Jocelyn's Graduation Party Slideshow

A Fire, A Party And Music!

Big doings today.

About 2:40 this morning, Natalie and I both smelled smoke. We checked the kid's rooms, the attics, the basement, everywhere but we couldn't find anything burning. The smoke alarms didn't go off. It was weird. We went outside and it looked hazy and the smell was really strong but we still couldn't see anything. There were some sirens going off but they were too far away to be involved in whatever we were smelling. The next day, Colleen told us the Dunkin Donuts up on Belair Road burned down during the night. That's a couple blocks away from us. I wonder if we knew it was burning before the fire department did. There hasn't been a peep about it on the TV news or in the newspaper.

I put this photo in the Baltimore Group at Flickr and I got this comment from Kcarter "this is what i heard two men tried to break in and the safe was near gas line and they were using a blow torch and the place exploded and one man died and the other ran down the street in flames. I live with in a mile from the place but did not hear anything but a neighbor of mine heard the explosion and went see what it was."

The Burned Out Dunkin Donuts On Belair Road

Patrick had his 11th birthday party at Howard & Dolores today. Natalie, Matthew and I went and had a great time. Howard put a new pool in that's bigger and deeper than the last one. Really nice. Because John up the street was having his birthday party on the same day, we didn't stay too late.

The Unholy Trio

After we dropped Matthew off, Natalie and I went to Honfest in Hampden. I wanted to go mainly to hear Cary Zeigler's Expensive Hobby play. They were on from 5:00 to 7:00 and we didn't get there until 6:30 but they were still great. I don't know of any other band that does a Yes Medley ("I've Seen All Good People", "Yours Is No Disgrace" and "Changes"). They also did a couple of originals and Chicago's "Make Me Smile". The Chicago sounded great with their three-piece horn section. The festival itself was OK but I don't know if I would go there just for that. No good beer at any of the stands.

Cary Zeigler's Expensive Hobby at Honfest

Guess Who?

Prom Night

Melissa Evans & Andrew

Mature Content Warning! (I Think You Can See Where This Is Going)

With All Due Respect, I Choose Not To Go Fuck Myself

Sir. Sir. Sir! Now that you have, I dare say, made your opinion on this matter more than abundantly clear, might I finally be afforded the...

Guess Who?

Out For A Stroll On Calvert Street

In the meantime, placing our faith in God, we must continue the performance of our duties, each and everyone of us, so that we may confront this destructive adversary with a nation united, courageous and consecrated to the preservation of human supremacy on this earth.

"We will sell no wine before it's time"

Pretty Nice OTR Site

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A Rant About A.C. Moore

A.C. Moore is having a Moonlight Madness sale this weekend. I won't be there. Natalie and I went to the last one they had. We got to the Avenue in White Marsh a little early so we went to Red Brick Station for a drink while we waited. We walked over there when the sale started and it was really nothing - 20% off everything in the store. That was it, no specials or anything. We didn't find anything we really wanted but we had a 50% off coupon so we thought we'd use that on something we knew we would need. At the register, the cashier told us no coupons were being accepted during the Moonlight Madness sale. I told Natalie (and anybody else who wanted to hear) that this was a rip-off. We were being penalized 30% because we waited a 1/2 hour for the sale to start. I didn't want to buy the stupid thing but Natalie ended up getting it. I wish I could find a video online of "Pierre Bernard's Recliner Of Rage" skit about A.C.Moore that was on Conan O'Brian. He went off about the stupid coupons too.

Prom Night

Joceyln Kelly

What would Borat say?

Mature Content Warning! The following article contains the phrase "moist, soapy perfection".

If Wanting To See Vaginas Is A Crime, Then I, Your Honor, Am Guilty

I stand before you today accused of wrongdoing, with my reputation called into question before the entire community. But in truth, I am no more...

The Nock Sister's Come To Town

Brenda, Carol & Alana, Natalie, Leslie and Anne

Brenda and Anne came to town for a visit this weekend. On Sunday, Carol had us over to meet the newest member of the clan - Amanda's daughter Alana. That makes Natalie a great-aunt.

Natalie and her Great-Niece Alana

Bishopville Blow-Out

We went down to Bishopville for Mellisa's high school graduation party today. We had a great time. Pictures from the party are online at - http://picasaweb.google.com/TJMK50/MelissaSGraduationParty

Mellisa and her grandparents, Ray and Eve

The Residents

Gary Flowers Guitars

Gary being interviewed on "The Signal"

I've been trying to post Gary's interview on "The Signal" radio show but I can't find a link to it. I'll have to put my mp3 of it up somewhere and link to that. Until then, you can check out Gary's Website and a free "abstact" from an interview he did with the Sunpapers in 2000.

OK, I put the interview up on Odeo. Double-click the play button in the Odeo player below to listen to it. You might have to click the play button again if it doesn't start. It might work - Odeo seems to be a mess these days.

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What happened to JonPoi?

What Was That?

Today, the blog archive months starting showing up in German! I had to remove the blog archive page element and then add it again to get back to English.

Amen Brother!

Dept. Of Evil: 'All Of You Must Die'

WASHINGTON, DC-The department warned that all necks would feel the steely bite of its soul-thirsty axe as soon as funding is approved.

My Name Is Earl Season Finale

Hamilton's Finest Hour

Kent Osborne's Maryland Film Festival Experience