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Did you shave more frequently pre-offspring?

August 25th, 2025

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard SHD 26mm Badger
• Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (9)
• Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - EdP

Another superb shave from Fanzine Saponifications. I used my favorite synthetic brush last night and got one of the best shaves of my life, and today I used a badger knot. I knew from the start that I probably didn't load enough soap, but pressed on anyway. Results are still amazing.

Images in comments is planned for a future release (probably 1.3). It's on version 1.1 right now.

Considering how young the project is I think it's really good already. Room for improvement of course, but very good.

August 24th, 2025: FANzineTASTIC!

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Koraat 15/16 Full Hollow - Sub Exclusive 'Moarteen' (7)
• Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
• Post Shave: allMan - Defiance - Aftershave

Luxury shave because I was so excited about this new soap.

This shave was so good. The Fanzine soap base is absolutely wonderful, and vegan to boot. I can't speak highly enough about it.

Fanzine Saponifications, for those who haven't heard, is a new brand made by TheStallionPartThree (on Reddit and Discord). https://www.etsy.com/shop/FanzineSapone

Great idea!

I like Nivea Sensitive Balm, too.

August 24th, 2025: c.r.e.a.m.

• Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
• Blade: Dorco SD507 Disposable (4)
• Lather: The Body Shop - Maca Root & Aloe - Cream
• Post Shave: RazoRock - Puros - Aftershave

I love this aftershave, but it might be a little too strong for work. Nobody has said anything, but I'm the boss so they wouldn't dare anyway!

Ah, so you've just placed an ISO on the USB stick? There's more to it than that, but it's not too difficult.

Ventoy is a tool that let's you try out multiple distributions at the same time. Take a look at that project, they undoubtedly have instructions.

Otherwise you can only try one at a time. You'll need a tool like Rufus to turn the USB stick into something bootable.

Next step will probably be change settings in your BIOS to 1)disable secure boot (I'm pretty confident this is a requirement, but maybe not) and 2)make it boot from USB instead of your HDD/SSD/NVME.

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One of my favorite bands used to be semi-ambient. Have you listened to the album Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs?

I'm familiar with Linux and using a USB. My experience is pretty limited, just using the USB to do a quick test and install it on a computer. What kind of troubles are you having?

This is good and everyone is happy. Nothing is wrong. Everything is wonderful.

August 23rd, 2025: Cream

• Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
• Blade: Dorco SD507 Disposable (3)
• Lather: The Body Shop - Maca Root & Aloe - Cream
• Post Shave: RazoRock - Puros - Aftershave

This hotel must have a water softener. Nice easy shave.