Category: Stuff
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Howdy Tom
The Endymion doubloon featuring Tom Benson.
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Mardi Says She’ll Hang With The Planck Pack
We named her Mardi since we’ve lived in Mardi Gras country for over 7 years (At least it’s the French word for Tuesday and not Fat). She was adopted from the Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter on January 8, 2010. Caidy picked her out over the holidays, but it was almost two weeks of waiting since…
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At Home, Drinking & Driving
While Caidy is out running around, I will be safe at home drinking and driving. Many thanks to Tommy Johnson!
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Ta Ta Tioga!
Roughly thirty years ago my parents bought a 14 foot wide by 80 foot long mobile home. It wasn’t the original plan. After they moved to Louisiana they spent several months dealing with some of the crookedest real-estate people you can imagine. For some reason these people thought out of state newbies from Phoenix would…
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It’s Just A Van, No Really
Caidy asks, “Couldn’t you get another color?” Sorry, but no, they only come in kidnapper white.
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Big Iron, Teeny Tiny Wiper Blades
The M1A1 is a jet engine powered 64 ton monster of destruction with teeny tiny wiper blades. Happy Veterans’ Day!
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Not A Glenn Kennedy
It’s November, so I’m not suprised that I’ve been sketching a Glenn Kennedy inspired floating apple on my iPhone. Enjoy! He sold his floating apple painting I wanted before I could get the cash. It was a good deal too for helping him with his computer woes. Missed opportunity #x. We miss Glenn.
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Thoughts on Typekit with Typekit
® For so long I’ve had to gaze on Arial and Helvetica competing for my love. I’ve watched as Times New Roman and ugly older sibling Times read old crumbling newspapers. In a corner I’ve spied Courier New and lazy cousin Courier trying to play Atari cartridges in a broken NES and program in Basic.…
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Kitchen Make Over
Our kitchen and dining room area takes up about a third of our small house and has one tiny window. Why anyone would paint the walls prison gray and make a dark textured faux stone back splash from cement and plaster I don’t know. Previous owners left us with a large cave-like room more suitable…