Chris

i was born 30 years too late. i say this often. look at all the amazing things i missed.
the crazy world of arthur brown only had one hit (“Fire”) but put on an awesomely bizarre show.

the crazy world of arhur brown at the rockpile in toronto:
(photos from nashtheslash.com)

Enters the stage from an egg:

Arthur as Jesus:

Arthur as the Pope:

“I bring you… FIRE!”:

Carl Palmer thinking why am i doing this:

before a long night of socializing, i often stop at the [tag]Wawa[/tag] for a 20oz. i find the caffeine helps keep me awake when inbibing brings me down. so this defintely isn’t the first time i’ve acknowledged a need for [tag]Buzz Beer[/tag], but after reading these two articles today the demand grows:

so bring back Buzz Beer, we’ll all be better for it.

[tags]beer, coffee, alcohol, caffeine[/tags]

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don’t even start.

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,
isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance, of
how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.

if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like
that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, its
the only good fight
there is.

– Chas. Bukowski

I visited Havre de Grace’s 25th Annual Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival this weekend.
The Chesapeake Bay is a very awkward place. It’s a weird amalgamation of the privileged and the redneck. The beauty of the bay overcomes class…sorta… I guess it can’t decide whether you live in a shanty or a estate.

John Water’s Pecker introduced my friends and I to the pit beef sandwich. This weekend was my first taste. Simply put its a smoked beef sandwich maybe of lesser quality than a traditional roast beef sandwich. The brisket looking slap of beef is sliced and smoked (probably in a pit at one point, but now modern smokers abound) with a secret seasoning only know to the Chesapeakeans or maybe they’re Chesapeakers… I prefer the first because it rhymes with Puerto Rican. It was pricey at $5… but I think we were taken advantage of because of its convenience.

I tell my lady friends…”Give a man a pit beef sandwich… and he’ll be back for seconds”…. All Baltimore loves a pit beef sandwich! – Memama

Havre de Grace
Here are some pictures:













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Havre de Grace Decoy Museum

Here is what pit beef sandwich looks like:

Almost sexual isn’t?

my bike arrived today.

[tag]Jamis[/tag] Durango 2.0 Mountain Bike
I purchased it from Biketopia in Havertown.

its been 3 years since i was in san francisco. it was nice.