Friday was an especially happy day for Sticks. His 18th birthday, a near-perfect score on the driver’s test, and a special gift for graduation and his 18th birthday all wrapped into one. Our birthday cake, with 18 candles. If I close my eyes and wish hard, I can pretend the other 31 don’t belong there. [...]
If you aren’t familiar with the legendary Spinal Tap, you don’t know that they tend to consume (or incinerate) drummers on a regular basis. I’m pleased to report (and Sticks will be pleased as well) that Gregg Bissonette survived the Live Earth performance quite nicely and was incredibly fun to watch. Boo-hiss to MSN for [...]
Most of what I’ve written here recently has been entirely too self-centered. Before I started blogging one of my biggest objections to it was the prospect of becoming someone who was all into “she”…instead of the larger world and people in it. Part of taking good pictures is learning how to use perspective to hit [...]