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Full Moon Madness!
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30 Sec to Mars in Allentown's Croc Rockvid
Perry! Perry the Platypus!pic

Perry! Perry the Platypus!

My goofy costume for this year.
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Khrys' Autumn gown she created for the Witches' Ballpic
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Velma & me!

Halloween 2010
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Iron Danpic

Iron Dan

One of my birthday gifts.
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Hollywood Chihuahua

Caught this little lady as she was visiting a yard sale in Allentown.
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Baby Chipmunkpic

Baby Chipmunk

Saw this little guy scurrying about while we were disc golfing on the South Mountain Disc Golf Course.
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Naked reverse handstand for Gee!pic

Naked reverse handstand for Gee!

Gotta love a woman who loves being naked... AND doing handstands! So, here is my tribute to real Buzznet Original!
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darthmantis Mar 02, 2010

Baltimore Comic Con 2009

The wife & I take in the sights & sounds of Inner Harbor, and the 2009 Balt. Comic Convention.
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Your basic G

Hello, my dear! Hope all is well. Obviously, I was thinking of you, so here's a minor contribution to the cause. I hadn' noticed if…
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Beer is good

A local micro-brewery makes this awesome blend called "Valley Golden Ale." They were out of it for 3 days this past weekend. We finally grabbed…
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darthmantis Feb 13, 2008

Cloverfield!

Any time you throw a huge monster on the screen, it's gotta at LEAST be somewhat amusing, right? Cloverfield was a lot of fun! See it…
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darthmantis Jan 19, 2008
Juggling Knives!pic

Juggling Knives!

After many years of," You'll put your eye out!!!!" or "You'll cut off your fingers!!" I finally got official juggling knives as a Yule gift!…
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darthmantis Dec 30, 2007
6 Underground Buffy vs. Faithvid
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Santa's Head

Sorry, kids...uh, it seems... Santa's had a little accident. So, ummmm, there won't be a Christmas this year.
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darthmantis Dec 17, 2007

For those who missed it, "20 things!"

Something ispired by Yellek! reposted from MySpace, for the dudes who ain't here! 20 Things I Never Said to the People Who needed to Hear It.  I…
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darthmantis Dec 15, 2007

Mysterious addition?

So I've noticed a disturbing trend on my site; that being lots and LOTS of youngsters hve been adding me like candy. No comments on…
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darthmantis Dec 11, 2007
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Summit?

So this is it? Funny... I was expecting more. Hmph. Isn't that always the way?
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darthmantis Nov 23, 2007

DarthMantis' Portraits from...…

Is it art? Who knows? Am I photographically-challenged? Definately! Haha! Are they bizarre & fun?!! Definately!
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Concert shots

Art or crap; pix from my camera phone
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Black Crowes at Musik Fest

Khrysteen and I were in the 3rd row... and all I had was my camera phone! :(
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Al-akin! You were The Chosen One!pic

Al-akin! You were The Chosen One!

Betrayed... by my own nephew! :)
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D'oh-th Mantis?pic

D'oh-th Mantis?

Hey! You always suspected I was a character, right?
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darthmantis Jun 21, 2007
Darth, Falls Rainbow! 3 great tastes that...pic

Darth, Falls & Rainbow! 3 great tastes that...

...go great together! Or whatever! Khrysteen took this one!
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darthmantis Jun 20, 2007
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Where I've been for the last week or so!

Canadian side of the Niagara Falls. Man... what a sight. The fullest rainbow I've ever seen just...EXISTS... over the mist of The Falls. We had…
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darthmantis Jun 19, 2007
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Luke

Luke is on life-support tonite. The next 90 hours will tell us if he'll pull thru. Please send him all the white, positive energy you…
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darthmantis Jun 08, 2007
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Kevin Smith at College

Kevin Smith was given an honorary degree from Brookdale Comm. College on Sunday! He said it took 17 years, but here it is! He attended…
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darthmantis May 21, 2007
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Silver Surfer

So we went to see Spiderman III tonite, and a good time was had by all. But the thing that left the biggest impression was…
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My wild-child wife!pic

My wild-child wife!

This is as blonde as she gets, folks (right before she went to all-out red!)! That look in her eyes means business, too! :)
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darthmantis Apr 23, 2007
Contemplating the Futute of my hairline!pic

Contemplating the Futute of my hairline!

That's me, gazing at my pop's pate. Hmmmmm... shiny! Taken by Darth Variable at Pinky's after-ritual celebration in Granny McCarthy's tea room for her Rite…
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darthmantis Apr 21, 2007
Rainy day shoppingpic

Rainy day shopping

Looking for last minute ritual stuff for the Little One's Rite of Passage.... In historic Bethlehem, Pa.
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darthmantis Apr 15, 2007
They LOVE snow in April! Lol!pic

They LOVE snow in April! Lol!

Ah, my girls! The rugged outdoorsy-type! We had a snow squall last Friday and you'd swear they were freezing in their tracks! It was all…
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darthmantis Apr 12, 2007
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Raggedy Ines & me!

She's sporting a home-made Raggedy Ann costume, while I had the honor of wearing an authentic Civil War uniform! All for the mall, baby!
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darthmantis Apr 06, 2007
You wanted the best and you got it!pic

You wanted the best and you got it!

Ok, here's a blast from the past; can you pick out your friendly neighborhood, Mantis-man? Yeah, we were kickin' it old-school! I'm guessing 1976?
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darthmantis Apr 02, 2007
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STN at The Cove

Judging from the chord, I'm probably either playing Ministry or the song I wrote; Descend.
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darthmantis Mar 29, 2007
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Signal to Noise at Jabberwocky

Another from my STN days... circa 1995. Just after the show. One of the interesting and odd things that happened during this, our first outing…
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darthmantis Mar 28, 2007
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Vampire chicks dig me!pic

Vampire chicks dig me!

I met this girls about 15 minutes before this pic was taken during a Vampire: The Masquerade LARP. She was a resurrected queen of the…
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darthmantis Mar 25, 2007
Now don't you laugh...pic

"Now don't you laugh..."

"... If a hearse goes by, cuz then you might be the next to die!" This was almost MY car!!!! It was $950 and was like…
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College Mantispic

College Mantis

Just heading out from E.S.U.... circa 1986.
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darthmantis Mar 17, 2007
She was the cutest Yum Yum of all!pic

She was the cutest Yum Yum of all!

Here's where I found my little Ines; in the doll aisle! 17 years can go by SO quickly.... But she's still a doll!
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darthmantis Mar 16, 2007
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Snowy Pentacle

Here's the sacred space I created in the backyard for rituals and meditation. It had been months since I "touched up" the shape of the…
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darthmantis Mar 10, 2007
Alas...pic

Alas...

I lament a lack of conscience in mankind. A lack of understanding. A lack of reason. Like so many victims of Sylar, the top of…
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darthmantis Mar 05, 2007
Me as Mr Hat!pic

Me as Mr Hat!

I threw everyone off with this one. Those who "got it," loved it! I guess I should hand out with more South Park fans! (This…
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darthmantis Mar 02, 2007
Vitra, back in the day...pic

Vitra, back in the day...

So... this is the only pic I have of her.
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darthmantis Feb 28, 2007

My Two Regrets

A close friend of mine read a survey I had done on MySpace, and the last question was "Number of things in my past I…
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  • Member Since: 2006-04-16
  • Relationship Status: Happily Handfasted
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Wiccan
  • Drink: Yes
  • Smoke: No
  • Education: College Graduate
  • Occupation: Righter of Wrongs

About Me:

Seeker, protector, father, lover, writer, collector, singer, songwriter, strummer, demonstrator, appreciator, mediator, voyeur, exhibitionist, feminist, artist

Interests:

Music, guitar playing, comic books, toy collecting, Sci-fi movies, martial arts, Shag Artwork, Praying Mantises, Alternative religions, Wicca, Paganism, Magic the Gathering, Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Wars Miniatures, Hero Clix, Milton Bradley Game Masters Series, writing, Halloween, Renn Faires, occult, horror lit and movies, movie make-up and f/x, Vampire the Masquerade larping

Favorite Music:

Alice in Chains, Nick Drake, Veritas (just plain Veritas!), any of the grunge stuff, The Mars Volta, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Days Grace, older Korn, older Live, Collective Soul, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, older M.Manson, NIN, KMFDM, Ministry, Melodrome, Powervalve, Crooked Stick, Signal to Noise

Favorite Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Enter the Dragon, Jason & the Argonauts, Casablanca, Napoleon Dynamite, any stupid Will Farrell movie, the classic Universal monster movies, X-men 2, Wrath of Khan, Empire Strikes Back, Fire Walk with Me, any Bond movie with Sean Connery, Kill Bill Part one, T-2, Anything with a zombie in it, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Favorite TV Shows:

Buffy TVS, Twin Peaks, Babylon 5, Simpsons, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, MST3K, Weeds, Family Guy, The Daily Show, Star Trek (NOT Enterprise tho!), 6 Feet Under, Sopranos, The Shield, American Idol (auditions only!), Iron Chef (Japanese), Venture Brothers (one of my new favorites!!), Boston Legal, Scrubs

Favorite Books:

Smilla's Sense of Snow, Wicked, The Stand, The List of Seven, Ender's Game, The Celestine Prophesy, Justine, Juliette, Autobiography of a Flea, Alive, Go Ask Malice, The Little Prince, The Giving Tree, anything by Chris Van Allsburg, Private Parts, The War of Art, Siddhartha, The Watchmen, Haunted, Chuck Palanhiuk