didn't take too long before i found out, what people mean by down and out.

even outdoor dogs like harley want to get inside for christmas.

you never take advice.

maybe these days are over, over now.

we all get a winter break, right?
took my annual day trip up to sodak at christmastime. the ice at lake poinsett has kind of pushed and folded itself up the shore. kinda cool. you could also hear it groaning and creaking.

silver moons belong to you.

el gato.

as long as we're young.

parents like to make faces to babies. true story.

saw you stretched out in room ten-oh-nine.

great idea, orlando. i think omaha could use of few of these, as well.

i'll be there on time and i'll pay the cost.

sometimes i forget to post photos.

baby, all i need is a shot in the arm.

during manweekend 2011, i fed tyler a lot of shit.
since it was manweekend, there is a chance i wasn't entirely sober when this happened. all things considered, tyler probably wasn't either, so he didn't take my joking too seriously. but i am glad to report he did ask jillian to marry him, and she said yes.
who wants to go to boston next fall?

it wasn't me. i wasn't there.

fried turkey and beer.

are your hands getting filled?

every once in a while, i think black and white work better than color. agreed? agreed.

you don't learn that in school.

"... and that's what christmas is all about, charlie brown."

these things get louder.

see? i'm far from being the only strange one in my family.

words can never make up for what you do.

new thanksgiving centerpiece.

you're just a riddle in the sky.

variations on a theme.

follow her down to a bridge by a fountain.

who doesn't love juicy lucy cheeseburgers? i think even vegetarians crave them.

(second photo by cousin maddie)

it takes me away to that special place.

i'll have a can of your finest haitian lager, please.

and he's oh-so good. and he's oh-so fine.

it's ok, little guy. sometimes i take my shirt off when i eat, too!

it's so cold in alaska.

cheese curds and root beer!

and that's why you don't use one-armed persons to teach lessons!

my friend q turned his handicap into a halloween costume. hey brother!

the next generation will hear me.

geez, and people call me a piranha*

*they don't.