Someone came here today after searching "santa holding a pipe."

I'm glad I could be of service.  New pix will be posted daily through Christmas.

Thanks to Samantha Burns.

Here are some very clever and entertaining advertising ideas from around the world.

I didn't think "Valentine" when I saw all those arrows.  I think my favorite are the vending machine ads.

So there's this one house that I know from previous experience I have to jump the fence.  Most people probably don't know this, but among those of us who jump lots of fences, a sort of fence-jumping handedness develops.  I have to brace myself with my right arm and go over left foot first.  If I try to go over right foot first, it is very awkward and my chances of making it are reduced dramatically.

So my shoulder wasn't hurting a lot, but it's still stiff and weak.  I tried to go over the fence, and my arm just folded up like a piece of paper and dumped me right on the fence.

It was one of those chain-link fences that still has the sharp twisty bits left poking up at the top, and it poked a few holes in me, but nothing serious.

So that was the end of my fence-jumping attempts for the day.

I can't really blame the people for keeping their place locked up like a fortress.  Bynum Street is pretty much a highway through a hellhole.  And I'm not as tired as I thought I would be.