Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Big Brother Gets Hitched

Last night I received an e-mail from my eldest brother Jeff,
it stated the following:

"Dear Siblings
Today we did something we have wanted to do for some time...we got married at the top of the stairs at beautiful City Hall in San Francisco ...city of rebels and bohemians. Greg & Renee were perfect, spontaneous witnesses and gracious wedding party. Renee provided something blue with a lovely blue rose, and Greg was our fearless camera man. It was a drizzly overcast day but couldn't have been more beautiful to us."




Congrats big brother!
&
Welcome to the family Jamie!!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Death Cometh

Heath Ledger
1979-2008
Actor who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Brokeback Mountain."


Suzanne Pleshette
1937-2008
Renowned actress, most well-known as the wife on "The Bob Newhart Show."


Maila Nurmi
1921-2008
The original glamour ghoul herself, "Vampira," of late night 50s TV.






Bobby Fisher
1943-2008
Renowned chess player and recluse.


Richard Knerr
1925-2008
Inventor of the "Hula Hoop."




Allan Melvin
1923-2008
Character actor who appeared in numerous roles over the years from "All In The Family" to "Sam The Butcher" in "The Brady Bunch."



Brad Renfro
1982-2008
Actor most well known for his role in 1994's "The Client."






Joyce Carlson
1923-2008
Creator of Disney's "It's A Small World"





John Stewart
1939-2008
Singer/songwriter, most well know for his classic 1970's album "California Bloodlines."

Monday, January 07, 2008

Pathetic Little Quick Fix

Time to take a quick journey around the web and around the world we live in. From the horrific to the bizarre, sometimes even the profound, you're sure to be entertained.
Another reason to get that house inspection before you buy

Shanghaied in Shanghai

Sin City Hello Kitty

Talk Of Impeachment Is Coming From Bigger Voices:
ACLU Florida

George McGovern

So you have a few million or even just a few thousand burning a hole in your pocket?:
You could buy a Bacon

For a bit less, you could buy a bed

Heck, how's about a nice lamp


Vinyl Is Still Vital

Real Life Hanibal Lecter

The Brit's Are Kickin' Our Ass

Obscene Interiors: A photo series

Getting Mugged: A love story

This is what our world is coming to

Friday, January 04, 2008

My Brother Thinks He's Soooo Funny...Well Ha Ha!

It's a new year and time to get caught up on some things, now that the 'holiday terror' is over. Sorry but the non-stop holiday stuff really lingers on way too long and I'm always happy and relieved when I get through it unscathed. Hope you all managed to do the same.

So one of the first things I wanted to take a moment to do, was empty out the pictures on my digital camera. Haven't done that for a few months and wanted to make sure all the pictures got transferred over to my home computer. Always kinda fun 'cause you get to see some shots you forgot about and in this case-one I didn't take! Dun, dun, daaaaaaaa!

As usual, I hook my camera up and transfer any pictures over to my external hard drive. Then I go into a basic photo program and crop, edit and sometimes delete the photographic files. I see pictures from the frozen Mississippi River, looking over downtown St Paul.
Then there were these great pictures of a sign, for a SIGN making SHOP, that is all broken. Doesn't speak well for the sign shop...great irony.
Next were shots of the wonderful Christmas Eve dinner at my brother Tim and Sally's house. Was a joyous evening of conversation, music and amazing food! The evening included musical performances from both their son's Truman & Wyatt, as well as the endlessly talented singer/songwriter/musician(and super sweet too!) Lucy Michelle (lifelong friend of their family.)
It was the perfect holiday evening!
I, however, forgot my camera at Tim's house(where Patrick was staying at the time) and I stopped by to pick it up the next morning. Unbeknownst to me was that a mystery picture had been taken and left for me to find on my camera. Find, I did, amongst the other pictures was that of someone's naked behind. I was startled when I first glanced over all the picture jpegs on my computer and saw what appeared to be a naked picture. 'What! When did I take a naked picture of someone?!'

Upon closer inspection I could see a male subject with their fanny sticking out of there pants, standing in what appeared to be my brother Tim's living room. 'Oh! Patrick...ummm, Tim....ummm...my stupid brothers...one of them is mooning the camera while the other is takin' the picture...ha, ha...so funny.' Which one is worse-showing your butt or takin' the picture? Well-'ha, ha' to you! Here is the world premiere viewing of my "brothers butt picture."


Happy New Years everybody!...Patrick, Tim.