Don't Make me Regret Posting This

[Hornius Emeritus 12,450]

For the last couple of months I've been working on building my new Traces of Texas forum, here: https://forum.tracesoftexas.com/

On March 3, 2036 Texas will be 200 years old. On that date I'll be turning over the forum and its contents to one of the big state archives. I'm still negotiating with three of them regarding which one will get it. The forum will be preserved online in perpetuity ---- my permanent legacy, a gift to Texas and to future historians, geneologists etc..

For those of you who are unaware, I've been creating Traces of Texas for the past 12 years on Facebook and, more recently on Twitter. During that time I've written millions of words regarding Texas history and culture and posted more than 30,000 photos, about 62% of which come from readers of the page. Some of the photos I post are photos that I've taken. Others come from archives like the Library of Congress, the Portal to Texas history etc..  What I'm trying to do with this forum is to do what I've been doing on Facebook and Twitter but in a form that I can leave to the State of Texas and also that readers can have more direct input into.

One of the big focal points of my new forum is my one million Texas stories project, here: https://forum.tracesoftexas.com/forum/4-a-million-texas-stories/

I'm trying to collect one million stories about Texas or about Texans between now and March 3, 2036 in order to present them to whatever archive ends up getting all of this. To this end,  Marc Consulman is donating a 500 dollar gift certificate to his store, The Texas Boot Company in Bastrop, to be awarded at the end of this year to whomever posts the best Texas story. For those of you who don't know about Marc's store, it is awesome. 

Because it's not just a story forum but a photography forum, we're doing the same thing for the most beautiful photo of Texas posted in the Beautiful Texas forum, here: https://forum.tracesoftexas.com/forum/11-beautiful-texas/

In other words, whoever submits the most beautiful photo of Texas between now and the end of the year will get a 500 dollar gift certificate to the Texas Boot Company. You can use it for boots, jeans, hats ... whatever you want. They've got a ton of great boots there.

I'd be might obliged if all of y'all would consider signing up for an account and posting. I'd also appreciate any feedback regarding the signing up process, the way the forum looks, features that I can add etc... I have big plans for it.

The forum operates pretty much like any forum on the internet. It's keyword searchable etc... So far, I've been pretty much the only one who has posted but a few others have already found it, signed up and posted, for which I am very grateful. Given the amount of content that I still have to move from Facebook to the forum, my work is cut out for me.

The only real rules are 1) only mild profanity 2) no partisan politics 3) no personal attacks on other readers 4) No porn

The Traces of Texas Facebook/Twitter pages are used by 4th and 7th grade Texas history classes for ideas etc.. and, out of deference to them, I'd like to keep it relatively clean.

Other than that, it's going to be a sober examination of all aspects of Texas, including the bad stuff (lynchings etc...). I'm trying to tell the story of Texas in the truest way that I know and, of course, the story of Texas isn't all BBQ and cowboys and good stuff.

Thanks, amigos.

[elfenix 34,223]

there's only one story in the state of texas worthy of being told:

Spoiler

 

[Deej 76,755]

If you want a beautiful photo of Texas, you'll need to airbrush out College Station. 

And Waco.

And Lubbock. 

[YGIFS 19,449]

My two cents---you should turn it over to the Ransom Center.  Happy to help if you need it.  Maybe you don't.  You're not in it for the fame, but we'll get you paid as well.  

[ztejas 43,411]

12 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

4) No porn

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,975]

How long before somebody posts up the Waco Christmas lights story or something from the worst sequel experiences MSpaint thread?

[Hornius Emeritus 12,450]

4 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

My two cents---you should turn it over to the Ransom Center.  Happy to help if you need it.  Maybe you don't.  You're not in it for the fame, but we'll get you paid as well.  

I thought about contacting them as well. Do you have an "in" with them?

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Yes, please donate it to The University of Texas.  My brothers and I recently helped my father (a Longhorn) donate his book about coins and related materials to UT.  Very cool to have them looking after that stuff.  A couple of years ago I donated over 300 of my photos of Houston's 5th Ward and graffiti/street art to UH (where my brother works) permanent collections.  I wish I could have given them to UT, but honestly, UH was the right place for them.

Also, I assume that the photos I gave to you to post would be part of the package going to be archived?

I reckon I will head over to the forum and post a few flicks...

Excellent work man.

[Fuck Tim Beck 3,815]

6 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

How long before somebody posts up the Waco Christmas lights story or something from the worst sequel experiences MSpaint thread?

Or the classic cell phone flop out. 

[NorthLoop 14,183]

I love your stuff on fb, but it only takes about 3 replies in your comments section before someone goes political. I'm not sure how well that rule will go in your forum. 

Do you need mods? I'll ban some mofos.

[Biff Tannen 45,665]

This is awesome 

[YGIFS 19,449]

18 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

I thought about contacting them as well. Do you have an "in" with them?

Yes.  There or the Briscoe center.  I’m happy to help.  Deep connections.  Nothing for me other than a couple of fancy dinners.   But stewardship and proper handling is worth noting.  

[jimmyjazz 45,889]

I've been seeing some of your photos showing up linked in a smaller FB group.  You do good things.  Please consider UT-Ransom as the permanent holder of your work.

[Anastasis 23,463]

ToT is the only follow worth having on Twitter. Or at least one of the few. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12,450]

45 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Yes, please donate it to The University of Texas.  My brothers and I recently helped my father (a Longhorn) donate his book about coins and related materials to UT.  Very cool to have them looking after that stuff.  A couple of years ago I donated over 300 of my photos of Houston's 5th Ward and graffiti/street art to UH (where my brother works) permanent collections.  I wish I could have given them to UT, but honestly, UH was the right place for them.

Also, I assume that the photos I gave to you to post would be part of the package going to be archived?

I reckon I will head over to the forum and post a few flicks...

Excellent work man.

So ... my FB page will not be archived. Only that which is on my forum will be preserved. I mean, who knows how long FB will be around?  As far as your stuff, it's going to take me awhile (like maybe never) to get things copied from FB to the new place. It would be VERY helpful if you could post it yourself.  That photo of that abandoned church in South Texas, for example, could definitely go in the "Beautiful Texas" forum.  You've got a ton of shots that could go in there, actually.

We're speaking to history!

[Guest]

Please don’t let any of your great work be facilitated by YGIFS / Lobo / The Cruiser. Please. 

[NorthLoop 14,183]

1 minute ago, Porterhouse said:

Please don’t let any of your great work be facilitated by YGIFS / Lobo / The Cruiser. Please. 

just put a 50,000 word count limit on posts

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

So ... my FB page will not be archived. Only that which is on my forum will be preserved. I mean, who knows how long FB will be around?  As far as your stuff, it's going to take me awhile (like maybe never) to get things copied from FB to the new place. It would be VERY helpful if you could post it yourself.  That photo of that abandoned church in South Texas, for example, could definitely go in the "Beautiful Texas" forum.  You've got a ton of shots that could go in there, actually.

We're speaking to history!

Already made a post. I’ll need to touch up one of the old photos before posting it along with some context.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

just put a 50,000 word count limit on posts

Put on ignore. 

[Assman 1,830]

58 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Yes.  There or the Briscoe center.  I’m happy to help.  Deep connections.  Nothing for me other than a couple of fancy dinners.   But stewardship and proper handling is worth noting.  

I too would recommend the Chad Briscoe center. 

[Etexhorn13 3,045]

I think the stories you really want are all in @MaybeACoordinator’s thread he started the other day.

[hookemATL 11,702]

Do we all get automatic access to the “I’d Pee In Texas’ Butt” sub forum?

[texas08 1,599]

Anyone have pics of Darcy?

[SHOOTER12 8,800]

Things like this are why I'm proud to have gotten to know some of you folks. Emeritus, I have always enjoyed your work and have no doubt you'll make the right decision. Godspeed brother.

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

2 hours ago, elfenix said:

there's only one story in the state of texas worthy of being told:

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Really thought this was going to be the Waco Christmas lights story.  

[Macanudo 12,975]

Can we limit the number of times Brisket is allowed to mention Susanna Hoffs?

[Serak The Preparer 3,431]

Real shame about the rules because I have an awesome story about that time the stupid son of a bitch @futureman and the mean son of a bitch @closetojumping were assfucking some slutty nuns at the Alamo while  socialist marxist Robert Francis O'Rourke and neonazi cuck fascist Ted Cruz were gay aborting babies. But I guess that's too good for your readers.

[YGIFS 19,449]

8 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

Put on ignore. 

For somebody who has me on ignore...you make a shitton of references.  try actual 'ignore'-not your junior high version, it's good for mental wellness in 2023.  

Hornius, I'm PM'ing you my contact info.  There is also a State of Texas archivist you should speak with, though their "collections" get markedly less foot traffic than the Ransom or Briscoe.  But the idea is first to have somebody/entity that appreciates this work/archive, then somebody who can preserve it/digitize it/catalog it/etc., and then finally have it be accessible to the public in a form and fashion you would like in perpetuity.  And the photography would also be well looked after.  Happy to help and then get out of the way.  

Edited January 21, 2023 by YGIFS

[Dbeasy 15,042]

This is an incredible idea. I absolutely love ToT and since Face book sucks, getting it elsewhere is huge. 

[Murfdogg21 4,412]

Can’t decide between:

 

and the combo of these:

[CooterBrown 18,004]

Steps need to be taken to assure aggypedia is available for generations to come.

[TornACL 7,698]

I love this, and I have enjoyed many posts from the Twitter account. Texas has such a rich and complex history, and so many different voices. It's fitting that the great state of Texas is honored in a bold and ambitious undertaking such as this.

This is the kind of good stuff that the internet was truly made for.

Well, that, and porn.

[YGIFS 19,449]

^

I would probably visit the Texas Pornographic Archives & Cultural Pavilion.  

[freyguy 4,264]

[Hornius Emeritus 12,450]

12 hours ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Real shame about the rules because I have an awesome story about that time the stupid son of a bitch @futureman and the mean son of a bitch @closetojumping were assfucking some slutty nuns at the Alamo while  socialist marxist Robert Francis O'Rourke and neonazi cuck fascist Ted Cruz were gay aborting babies. But I guess that's too good for your readers.

Funny stuff, but a bit over the top.  I would almost allow it, though, because of the Futureman diss.  😉

[Bateshorn 9,927]

@Ghost of LL Didn’t you get drunk with like half TOS and fall in a campfire once?  Put that in there. 

[Gatorubet 30,185]

13 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Can we limit the number of times Brisket is allowed to mention Susanna Hoffs?

no second

[YGIFS 19,449]

58 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

@Ghost of LL Didn’t you get drunk with like half TOS and fall in a campfire once?  Put that in there. 

Wait, I wanna hear the rest of this story.  You could also fill up a chapter(s) on the myriad and woefully offensive ways in which most of us got banned from hornfans.

And I'm still waiting for the movie version of "Forged of a Hotter Fire."  I have a copy of that somewhere or I gave it to Half Price Books.  

This new project of Hornius looks more promising, however.

[InkaUtexas 25,868]

Thank you for all you are doing. Follow you on Twitter and man, you capture our State's history in a beautiful way. 

Thank you. 

[Laxtonto 12,078]

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Don't Make me Regret Posting This

Do you not recognize where you are? Regret and reproach is all we really do well exporting here…

[Ghost of LL 15,531]

1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

@Ghost of LL Didn’t you get drunk with like half TOS and fall in a campfire once?  Put that in there. 

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[MissingInAction 25,013]

6 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Steps need to be taken to assure aggypedia is available for generations to come.

And Thujone's entire catalog.

What's the policy concerning cartoon dicks?

Edited January 21, 2023 by MissingInAction

[Brisketexan 105,072]

16 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Can we limit the number of times Brisket is allowed to mention Susanna Hoffs?

The event happened in Houston, it counts, you sonofabitch!

Also, I'm busy crafting the most Texas story ever.  It may or may not be true, but it will involve a rattlesnake, a close encounter with a stingaree, Willie Nelson, Earl Campbell, a sex scene with Farrah Fawcett, and chili.  I have some dots to connect, but I think I can get it done.

[Seger78 258]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The event happened in Houston, it counts, you sonofabitch!

Also, I'm busy crafting the most Texas story ever.  It may or may not be true, but it will involve a rattlesnake, a close encounter with a stingaree, Willie Nelson, Earl Campbell, a sex scene with Farrah Fawcett, and chili.  I have some dots to connect, but I think I can get it done.

I think future generations would be benefited from your tales of super intelligent hill country coyotes as well

[Brisketexan 105,072]

21 minutes ago, Seger78 said:

I think future generations would be benefited from your tales of super intelligent hill country coyotes as well

Will work that in.  I mean, Susanna Hoffs hugging me will be right in the middle of the story, like the free space on a bingo card, duh.....but the other elements have to get in there to make it truly Texas.

There will also be tales of escapades along the Rio Grande, drunken beach hijinks at 16 mile road, old but very comfortable boots, and expressions like "useless as tits on a boar hog."  And the coyote thing.

[Hornius Emeritus 12,450]

58 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The event happened in Houston, it counts, you sonofabitch!

Also, I'm busy crafting the most Texas story ever.  It may or may not be true, but it will involve a rattlesnake, a close encounter with a stingaree, Willie Nelson, Earl Campbell, a sex scene with Farrah Fawcett, and chili.  I have some dots to connect, but I think I can get it done.

I'll just award you the 500 dollar gift certificate now.

[Hate 20,106]

The event happened in Houston, it counts, you sonofabitch!
Also, I'm busy crafting the most Texas story ever.  It may or may not be true, but it will involve a rattlesnake, a close encounter with a stingaree, Willie Nelson, Earl Campbell, a sex scene with Farrah Fawcett, and chili.  I have some dots to connect, but I think I can get it done.

Don’t forget the spiral staircase.

[Dbeasy 15,042]

12 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Can’t decide between:

 

and the combo of these:

I say the first picture, because my head is right there in the bottom right of that pic

[Wally Fairway 5,541]

 

22 hours ago, ztejas said:

22 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

4) No porn
 

Well I was hoping to find an archived copy of the best Shaggy/Surly thread for the website and to save for Texas Heritage

That is right - Worst Sexual Experience, in MS Paint

 

damnitall - just saw that was already mentioned - so how about the history of FitLump

 

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by Wally Fairway

[YGIFS 19,449]

3 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

 

Well I was hoping to find an archived copy of the best Shaggy/Surly thread for the website and to save for Texas Heritage

That is right - Worst Sexual Experience, in MS Paint

 

damnitall - just saw that was already mentioned - so how about the history of FitLump

Don't bother with a state archive, most of her story will be covered in her Presidential Library & Museum.  I have to say the photography exhibit will take a rather abrupt turn in the 2010's.