Michael R. Barrick's blog

Some things from the "What do you do at work?" file. via Instagram

WTF is an Instagram broadcast channel and how exactly is it different than posting reels or live video? via Instagram

Baroque frame attempt number one: total failure. This how we learn. via Instagram

I'm going to redo a painting from nearly 30 years ago and see how different it comes out via Instagram

Shouldn't Aquaman have a mid-Atlantic accent? via Instagram

The "utterly no idea what I am doing" phase of the learning curve. Well, not utterly. I've fixed slat-and-plaster walls before, but I am improvising big-time. But it doesn't matter. The frame is made from alley-find lumber, plaster is cheap, and the tools I bought for this will get used for years to come. via Instagram

Cuckoo-clock cat-proofing chronicles continue. I decided to neither match the clock nor the bookshelf, but rather to go with matching the walls. Feline vandals are flummoxed. via Instagram

Was at the Rock Shop on Granville today I impulsively bought this little sticker of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" album. I've always really liked this cover for some reason... via Instagram

I'll be damned. I really thought I lost this thing. I figured I had accidentally left it in an EVO. I haven't seen it for over a year. Turns out it was in a duffel bag I that I think I last used a year ago March. I thought about replacing it many times with the newer OM model but couldn't justify the expense over other priorities. Nonetheless, I'm pleased to have found it. via Instagram

Accidentally upped my inadvertent English gangster look— I scraped my fivehead yesterday and had an unrelated mishap with my upper lip. Between the two I look like I've been in a scrap. via Instagram