tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57686302008-05-09T02:35:01.123-04:00-------------------------mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-14442847587058833132008-05-09T02:12:00.003-04:002008-05-09T02:31:48.787-04:00Vend-o-Mat Burger
I am an American, and when I get hungry I want to eat something American.
I walk down a hall in the American building I work in, to the vend-o-mat machine. (What war was this magnificent technology a product of?)
Only $1.75 and a 1-minute microwave ride.
Viola! America on a paper plate! A beautiful bacon cheeseburger, don't forget the ketchup packets.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-82236778432243107342008-05-09T01:24:00.002-04:002008-05-09T01:30:39.410-04:00Spring Planting
Planting sunflowers for the Unofficial Beautify Your Neighborhood Project. My neighbor Donna plants some sunflowers with a shovel borrowed from my neighbor Pete.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-75975185841474571022008-05-09T00:54:00.004-04:002008-05-09T02:35:01.152-04:00Java Joe's
Java Joe's is a coffee shop on Water Street in Augusta Maine. The have decent food and good coffee. They close at 3 p.m.
I often overhear people say that it is one of their favorite spots in Augusta Maine, too.
mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-23912923490872001932008-05-05T11:20:00.005-04:002008-05-05T22:13:23.174-04:00Me as Towel
My self-portrait as a towel.
My negligent self-portrait.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-9147697237042020662008-05-04T12:33:00.005-04:002008-05-05T00:45:31.985-04:00To Dysart's Truckstop
Matt Stone checking the menu at Dysart's Truckstop.
Feed an Army? Dysart's is so good people from different eras come to sit at the tables and eat homemade corned beef hash and Maine blueberry pancakes. "Dave's Favorite" is my favorite.
Sorting out the regimental seating. Today the 20th Maine has an easier time feeding and seating the regiment, easier at Dysart's than a barn or a family mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-23902547428035304732008-05-04T12:01:00.005-04:002008-05-04T14:20:07.107-04:00To Bangor
Bangor Wheels
Bangor Church
Bangor Greyhound
Matt Stone at Stephen King's House.
Me at Stephen King's house.
Bangor Helicopter
Osprey nest (with osprey) between the lanes of I-95, South of Exit 157.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-65814571497813268252008-05-03T21:51:00.003-04:002008-05-03T21:59:13.659-04:00)%)@)* Driving Maine
Street Sweeper
Water Truck
Bicyclist
One of Many
By a Bridge
Cemetery
Churchmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-54678629217578934722008-05-03T21:47:00.004-04:002008-05-04T11:58:24.560-04:00Possible Economic Sign of the Times
Out of business gas station, Augusta Maine.
Out of business gas station, Bangor Maine.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-52000151358675212412008-05-02T20:05:00.006-04:002008-05-08T01:11:41.897-04:00GOP Convention, Augusta Maine
Politics is all about the messages and signs. Lots of signs.
Manchester Maine Delegate
District Markers
Political Arrangement
Corporate Media
Waiting
Mitt Romney signing autographs.
Minglingmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-28172000046825821492008-05-02T11:35:00.003-04:002008-05-02T11:41:33.343-04:00May 1, Augusta Maine
My coffee maker broke.
Awake, but no coffee.
Getting to work.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-48225295131597206882008-05-01T11:25:00.006-04:002008-05-01T14:48:50.182-04:00In Pairs
The Maine Guide Breakfast at Augusta House of Pancakes includes trout, eggs, beans, home fries, and a biscuit. On two plates.
Bruce & Brian, have been identical twins for 48 years. They are from Sidney Maine, but come to Augusta Maine to drink coffee at Tim Hortons. Brian gave me a random piece of advice, "It don't take much to get into trouble. They never tell you that."mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-56326543895945374102008-04-30T13:43:00.002-04:002008-04-30T13:49:30.126-04:00No Trash
Wednesday morning the trash is picked up.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-89153983871451597162008-04-29T11:44:00.002-04:002008-04-29T11:59:11.336-04:00Garagemikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-41532621507648345172008-04-28T00:26:00.018-04:002008-04-29T01:20:22.153-04:00Break Fast at Slates
I met Matt Stone at Hallowell's own famous Slate's Restaurant & Bakery for brunch. It has just reopened this month after a fire destroyed it last year.
Matt recently stopped fasting for Passover (aka Jewish Lent).
We started talking about levels of devotion. He said he wasn't really that devout (aka hasidic). But as a catholic I am familiar with far lesser levels of devotion.
I've seen anmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-51011967759657034602008-04-27T11:21:00.010-04:002008-04-27T14:29:20.951-04:00Like Area 54
There is something about the Augusta Maine State Airport. ... Maybe it's the aliens? Or the cryogenic capsules?
Considering the terminal's architecture and small-townieness, the airport itself is enclosed in a Cold War-era cryogenic capsule buried between an old cemetery and a National Guard camp.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-22145890883091559622008-04-25T23:03:00.016-04:002008-04-30T01:54:18.696-04:00High Dynamic Range Attempt
/Looking out the window of the Thai Lanna Restaurant, Augusta Maine State Airport./
I recently read an article about something called High Dynamic Range Photography in a photojournalism magazine. I decided to attempt an HDR image using my own simplified technique. If you look at the HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff's website you will see what HDR is shooting for. Everything in the images seemmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-27969889165442442282008-04-25T11:39:00.012-04:002008-04-27T00:07:45.963-04:00Maine Wildlife Park
The Maine Wildlife Park opened for its first day this year yesterday. Many of the animals there are hurt and need to be taken care of.
A deer through the trees.
My neighbor Donna went too. According to a measurement at the Maine Wildlife Park she is not as tall as the shoulders of an adult moose.
Sometimes the wildlife park seemed a bazaar of bizarre -- roadside attractions.
There was a mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-17252833784083518532008-04-24T15:54:00.010-04:002008-04-25T12:31:38.921-04:00Maine Yesterday
Super Lube's sign kept getting bigger and bigger, ultimately they had to move to a new building on Capitol Street. (Hi Walker Evans.)
Cell phone towers are a very visible part of Maine's landscape. And they help people way up here who often find themselves in life-threatening situations in the middle of nowhere.
Also, Today: Maine Farm from I-95. (also, check out eric powell's blogging frommikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-29745287468242074172008-04-22T12:52:00.003-04:002008-04-22T13:15:41.820-04:00Things Reflecting Things
The high price of gas reflects a part of my decision to put a cap on my truck. No, not because I've heard that a cap can make a truck more fuel efficient, but because I'm headed to Venezuela if the price of fuel goes up much more.
Rear View
Side Viewmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-43616030336701047142008-04-21T02:15:00.010-04:002008-04-30T01:46:31.348-04:00Augusta to Bangor to Augusta Maine
Passing a burnt up farmhouse along I-95 in Maine.
Maine Transport
Wrong Turn
Rail Cars
Guard Rails
Drive-in
Maine Landfill
Dysart's Truck Stop Maine
A bald eagle ... I mean osprey nest on a power line just south of mile marker 157 I-95 in Maine.
The awesome truck cap I bought in Bangor Maine.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-42728145116209465302008-04-18T11:49:00.004-04:002008-04-18T15:11:13.002-04:00Thai Lanna
Thai Lanna is a great place to eat in Augusta Maine.
The Thai iced tea tasted the same as any Thai iced tea I'd ever had, plus a straw wrapper made into a lotus blossom. Satay awesome. The drunken noodles were great, but lacked the traditional spiciness of drunken noodles (turning napkins into Kleenex).
The most unique thing about Thai Lanna is that it is in the same building as the Augusta mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-92162957393589328802008-04-17T21:53:00.005-04:002008-04-17T23:24:54.079-04:00Memories in Maine
On Water Street in Augusta Maine, scaffolding and caution tape remind me of more populated places. Cities. A tapestry of Jim Morrison reminds me of a time I was walking around Haight Street in San Francisco and saw Jim Morrison walking down the sidewalk (even though he died before I was born).
As I was walking up State Street I looked in the window of a tore up house and saw an old friend I mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-74380154909156239482008-04-17T11:16:00.002-04:002008-04-17T17:12:26.676-04:00Spring in Maine
Spring has finally reached Maine, a month late. Better late than never.
Maine Capitol.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-24166466981685518702008-04-15T15:37:00.002-04:002008-04-15T15:41:03.311-04:00Good Lunch
The A-1 Diner Gardiner Maine.
I went to the A-1 Diner in Gardiner Maine with Matt Stone. It is a good place to eat. They have decent meatloaf.mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-8216623499735982472008-04-15T11:21:00.003-04:002008-04-15T14:28:27.954-04:00Commuting
Landscaping cloth, Kennebec Journal Building parking lot, Augusta Maine
Commuting to work, Western Avenue, Augusta Mainemikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952891057048138884noreply@blogger.com