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one of my Facebook, model friends, Karen, was baking a strawberry-rhubarb pie yesterday, and well, the idea just kinda turned me on. i had to go to three different stores to get all the ingredients but the prep and baking time was really quick. the video below shows what i thought of the results.

Presh Taken March 9, 2009 at 1:11 am   Burgermeister I actually know what Burgermeister is, or well, was. It was a brand of beer available back in the 60's. My dad used to drink it. Taken March 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm new picnik tools i really don't like this photo of myself but i'll share it because i really like the effects of the new Picnik.com tools that i used on it. Fancy Focus and Gritty. i think i'm going to have some fun using these. Taken March 16, 2009 at 5:23 pm Paddy's Lady's Me former bride, born and bred in Ireland, and me mother. Saint Patrick's Day, 2009. Taken March 17, 2009 at 7:05 pm read my face - bleh! Taken March 19, 2009 at 7:07 pm

Laura - Cemetery Girl Originally uploaded by daryldarko This is a photograph of Laura Quick. We were acquaintances at Monte Vista High School back in the mid 70's, but now we are much closer friends. Laura has spent much of her adult life travelling around the world as a travel photographer. Anyway, we decided to go to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland one day so that I could test out my new camera and get some photos of her to use for my Cemetery Girl photo essay. This is one of my fav shots from our afternoon out together. You can see the rest of my shots of her here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daryldarko/sets/72157623037581049/

I phone my son, who lives in Ireland every chance that I remember to. It's basically a matter of trying to catch him at a time when he is not at work, college, or sleeping. I called him last night, around 10pm his time and he answered on the very first ring. He said, "Dad, I'm in kind of a messed up situation right now." Knowing what kind of activities and people he interacts with over there I was practically prepared to hear anything. Oddly enough, I did not feel any sense of distress or fear coming from him. He went on to explain that he had received a phone call from his boss at his job, who he had become quite close friends with. Billy works at a rescue mission run by the Salvation Army where they take drug addicted homeless men in off the streets in Dublin, Ireland. Many of the people that work for the operation have come through processes of recovery from addiction issues in their own lives. In the phone call with his friend, he found out that his friend had mad...