Sparky I'm not sure if it was this same shape or not, but my grandma has told me her story about when she had her tonsils removed. She had to hold onto something like this, while the doctor performed the surgery (gross as it may sound, to catch what he cut out)...and she was awake for it! Can't even imagine what it was like!!! This was back in the late teens or early 20's.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Sparky Wow, it looks like Ernie has finally come out of the closet!!!

Location: Gaebler Children's Center  Gallery: Control

	Sparky Wow, reminds me of when I had my sleep studies done! I look like a freak every night now, with my CPAP machine and that sexy mask! My husband has one too, so I'd shutter to think what someone would think if they walked into our bedroom and saw us both hooked up to our machines with the masks and hoses...LOL!

Location: Massachusetts Mental Health Center  Gallery: Movie Crew

	Sparky Ahhh, The Changling!!! One of my fav movies! "No Joseph, No!!!" "My room...ranch......the well...Sacred Heart...my medal...no father, don't!"

Location: Marquette State Hospital  Gallery: Cold and Empty

	Sparky I would have stayed in this place had I lived during its heyday! I just love old hotels! I love to imagine the people that would have come to stay here! If only to go back in time!

Location: Hotel Sterling  Gallery: River View

	Sparky OMG...what a beautiful example of true art!

Location: Hotel Sterling  Gallery: River View

	Sparky Are you freakin' kidding me? That's just way too gross! Looks like it might make for some good science experiments though:-)

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)

	Sparky Hey, you have birdie poo on your butt? Great line on a first date to the movies!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: York Hall (Building 80)

	Sparky Awesome detailing on the seating!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: York Hall (Building 80)

	Sparky This instantly reminded me of the scene from "Awakenings", where they fill in the white tiles with black shoe polish, so that the pattern will flow throughout the room and lead to the window.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Wisteria (Building 15)

	Sparky Way cool!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Wisteria (Building 15)

Sparky We have a cupboard in our dining room that has a lock on it . Our house used to be a group home for mentally challenged about 25 years ago, and obviously they kept medication and things locked up in it. I've had a couple of experiences with ghostly type things happening (someone shoving the bed really hard while I was in it, orbs in photos, smells of things not in the house at the time, like cookies baking and flowers). Nothing that scares me at all, but it makes me sit up and take notice.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Wisteria (Building 15)

	Sparky It looks to me like it's cut outs of a king and queen. Looks like the head on the right is wearing a crown, and the one on the left has one of those funky Elizabethian hairdos. Also, it looks as though their souls are being sucked in by that freakin' creepy clown!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Wisteria (Building 15)

	Sparky There's one of those fancy shmancy crappers again!

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	Sparky This is an amazing shot!!!

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	Sparky Doesn't look like a very comfortable seat to sit upon, especailly if you had those really horrible McShits that resulted in spending large amounts of time on the seat! Can you even imagine the "ring around the ass" that would leave! I'll find a bush to go behind, thank you! And I'd hold whatever I could for as long as I could!

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	Sparky "If Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally, I'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way. But I don't think that he would like it." "You'd like it, wouldn't you Harding!"

Location: Roseville State School  Gallery: Open Sores

	Sparky Wow! That's the biggest soap dispenser I've ever seen!!! It even looks like it's being fed through a pipe that leads to a huge barrel on the roof, full of soap! I'll bet you could clean this whole joint up with that much soap!

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls

	Sparky Holy sheesh! "No thanks, I'll take the elevator"!!!

Location: Roseville State Prison  Gallery: Cicada Song

	Sparky I remember these dispensers from elementary school. Push the little knobby thing, and out came that horrible, gritty, pink, powdered excuse for a hand cleaner! The ones I remember were all metal though, so couldn't possibly be mistaken for a light. But hey, that soap dispenser could be converted into a really cool light fixture! I think I'll market the idea:-)

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 39, 138, 139

	Sparky Amazing shot of the changing of times!

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls

	Sparky These shots of empty wheelcharis always remind me of he movie, The Changling. Anyone else seen it?

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls

	Sparky How much do you charge for this room, please?

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls

	Sparky Looks like it could be a cart that they took around to pass out medication. "Medication time...it's medication time!"

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls

	Sparky After a huge Hazmat cleanup, I MIGHT be able to relax!

Location: Eastern State Penitentiary  Gallery: Behind the Walls