In lieu of a real entry I offer you a random sampling of recent pictures taken with my phone.
My parent’s mailbox after the huge windstorm in the PNW. (Seattle)
E Tennessee I-40 rest stop in winter. (Knoxville)
Rick Steff and Ben Nichols (Memphis)
Yes, I always want to grab Ben and squeeze him too. (Memphis)
Barcelona? (Knoxville)
Dinner. (Yes, it’s 5 kinds of cheese, two kinds of meat, bread and crackers. Healthy!) (Seattle)
Jon Snodgrass of Drag the River (Memphis)
More Jon (Memphis)
Half price is always a deal! (Seattle)
The Wanker’s Corner Inn in Wanker’s Corner, OR, where I went drinking with my cousins. (Oregon)
So that pretty much sums up my trips to Memphis, Seattle, Oregon and Knoxville in the last month. Yeah, I really should take more and better pictures. I never really remember though.
AJAX BELL 
January 23, 2007 at 1:51 am
YAY BEN!
…that has to be one of the best pictures of him. It’s so private. Um, I won’t even snatch it, because it’d feel sort of WEIRD to have. It’s lovely, though.
January 23, 2007 at 1:57 am
While I took those pictures (and many others that didn’t come out because it was too dark) Rick was telling me how while they were on tour he took Ben to his mother’s house. Ben said, “Mrs. Steff, I love your son so much I’d take a knife in the chest for him.” And the obviously brilliant and charming Mrs. Steff said, “Well, Benny, that’s very sweet, but you boys aren’t going to get into a situation where that’d be necessary, are you?” So every time I see that picture I think of that story and my heart swells with love for both of them.
January 23, 2007 at 2:07 am
HAHHAHAHAHAHAH Omg, that story!
January 23, 2007 at 2:07 am
Oh. That’s so lovely. He’d take a knife for him…and she’s so clever. I love it. It makes me all…okay, I just want to put on my pajamas and sit on your floor with a blanket and LISTEN to all these crazy-great stories you must have by now…I’ll bring a handle.
January 23, 2007 at 2:09 am
I hate you guys for being SO AWESOME.
January 23, 2007 at 3:57 am
Barcelona?
January 23, 2007 at 11:55 am
No idea who Rick and Ben are, but hte story with Rick’s mother is awesome.
(It’s been a while since you did any pic spam, hightime the dryspell was broken.)
January 24, 2007 at 12:47 am
HALF PRICED PENGUINS!
January 25, 2007 at 4:39 am
I know!! Seriously, best sign ever in a grocery store!
January 25, 2007 at 4:44 am
A handle? What kind of handle? Is this something to hit me with if my stories aren’t good enough?
January 25, 2007 at 4:45 am
Barecelona!
HEE, I don’t know why that cracks me up so much but it really does.
January 25, 2007 at 6:13 am
A handle of bourbon, nance. What, is that a Maine term?
January 25, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Possibly. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it before!