new year's vacation

we spent new year's eve and a few other days over in santa barbara, and it was a fun time. but, it's also nice to be home, sleep in your own bed, and get back into the rhythm of life.

but, i also wanted to share a few photos with you from my trip. this first is from nye, were we rang in the new year at a bar called old kings road. this was the door to the ladies' room.



the sinks in the mens' room also were out of order, but i guess we could duece if needed.

the second photo i took because of word choice. it was outside of the restaurant we had breakfast at on the first. is "your" the proper word?



here is a link to a definition of your.

so, i've been trying to rework the sentence so it seems better, at least to me.

the original:
we appreciate your not smoking here.

my first attempt:
we appreciate you not smoking here.

my complete rework:
thank you for not smoking here.

bakersfield photos

i went down to l.a. and back last weekend. we stopped in bakersfield to eat on both trips. while there, i saw two choice things that needed to be documented.

this is one classy truck. it's so classy, it's got a painting of itself at the lake.



and ladies!



read this sign carefully.



wait, what's not working?


i don't blame bakersfield for these photos. but i did enjoy them

fun friday

check out some things i saw around fresno on friday.

incest & abuse are available at a discount. which is nice, who wants to pay full price for incest or abuse?



the view looks good from the sky room downtown. it's sad that it's a little obscured by bars, but i guess safety first.



another, more blurry pic from the sky room.



and finally, another spot downtown where they've got the urinal next to the sink, without any sort of divider. so, yes, you can wash your hands right next to me while i urinate. gross.

halloween pictures

thought i'd post some photos of last nights fun in the tower district

the tower theater & maleficent



audrey hepburn & zena



the theater surrounded by guys too cool to play dress up



pappy sausage assaulter hanging out around the theater. mike wise touches meat.



scoopy's aunt girlfriend, hmac.



hope your halloween was fun.

18 photos from pennsylvania

so, i thought i'd post up a few photos from my recent trip

i was in lancaster, pa which is a fairly large amish area. hence, amish ale. not bad stuff.


this pale ale was also local, and was better.


and, they had pbr on tap.


this is chuck norris' niece. she's in the wedding.


once we left lancaster for the bachelor weekend, i saw lots of pretty green...and barns and such.


i took a photo next to joe paterno


which apparently a lot of people do.


gas was cheap


but shouldn't be pumped by youngsters.


we went to snow shoe, which was very rural.


this guy left his keys in his truck at the store, along with a beer can in the cup holder (next to the red coffee cup).


we stayed at this hunting cabin. seriously, old school cabin.


no lie, this is the out house.


tim (the groom to be) and i fished a bit before the other guys showed up, and we all fished again the next day.


i'm skipping a bunch of photos, and here are the guys after breakfast at a truck stop on sunday morning. we were all fixin to leave snow show.


on the way home, we saw the statue of liberty in the middle of a river (susquehanna river).


i flew out of hbg airport (i pronounced it h bag)


which is next to three mile island

candid photos

so, my friend the jay has a sister. she's an amazing photographer. one trip out to california she took a picture of me throwing hammer when i still had dreads. i've got it around somewhere.

anyhow, after she came back from jay & becky's wedding, she had blogged about putting up some of the pix she took. i was bugging her to do so. and, she has. she's also put up a lot more since then. here's the wedding related pics. i hope she doesn't mind if i nic a few. maybe i'll ask first.

and just a link to her blog.