max s. gerber(the latest shot)

when kenny maestas was in his early twenties he was riding shotgun in a truck driven by a buddy of his. this buddy was agitated. he had just had a fight with his girlfriend. kenny was only trying to get a ride to work, but his buddy was driving erratically. the truck crashed. the friend [...]

i was very sad to hear today that william claxton died over the weekend of congestive heart failure. he was eighty years old. claxton took one of my favorite photos of all time (above), of chet baker and helima in 1955. i’ve always loved this picture, have seen it in galleries from time to time, [...]

things are a bit of a mess here on allen avenue this weekend as my kitchen is being remodeled. a new sink is being installed, the old tile counter ripped out and a new granite countertop put in. i already miss the old tile, actually, and i’m kind of bummed out that i wasn’t there [...]

i get to meet people who do a lot of different things, some of which seem very enviable. i mean, really, who wouldn’t want the title “venture capitalist”? it seems like it’d be great for once to be the guy able to give out the money instead of being the guy trying to get the [...]

i’ll be honest, i couldn’t care less about sports. never did. never had any interest in watching sports or participating in them. i certainly never had any particular aptitude for any sport, though i did waste practically my entire freshman year of college playing ping pong, and was pretty good at it there for a [...]

it’s been really busy lately over here on allen avenue, and there are lots of legitimate updates to get to, but first this. . . a couple of my friends seem to have two year olds at the moment, and both dropped by for a visit over the last week on one of the rare [...]