Thing2 shared an old photo of us at the St. Paul (Oregon) rodeo, and dang, people, I have never looked more stereotypically rugged before or since. That's not something I'm hung up on, but I'm still gonna remember that camera angle in case I'm ever insecure about my masculinity.

A middle aged man and a young woman, shot from below. He's in a cowboy hat, looking into the distance like the Marlboro Man without the lung cancer. She's making a happy goofy face at the camera.
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Jul 5, 2026, 22:03 UTCen