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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Altered States
This was a drawing I did back in the late 1980s in the cursed Sketchbook from Hell. I created it as a belated birthday card for a girl I was pursuing who dodged my advances. Belated birthday cards featuring a … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Altered States, Cartoon, cartoons, chimp, comic, comics, devolution, Drawer Cards, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Sunset over South Philly
This spectacular atmospheric display is over Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia. I shot this back in November of 2007.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged blue, clouds, orange, Philadelphia, pink, sky, South Philly, sunset
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A Wet Alley in Center City
Off of Locust Street between 12th and 13th Streets.
Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged alley, brick, convergence, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, rain, reflection, stone, urban, water, wet
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Man with a Goatee
Posted in Animated GIF, News, Photography
Tagged cabinet cards, E.J. Davis, flavor saver, Frankford Avenue, humor, Philadelphia, vintage
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Navy Bean Soup with Smoked Ham
I should have named this post New England Boiled Dinner Part Two. The best part about making a boiled dinner are the leftovers. So you’ve had dinner, and in the days following you’ve fried thin slices of smoked shoulder in … Continue reading
Posted in Lovin' from the Oven, News
Tagged leftovers, navy beans, smoked shoulder, soup
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New England Boiled Dinner
This recipe is one of my grandmother’s, it’s pretty basic – a smoked pork shoulder, carrots, potatoes and cabbage all cooked together in the same pot on top of the stove. Like last week’s tomato soup, this is another one … Continue reading
Taking it for a spin…
It could be argued that building a CustoMac mini represents a false economy in that time is money and a lot of time and frustration could have been saved by just going to the Apple store and buying one of … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, DIY, Joe's Garage
Tagged Apple, CustoMac, DIY, Hackintosh, Mac, PC, x86
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Tower’s Tower
Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged construction, Philadelphia, theater, Tower Theatre, Upeer Darby
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