seedy in Amsterdam

Happy 40th brother Doug!

What’ll you have? I’ll have a pint
I'll have a pint with you, sir,
And if one of you doesn't order soon
We'll be chucked out of the boozer.
- The Pogues

3:30am, Manhattan's South Seaport District

One way ticket through the apocolypse

The NE blizzard. All flights out of New York were cancelled so I took a train out of Penn Station to Boston. The ride was surreal and an experience in itself as cities, streets and towns from New York north to Boston were abandoned...a cruise though the final battleground. Take a 5 hour train ride through a blizzard. Do it.

Freeze Frame - Boston

A not-so-measured brightness fitly captures my stroll in below-zero temps on the streets of Boston last week.

Little angel looking through heaven's portal.

I found it. It's in Boston. In a bathroom.

cheating, manipulative bird-brains used to getting what they want from meatheads

Yeah, so I had a run-in with these cheating, manipulative, bar-top dancing bird brains in Doc Hollidays Saloon in in New York's East Village. It went something like this (all yelling over loud music):

Sach to Bartender: 2 shots of Jameson!
Bartender: Excuse me?
Girl dancing on bar shouts to bartender: 2 shots of Jameson! No! 4 shots of Jameson!
Sach: What? 2 shots of Jameson!
Girl dancing on bar: 4 shots of Jameson! 2 for you and 2 for me and my friend! 4 shots of Jameson!
Sach: Who's paying for the other two?
Girls on bar: You are!
Sach: Fuck you!
Girls: No! Fuck you!

I walked away. Without shots. We left the bar.

A Good Guy Takes Action

At 3a.m., in Manhattan's South Seaport District, in the midst of the biggest snowstorm/blizzard in over 40 years, the looters ran rampant. From inside the Paris Cafe, Babic decides to take the law in to his own hands.

You sleep right there.

Directing my nephew Brandon to the spare couch on my porch that he would be sleeping on during his visit. He seems fairly in to it.

He is not amused. He is not interested.

I don't understand why this guy isn't enjoying having Patches, The Gorilla, and Crazy Old Man join him for a refreshing beverage. They were just trying to fit in. You know, keep it low key.

The setting: my favorite Rocky Mountain back-hills bar, The Wildman's Cabin in Indian Hills, CO. This guy's expression is hilarious...clearly fed up. And check out Patches hair.

Breath Mints = Instant Cocaine Party

The next time you're in a bar AND have Altoids with you, be sure to crush a few on the table, roll up an Abe, and have yourself a big, improper, faux cocaine party.

Sheep - Ring of Kerry, Ireland

One of my two favorite days in Ireland...a ridiculously scenic day trip around the Ring of Kerry.

Jefferson Barracks Bridge, St. Louis, MO

Smokes. Tarter Sauce. Gin and Tonic.

If you can think of a better caption for this photo...I'm all ears.

Patchy and lacking cohesion

This Christmas Eve kareoke chorus line was a disorganized and ill-rehearsed eye and earsore. Yet all was redeemed by the sheer excitement of their surprise, leggy kick-circle.

Left to right - sister Danette, sister Deb, mother Mary, and brother Doug's girlfriend Trish.

The Stink Blaster

I gifted my nephew Michael with a Stink Blaster for Christmas. As you can see, this unbelievably cool toy "blasts stinky air" up to 20 feet/6M. And it includes two long lasting "stink pods". Unfortunately, the kids were not allowed to discharge this weapon in the house, so we had to test it in the garage. I couldn't get a gauge on how far the stink was flying. But I did inhale a bit of this weapon's bouquet. And it almost made me hurl.

I give The Stink Blaster 4.5 stars out of 5. Parents...I highly recommend this toy for your kids.

Getting too much out of watching her dance

He was clearly agreeable to whatever she wanted. She was the half-court jump shot that he could never make happen. But there was just something about her that made him uncomfortable. And he liked that.