You can Always Squeeze a Little More Blood out of the Stone

In my particular case, the stone is my hard drive and the blood being wrung out is excess footage.  Enjoy watching some of the homies do what the do best, and no I don't mean drinking beer and acting like children, even though they excel at the too.  The featured skaters are

Austin Gardner

Aaron Brown 

Billy Roper

Dave Abair

Dillon Constantine 

Peter Raffin

Jesse Rose

Matt Hicks

Erik Deringer

Gunz

James Delreal

Wayne Nguyen 

Home Girl  

One More for the Road

A while back I discovered why, as people grow older, they become increasingly more bitter and unreceptive to the world around them.  I came to this particular revelation after my local Hollywood Video closed its doors and I could no longer peruse the vast selection of films until something caught my eye.  I felt a tinge of resentment towards the modern world for robbing me of one of my favorite activities.  I then realized that after decades of similar unfortunate occurrences one transforms into a Scrooge like version of their former self.  Over time a person's spirit erodes like a cliff consistently being berated by the pesky sea.  Huge tragic events do not break down the human spirit, it is little things, like the closing of a video store or perhaps your favorite bar.

I was frightened by what I had learned about the human race but also relieved that I had recognized the issue early on.  These photos may not be the cure, but they sure do ease the pain.

            

However, after I learned that Bukowski already wrote about this type of thing in, "The Shoelace," I felt a little less special.  But I still love these damn photos.  

Photo credit should be paid to Lane Kerans, myself, and others.