MayDay

As you well know - I haven't had any sort of cosmetic procedure and if/when I do, it'll be Restylane - Botox is sooo 2002. Great photos, Sherm but I have to say, the clothes may not fit the baggy hemp/flannel motif mostly associated with eco-friendly clothing, but whoever styled them needs some tips on how to fit different body sizes appropriately.

^Unfortunately, I think most of that is contingent upon stabilization of the hillside between West 25th and Riverbed.

Are you finished?

"Some of us want to see things happen sooner" I believe the saying is "You can want in one hand and sh!t in the other and see which fills up sooner." Avogadro simply said what many have been thinking and have been trying to explain - "here's how/why things are the way they are" with references to everything from municipal economic policies to the global economic recession to god only knows what else. Apparently, that's not good enough for certain people, nor are relentless reminders to stop hijacking threads with completely unrealistic hypothetical solutions. Asking someone to read up on something, or to curtail their uninformed posts is not condescension, it's asking for a little more thought before posting, and a little less dismissing of reality.

Getting caught up posting pics from past outings - these are from the beginning of April: Over to Lake View Cemetery - morning sun + Garfield Monument open = Who knew you could see Tremont from here? Or MetroHealth hospital? Or Avon Point? Alright, back inside the monument: Let's take a look around the cemetery: Well dam!!! Enough dead people, time to mosey over to Little Italy - not many people out and about, it was early and considering the amount of Case students in the neighborhood, they were probably all in class: Future site of 27 Coltman townhomes: http://www.27coltman.com/ Alright, enough of that - over to CWRU: I told you everyone was over here! I'm still perplexed - why would anyone bomb the Thinker? Honestly, most El Greco paintings give me the creeps: The descriptor tag said "Unrealized Rendering of a Design for the Cleveland Museum of Art Rotunda" - by Tiffany Studios. Who knew, and how f#cking cool would THAT have been!?! Okay, I can tell you're getting bored with all the art museum stuff... So let's take it up a notch, or eight floors (of the new cancer center at University Hospitals): This will be quite a hopping intersection in the near future (new residential development plus the Museum of Contemporary Art's new location): Compare, contrast: And back down to earth, but let's end it on a high point:

I think you folks know who you are:

Help wanted ads for pizza drivers and stripper/janitors??!? Folks - get back on topic. C-Dawg... think before you post.

Last time I checked, Kent was not the county seat - that would be Ravenna.

^They're referring to the renovated building on the north side of Detroit, not the proposed new construction.

Hamiltons is gone and hardly a surprise - they employed the worst of the b!tchiest bartenders and while it's not a big deal if someone throws some attitude to some roadshow queens who are only in town for a week, it's another thing to do that sh!t to the locals, especially to those who run the G2H2 parties. Called that one a while ago.

It's called: - A repaved/improved Scranton Road. And a repaved/improved University Road for north Tremont to connect to Scranton. - A repaved/improved Abbey Avenue to West 20th to Lorain. Make a left just past those dudes holding trains, wagons, etc. - An improved Quigley/Canal/3rd/whatever that mess is down in the Flats. - A repaved/improved Columbus Road from Abbey to Center Street. - A repaved/improved Riverbed Street and Franklin between West 25th and the west bank of the Cuyahoga. Granted, none are as speedy as a highway onramp but when I see Prosperity busy as h#ll on a Thursday at 5:30pm (with non-locals), I don't think Tremont's THAT lacking in accessibility.

Pffft, I'm half-Irish, I'm entitled to that remark! :drunk:

^Church Brew Works did come to mind, but that particular structure is more on the scale of St. Stephen, maybe slightly larger - St. Colman's main sanctuary seemed a LOT bigger, so I don't know if that could be practical. Of course, a formerly Irish church being turned into a brewery wouldn't be *that* absurd ;-)

Best bet for gay bar that'll have the draft on TV is Argos at West 25th and Lorain - right by the West Side Market and the West 25th rapid station. I'd call ahead just to be sure, but I'd imagine it would be open for that: http://www.club-argos.com/index2.html I've been there - it's decent; it *was* rather surreal to be surrounded by a bunch of burly (looking) guys watching a Browns game and hearing "kick his @ss, Edwards!!!" and someone saying in reply "ooh, not too hard - that's a NICE @ss!!!". It was like a meathead sports bar meets the Birdcage :-D

"I want to know why you didn't burst into flames after crossing the threshold of those structures?" Simply put, I was on a mission from God.

This past weekend, I attended a tour of two of Cleveland's sacred landmarks - St. Colman and St. Stephen Catholic churches. http://www.stcolmanparish.org/history.htm http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SSC1 As some of you may know, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese has ordered St. Colman's to be closed and its membership to be merged with St. Stephen. The members of St. Colman (along with other parishes slated for closure) appealed to Bishop Lennon, but all appeals were rejected. This decision makes it a very real possibility that St. Colman could be demolished. It's not a story unique to Cleveland - immigrants build a beautiful structure in their inner-city neighborhood, the neighborhood suffers disinvestment and the members with means attend church in some far-flung suburb, and now the question remains - what to do with these beautiful buildings? I'm not Catholic, nor are my beliefs remotely Judeo-Christian, but I can't help but think that Jesus would be ashamed that his followers have 1. decided to distance themselves from those most in need and 2. decided that their congregation's heritage, history and hard work are so disposable. Normally I post photos, offer an introduction and say "enjoy..." - not this time. http://www.cleveland.com/westsidesun/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123867947435290.xml&coll=4 *EDIT* Update as of May 2, St. Stephen and St. Colman will remain OPEN! St. Colman, as viewed from I-90: Keep in mind - the diocese has decided this place 1. doesn't deserve to stay open and 2. could be stripped of its interior ornamentation, and 3. could quite possibly be demolished: I wish this photo had turned out better - these are the three sisters who spearheaded the fund drive in 1997 for a restoration of the church. As the tour director emphasized - it was NOT the priest, nor the diocese - it was these ladies who kept this church in such good shape. Note the uplighting - this was one of the first churches built with electricity: If St. Colman is saved, a huge kudos is due to Tim Barrett - historian and host of the tours: There's more detail in the window of this stairwell than most churches built after 1980: At one time, the church was so busy they had dual services - one in the main sanctuary, and one in the basement. This shrine and the altar in the next image are remnants of that era: At the time of construction, swastikas hadn't taken on their more ominous reference: Just a railing - nothing special: The railing of the pulpit: Quick sidenote - if you're 1. on a church tour and 2. you want to get a photo from the pulpit but 3. the only way to the pulpit is a skiiiiiny set of steps with railing on only one side, you really should wait for the person who is at the pulpit to step down before you barge up and practically shove them off, you inconsiderate jack@ss - hope you got the photo you wanted: Back to the photos, here's the cover to the baptismal - the whole thing swings to uncover it: Next up is St. Stephen - smaller scale than St. Colman but grand in its own right. It should be noted - St. Stephen was originally slated to close, but the diocese reversed the decision - had that been the case, it's likely that the interior of St. Stephen would be stripped - and what you're about to see was never meant to be seen as anything other than an ensemble: The pulpit - over 30 feet; handcarved wood. This statue - handcarved wood. The arch (not sure of the technical term) behind it - handcarved wood, but even so - it's just a side piece: The big kahuna (woodwork and deity) are off to the left: Did I mention the stained glass windows? The great grandson of the German company founder visited Cleveland, saw them and said they were some of the finest ever produced by his family: Oddly enough, I didn't see any of these over at St. Colman: Confessional: Stations of the Cross: ColDayMan on a pale day: Oh well, just strip it out and put it in some 1960s church - it'll fit right in!!! :roll: Decorative cap on every pew - pshaw, they still do this in churches in sprawlburbia!!! Ah, a huge sculpture? Nope - just one of several. In the pulpit alone: Another railing - no big deal: But in other diocese news we can celebrate Our Lady Queen of Peace in Grafton - there, the socioeconomically diverse parish will be constructing a brand new 450-seat facility (see below for rendering and location), 30 miles from places like West 65th Street (small red arrow, where St. Colman is located). http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lorain/1240043558305000.xml&coll=2 So much for WWJD? :roll:

Uhhh, folks - isn't this the existing UO group for FB? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210039502

Facebook? Great for getting in touch, keeping in touch and giving general updates about life. It's nice that you can completely ignore the juvenile "send ____ a superpoke", or "throw a sheep at ____". Like jpop said - I've had a few people who 'friended' me for no other reason than they knew a friend of a friend of a friend of mine. What's the point? LinkedIn is a less personal approach but obviously geared toward the professional/networking crowd. To me, Twitter seems like the same kind of hype that surrounded the reality show 'Big Brother'. Sounded great on paper until everyone started to realize that - unless your job involves jetsetting around the globe and hobnobbing with the "it" list 24/7 (i.e. Robin Leach in his prime), no ones' life (and announcements about it every 15 minutes) is that interesting.