Me, aka the Bar Pilot, aka Pabst Man, the people’s superhero.
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Me, aka the Bar Pilot, aka Pabst Man, the people’s superhero.
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Calamity Jane and Pabst Man, still dangerously sober.
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Calamity Jane and Pabst Man, still dangerously sober.
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The Halloween party was highlighted by shakin’ tunes provided by DJ T-Sully.
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The Halloween party was highlighted by shakin’ tunes provided by DJ T-Sully.
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As soon as we left the party, strange citizens began to materialize. This astronaut is clearly lost in space.
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As soon as we left the party, strange citizens began to materialize. This astronaut is clearly lost in space.
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We barely escaped the luchador and the Jolly Green Giant. The big green guy tried to climb into our car!
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We barely escaped the luchador and the Jolly Green Giant. The big green guy tried to climb into our car!
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Our next destination: Gold Dust Meridian on SE Hawthorne.
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Our next destination: Gold Dust Meridian on SE Hawthorne.
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Our waitress was the very model of efficiency. Not bad for a gal with an ice pick in her noggin.
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Our waitress was the very model of efficiency. Not bad for a gal with an ice pick in her noggin.
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This guy is still trying to figure out why his audition for the Blue Man Group was a flop.
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This guy is still trying to figure out why his audition for the Blue Man Group was a flop.
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The poor fellow couldn’t persuade anyone to dance with him.
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The poor fellow couldn’t persuade anyone to dance with him.
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A friendly stewardess points out the emergency exits to a flapper and a lumberjack.
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A friendly stewardess points out the emergency exits to a flapper and a lumberjack.
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Zombie boy scout and his lady fair helped us across the street.
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Zombie boy scout and his lady fair helped us across the street.
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By this time, people were giving us a pretty wide birth.
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By this time, people were giving us a pretty wide birth.
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What the—? Pabst Man doesn’t need a sidekick!
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What the—? Pabst Man doesn’t need a sidekick!
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A man of the cloth flirts with temptation outside the Space Room.
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A man of the cloth flirts with temptation outside the Space Room.
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Ah, a Space Punch and a flame-thrower hot bloody Mary. Just in time.
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Ah, a Space Punch and a flame-thrower hot bloody Mary. Just in time.
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Sometimes even Pabst Man needs to change things up drinkwise.
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Sometimes even Pabst Man needs to change things up drinkwise.
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The Space Room takes a turn for the weird.
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The Space Room takes a turn for the weird.
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What the hell was in that drink? Time to go home.
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What the hell was in that drink? Time to go home.
Halloween is my favorite holiday, hands down. Christmas and Thanksgiving are not without their charms, but both involve stressful family get-togethers with their attendant mind-numbingly tedious mealtime conversations. My brother’s gag concerning the whereabouts of the gravy boat ("I think it ran aground!") got big laughs the first time he said it—back in 1974. Now it’s a teeth-grinding, anticipatory nightmare, like an imminent tax deadline or waiting for a physical…
