Here be Mon-stars.

Reboot

New site coming in two days...just working the bugs out now.

New Year's with Evan and Maja.

Christmas Pt. 2

Stopped by the Bindrums' house.

Paperweight.

Shop talk.

I think this was some kind of snowball fight?

Fish and Nan.

My new home mountain.

Christmas Pt. 1

Strange things are happening...

Three dog couch.

Dog one.

Dogs two and three.

"Look natural."

I definitely punished Sonny in Connect 4.

Ali contemplates the prospect of doing 75 mph on Lake Champlain with her new ice boat.

Pay for your sins.

Colorado.

Went to Breckenridge. Stayed in the worst hotel I've been in since I used to live on the road. Got altitude sickness. Ate food. Rode!

Roadside!

They grow up so fast.

Hope.

Going to Hell.

Snowboarder of the Year x 4.

New Bookcase.

Before.

After (duh).

Wool

Snowing today.

Halloween

Strong showing.

Details, details, details.

Random Autumn.

Dragged Ali to the pancake breakfast.

Dags

Rivet is stalking chipmunks

Pea and Oval.

Lake Visit.

Godspeed, Gary.

We shared a birthday. He peed on the floor when I met him.
Gary Longfellow Draplin, Dec. 28th, 2004 - Aug. 4th, 2010

Your Stimulus Package.

Wisdom of the Ancients

Rich mine of art: minion of Mercury;
True touchstone of the mind of Mystery;

Invention's storehouse: Nymph of Helicon:
Deep Moralist of Time's tradition:

Unto this Paragon of Brutus' race
Present thy service, and with cheerful grace

Say (if Pythagoras believed my be),
The soul of Ancient Wisdom lives in thee.

4th of July.

Roadtrip with nephew and dogs to NH. Stops in Albany, Enfield, Longmeadow.

On the ferry. Oval looks almost thin.

Dogs love trucks.

For Mark.

Sister.

Not used to this.

Used to this.

Trying.

Trying to make the most of the weekends. Sometimes that means doing the least.

Ali and I got this running finally after three weeks of false starts. I drove it around the yard then almost caught it on fire. Just like the old days.

Check out this amazing three shot sequence:

We stopped by Ed's after. There was much to discuss.

Living Room

NH

Finally went to NH. Hadn't been there in six months. Sorry mom and dad.

Dog scenario. Short Round meeting his new cousin Oval.

Mr. Round still has only one eye.

Went out to camp.

Saw a loon on the way. You can't see it but it had a little baby loon on its back.

Camp weathered winter well.

These items found their way to our front yard...

Twitter

Ugh.

Christmas.

A few minor scenes from Christmas with the family...

Frustration.

Sister/poster.

Nephew/dart gun.

Beth and Andy cooked dinner for us and the Bindrims.

Short Round now has only one eye.

Warming up.

Family photo.

Meanwhile, next door...

Latest Happenings.

"33" stands for pounds. Pounds.

"...of nothing in particular"

These two follow Ali around like drones.

Just trading places all day long.

Rivet and I went for a walk the other day. PICTURES! Beware: includes photos of peeing, snakes, and large vegetables.

Hurricane Season

We went for a walk with the Seven Legs of Doom.

Caught up on gossip with Ed.

However you would describe this scenario.

Squirrels, of course.

Then there's ol' kickstand here.

SweetPea has been with us since Wednesday.

Sunday

We had visitors today, Jared and Nichole. And Ed stopped by. It was real busy out here. Yesterday I stayed in my pajamas the whole day.

I bought the New York Times on a whim today. 6 bucks. 6 American dollars. SIX. I think I can get a year's subscription to Thrasher for 11 dollars and they probably throw in a free t-shirt. I read a total of two articles in the entire paper.

Here is a still from an old movie:

It is Mario Andretti on a Snurfer. Real talk: I actually used to Snurf. Our "neighbors" (they lived probably 5 miles away) had a few Snurfers in their barn and they also had a wicked sledding hill. I used to use the Snurfers whenever we went over there, which was quite often. I actually recall standing on the rope instead of holding onto it. Odd. Oh! and my dad once picked up Mario at the airport. Real talk.

Here is another old photo. I remember this like it was yesterday:

This is Christmas Eve at my Bedstamor and Bedstafar's (grandparents) house. My dad and I building
Lego Police Station 370 with my Grammi in the background. These were the Legos with the figures whose arms and legs were nonexistent.

Lessons:
Stop by and see us.
Don't buy the Times.
Legos = forever.
Mario = sideways, always.

Hershey Again.

This was nice; didn't have the heart to tell them the bars were upside down.

5K. A bargain at half the price.

$3500.00 rusty rim and bald tire.

The second-coolest Corvair ever.

Something tells me this box art isn't completely original.

This was awes.

Chocolate//Cars

Some things I saw after I got out of the car down here for the 23 time in my life.

Unused DuVall windshield. $3500. A bargain at twice the price.

Nice Knuckle. First 26K takes it.

RAD sign.

This was a cool moped.

Barn-fresh '29 Roadster.

Carhorsecar.

Walk

Rather fleet of foot, this small, fat, tailless dog. Hovers.

Tobin

These were never produced. Julien sent them along. Come see them and the Cards "Slayer" shot and the Andy Roy pistol photo, and, and, and.

Opie

This is our old cat Opie. I don't think any birds fell for this trick.

Attendance is Mandatory.

You will get in your car or plane or time machine or whatever and come to this show. Tobin made Fucktards and took some of the most important photos of our time. Julien sent Todd Harris-era decks from his own collection. Anticipation.

Goings On

Dog and Remote Controled Car

Did you know that a full-grown Irish Setter takes up less room in a bed than a French Bulldog?

The Economy and your missing Obama Check.

Bought another camera off of Craigslist this week. Ali has an acid test she puts these devices through:

Autumn = a lot of this going on:

GEM of an antique spot...an oasis in the center of a desert of shite.

Last night of Goodies. Rivet needed one more dog bowl.

Delicious.

Been cooking a lot lately...

Lake: White People

Closed up camp last weekend. Awesome summer. Wish you were here. Will post more soon.

Flat.

The greatest game of S.K.A.T.E. ever played:

Cole v. Busenitz

NITE.

Philly.

Surprise trip to the greatest sportscar collection in the universe.
More here: Simeone Foundation

Ali took this photo after we escaped from getting gas in North Philadelphia.

Amazing Cuban food with the Whites and friends.

Fire hazard.

Mall/Tall

Went to this and then the National Air and Space museum where I proceeded to get vertigo.

Monuments by Moonlight

Barama was cruising around in the 'copter, checking out the sky. You get your check yet? Neither did we...

I think this was Ali's favorite part of the trip.

National Gallery of Art

Didn't take too many photos. Best place we went to though. By far.

People were yelling at this thing. "It's moving! I swear it's moving!"

I was too stunned to take pictures of most of the stuff there.

They have a lot of everything. Not a little of everything. A lot. All of it.

Go. Go for days.

National Museum of Natural History

Rivet reminders.

National Museum of American History

Only here: the most famous lunch counter...

Amazing.

Julia Childs' kitchen!

Matt Capozzi is in the Smith Mother Fuckin' Sonian.

On the way to D.C.

Chick-fil-A in honor of Dabbs.

Jonathan's tunnel.

Lake Situations

Public Transportation.

Rode the bus home.

High-siding in Shelburne.

I'm about done with trying to commute on Rt. 7. Today's mild concussion was the final straw. Check out that moving average though...

Sun doesn't melt...

It freezes: