Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Sneak peak of a big #BallpointAdventures project I've been working on! #webcomics turning into actual #comics! About time!!
Sneak peak of a big #BallpointAdventures project I've been working on! #webcomics turning into actual #comics! About time!!
Posted on June 30, 2015 at 09:42PM
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A still version of that #EyeMassage video I posted yesterday. There's just something about green that I love. I could stare at this #photograph all day. #photography #trees #leaves #phonography #DroidTurbo #nofilter

A still version of that #EyeMassage video I posted yesterday. There's just something about green that I love. I could stare at this #photograph all day. #photography #trees #leaves #phonography #DroidTurbo #nofilter
Posted on June 30, 2015 at 04:48PM
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I think it should be illegal to run for one office while holding another. Hey, #NewJersey, hope you didn't need your governor for anything.

I think it should be illegal to run for one office while holding another. Hey, #NewJersey, hope you didn't need your governor for anything.
Posted on June 30, 2015 at 11:29AM
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Saw this really amusingly painted #Volvo on #FortWashington, this morning. Those are moths, ladybugs and blue frogs painted on it. Pretty fun!

Saw this really amusingly painted #Volvo on #FortWashington, this morning. Those are moths, ladybugs and blue frogs painted on it. Pretty fun!
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 09:52PM
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Here's an #EyeMassage video for you, compliments of the #trees of #LindenTerrace in #FortTryonPark, #Uptown #Manhattan #NYC. Sorry for the audio--I think I need a #windsock for my #Droid.
Here's an #EyeMassage video for you, compliments of the #trees of #LindenTerrace in #FortTryonPark, #Uptown #Manhattan #NYC. Sorry for the audio--I think I need a #windsock for my #Droid.
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 05:20PM
Via @antoniofrench: some great news. Now if only everyone working with #Trump would cut ties with him. #FireTrump!

Via @antoniofrench: some great news. Now if only everyone working with #Trump would cut ties with him. #FireTrump!
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 03:18PM
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Lots of #fluffy #clouds over #NYC and #NJ this morning. Quite #pretty #imho.

Lots of #fluffy #clouds over #NYC and #NJ this morning. Quite #pretty #imho.
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 02:46PM
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Billy takes issue with who Barbie credits for the #GayMarriage #SCOTUS ruling in #BallpointAdventures this week! Read more BA comics at BallpointAdventures.com! #webcomics #webcomicstrips #art #comicstrips #comics #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #religion

Billy takes issue with who Barbie credits for the #GayMarriage #SCOTUS ruling in #BallpointAdventures this week! Read more BA comics at BallpointAdventures.com! #webcomics #webcomicstrips #art #comicstrips #comics #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #religion
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 01:43PM
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Time to stop praising #SCOTUS part 2: they've blocked the EPA from limiting power plant emissions before considering the costs. So, while we're dying of lung cancer, they'll still have their sailboats. These decisions are seriously bad-for-humanity.

Time to stop praising #SCOTUS part 2: they've blocked the EPA from limiting power plant emissions before considering the costs. So, while we're dying of lung cancer, they'll still have their sailboats. These decisions are seriously bad-for-humanity.
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 12:22PM
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Time to stop praising #SCOTUS part 1: they're down with using a drug that has led to cruel and unusual executions. Sometimes I wonder if those justices have read the #BillOfRights

Time to stop praising #SCOTUS part 1: they're down with using a drug that has led to cruel and unusual executions. Sometimes I wonder if those justices have read the #BillOfRights
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 12:13PM
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Some #NewYorkers will do ANYTHING for a #ParkingSpace! #trees #violenceagainsttrees #NYC #parking #nycparking

Some #NewYorkers will do ANYTHING for a #ParkingSpace! #trees #violenceagainsttrees #NYC #parking #nycparking
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 10:38AM
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After a month of hitting #thesesteps every weekday, I stubbed my pinkie toe really badly and had to take a week off. Today, I returned... praying to the gods of the metabolic rate...

After a month of hitting #thesesteps every weekday, I stubbed my pinkie toe really badly and had to take a week off. Today, I returned... praying to the gods of the metabolic rate...
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
The Fed Invents $3 Trillion and That's OK (I Guess?)
$3 trillion just seems like a LOT of money to wish in from the Cornfield Bank. It's not as bad as that one time, but still. The fact that the Fed can invent money at all is irksome and with everything the USG, banks, and corporations have done over the last ten years, it's hard to trust them.
Just on principle, think about how the Fed works.
They help keep our economic system stable by creating money from nothing. But who benefits the most from our economic system? The 1%. And who runs the Fed? Members of the 1%. So, really, it's just the rich protecting the rich while making sure we get enough table scraps to survive, but not enough to get into a position of power so we can do something to stop this lop-sided system.
If you think about just how much money is in our economy, you realize that a ton of problems that America is dealing with could go away. Do you know how many homeless people that $3 trillion could house? How many it could feed? How many medical bills it could pay?
Ugh... I feel gross just thinking about it.
Yet, all this money exists and is moved around in circles you and I will never experience.
Then again, here is a segment of the Daily Show from January of 2015 that reports on how Salt Lake City, Utah, solved its homeless problem by giving the homeless homes. That's right, they gave them homes.
The clip is really funny, but the gist is this: it's cheaper to house everyone who can't house themselves. Between law enforcement costs, medical costs and other costs that occur thanks to people being homeless, it's cheaper to just put them in apartments. Meanwhile, the rest of the country still has this lopsided system.
So much emphasis is put on making money and spending money that we don't even think about the fact that there are other ways our system can work. Should we get away from Capitalism altogether? I don't think so. But the idea that some of us should suffer for not being able to play the game as well as some? Yeah, that's not right. We can certainly use a combination of both capitalism and socialism to the benefit of all citizens, except the 1%, of course. But I think they've gotten most of the benefits over the last 20 years. I think they'll survive.
Help my personal economics and go buy a Ballpoint Adventures T-shirt or my novel from Amazon!
I can watch a rocketship explode on my phone in realtime. Shame I couldn't watch it dock with the #ISS. We're living in #TheFuture...almost.

I can watch a rocketship explode on my phone in realtime. Shame I couldn't watch it dock with the #ISS. We're living in #TheFuture...almost.
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Took this in #Barcelona two years ago, June 1. Would LOVE to go back there some day. #photography #DSLR #Canon #DRebel #seagull #sky #Spain

Took this in #Barcelona two years ago, June 1. Would LOVE to go back there some day. #photography #DSLR #Canon #DRebel #seagull #sky #Spain
Posted on June 27, 2015 at 02:25PM
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SC activist #BreeNewsome takes down the #ConfederateFlag (aka the #SwastikaOfTheSouth) from over the SC state capitol this morning. #FreeBree Find the whole clip at youtu.be/gr-mt1P94cQ thanks @robinthede for gramming about this.
SC activist #BreeNewsome takes down the #ConfederateFlag (aka the #SwastikaOfTheSouth) from over the SC state capitol this morning. #FreeBree Find the whole clip at youtu.be/gr-mt1P94cQ thanks @robinthede for gramming about this.
Posted on June 27, 2015 at 12:36PM
Yes!! SC activist, #BreeNewsome, climbed up & removed the #ConfederateFlag over the SC capitol building this morning! Kick ass, Bree!! (#regram via @robinthede) #FreeBree

Yes!! SC activist, #BreeNewsome, climbed up & removed the #ConfederateFlag over the SC capitol building this morning! Kick ass, Bree!! (#regram via @robinthede) #FreeBree
Posted on June 27, 2015 at 12:17PM
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Friday, June 26, 2015
Aaaand one year ago today, I elected not to get on this crowded #subway car. #FBF #FlashBackFriday #becauseiknowyoucare #NYC

Aaaand one year ago today, I elected not to get on this crowded #subway car. #FBF #FlashBackFriday #becauseiknowyoucare #NYC
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 10:19PM
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2 years ago today, I got my @GoogleGlass! Here's a photo of me trying on a demo model at the #GoogleGlass basecamp. #FBF #FlashBackFriday

2 years ago today, I got my @GoogleGlass! Here's a photo of me trying on a demo model at the #GoogleGlass basecamp. #FBF #FlashBackFriday
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 08:59PM
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And 3 years ago, today, I was bleaching my hair. #FBF #FlashBackFriday #bleach #bottleblonde #becauseiknowyoucare

And 3 years ago, today, I was bleaching my hair. #FBF #FlashBackFriday #bleach #bottleblonde #becauseiknowyoucare
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 08:12PM
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In honor of #LoveWins, here is a photo I took of an actual #rainbow off the coast of #Madeira back in 2013. Yay! #MarriageEquality!!

In honor of #LoveWins, here is a photo I took of an actual #rainbow off the coast of #Madeira back in 2013. Yay! #MarriageEquality!!
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 03:16PM
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Here is me, today in 2009, getting #Pinkberry in #HellsKitchen, #NYC (I think that's where I was). #FBF #FlashBackFriday #froyo #treat

Here is me, today in 2009, getting #Pinkberry in #HellsKitchen, #NYC (I think that's where I was). #FBF #FlashBackFriday #froyo #treat
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 02:43PM
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For #FBF (#FlashBackFriday): Here I am 8 years ago, in my favorite boba place in LA, talking to someone when my Mac's auto-webcam script snapped this photo of me. I miss #BobaLoca in #Westwood #LosAngeles.

For #FBF (#FlashBackFriday): Here I am 8 years ago, in my favorite boba place in LA, talking to someone when my Mac's auto-webcam script snapped this photo of me. I miss #BobaLoca in #Westwood #LosAngeles.
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 01:58PM
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So sad it took this long for this happen, but at least it finally did. #MarriageEquality is here! Now if someone could tell me why we let government decide what marriage is in the 1st place (especially since marriage was invented to function as a legal framework for property transfer).

So sad it took this long for this happen, but at least it finally did. #MarriageEquality is here! Now if someone could tell me why we let government decide what marriage is in the 1st place (especially since marriage was invented to function as a legal framework for property transfer).
Posted on June 26, 2015 at 10:13AM
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Ooo... may have to go to this at #MoMA... Really blown away by #GreteStern's work.

Ooo... may have to go to this at #MoMA... Really blown away by #GreteStern's work.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
In this week's classic #BallpointAdventures #webcomic (from 3/99), Billy REALLY doesn't like Barbie smoking. read it all: BallpointAdventures.com #webcomicstrips #webcomics #comicstrips #comics #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart

In this week's classic #BallpointAdventures #webcomic (from 3/99), Billy REALLY doesn't like Barbie smoking. read it all: BallpointAdventures.com #webcomicstrips #webcomics #comicstrips #comics #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart
Posted on June 25, 2015 at 01:11PM
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Whaaa? White extremists kill more people than #MuslimExtremists?!? Guess we should start being suspicious of all white folks now. #nothingnewforme #takesonetoknowone via @DemocracyNow (.org)

Whaaa? White extremists kill more people than #MuslimExtremists?!? Guess we should start being suspicious of all white folks now. #nothingnewforme #takesonetoknowone via @DemocracyNow (.org)
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The #confederateflag ends up an accidentally whimsical, and racist, notification on my #DroidTurbo, compliments of the @NYTimes app for #Android, yesterday morning. Reminds me of Porky Pig saying, "Th-th-that's all folks!" Hopefully we'll be that lucky with this flag. #SwastikaOfTheSouth #GeneralLeeRuinedItForYou

The #confederateflag ends up an accidentally whimsical, and racist, notification on my #DroidTurbo, compliments of the @NYTimes app for #Android, yesterday morning. Reminds me of Porky Pig saying, "Th-th-that's all folks!" Hopefully we'll be that lucky with this flag. #SwastikaOfTheSouth #GeneralLeeRuinedItForYou
Posted on June 24, 2015 at 06:46PM
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Finally got an #update from @VerizonWireless! Sadly, it's not for my #DroidTurbo. #Android #Lollipop #StillWaiting

Finally got an #update from @VerizonWireless! Sadly, it's not for my #DroidTurbo. #Android #Lollipop #StillWaiting
Posted on June 24, 2015 at 03:25PM
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The #cloudy #sky over #Midtown #Manhattan #NYC, yesterday, late afternoon. Kinda looks like a painted ceiling to me. #clouds

The #cloudy #sky over #Midtown #Manhattan #NYC, yesterday, late afternoon. Kinda looks like a painted ceiling to me. #clouds
Posted on June 24, 2015 at 01:12PM
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Saw this cool-looking, but pretty impractical, car last night on 42nd St by #BryantPark. How are you supposed to drive at night with all glowing going on?

Saw this cool-looking, but pretty impractical, car last night on 42nd St by #BryantPark. How are you supposed to drive at night with all glowing going on?
Posted on June 24, 2015 at 09:10AM
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The #sky over #Midtown #NYC earlier this evening. #EmpireStateBuilding #ESB #clouds

The #sky over #Midtown #NYC earlier this evening. #EmpireStateBuilding #ESB #clouds
Posted on June 23, 2015 at 09:13PM
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Caroline County, Va announces #water restrictions? Since when is Virginia in California? #WaterWars

Caroline County, Va announces #water restrictions? Since when is Virginia in California? #WaterWars
Posted on June 23, 2015 at 07:08PM
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Some #slomo footage of the #ATrain for ya compliments of my @Motorola #DroidTurbo. Watch for #TheLadyInPink! #NYC #subway #highframerate #slowmotion
Some #slomo footage of the #ATrain for ya compliments of my @Motorola #DroidTurbo. Watch for #TheLadyInPink! #NYC #subway #highframerate #slowmotion
Posted on June 23, 2015 at 06:59PM
Squirrel!

Squirrel!
Posted on June 23, 2015 at 06:47PM
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Monday, June 22, 2015
A shot of the afternoon #sky over #Uptown #NYC for your evening.

A shot of the afternoon #sky over #Uptown #NYC for your evening.
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 09:46PM
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There are animated LCD displays atop #NYC cabs now. I thought there was a giant #iPhone5s on the top of it at first.

Posted on June 22, 2015 at 07:42PM
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Cool! My #Moto360 #smartwatch is updating to #AndroidWear511! Too bad my @Motorola #DroidTurbo is still stuck at #Android444. #SmartDeviceProblems #sadface

Cool! My #Moto360 #smartwatch is updating to #AndroidWear511! Too bad my @Motorola #DroidTurbo is still stuck at #Android444. #SmartDeviceProblems #sadface
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 07:28PM
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#Repost @thenightlyshow ・・・ #TakeDownTheFlag #NightlyShow #GenerallLeeRuinedItForYou #SwastikaOfTheSouth

#Repost @thenightlyshow ・・・ #TakeDownTheFlag #NightlyShow #GenerallLeeRuinedItForYou #SwastikaOfTheSouth
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 07:19PM
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If you aren't familiar with #KaliefBrowder's story read this on @DemocracyNow: go.thepete.org/browder #heartbreaking

If you aren't familiar with #KaliefBrowder's story read this on @DemocracyNow: go.thepete.org/browder #heartbreaking
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 06:53PM
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Some good news from my #smartwatch: South Carolina governor calls for the #ConfederateFlag to be removed. So long, #SwastikaOfTheSouth. #GenerallLeeRuinedItForYou

Some good news from my #smartwatch: South Carolina governor calls for the #ConfederateFlag to be removed. So long, #SwastikaOfTheSouth. #GenerallLeeRuinedItForYou
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 05:51PM
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But I LOVE #Okonomiyaki! (Another shot of something random stuck on something unusual, taken on Saturday in #Bushwick #Brooklyn #NYC.) #stickers #JapaneseFood #commentary

But I LOVE #Okonomiyaki! (Another shot of something random stuck on something unusual, taken on Saturday in #Bushwick #Brooklyn #NYC.) #stickers #JapaneseFood #commentary
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 03:59PM
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Find out what #BillyBallpoint is going to do about his #smartwatchproblems in this week's all-new #BallpointAdventures #webcomic @ BallpointAdventures.com! #webcomics #art #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #webcomicstrips #comics #comicstrips

Posted on June 22, 2015 at 12:17PM
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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Some fun #graffiti/#art I saw in #Bushwick yesterday. #peanutallergy #AnnaNicoleSmith

Some fun #graffiti/#art I saw in #Bushwick yesterday. #peanutallergy #AnnaNicoleSmith
Posted on June 21, 2015 at 07:59PM
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There's a bluebird on this wall. Shot out in #Bushwick #Brooklyn #NYC

There's a bluebird on this wall. Shot out in #Bushwick #Brooklyn #NYC
Posted on June 21, 2015 at 05:46PM
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Lookit me! I'm at a bar in #Brooklyn named after a euphemism for a coffin. The beer is good and they're playing #DepecheMode so I'm good. #PineBoxRockShop

Lookit me! I'm at a bar in #Brooklyn named after a euphemism for a coffin. The beer is good and they're playing #DepecheMode so I'm good. #PineBoxRockShop
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Apartments on a hill... #Uptown #NYC

Apartments on a hill... #Uptown #NYC
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Some kind of #DarkSmoke across the #HudsonRiver, late this morning. I think this means #NewJersey has selected a new #Pope.

Some kind of #DarkSmoke across the #HudsonRiver, late this morning. I think this means #NewJersey has selected a new #Pope.
Posted on June 18, 2015 at 12:43PM
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Can't remember the last time I felt #ataraxia. #WorkaholicLife #WordOfTheDay

Can't remember the last time I felt #ataraxia. #WorkaholicLife #WordOfTheDay
Posted on June 18, 2015 at 12:23PM
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Saw this seemingly abandoned mail cart yesterday morning. It had just rolled about 20 feet down the slightly inclined sidewalk with no postal worker in sight.

Saw this seemingly abandoned mail cart yesterday morning. It had just rolled about 20 feet down the slightly inclined sidewalk with no postal worker in sight.
Posted on June 18, 2015 at 10:04AM
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Ugh... I can't find the words to describe how despicable and utterly idiotic this white man and his actions are. Race is a myth disproved by science. If you hate other races, you're afraid of nothing. And that's pretty God Damn Cowardly.

Ugh... I can't find the words to describe how despicable and utterly idiotic this white man and his actions are. Race is a myth disproved by science. If you hate other races, you're afraid of nothing. And that's pretty God Damn Cowardly.
Posted on June 18, 2015 at 09:35AM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Found this while cleaning the apartment today. Think it's a collector's item?

Found this while cleaning the apartment today. Think it's a collector's item?
Posted on June 17, 2015 at 09:14PM
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Our only #snailmail today--3 practically identical flyers for #MetroPCS. Because why send 1 useless ad using ancient technology when you can send 3? Really wish the #USPS would just let me pick up my mail once a week. So much quicker to throw away all my #junkmail at once.

Our only #snailmail today--3 practically identical flyers for #MetroPCS. Because why send 1 useless ad using ancient technology when you can send 3? Really wish the #USPS would just let me pick up my mail once a week. So much quicker to throw away all my #junkmail at once.
Posted on June 17, 2015 at 04:56PM
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The #sky with whispy #clouds framed by plantlife. #nofilter

The #sky with whispy #clouds framed by plantlife. #nofilter
Posted on June 17, 2015 at 04:17PM
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For #WayBackWednesday, here's me on this day in 2007 at a coffee house in LA, doing something clearly very important on my laptop. #webcam #wbw #bottleblonde #natural #beard

For #WayBackWednesday, here's me on this day in 2007 at a coffee house in LA, doing something clearly very important on my laptop. #webcam #wbw #bottleblonde #natural #beard
Posted on June 17, 2015 at 03:22PM
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