Matty Charles
Jake Armerding
I love it when I take the right turn instead of the wrong one. I didn’t get out today because I didn’t feel like it. That simple, actually. If I could have dealt with laying on the couch, I would have done that. But I did vow to get off my ass and […]
My god it was a great show.Last night I took my camera. The crowd was a lot more wild than Friday night. Tonight I stayed in the mosh pit for about ten songs and then let the kids have their fun. After all, I had my turn. (In other words, they were kicking my butt.)
These […]
There’s not much of a story to tell about this. An older fellow got on the A train heading for Brooklyn. He plopped down on the seat and pulled a cat out of his shirt. He shooed the cat away and the cat climbed over to the next seat. The fellow the cat shared […]
This plaque hangs on the south wall of the grounds of the New York Public Library on W. 40th Street. Wendell Wilkie ran against FDR in 1940 and lost his bid for the presidency as an opponent of the New Deal. The quote on the plaque is merely quaint these days:
“I believe in America because […]
When I moved to New York City three years ago, I had little in mind other than to disappear. My wife Siri died in April 2003 and I spent the following year trying to kill myself indirectly via substance abuse and then cleaning up my act by going sober. In February 2004 a friend of […]
Whitman resided here at 99 Ryerson Street, Brooklyn, NY in 1855 when LEAVES OF GRASS was published on July 4th.
I decided to continue my walk this rainy evening to the river. I joined the gathering crowd and enjoyed the fireworks show.
Photos taken on my cellphone.
I started posting pictures taken with my cellphone camera on Flickr. I’ve long been an avid photographer, but the hallmark of much of my work is that it is often too “precious” or “artful.” The result are photos that some might say are lifeless and dull. I’ve taken to using the cellphone because it forces […]
