random 3's

three people who i often refer to as "your boy" to maggie
1. old guy who drives down 52nd @20 mph.
2. jimmy and john (not the sandwich place)
3. dude who owns broad ripple vintage

three rockers who you would never guess are born again christians.
1. alice cooper
2. dave mustaine (megadeth)
3. tom araya (slayer)

three favorite greeks
1. stamatis
2. kris rogers
3. greeks pizza

three future business ideas
1. hutch's hutchs (custom wood furniture)
2. hey batta' batta' (gourmet pancake batter mix)
3. tiny typer (computer keyboards for small hands)

three beagles
1. buckley the beagle from The Royal Tenenbaums
2. alley mc beagle
3. pencil the beagle from that horrible movie starring molly shannon Year of the Dog.

al's new edit

winter in the 'nati. i'm i the only one who gets a kick out of this? "i need that fucking coffee table!" i miss hanging with those guys...

some cars.

pizza hutch

it's official...she's a fat ass

so the beagle has learned how to open the refrigerator. the first few times it happend i thought that the door might have been left open. today i was able to officially confirm that she CAN open the door. this time she ate a block of baked tofu, pizza dough, sliced cheese. well, i went to lowes and bought this child latch for door. lets see if it works...


fat ass.


get some!


john clark gave me an old skateboarding book from the 70's. thanks!



in case you missed shaq over the weekend...

january 1989

my friend steve sent me a few of his old skate mags. this was my favorite out of the bunch. an issue of poweredge from january 1989. here's a few of the highlights.


gonz rocking some jordans. classic form.


skull skates was a rad company. "dead guys" was my 2nd board ever.

WTF? wez with dreads?

wiring schematic

"schematic" is a funny word to me. i have yet to mess with any major rewiring on my bikes. this makes it look easy and even fun.

best of "the general"

he's one of the most polarizing figures in sports. funny yet pathetic. love him or hate him. idiot or genius? definitely legend status.

thursdays with maiden

i always thought this photo was hilarious.



"wrathchild" is my favorite maiden song.



i knew that maiden frontman bruce dickinson was an pilot, but this is kind of interesting. i lifted it from his wikipeida entry.

"In the summer of 2006, Dickinson flew about 200 UK citizens home from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict. On 12 February 2007, Dickinson was given permission to fly Rangers F.C. to Israel for their UEFA Cup game against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Dickinson asked if he could pilot this flight as soon as he found Astraeus had the contract for it. After the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008 he piloted an Iceland Express aeroplane and flew home 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt, as well as a Boeing 747 with a group of british RAF pilots from Afghanistan. "A lot of them recognised him because they are Maiden fans, but he was there in his professional capacity as a pilot," says an RAF spokesman."

hidden rooms

once i heard a story about some skaters in SF knocking down some walls in their apartment. they discovered extra rooms and moved people into the space. were not trying to rent out our stairwell, but some extra storage space doesn't hurt. i was hoping to find some cool stuff in the sealed off area, like maybe a few thousand dollars, a joint, or some porn. that would have made this post more exciting.