OK , should of known better after watching this documentary about skid row. watched it on netflick's a month or two back.. anyway this really happened to me yesterday. was killing some time in a park in the valley (sun valley) park i believe . And was starting to get bored . So i thought i would make a tweet . about the location and what i am doing (my twitter addiction that by the way is getting waaaay out of control).So i take a picture of the park which inadvertently had some homeless folks in it. Sure enough after taking my picture (although i was like 50-75 feet away from them) A young homeless man confronted me about the picture i took. I explained to him i wasn't taken a picture of him , but of the park.. He muttered something like you yuppie people are crazy(I am far from a yuppie, but to him i guess i was).Anyway kind of ruined the park for me.. (which actually was kind of ruined by the overwhelming homeless folks that congregate their anyway). so i left. Just don't understand, i mean they are homeless and one thing i read about was the lack of privacy homeless folks already have.. guess the point of this little blog today.. just kind of got irritated on not being to take a picture in a public park. not really sure if i meant to take a picture of them, or was really just taking a picture of the park.But beware of what you shoot i guess is the point of this blog . In the documentary the same thing happened to the folks taken pics of skid row they were also confronted..

So think before you shoot.. i guess ....

too soon for this event.may want to postpone it.

As i was driving back from Pasadena yesterday.. saw this banner for a gun show coming up very soon in the Los Angeles area.My first thought fresh on my mind was we just had a major shooting in Aurora Colorado. If it was the first thing on my mind, sure it was on a lot of other commuters mind on the 110 freeway going thru downtown. Think the organizers of this event may want to postpone this event till Oct. or something.(when like all major news stories,that seem to fade as time goes buy,and Unfortunately folks forget about). In my opinion way to soon to have this event.. my stand on gun control . Well let me put it this way. Growing up in Southern New Hampshire in the late seventies early eighties, mass shootings were extremely rare. Now it just seems like a weekly thing. And i think we are getting Desensitized to these senseless acts. Maybe stricter gun control, and definitely not Assualt like weapons should be sold to the general public. something like that.Anyway i know the picture i am about to post is a little obscure but that's what i was thinking when i saw this banner. this is just my personal opinion,

and actually feel free to leave a comment.

60 songs of the 70's and Amoeba music on Sunset.

guaranteed you be so sick of cheesy seventies songs after listening to this CD in it's entirety, like i did on my shift the other day all 60 songs.. Yes all 60 corny seventies classics .. Actually i really liked this era . Considering I have great memories of growing up in that great decade.Must of been around maybe 7-15 years at the time.. good memories for sure. Great CD all songs, or i wouldn't of bought it. Bought it at

wherehouse records by my apartment.There's another one in Hollywood called Amoeba on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood that i have been meaning to check out.I mean i download songs legally when i can usually on Amazon.com (mp3)'s ,But it's just easier to buy a CD sometimes..Meaning the downloading process can be kind of tedious in my opinion.downloading the songs. paying for it online .. trying to put the songs in the right area on your hard drive. That all adds up. and sometimes for me just buying a used CD is so much easier. Plus i like some of the artwork that comes on certain CD's that you buy. Like I said though after listening to this CD. You will be ready for some hard rock and roll or whatever your genre is.

Netflick

OK found myself watching a great concert film on Net flick last night. Was actually home early and got a chance to watch a great film and would recommend this concert to anyone who has any interest in music. Grew up watching Tina Turner in the eighties .. she was a good performer in some of the videos i saw in the eighties- better be good to me- was one them. .However the film i saw last night she was in here prime and so was Ike . Wasn't really familiar with them in those days (i was only around 7 in 1971).Never seen such a cool cat as Ike Turner. Just had a great presence and kind of stayed backed by the drummer however he gave off the aura of being the leader of the band (hard to explain -watch the documentary).Anyway just got net flick about 5-6 months ago and would highly recommend it. watching all those movies i grew up with in the seventies and watching documentary's on music and history . It's a must.Don't think i could go with out it since we have it now.

The actual train ride was about a hour , my destination was Fisherman's wharf. Don't all tourists flock to Fisherman's Wharf (Pier 39)? Anyway had no idea what station to disembark from the train . So i chose the Embarcadero station (try to pronounce that one if you're not familiar w/ this station). Anyway got off the train and went up to the street level.Asked someone on the street how far Fisherman's wharf was (they told me about 25-30 minutes away. So i gave up on getting to the wharf and hopped on a street car (found out they are different then the cable cars) the cable cars actually have cables underneath the ground, the street cars are different. Very efficient city to get around on the public transportation for sure . When i got on the street car i had no idea which direction i was going (i don't know this city very well, have been there quite a few times- maybe like 6-8 times before) but definitely don't know it like Los Angeles. Started talking to someone on the train that was really nice and she helped me get around, and by looking at the map on street car itself, somewhat helpful. Anyway ended in the Union square area and was looking for a place for lunch. Was actually in the mood for some seafood, however my friend from Los Angeles used to do design work for Macy's in San Francisco and recommended a place called Lefty O'Douls.. similiar to a Boston Irish bar ( i fit right in ) found it and was really good. They had a carving station for Prime rib,mashed potatoes , corn somewhat like a cafeteria style where you chose your sides . Really good and somewhat reasonable.After lunch my mission was to find Chinatown (it's one of the largest Chinatown's in the country).Found it (will try to get you the link of my you tube video see if it works) . After Chinatown found North Beach, this seems to be the Italian section of town (also the red light district) At this point was getting tired of walking and knew i had to get back to that pool at the hotel before 9:00 pm (when the pool closed) so that's just what i did.. San Francisco is a great city and would recomend it to anyone that has never been there for sure

The next day after the graduation was kind of needing a getaway (from my family) so i decided to take the Bart out of Pittsburgh into the city. Had never been on the Bart and thought it would be kind of fun to explore San Francisco. Drove to the Bart station from the hotel and parked the car . The station is kind of confusing if you have never been to it before . They provided parking and such. However you had to pay a dollar to park there for the day. Wasn't sure how to do this (guess you had to jot down your spot and pay somewhere). When i got to the station, there was a gentleman in the booth who i asked. He told me didn't have to pay on Sunday which was a relief . .However the actual ticket itself was all self serve and extremely confusing if you have never been on the Bart . Anyway put my credit card in payed $20.00 (think actually i only had to pay $11.00) but i was in a rush to catch the train and asked someone later about it . Apparently if you have credit on the ticket, you can use it at a later time (till it expires) anyway gave the ticket to my brother's ex-wife, she lives up there and could get some use out of it...

OK need to finish this blog (it's incomplete) so the reason i went up to San Francisco was my nephew was graduating from high school . The graduation was at 9am on Saturday which was fairly early i thought. Anyway really nice campus and nice ceremony at a Northern California high school. The high school was Heritage high in Brentwood (please note this is Northern CA. Brentwood not Los Angeles Brentwood) there are two, which can be kind of confusing.. Anyway it went really well. Actually don't think i have ever been to a graduation from High school. I mean i graduated from high school , but i don't recall going to the ceremony .Anyway it was done really well and the weather was really windy , however sunny .. tried to set up a link on this for this video i had of it, but it blew up on me (didn't work).. anyway a graduation is probably not the most exiting thing for you all, and will move on.