worth a thousand words

now playing: john gorka, "love is our cross to bear"


so i finally installed the software that i needed to download all the pictures from my cell phone onto the computer and got it installed and working...and i pulled some of them into photoshop and corrected the contrast so they wouldn't look as though they were taken through fogged windows - and i figured i'd share a few of them with you.

(dial up users...sorry for the potentially slow download times...)



ok, this first one amused me quite a bit...as you're walking past the sovereign center in reading on penn street, going back towards the center of town, there's a railroad crossing. at this crossing, there's this bar that comes down in addition to the ones that fall across the street to block traffic. when i saw this the other day, i couldn't help but wonder what kind of person needs this extra layer of protection to keep them from walking into the path, or the side of, a moving train...

these shots were taken during the van downtime that found me walking home from the bus stop. reading actually isn't so bad in the dark of night and under the cover of snow...here's a couple:

this one is my personal favorite. it makes my ass cold just thinking about it:

this shot is from one of the last gigs i did with stone road. they had set the christmas tree up in the corner i was playing in, and in the picture the lights from the tree make it look as though my amps are on fire. far out.

the view from walnut street at the bridge next to the world cafe live:

i parked next to this dog when i went to pick up chinese food a while back. i've never seen a dog as intent as this one on maintaining his bearing...i'd move and try to get its attention and instead of moving its head, it would shift its eyes in my direction for a split second, and then go back to this pose.

if they let animals guard buckingham palace, this dog would pass the audition with flying colors:

this is not a label that i particularly want to see on anything that i'd use in a capacity where its flavor was an issue, honestly:

and this picture (even though it pales by comparison to having actually seen it) is the reason i decided to get a cellphone with a camera in it in the first place. i stopped to get gas after dropping the kids off for the bus and took this shot before going inside...

almost lunchtime - craving something warm, i think....