June 19, 2024 – Emancipation Day
- Brush: Chisel and Hound Bangalore V20
- Razor: Wolfman WR1
- Blade: Feather (DE) (2)
- Lather: Wholly Kaw – Rebelle
- Post Shave: Wholly Kaw – Rebelle
- Fragrance: Tom Ford – Oud Wood
I normally try to talk a bit about the theme, but there’s not a ton to say here. Slavery was bad, it took too long to push into Texas, which wasn’t even the end of Slavery as the Emancipation Proclamation applied only to states with seceded, the 13th amendment was required to cover the last stragglers, namely Kentucky and Delaware.
The theme eliminated a number of remaining sponsors from my choices. But, on a lark I bought some Rebelle off u/j33pguy13 a bit back because I owned no Wholly Kaw and I figured I’d shoehorn it into the calendar somewhere. So, this worked out well. It’s made in NJ, which was Union State (though also one that took some time to formally abolish slavery).
For #fof, I’m continuing the Oud theme by finishing off the dickhole with Tom Ford Oud Wood. Quite a bit heavier than I’d normally go in the 98 degree heat, but it is what it is.
For #photocontest, I’m going with Pirates, by using my kid’s pirate ship, and we’ll tie it a bit back into the theme. The relationship of piracy to slavery is quite complex. Many pirates were freed slaves and pirates regularly attacked slave ships because they were large and valuable thus disrupting the African Slave trade. But some pirates were engaged in slave trade though notably less African slave trade and more European. In short, humans make a mess of things, our view of pirates is probably romanticized (and sorta odd we made them kids toys) but everything looks better with enough time behind it because we like to forget.
Enough sadness and gloom about the state of mankind. Memes. Sources of diversion since…well I remember 1990s websites.
Since I mentioned J33p earlier, let’s check in on how he’s doing. Oooff tough.
Ok, meme machine what about u/onionmiasma, got one for him? Interesting.
Ok fine, we should do myself, I guess Highly Accurate.
Next, a look at the current status of the games. Brutal but true. I’ve started prepping my daughter that my chosen prize is probably off the table.
Just remember it’s all in good fun