I've got some complex flavor running up in here...

Last Saturday

2007-07-24T23:00:00.001-04:00

They Might Be Giants, The Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland Ohio

Mike is a stone pimp

2007-07-24T20:58:00.001-04:00

Dr. Rivera

2007-06-23T14:23:00.001-04:00

Dr. Rivera, an expert in knee sutures.

Happy Knee

2007-06-23T14:22:00.001-04:00

Photo by Mike, Photoshop by me.

Ta-DA!

2007-06-23T14:20:00.001-04:00

The finished work. Thanks again to Michael.

Getting stitched

2007-06-23T14:18:00.001-04:00

Here's a shot of the excellent Dr. Rivera at work, mending my damaged knee. Thanks to Michael for taking the excellent shot.

mmmmmm, mmmmmmm.

2007-06-23T14:16:00.001-04:00

Here's a nice shot of what I did to my knee last Saturday. Owch. (Photo by Michael)

Mike, about to wield the maul

2007-05-20T22:33:00.001-04:00

Bashful puppy after rolling in deer scat

2007-05-20T22:32:00.001-04:00

River Rocks

2007-05-20T22:27:00.001-04:00

Crack Pot

2007-05-20T22:24:00.000-04:00

Frozen Moss on the Rocks

2007-05-20T22:08:00.001-04:00

Icy Overhang

2007-05-20T22:05:00.001-04:00

It looks prettier after you get past it.

2007-05-20T21:54:00.001-04:00

I almost fell down the hill into the river here.

Mike and Willow

2007-05-20T21:46:00.001-04:00

Taken February 24, in the South Chagrin Reservation, above the Chagrin River.

Come to Jesus

2007-05-20T21:42:00.001-04:00

Before it's too late.

New Year's Eve, 2006: I don't know where Kim is, Rodney. Quit asking me.

2007-02-04T16:43:00.000-05:00

Rodney and I met when my friend Bobbi gave him to me for my birthday last November. He's totally in the closet.

My Favorite Uncle

2007-02-04T16:05:00.000-05:00

Reluctant Subject

2007-02-04T14:31:00.000-05:00

Will pursued the shot with much enthusiasm, but ultimately, Sach would not yield.

Sweet Old Man in Georgia - May 1990

2007-02-04T13:56:00.000-05:00

This was one of the luckiest shots I ever took with my first 35mm. It was taken out of the window of "Pennsylvania Dave" Sisson's dodge doing about 40 mph in some small Georgia town during an insane road trip we took together in May of 1990. I think it turned out extremely well.

Babeuary

2007-02-04T13:53:00.000-05:00

Someone thinks they're a faux finisherrr

2007-02-04T13:09:00.000-05:00

This bar's bathroom was disturbingly jarring. Even the walls of the bathroom were painted in exactly the same way. How someone thought that this was a good idea is beyond me.

Sweet Sixteen

2007-01-24T23:17:00.000-05:00

This is what a sweet sixteen birthday party looks like when you grow up in the middle of nowhere in 1983 and your birthday is the day after Halloween. That's me on the right with my friend Cindy "white thighs" Wiandt. As a bonus, if anyone can tell me what Cindy is dressed as, you will win my admiration forever.

The Legendary Pete & Pat's Lounge

2007-01-24T23:00:00.000-05:00

This was, by far, the coolest bar in the history of old-school bars. As a 19-year-old art student at AIP, you could open that door and sink into the dark coziness of a time-worn booth seat with a 35 cent Iron City draft and disappear completely. Or, you could fight with your friend Kim about who's turn it was to have to sit by Mr. Miller because the drunker he got, the more he liked to reach over and squeeze your thigh.

My Friend Tim

2007-01-24T21:30:00.000-05:00

This was taken in front of the Frick Building at 437 Grant Street in the winter of 86-87. I was trying to get his big noggin to fit between the F and the K, but he cocked his head at the last second, and I think in the end it kind of made the picture.

Betty Kaye

2007-01-24T20:56:00.000-05:00

Since 1950, Carrollton Ohio's Betty Kaye Bakery has made the best brownies and cherry baskets in all the land.

Teddy

2007-01-24T20:47:00.000-05:00

Possibly the coolest dog ever, Teddy was my friends Rance and Christina's dog. My ex husband and I would puppy sit for them and spoil the shit out of him.

Is it just me...

2006-09-11T23:34:00.000-04:00

...or is this Whopper Jr. getting fellated on national television at 11:40 a.m. on a Sunday morning?

Flip Flops

2006-09-11T22:58:00.000-04:00

Longing

2006-09-11T22:51:00.000-04:00

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

it is at moments after i have dreamed

2006-09-11T22:45:00.000-04:00

it is at moments after i have dreamed

it is at moments after i have dreamed
of the rare entertainment of your eyes,
when (being fool to fancy) i have deemed

with your peculiar mouth my heart made wise;
at moments when the glassy darkness holds

the genuine apparition of your smile
(it was through tears always)and silence moulds
such strangeness as was mine a little while;

moments when my once more illustrious arms
are filled with fascination, when my breast
wears the intolerant brightness of your charms:

one pierced moment whiter than the rest

-turning from the tremendous lie of sleep
i watch the roses of the day grow deep.
e. e. cummings

Wheelbarrow

2006-09-11T22:42:00.000-04:00

I understand the 'wheel' in wheelbarrow, but what about the 'barrow?'

Shyness is nice

2006-09-11T22:40:00.000-04:00

Patches' Girlfriend

2006-09-11T22:39:00.000-04:00

Secret Window

2006-09-11T17:58:00.000-04:00

Abstract

2006-08-13T21:20:00.000-04:00

Nice table angle

2006-08-13T21:18:00.000-04:00

Why?

2006-08-13T21:12:00.000-04:00

Why don't people watch their children? The road in the campground was a tad too dangerous to just let this knucklehead ride around so much unattended. People are dumb.

Sundown at Pymatooning

2006-08-13T18:17:00.000-04:00

Poor saps

2006-08-13T18:10:00.000-04:00

Why the hell are you going camping if you have no idea how to build a fire? I sort of felt bad watching a whole extended family (including several men) struggle with building their fire. Then it just became abundantly clear that they should be mocked with this photograph.

Fact, Not Fiction...

2006-08-13T14:53:00.000-04:00

Huh?

Extremely juvenile

2006-06-19T01:51:00.000-04:00

and funny nonetheless.

Dreamtime Illuminated

2006-06-19T01:36:00.000-04:00

I think this is Will's friend Kollar

I can't sleep.

2006-06-19T01:28:00.000-04:00

Cleveland Hopkins at night.

Beautiful Gift

2006-06-19T01:24:00.000-04:00

J.C. posing with his extremely high-tone gift to Will.

Outlet Eyes

2006-06-19T01:22:00.000-04:00

Green balcony partition

2006-06-19T01:18:00.000-04:00

My whole life in an elevator

2006-06-19T01:16:00.000-04:00

Never lip off and then fall asleep at my place.

2006-06-19T01:14:00.000-04:00

or, "Still life with Domo-Kun and tampon"

Bekki and Kim

2006-06-19T01:09:00.000-04:00

We need to go out again soon.

Chinese neckless baby rice candy

2006-06-19T01:07:00.000-04:00

This stuff is delicious...and sorry about the blur.

Beyond Obsession

2006-06-19T01:02:00.000-04:00

Chrissy has three missions in life. One of them is to catch the chipmunk. Good luck, barky.

The unemployed girl is on the left.

2006-06-19T00:58:00.000-04:00

Me, Kelly, Pete

Kelly and Pete at the Beer Barrel

2006-06-19T00:55:00.000-04:00

My brain is flat.

2006-06-19T00:52:00.000-04:00

Saint Francis of Collinwood

2006-06-08T01:42:00.000-04:00

Statues of saints tend to creep me out, and this one is no exception.

after the show, Kim unexpectedly turned into Spiderman

2006-06-08T01:35:00.000-04:00

All Eyes on E-G-I-P-T

2006-06-08T01:30:00.000-04:00

Only in Collinwood.

Kim: Totally Relaxed

2006-06-08T01:22:00.000-04:00

I know I'm a total asshole, but I wanted so much to get the nervous bartender to pose beside this sign. I just didn't have the balls to ask him.

Caribbean?

2006-06-08T01:05:00.000-04:00

One of the stupid pics we took before the show. The neighborhood that the Beachland resides in was chock full of photo ops that night.

Yay, it's Adam Marsland!

2006-06-08T00:54:00.000-04:00

Go see this guy and his band play. They're super fucking cool.

and then with the awesome Teresa Cowles

2006-06-08T00:46:00.000-04:00

Extremely nervous bartender at the Beachland Tavern

2006-06-08T00:31:00.000-04:00

Kim took this picture, but I had to put it up because this guy was soooo nervous. He looked like he was about to go off the deep end all evening.

and, Chrissy loves Heidi

2006-06-08T00:27:00.000-04:00

Chrissy loves treats

2006-06-08T00:21:00.000-04:00

This is the most peaceful I've ever seen Kim's dog.

Grizzly discovery at The Treehouse of Solitude

2006-06-08T00:12:00.000-04:00

This is gross, but I never realized that chipmunks were packin this kind of equipment until I saw this little guy's corpse.

Extremely well-crafted notice

2006-04-10T02:11:00.000-04:00

Sunoco: Try our LSD

2006-04-10T02:06:00.000-04:00

Glam

2006-04-10T02:05:00.000-04:00

Tar, baby

2006-04-10T01:56:00.000-04:00

Kim Bekki and I spent an hour or so at Hooch's in Waynesburg. The troubled individual sitting to my right had tar all over her clothes, skin and hair. No idea how it happened, she wasn't talking.

AUTO SPKR

2006-04-10T01:49:00.000-04:00

Cemetary 9

2006-04-10T01:47:00.000-04:00

Cemetary 2

2006-04-10T01:45:00.000-04:00

Cemetary 7

2006-04-10T01:41:00.000-04:00

Susan

2006-04-10T01:39:00.000-04:00

I'm back.

2006-04-10T01:24:00.000-04:00

How can the 'Pine be closed?!

2005-12-16T22:49:00.000-05:00

"Kim, he's not in there."

Timely Timeless

2005-12-16T22:47:00.000-05:00

Obviously, burgundy is the new black.

You guessed it...

2005-12-16T22:46:00.000-05:00

It's a HAVEN OF CHEESE!

I Love Jesus

2005-12-16T22:43:00.000-05:00

Now let's get drunk on 5 dollar cans of Miller Light and collect beads.

Happy Put-In-Bay New Year!

2005-12-16T22:41:00.000-05:00

Wheel of Fortune

2005-12-16T22:38:00.000-05:00

Drunk

2005-12-16T22:32:00.000-05:00

I know it's hard to see in the photo, but this guy was having an extremely hard time standing up. There was a group of maybe 20 or so people watching this scene from across the street, Kim and I included. Amazing.

Light Pink Suit

2005-12-16T22:29:00.000-05:00

You gotta love a guy that makes a fashion choice as bold as this.

Jake

2005-12-16T22:25:00.000-05:00

This dog sold us a couple of T-Shirts.

Even nicer!

2005-12-16T22:22:00.000-05:00

This super cute couple have just finished pissing in public right outside our hotel room window in the middle of the afternoon. Ahhhhh, Put-In-Bay...

Nice.

2005-12-16T20:03:00.000-05:00

Somebody's driveway in Put-In-Bay on gameday. I don't even know what to write about this.

Wino Xing

2005-12-16T19:45:00.000-05:00

Yeah, a bit obvious, I know. It doesn't make it any less funny, assholes.

Ivy Covered Wall in Carrollton

2005-12-16T19:40:00.000-05:00

This is a cool wall in C-town. There used to be a really cool old jeweler that had a shop in between where this wall is and the next building, but as with much in Carrollton, it most likely went out of business and no one bought the store, so they tore it down.

The Pleasure Chest

2005-12-16T19:35:00.000-05:00

My friend Dave had a cooler like this in the late 80's... I can't remember if it was something that he had inherited from a family member or if he had bought it at some thrift shop, but I know for sure that if he did buy it he didn't pay what they were asking for it at this Carrollton "Antique" shop. They wanted 40 bucks for this baby. Who knows, I may break down and buy it when I have a job.

Toby

2005-12-16T19:31:00.000-05:00

I love the Toby.

Sorry, Mom and Boris, but clowns are creepy.

2005-10-07T11:45:00.000-04:00

Fuck clowns.

Doorway to the observation deck

2005-10-07T11:43:00.000-04:00

Nice couple

2005-10-07T11:39:00.000-04:00

These guys were dancing(?) to some of the worst music imaginable. This is a very common scene in Put-In-Bay.

Top of the memorial

2005-10-07T11:36:00.000-04:00

View from atop Perry's Memorial

2005-10-07T10:51:00.000-04:00

OH YES.

2005-10-07T10:42:00.000-04:00

How about this fine mullet specimen? He was wavin' that mane all over the bar, breaking white trash girls hearts with every flick of that long, silky plumage.

Could I be more emphatic?

2005-10-07T10:39:00.000-04:00

FUCK Guinness in a plastic cup.

Um....

2005-10-05T12:01:00.000-04:00

Kim: (yelling) "I LOVE THIS FUCKING PLACE!"
Heidi: "Captain Buck? Why does it smell like piss on your bus?"

Kim?

2005-10-05T11:54:00.000-04:00

Are 48 beers really enough for two days?