The home of the Detroit Tigers, Commerica Park, was never the home of Ty Cobb, but perhaps there is a sense that the spirit of the best Tiger ever (who was also the most despicable racist in baseball history this side of Cap Anson) is still there with the memory of Hank Greenberg, Al Kaline, Alan Trammel, and Hal Newhouser.

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I'm not a Phillies fan, but I'm glad that they've turned their team around - even if it meant paying Ryan Howard more than some small countries generate in a year.

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They've come back from the dead with Buck Showalter's boot. Their proud son, Cal Ripken, made sure that they'd sell tickets with himself in the lineup, but they never won after 1997. Sure, Jeffrey Maier didn't help, but neither did Albert Belle, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, and a ton of injuries to Brian Roberts. Always a great place for a game - even if you're from out of town.

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If you were to salivate over the Ken Burns Baseball collection and live with the TV on MLBTV the way that I do, you would understand completely.

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Van Hornesville Falls, Judd Falls, and Lake Otsego are featured in these pictures as well as surrounding sights that aren't baseball related.

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It's all about the circus, but the circus still has baseball - even if it's more between the innings than during the game.

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Lancaster's Independent League team in action. They're not the Reading Phillies, but they put on one heck of a fireworks show!

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Welcome to America - where we take guns and the outdoors seriously, and why not? That's why we have the 2nd Amendment and the right not to just eat meat that grocery stores provide for us. Really.

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Mostly, this is a collection of my dad's hunting and fishing pictures, but it also features NASCAR, bullriding, and that kind of stuff.

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The Sovereign Center in Reading hosted motorcycle, go-kart, ATV (3 + 4 wheelers), and general ice racing fun in January 2017, so the men of my family went for a Christmas present. Good times were had by all.

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Man, I need a Jeep.

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Let me be clear, I don't want anything from after when I was born. I'm just saying.

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While I've never been a motorcycle guy, I can appreciate some serious American muscle of Bon Jovi's steel horse variety!

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If only I had all of the money that Powerball and Mega Millions could bring...

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The joy of the cars that I've owned

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While my sister will laugh at my love of ESPN Zone's fries, Baltimore shows that you can turn the ghetto into a moneymaker if you move out riff raff (the red light section) and you move in the stores, the aquarium, and the touristy stuff. Of course, you'll need police to keep the red light in its section (even if the crackheads wander out to beg for handouts, occasionally, you needn't worry since the drugs and the beatings they give each other makes them slow and incoherent).

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The final weekend of August 2012 was spent in Chincoteague. In between dodging the rains, we did get to see a fair bit of the island, but it would have been nicer to go down with good weather and no traffic jams.

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Adventuring over the border into Michigan, one can go to the Cabelas in Dundee. While it isn't as big as Hamburg, the taxidermy and other displays still look awesome.

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Heather took me to her birthplace and the sites that she knew while growing up in northern Ohio.

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From its first view, I was hooked, and I knew Heather was too. That's why I only thought of this as the place for our wedding - and so it was. Definitely more exciting than the back patio of a stately mansion.

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All of the pictures from my Oak Openings hikes in Ohio.... flat, but long. Oh, and it's really buggy in August, too. At least it's a long trail!

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We went to the Toledo Zoo a few years back.

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Hiking outside of Milford Michigan with Rhett Reader.

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Hiking outside of Milford Michigan with Rhett Reader

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On the Lake Erie shores... a lot of birds and some really wild shrooms.

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The summer of 2011 didn't offer much travel, but it did offer a trip to Woodland Beach, which was a nice day for a non-people beach in Delaware.

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Visions of all things uniquely American.

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I'm not a fan of Philthydelphia. I don't like their sports teams. I haven't liked South Street since the first time I set foot in Camden Town (London), and frankly, other than a few clubs or a few odds and ends, I have no desire to be there. That said, here are pictures from PA's biggest city.

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Terracotta Warriors, Philadelphia Art Museum, and the Rodin Museum as we wander around the area and have a splendiferous day. If you get the chance to see the Warriors, do so. They're so much better than expected, and we expected them to be great. Be warned - pretentious nudie art inside... probably NSFW, though it's art.

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We went for Van Gogh, but there were other art works there, too. That said, it's art, so it's OK to do the nudie thing... as long as your religion doesn't object. Just don't touch the art... or you'll get yelled at!

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A very nice place to go... free on Sundays, too! Their art collection is pretty solid, but like all of these places, if they don't want you taking pictures, they should have big ass signs hooked to orange cones that say so. I'm just saying.

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Overall, a great park for picnics... some really amazing sculptures, too, though it's hard to take art critics serious when they can't tell the difference between a duck and a goose on multiple occasions.

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Located on the Delaware River, this scenic art town is where grown up hippies come to live and aspiring hippies come to buy clothing and other stuff associated with hippie culture. That said, it's a nice escape for the day.

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Included are the flowers and trees of RACC - the college I went to for my associate's degree and where I have taught for roughly a decade.

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The sites of Reading, Pennsylvania, are just that: the good sites. Not included is the thuglife and scum that makes Reading such a violent city on the Morgan Quitno studies, but alas... that is just me opining. I am sure that in some world, there are feelings that I shouldn't be treading on when it comes to gangs and thugs and the criminal element of this fine city of mine.

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If there's no time to drive far, at least there's Nolde Forest and its 14million trails that all intersect and confuse the beejesus out of people. Nevertheless, it is beautiful, though there's not really much to see there other than a stream, trees, and mountain laurel - maybe a squirrel or 2.

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Various nature spots in the state of Pennsylvania.

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What seems like a great place to go for rock climbing - if you're talented on that sort of thing. Also, a really quiet secluded place on the top for just being mellow by the lake.

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Hershey Park is happy if you're young, but if you're old and prefer something a little more natural from Uncle Milt, then the gardens might be your ticket. That said, we had to imagine what was there because it hadn't gotten warm enough for the flowers to poke through yet.

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A trip to the World Trade Center Memorial and Statue of Liberty with the Wards in February 2018

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Fun with wax figures in New York City.

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I'm just not a fan of anything in that city. Never really was. However, I really really really hate the Yankees. I loathe them as if they were Satan himself. That said, the only time I will go up there again is when they open the WTC Memorial.

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All things generalized south of the Mason Dixon Line.

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I stopped shooting black and white film a while ago, so most of this stuff is taken between 2003 and 2006. I don't intend to add any new stuff since most of the pictures are really good as is. While some of this is OK, most of the black and white just got old...

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Theater of Living Arts - 5th of July 2013. Another great show to kick off the new CD (Yes, it's true).

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Polyphonic Spree at Bethlehem's Muskifest Cafe for their 15th anniversary show of the Beginning Stages!

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Slayer, King Diamond, Hell Yeah, Feed Her to the Sharks, Kissing Candace, White Chapel, and the Devil Wears Prada... live from Hell (err... Camden, New Jersey)

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Pictures of Phish from some of the 12 concerts (+ the Great Went) that I've been to.

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OK, so they're middle aged man rock (with a healthy following of pop following teenage girls), but they are really good - and affordable when ti comes to stadium rock concerts.

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Kelly Clarkson's 2015 Hershey gig

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A lot of concerts are here, but this is more about the stuff that isn't here: Reading Festival 1991 with Nirvana live onstage (when I saw them and you didn't) and a lot of the great earlier shows I saw when music still had meaning and originality. That said, if you ever get a chance to see the Polyphonic Spree and you don't, then you're lame.

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Nuff said.

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I really used to like wrestling, but when 24 came along, I abandoned it pretty much for the duration. Now, it's just a mockery of itself and that's not even getting into wrestlers that strangle their kid and wife.

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On the third try, I did make it to Scotland right before I came back to America in June 1996.

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December 27,1990 - July 8, 1996.
The formative years and people and places who made me what I am today.
In the Air Force and all of the time beyond.

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London was a period of my life (91+92 really), although some of it is from the next few years as well. I really liked it at the time, and I'm sure I would like to go back, but while England made me who I am, I'm not London.

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All the pictures of my British home town - 1994-1996

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A stadium like castle that was located outside of Bentwaters AFB. Pictures taken most likely in 1991.

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Ely Cathedral looks like a giant wedding cake on the flatness that is the Fens of England. It's really beautiful inside too. Oh yeah, and there is all that history stuff as well.

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On the very southeast coast of England sits this fantastic castle that overlooks the English Channel.

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All of the druid things that England has to offer and some haunted ones too.
Oh yeah.

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Another castle outside of Bentwaters. Pictures from 91 and 92.

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Canada, Mexico, and Ireland. These were my times out of the country that weren't in England. THose pictures go here.

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Pictures of the journeys my parents took when they went to Alaska in 2005

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I was on the Turkish / Syrian / Iraqi border in 1991. That was about 1 month too long. My time was for Operation Provide Comfort after Desert Storm. Basically, the special forces handled the security and no fly zones. I sat around a MASH tent.

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Cathedrals and monuments to Christianity.
As was once stated, there are 2 kinds of Catholics in the world: practicing and wayward Catholics. Once you're baptized, you don't escape it.

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Pictures that are just plain old goofy and don't really belong anywhere else will be put here.

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Welcome to the world, Dylan Matthew! It's going to be a wonderful ride. These are all of the pictures of my sister's son, who just so happens to be my 21st nephew (or niece or nephew or niece's child!).

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Legos are awesome. That is all.

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September 12, 1970.
My parents wedding.

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'nuff said.

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In memory of the Macho Dude, and his as yet unnamed son who has taken over for him.

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My 44th birthday, which was also a celebration for my dad's 68th birthday

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April 13, 1990 - July 8, 1996

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From Nana's grandparents to Uncle Dave's wedding via the weddings of Anne, Peg, and Joe.

Not to forget all of the kid pictures of Nana and Peg + people whose names I didn't really figure out.

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Saved from fading, a fiery death, or any one of a million other catastrophes that I could think of (but more importantly, from the ones that I can't think of - damn, I love paraphrasing Contact (an awesome movie)), these photos are from the 20's to the 60's.

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All of the really cool places that my grandparents went during the Great Depression and just after the war.

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My nana and grandpa's wedding photos. As taken before my grandpa went into the Army in WW2.

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My Grandpa Manny's relatives. Since he died in 1958, we never kept in touch (as a family) with this side of the family, so now, they are all historical artifacts.

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Oh, Ava... we said goodbye to you at such a young age.
Nevertheless, you will always be in our memories.

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Our great niece Lydia's 2nd birthday party

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In early April, I got to take my niece Chloe on a trip around eastern PA for a fun day out with her "cool" uncle - something like that. Pictures from Reading, Valley Forge, and St Peters are included.

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I thought it was going to be a flower show. In actuality, it was a garden creation show. Hence, I got lots of ideas for my waterfall pond in the backyard.

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Every year, they have a huge showing of farm equipment and products as well as animals. In 2013, Heather and I decided to go.

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Various photos from Christmas throughout the years. What did you expect - me to sing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?"

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Christmas since the arrival of Heather

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All of our Christmases with Dylan (AKA Big D)

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The best time of the year for Longwood Gardens is also the busiest time of the year. Plan early and remember that traffic is hellacious on weekends and between Christmas and New Year so get a garden pass or get advance tickets. Prepare yourself for some elbows to the side and people not looking while they walk, but that said, prepare yourself for some beautiful displays and arrangements. Dont't forget to dress warm!!

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A fun Christmas day in spring weather at Longwood Garden

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Another excellent Christmas time visit to Longwood Gardens.

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Another great Polyphonic Spree show (my 3rd) in Philadelphia on their 2012 Christmas tour run. I would have loved it to be a longer set, but we're happy for the great moments and vibes that the evening brought (awesome version of Silver Bells and I'm Calling as well as guest appearance from Granddaddy's Jason Lytle for Neil Young's Heart of Gold).

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All of the pyrotechnics and rawk jams that are the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (holiday music with an edge).

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Halloween through the years.

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Our trip to Rise of the Jack-O-Lanterns on Long Island to see 5000+ pumpkins painted, carved, and arranged into amazing sculptures. Quite an awesome Halloween experience!

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Off to Cave Springs, Georgia, for the Great Eastern Trail. Pinhoti Trail, DeSoto Falls, Little River Falls (last 2 in Alabama).

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Standing Stone Trail, DCNR, and KTA meetings

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I was once told that Mike Piazza's family purchased some of the former art town, but in all honestly, it doesn't matter because the creek is still a sweet little hike down with lots of boulders to play on. The only drawback is the graffiti and stoners that wander around the back woods, but all the same, they're too intoxicated to really be a problem that needs anything other than stepping over.

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Courtesy of Horst Tree Service... goodbye ol' friend.

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Pictures from airplane flights

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The photos that chronicle 89-93. All of the pictures that Steph donated to the cause and also the pictures that represent that period of time seem to fit nicely into this album that is named after kind and gentle Steph's alterego.

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