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10-28-07

Day 443 of 365 More. It was a day of birthdays. After the football game today (wherein, the Steelers returned to their previous winning ways). Steph and I went out with her family to celebrate her grandfather’s 91st birthday. She didn’t know what to get him, but we knew he was a football fan so…

9-22-07

Day 407 of 365 More. Ok, trying to get back to normal life. Spent the entire day hanging out with Steph, with the small exception of when I mowed the lawn while she was napping. When she woke up she suggested we take a walk along the bike trail down by the river. I figured,…

7-11-07

Day 334 of 365 days. Spent the entire day taking photos. Its been a while since I did that. Like I said yesterday, I finally came up with an idea for my photoset for the photography show I’m doing later this month. It was a very muggy day which was actually perfect for the look…

6-15-07

Day 308 of 365 days. Had another phone interview today. Unlike the previous job, I’m not super excited about it, and it pays less than I was hoping for, and isn’t really doing what I want to be doing. So you know, that’s probably the one I’ll get, right? Well, that or I’m going to…

Craig Street Bum

Craig Street Bum

For the Class with Dave group.

Assignment: "The Street" in B&W – Your portrayal of life on the street. Photos must be black & white.

This is the Craig Street Bum. He is what I can best term, a professional homeless man. In one month, I will have lived in Pittsburgh for 15 years. For this entire time, this man has been stationed on Craig Street between Forbes and Fifth Avenue. He sometimes moves from one side of the street to the other. He is never there at night. But every day, rain or shine, whenever I am on Craig Street he is there, perched on his milk crate, with a cup in front of him begging for change. I have often wondered if he is really homeless or not. Not to be callous, but you’d think after 15 years he’d either be back on his feet or would have died. I don’t very often see people giving him change (I think most passers by are aware that he is simply there every day) but he clearly changes his clothes from time to time, despite having "the homeless look." If you pay close attention you’ll even notice that his Nikes are newer than mine.

Maybe I should give the panhandling thing a try.

4-30-07

Day 262 of 365 days. So I got the letter I had been dreading today. I’ve spent the last couple months interviewing over and over again with one company. Actually, I’ve interviewed with several companies for the last couple months, but I kept getting called back to one. They told me in no uncertain terms…

4-25-07

Day 256 of 365 days. The Mav/Jack Crossover (Chris Maverick Variant) Today is new comic day. A day when geeks all over the country flock to comic specialty shops to pick up their favorite funny books. Little known to all non comic book readers, due to a particular leak in the subspace nexus to the…