Jimmy Update Cont'd

Here is a side by side photo of the old vs. new shocks that I installed.

Jimmy Update

I finally installed my shocks on the Jimmy last night. I got some long travel el cheapo shocks and so far, they look like they will work pretty good. I didn't move the mounts like I had planned. That may be a little down the road. I also scored some upper Jeep doors that I'd like to use to make some soft doors for the truck. Something on order of these:


I think it would work pretty good. I may get around to it eventually.

Santa Nicholas

I found this at misscellania.com. Pretty snazzy.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE
DEFINED BY SANTA CLAUS

1. You believe in Santa Claus.

2. You don’t believe in Santa Claus.

3. You are Santa Claus.

4. You look like Santa Claus.

My pot habit

Pottery wheels are highly overpriced. They are anywhere from 500 to 800 for pretty simple construction wheels. I decided to build my own. I started to assemble a pottery wheel out of a dryer motor (no kick wheel for me) and a car wheel assembly. The shaft of the motor will contact the bottom of the wheel making it spin. The top of the wheel will be filled solid in order to be the throwing surface. The speed will vary by a pedal that will in turn vary the contact the shaft makes with the wheel. Hard to word, easy to illustrate. It's not my invention, but I will make many adjustments on the one that inspired this.

Drawer Geeks

I found this site a while back but lost it. I found it again yesterday, and it's really worth checking out. It is a site based on a few (by invitation only) artists that draw their interpretations of different characters or topics. It's nice to see the way several people interpret the same word or item. Many items are they by Terry Wolfinger. Anything he does is awesome. Check it out here: Link

I personally like this Grinch by Cameron Blackwell

Project Jimmy

Well the Jimmy is back together after raising the rear. I raised it about 4" in the back and now it won't come out of the garage unless I let the air out of the tires. Awesome!! Here's a pic:

Weiners

If you don't follow MentalFloss.com, you should. They always have awesome articles on super interesting things. Today, they have one on (famous) Dachshunds! Here's the link:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9526



Enjoy!

Good 'Ol FDA

I was watching the tele the other night and the ad for Veramyst came on. I don't typically read the small print on all that crap, but I did on this particular occasion. I noticed it said "The way Veramyst works is not entirely understood." I guess it involves a black magic potion that enables it to clear your sinuses. If you don't believe me, here's the video:




If you can't view the video, here's the screen image:

Magazine Editing.

I read about how Redbook edited the already hot Faith Hill in their July 07 issue. Here are the before and after of that shoot. Those edits caused a pretty big stink.

Before

After

Here is the animation of the two combined.
(You have to click to see the animation)

Even more Photos

Here's some photos from a little island we went to in the Outer Banks. Four hour ferry ride one way. It was awesome, and here's some pics.

They Call these things "Lighthouses", but it looks pretty heavy to me.

The original Back Road

Cohabitating Cats and Ducks

More Fotos

As I was looking around on the PC and found the Alcatraz photos, I came across these that I took a while back. I like them pretty darn good.

The Rock

Here's a few photos that I took at Alcatraz a few years back. If you ever go to 'Frisco, go to Alcatraz. It's pretty awesome.

By the way...

H A P P Y F r e a k i n H a l l o w e e n ! ! !

Wow... what a piece of crap

Here's a photo of the beast I brought to the garage Sunday. It spit and sputtered all the way home, but I'll turn all that around.


I've already removed the tailgate, doors, seats, console, seat belts and I cut out half of the rear floor. It's pretty rough. It'll be fun though. Next step is removing the gas tank so I can torch some stuff without blowing up.

Last art of the day

Here's a chalk and conte crayon horse sketch. It kind of stinks, but the darkness of it helps it out a little.

Photo Falls

Here is a water stream with a slowwww shutter speed that turned out pretty snazzy.

Plant

Ink Plant:

Here's an old self portrait using Conte Crayon. Sorry about the lousy pics, better ones will be up tomorrow:

Bananas!!

Here's a colored pencil sketch of a banana before, during, and after it's demise. Enjoy!

Bug Bitten

I got bitten by the 4X4 bug. I've got a '85 fullsize Chevy Blazer at Mom and Dad's that I plan on pickin up as soon as the rain lets up. Just something to get muddy in this winter. The only problem is finding a spot for it in the garage. Pics will follow soon.

New art

I just finished a self-portrait with my new drawing tablet using Photoshop. It's the first thing I've done with the tablet. It was quick and sketchy, but it looks a little like me.

Illustrators

I recently ran into these guys on the web. Their art is pretty cool. It's a new style that seems to be popping up a lot in illustration.


The first is Alberto Cerriteno. His work can be viewed here.


This is Jim Bradshaw. I really dig his sketches. Most of his characters have big 'ol heads.


This guy here has a really good idea. He does "Age Maps" which takes a photo of someone from when they were a child and merges it with a recent photo in the same pose. It's really neat.

The Man of the House

Here's a new photo of the man of the house:


Chester the Great

My Buggy and Me

For you new here, here's a photo of my little bugger. I lowered it about 6 inches.

Voodoo

Here's my latest painting. I just started throwing paint down and smearing it with a brush until it looked like this guy:



It puts me in mind of some voodoo dude chanting spells. The colors make me happy. If you like it, it's for sale for 8 million dollars. I take cash and money orders only.

The most wonderful time of the year

It's almost Halloween again folks. That time of the year where I catch every kid I see and take their candy because I'm bigger than they are. Anyway, we plan on being pirates this year...Arr. We're going to match for the first year yet. I always get these overpriced glue on faces from Screamteam.com that are pretty freakin awesome. Last year I was this clown:

Can't you tell that's me?

This year I purchased their "wycked" styled mask shown here on a chick:

I think I can pull it off pretty good. I've got some white contacts,

seaweed hair, and a pirate hat so far. We're almost good to go.

Babe Magnet

Man I could get any chick I wanted with this:
I mean DAMN!

No Impact

I was reading on how to live a little better in regards to treatment of the environment and I came upon No Impact Man. This guy has turned off his electricity, won't use plastic bags, doesn't buy anything new, tries to eat only locally grown foods, etc. He's been doing it for a bout 10 months and seems to love it. Pretty intriguing guy. Check him out. I've been doing my part by not driving my car. Instead I've been rolling with this beauty:

Ok, you got me. I'm not fortunate enough to call that mine (sarcasm). But, if you'd like to build one, here's the instructions.

Annoy with the best of them

If I worked in an environment where I dealt with a lot of customers a day, I would definitely take cues from this guy and use some of these annoying techniques from this list. Some of the highlights are:
6. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."

7. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."

8. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.

I didn't see the one where when asked a question, you answer with "Would you like fries with that?", but it works pretty good.

See the whole list here.

In the Beginning...

Here is the first post of the new blog. I plan on frequently posting things that are going on in my head and links and pics of crazy stuff I find elsewhere. There may be a few today, but hopefully something new everyday.