeless dudes to follow him around, hide in his bushes, maybe wear a sandwich board proclaiming our love for him.

Aside from just being generally pathetic and aggy, having the petition started by one of the the guys who I recently listened to lecture us on the surly pod about "don't tweet at 'cruits!" literally start a petition to show a 'cruit that Longhorn love seems like a distinction w/o a difference.

6) Simms vs. Applewhite debate coming soon.... 7. If Ewers shows up, what should we name the defense? 8. We should celebrate our new QB by designing new uniforms, maybe in black? 9. How does Ewers affect conference realignment? Here's my new SEC pods proposal...

Just finished part 5, real nice wrap up to the series. Good writing to put a clever bow on it and bravo for actually finishing a series with an ending, unlike a lot of American dramas.

Perfect pass from the WR

Grab some balm for that butthurt bro. That wasn’t solely directed at you, it’s anyone who wants to discuss that fucking stupid topic again.

Georgia and Bama both in are good. More conferences and ND missing playoff = faster playoff expansion.

Can we not rehash this for the millionth time in this thread? Jfc

Just stop with this talk. If you don't think that after our first season in the SEC that there won't be many, MANY posts about how "These stupid SEC refs are biased against TEXAS!" ....I don't know what to tell you. EVERYONE in EVERY league thinks that the refs are biased against them. There are ZERO EXCEPTIONS.