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Obsessed reader pics and cameraman Dane - By N.L. Belardes

UPDATE: More entries! Keep sending! YEAH!


There's a brat I know who moved to Montreal and is way too hooked on Canadian hockey players. At least she likes my odor. She wrote, "Yeah, it's awesome. I know. You smell good."


More duality: My homeboy Mikee whose artist wife Laurin is having another bambino, writes, "Werd".


You've heard their music on Hectic Films... "Sorry I was also shameless."


Fortuna of the Georgetown University Lit Blog gets yappy with her pappies by showing off how she trained her curly albino muskrats to surf belarditoland.




The Ska King of Bobbletopia gets two submissions. Notice the Colonel Sanders slaughtering a chicken, the pizza skalicious treats, and bakotopia plug as shameless as matildakay...



Sunraycafe.com sent in this lovely home comp desk pic. I asked him what the little blue bird was on his comp and he said, "That's a manta ray." Oops. He also mentioned the clear bottles on his desk used to be filled with Crown Royal decades ago. His great grandpa polished those off.


I don't know who this is from but I love the tag line: "Yes, that is gonzo trying to jump to his death. Poor guy has to be here weekends too."


This image from New Leaves in March out of Houston is total widescreen! Melissa Ecker writes, "And look, the new blue matches my ipod cover."


Carefully read the notes around this Fresno photo from Dorktown. Mikie Seay writes, "Hockey season is comin' man, I've got some video of a Condor getting beat on my Falcons blog. Anyway, sending you a pic of my Belardes screen. Keep up the good work."


Matildakay writes: nlbelardes.com & matildakay.com-- when you're finished reading nlbelardes.com go read matildakay.com! She's being shameless.... :)


Woofwoof writes, "It's my birthday and I still have to read paperback writer as soon as I LOG ON!!"


chingpea sent in this photo of her work desk...


Who's taking anatomy 101?

Now back to your regularly scheduled blog:


Here’s an eclectic collection of photos for you.

Do you have a photo of your computer screen showing Paperback Writer or nlbelardes.com? Send one in. I was sent a pic by Norma who claims I keep her from her regular job of shuttling cockroaches in and out of a car dealership. Check out the stacks of papers on her desk!



The Red Eye Radio Show tends to check out the creepfest that’s often on my site now and then. Comedian John Wessling and Radioman Puck are getting freakier by the second. Here’s one of their latest promotional pics. You can see the cover of Thick White Crust and the little sculpture I made for it... I think there’s a ghost in this image somewhere…



Finally you can see pics of Dane B. from the Bakersfield Californian. He’s a part-time cameraman for their online video media. He shot myself and Rickey Bird of Hectic Films recently to talk about Cinema of the Lords. Due date: October 31st. That’s plenty of time to get your film on!


Wandering to the Californian for my interview with Dane...


Dane setting up...


Gulp... the camera is staring at me...

Finished product:



If you have a pic of your computer screen showing how you’re addicted to finding out what kind of story I might write next, feel free to email me. I’ll make sure to show you off….

  1. Anonymous Norma | 10:12 AM |  

    Just so you know, I'm going to Starbucks for lunch.

  2. Blogger n.l. | 10:18 AM |  

    Porterville is exempt from my bashing of Starbucks. Especially since all you have there is a car dealership, three houses and a diner.

  3. Blogger Matildakay | 10:18 AM |  

    Wow that's a big stack of papers on that desk! I try to spread my stacks out so they don't look as daunting. :)

    I'm an obsessed paperback reader too... but I have to sneak it at work, can't get caught with it on my screen! oops! Boss is coming... gotta run and hide my internet use!

    Love the black and white photo of Dane with the camera staring you in the face!

  4. Blogger Matildakay | 10:28 AM |  

    Hey I'm loving the Pipehead cartoons!! Very coolio and hip... and now there's an archive page for them too! woo hoo!

  5. Anonymous Norma | 10:36 AM |  

    The diner closed last month.

    And to my defense my pile is only that big because of the original Starbucks article and the Listi article right after that. Then the two "straight men" one. Then I buckeled down and got to work. Really! I swear!

    *cough *cough

  6. Blogger n.l. | 11:35 AM |  

    Thanks for the peepee pic, Kaitlin...

  7. Anonymous Anymouse | 1:19 PM |  

    Hey no problem, friend. I could've taken one with the circumcision diagram, but I thought I'd be gentle, pun totally intended.

  8. Blogger Susan Jones | 1:40 PM |  

    I saw a ghost over your left shoulder in that last shot.
    *nods*

  9. Blogger Hectic Rick | 2:06 PM |  

    I have a picture of you on my computer screen but i am not wearing any pants..

  10. Blogger Hectic Rick | 2:08 PM |  

    I have a picture with you website. I just can't post it because I am not wearing any pants in the picture or now

  11. Anonymous Anymouse | 2:46 PM |  

    Btw, your comics are making me refrain from eating soup. I think they're adorable.

  12. Anonymous Norma | 2:51 PM |  

    Susan maybe it's the ghost from your window picture! He's world traveling ghostie!

  13. Blogger chingpea | 4:57 PM |  

    i'm like matildakay... lol.
    looking at these photos, i'm guessing i'm one of the obsessed-reader-neat freak-desk people...

  14. Anonymous Norma | 6:12 PM |  

    LOL I prefer to think of myself as a loyal reader. Obsessed reminds me of boiled bunny's and "I WILL NOT BE IGNORED" ish behavior. hahaha
    Anymouse.. you are hilarious with that picture of the .... ummm... peepee and NL put it. thanks for sending it in so I don't feel like a big la-hooooo-ser! Or at least not a lone loser. LOL

    And Rick from hectic films you are hifreakenlarious. hahahaha

  15. Anonymous woof woof | 8:52 PM |  

    It was my birthday today,am I TOO LATE!:(

  16. Blogger dw | 9:59 PM |  

    I was gonna post my pic with your site but I'm wearing Hectic Rick's pants in it...I stole 'em...and they don't fit real good...and um...zipper broke...uh...too much information...sorry

  17. Blogger n.l. | 10:01 PM |  

    Buckaroo Dave? Is it you? In Rickey's pants? Hell yeah!

  18. Anonymous Norma | 10:24 PM |  

    I was wondering what happened to d.w.

    I figured the Nasty Lord finally got to him for giving away too much private and personal information about all the behind the scene's happening's and he'd gotten shot. On Forrest St.

    Which is where apparently all the crime happens in Bakersfield. Or at least most of it.

  19. Blogger Matildakay | 12:57 AM |  

    Thanks NL, for letting me get in my shameless plug!

  20. Blogger Matildakay | 12:57 AM |  

    Everyone get back to reading nlbelardes.com!

  21. Anonymous Norma | 7:50 AM |  

    I should send in my matildakay-centric picture. I am obsessed with her site too. oops I mean I am a loyal reader of One Woman's Blog to Mankind. I check it at least twice a day! Once first thing in the morning, and again when I get home from work. Since in between that time I am soooo busy working. *cough *cough

  22. Blogger Matildakay | 9:05 AM |  

    Love the Dorktown.net picture... Those Fresno boys are great for still thinking of us Smalltown Girls! Although the Condors are totally gonna kick some Fresno Falcon ass this year!

  23. Blogger n.l. | 9:14 AM |  

    I agree, Matildakay, especially with Dirty Spanglish releasing the anti-Fresno anthem this hockey season: "The Big No". Oh yes, Fresno is the big no!

    Norma: matildakay.com is way better than my blog. It should be everyone's FIRST stop.

  24. Anonymous Norma | 9:28 AM |  

    It IS my first stop. :)

  25. Anonymous Norma | 9:48 AM |  

    Hey... that picture with gonzo jumping to his death... is that person in prison? LOL I see a shadow of bars on the computer screen. hahahaha

  26. Blogger Matildakay | 10:27 AM |  

    I'm fascinated by everyone's desk paraphanaia... love the Lords book next to the bottle of medication and the slinky is hands down my favorite! :)

  27. Blogger Matildakay | 10:27 AM |  

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  28. Blogger n.l. | 10:29 AM |  

    I didn't even notice the slinky!

  29. Anonymous Norma | 4:09 PM |  

    Matt-a-topia... you are such a dork. hahah first a deep fried twinkie at the fair, and now a WHOLE pizza because you KNOW he didn't stop at one slice. You better hit the gym, vato loco!

  30. Blogger Matildakay | 4:11 PM |  

    Those are some smart dogs, they must attend Georgetown. Love the Bakotopia plugs! It's all about being SHAMELESS here on nlbelardes.com!

  31. Anonymous Norma | 4:16 PM |  

    Hee hee hee... Matildakay.. smart dogs... Georgetown. They are beautiful!

    I think I know who the anonymous picture entry is from. hehehe. And their initials might be C.D. :)

  32. Blogger Mike Seay | 5:08 PM |  

    I'm glad you caught those messages N.L. So where are the podcasts anyway??

  33. Blogger Cortnie | 5:27 PM |  

    Good job, Nick! The camera just loves you...

  34. Blogger Cortnie | 5:28 PM |  

    Good job Nick! The camera just loves you...

  35. Blogger KayK | 5:38 PM |  

    No Norma, I'm not in prison ... though it feels like it. That thing that's supposed to help save your eyes that you attach to your monitor makes funny lines when I take photos of it. Bizarre.

    Come on now n.l. Who else would have a bottle of pills and Lords at their desk?

  36. Anonymous Norma | 7:45 PM |  

    tee hee.. I KNEW that was you. hehehe I love the subtle hints.. the Lords book... the pills... awesome.

    I am also loving the juice box on The Silence Club's picture! They rock. And their new softer B Sides songs are great.

  37. Blogger dw | 10:16 PM |  

    wow!me shot? geez, thanks...hey yo Matt, see you hard at work at your computer in the pic...so why didn't any pics of Buddy Owens show hit yer Bakotopia Brews report?...we're not cool 'nuff?lol...we had 2 girls throw bras up on stage!oh well...

  38. Anonymous Norma | 10:36 PM |  

    I can't help it d.w. I'm a mom, I always think the worse. I figured you either got shot, or you ran away and joined a cult. :)

  39. Blogger n.l. | 12:03 AM |  

    Dave, you never invite me to shows. hit me up! C'mon strawberry smoothie boy!

  40. Anonymous ~~ALI~~ | 7:21 AM |  

    When can we start voting for our favorite pictures?? I vote for Normas!! :)

  41. Blogger dw | 2:25 PM |  

    lol!strawberry smoothie boy!lol!that was good. Matt knows I love him...just playin'. He let my son sit in once and play some sax at a gig. It was one of the most joyful experiences a dad could ever have!...I will never forget what he did for my boy...wow, I just realized...I should be taking him out for smoothies not N.L.!lol

  42. Anonymous jason | 9:36 PM |  

    Is that Dave Navarro in the background of Chingpea's desk? If yeah, then cool!

  43. Blogger n.l. | 8:06 AM |  

    Yeah, that's Dave Navarro

  44. Anonymous jason | 8:32 PM |  

    I knew it! I had that picture once upon a time too.

    I also love that picture of the KFC old dude on the Ska King's desk. That's crazy classic!

    Thanks.

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