Photo of the Week

This is not my house.

This a former meth lab that exploded, not because the chemicals used to "cook" the meth were combined incorrectly, but because Death to Meth, a group of redneck vigilantes who go around blowing up labs, discovered they had a "gin and chronic" in their neighborhood.

Actually, I just made that up. This is one of many, many abandoned and decomposing barns you can see all over rural Upstate New York. A physical manifestation of the anemic economy of the region, they often look as if a stiff breeze would knock them over. It's poignant to see them in such disrepair, but they do make for dramatic photo subjects, which is why I snapped this on a recent trip up there.

Click the pic to get a better fix on the sticks.