We came home the other day and found one of the bunnies on our lawn having some front-lawn salad. I took out my camera and watched and tried to get Jack to approach him/her.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Death Wish
I was going through old files and ran across this. It made me laugh - I was reading how its Steve Martins birthday (another funny man like my father I admire) and they aid that his comedy was all about creating tension and then not releasing that tension, letting the audience release it through their laughter. This is a good example of that tension.
I always wondered what happened after this picture was taken and if the photographer would still have published this if something bad had happened to the dog. One thing for sure; the Butt to Dog ratio is out of this world.
I always wondered what happened after this picture was taken and if the photographer would still have published this if something bad had happened to the dog. One thing for sure; the Butt to Dog ratio is out of this world.
Dead Armadillo
I talked to my dad this morning to wish him a happy 74th birthday. I called the night before but they weren't home - but I got Mom to call me back so I saved a grand total of nothing by having her call me. Remember when we cared how much it cost to dial long distance? Wasn't that long ago, but now we know it costs nothing but back in the day it was a big deal on who got the best rate.
I digress, I was talking to my Dad and he said that he killed an Armadillo this morning and a few hours later the body was gone, some lucky possum or wolf ate it up and had quite a nice breakfast. In honor of this I decided to repost my illustration of a dead armadillo, which I originally illustrated because of the quote about politics these days “There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos“ – Jim Hightower.
Someone wrote me a comment a few months back that found this gem when I had originally posted it and commented on the artwork. The only problem is that he didn't leave any type of email or contact information.
By the way, if you search Google and type in Dead Armadillo, my image is rated fourth. Not too shabby - my own little corner of the web.
Rock On!
We went to Cheesecake Factory and I was trying to teach Jack how to make the "I Love You" using sign language, he can master only two fingers, the pinky, then the index and then the thumb. This time he only got to the thumb as I snapped a quick pic. Makes it look like he is listening to Dokken (a hair metal band from the 80's - its OK if you didn't get the reference)
Stamp Time
Kate's cousin Bill asked if I could make a stamp, so I looked online and found a place that could do such a thing if I supplied the artwork. I got an itty-bitty jpg image that was like 34k and cleaned it up so that it was much sharper.
Th end result is a stamp made to my specified size that arrived in the mail a week and a half later.
Here is the stamp image.
I now want to get a few bucks together and learn how to make these all by myself, apparently it can be lucrative if you can come up with a few decent images for Stampers to buy. I have the illustration talent.
Th end result is a stamp made to my specified size that arrived in the mail a week and a half later.
Here is the stamp image.
I now want to get a few bucks together and learn how to make these all by myself, apparently it can be lucrative if you can come up with a few decent images for Stampers to buy. I have the illustration talent.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
A Special Note to Anonymous
So I got a few comment posts about a Subway post I made back in February of 2008, Why My Local Subway Sucks.
Three separate posts appeared in a manner of two days. From three different people, or so it seems. It is probably just one poster masquerading as three different people, one time posting the same message twice.
They start out somewhat OK, but the second paragraph of each is filled with bitterness. This idiot, who most likely works at a Subway, decided to Google "Subway Sucks" and came upon my post (its ranked number 2 currently), [mis]read it and then commented on it.
When I say he [mis]read it, I mean, he just doesn't possess proper reading comprehension skills. He made a few comments that were just plain wrong. If he had taken the time to fully read the post, he might have agreed with me. But what do you expect from a Subway employee that is Googling the term, "Subway Sucks".
He didn't stop there, he read through many of my other posts on the blog and tried to comment about "how nobody cares about your stupid kid and his trip to the dentist". But I disagree, a lot of people read this blog for the specific purpose of keeping up with what Jack is doing. My mother, various family members and friends to name a few.
Three separate posts appeared in a manner of two days. From three different people, or so it seems. It is probably just one poster masquerading as three different people, one time posting the same message twice.
They start out somewhat OK, but the second paragraph of each is filled with bitterness. This idiot, who most likely works at a Subway, decided to Google "Subway Sucks" and came upon my post (its ranked number 2 currently), [mis]read it and then commented on it.
When I say he [mis]read it, I mean, he just doesn't possess proper reading comprehension skills. He made a few comments that were just plain wrong. If he had taken the time to fully read the post, he might have agreed with me. But what do you expect from a Subway employee that is Googling the term, "Subway Sucks".
He didn't stop there, he read through many of my other posts on the blog and tried to comment about "how nobody cares about your stupid kid and his trip to the dentist". But I disagree, a lot of people read this blog for the specific purpose of keeping up with what Jack is doing. My mother, various family members and friends to name a few.
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