Mark Allen

The quaint village of Catskill offers hiking, sight-seeing, shopping and a breezy, rustic lifestyle. It’s also a wonderful place for jogging-addicts like me! I decided to take my camera along on one of my daily runs, and capture some photographs of this lovely town. While jogging! Enjoy! (click here for gallery).

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iPhones jammed through skulls and shot gun wedding brides;
Halloween at the Allen/Krewson home, 2009.

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My beard.

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Recent homemade lasagna, pot roast and fried green beans recipes (click links for more).

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_MarkAllen L!!!ast da!y of ’09 Pro Bull Riding World Finals!!! OMG!OMGOMG!! ! OKMG!OKMG)OFG OGF!! OMKGMG!!!!1!! #PBR 11:16 AM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Go J.B. Mauney!!! 1034.50 points to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #PBR 11:24 AM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Husband tried to ask a question 5 min. before PBR World Finals start on TV, had his head bitten off. “Away with thee…Football Wife!!” #PBR 3:54 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen My phone just rang! Whoever dared call me during the PBR World Finals…your number is now BLOCKED!!! #PBR 4:07 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Guilherme Marchi rode beautifully. *polite applause* #PBR 4:08 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Bob McDonnell’s silver lame-streamed leather chaps? No. #PBR 4:19 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Never seen PBR arena so tense, crowded, full of high-tech camera equipment, lights, lasers & fireworks. Where’s robotic Yul Brynner? #PBR 4:23 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Kasey Hayes = good ride. Nice tongue Dustin Elliot! #PBR 4:27 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen This PBR press photo of J.B. Mauney vs. Kody Lostroh would make Warhol blush: (http://tinyurl.com/yd8xsw2) #PBR 4:31 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Compare to (Vivienne Westwood’s Seditionaries/Tom of Finland t-shirt) (http://tinyurl.com/njn273) #PBR 4:32 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Plus I like that photo because Kody Lostroh’s carb-face is obscured. Boooooo to carb-faced Lostroh! Booooo!!!! #PBR 4:33 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Down with Lostroh carb-face! Boooooooo! Long live ectomorphs! #PBR 4:34 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Cody McCord is a great rider, but he rarely makes the 8sec mark. I think he’s just too big? #PBR 4:38 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen J.B. nailed it. Seconds 7 and 8 riding SIDEWAYS!!! #PBR 4:43 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Valdiron de Oliveira almost staged an Obama-like coup this year. Almost. Probably would have asked for proof of his birth certificate. #PBR 4:50 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen The snazzy chaps, hats, spurs, face masks, klieg lights & beefcake make every locker room interview in PBR like a scene from CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC #PBR 5:03 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Cody Nance: pancake. And appropriately, followed by Mike Lee…a zombie at this point due to all his injuries this month. #PBR 5:10 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Lostroh’s ride was 90pt+ perfect!!! Boooooooooo carb-face!!!!!! #PBR 5:15 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen I root for J.B. Mauney because he’s one of few PBR top 5 who doesn’t pray to his god after each ride, on camera (Christianobnoxious!) #PBR 5:17 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Okay…carb-face Lostroh is the official winner, technically. Mauney is a %1,000,000 more interesting rider, and a better one. #PBR 5:21 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Pete Farley is adorable. He looks like a cross between Andy Samberg, and the creature from BASKET CASE. #PBR 5:24 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen McKennon Wimberly has really recovered since catching his boot spur and tumbling down the backstage stairs last year. SHOWGIRLS drama! #PBR 5:26 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Shane Proctor is JB Mauney’s brother-in-law?!?! Weird! Great rider, + I love how he puts fake front tooth in before post-ride interview #PBR 5:37 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Best “hat hair” of Pro Bull Riding ’09? Caleb Sanderson vs. J.B. Mauney vs. Kasey Hayes. I’m rooting for Caleb in THAT department! #PBR 5:38 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen JB Mauney nails the second title. Hear the arena roar for him louder than Lostroh? There’s a reason #PBR 5:53 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen AAAAeeeeewwwwaaauuuggh!!! Lostroh off at 7.5 and NO SCORE on final ride!!!!! OUCH!!! (but you win, here’s your million dollars) #PBR 5:54 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen JB Mauney’s a better rider because he wears a feather in his cap. #PBR 5:55 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen The medical room backstage footage at the PBR arena: a patient laying on a table surrounded by doctors all wearing giant cowboy hats. #PBR 5:55 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen Now a bull fighter in clown make-up has joined the cowboy hat-wearing doctors. It’s like a FAR SIDE cartoon. #PBR 5:55 PM Nov 8th from web.

_MarkAllen *sigh* Let the PBR ’10 season begin! #PBR 5:56 PM Nov 8th from web.

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DrudgeReport.com
retro codger dump
odd grump, or erect?
GOP drum? erect rod!

www.HuffintonPost.com
ugh, wimp town won’t scoff!

http://www.Facebook.com
p.c. chat womb! wtf? o, we ok

http://www.Ebay.com
why be a comp twwt?

Gawker.com
we cork mag

BoingBoing.net
ongoing net bib
being big? no, not

http://www.Amazon.com
watt? *zap!* hmm…own two

Salon.com
mas colon
no macs? Lo!
so calm, no?

http://www.en.Wikipedia.org
go tipe-pin? we withdraww! k?

http://www.NYTimes.com/
hmm, went styptic. wow!
twit spy cent! wow! hmm…

NYTimes.com/pages/Style/index.html
ace ed lengthens stylist mommy pix
telexing stylist mom nymphs, ace ed!
hmm, ace ed lynx typesetting isms, lo!

AndrewSullivan.com
a column drivel swan
column views, ‘la Rand
can mul own drivel, as!

MySpace.com
macs copy me
scope my cam

Netflix.com
men fix clot

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