Marmaduke for the humorless

IF YOU NEED IT, there is now a site to clarify and explain the subtlties of Marmaduke comics. Not only is it GREAT that someone did this, but OMG ITS GREAT.

Roll Call!

I'm curious who is reading this. Give me a shout out if you see this. Comments are below.

Great idea #3: Use your blog as a storage device.

I'm going to remind myself what I have done in the past. I am. This is how. I will be linking and uplading everything I do as it happens. I will have a huge becklog If I decide to do that as well, but why not. Then if people wonder what I do (like that happens.) they can go here and feel COMPLETELY STAISFIED. YAY!

One: Tons of information work. I really liked the cover initially (done VERY quickly), but am thinking of redoing it for myself. Probably not.

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Two: Eatontown. The cover is an overlay of some buildings on a model of the city. I'm a geek. Yes. I am.
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Three: Another Property Tax report. Lots of data inside. I learned more about how to arrange tables from this report than I ever have.

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Four: Moynihan Station Report. Not a lot to say. I love the Farley building and would love to spend time in it as a commuter.
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I'd better find something to do while this downloads...

I will not wait this long for anyone. Anyone at all. According to my calculations, I will be waiting 230,982 years. Sexy.

New Idea #3: Just start drawing.

Actually, I did some work on an illustrator tutorial, which helped me create the nut on this page.

Drawing Nuts and Bolts


I really like this kind of drawing. Reducing detail and geometric shapes adding to others. It feels honest. Or simple. Or like a little puzzle. Or whatever you want to call it. If I were to get stuck in a rut, this would be it and I'd totally deal fine with it. Actually sounds kinda awesome.

How to clear the line at the Louvre.

I have nothing against Paris. I love Paris. Really, though, who isn't on the meteor's side? I sure am.

Coming soon: Giant Robots.

Smiling, inviting clichés

Thank heavens someone had the time and space to put this together. I'm including a few of my own extra images just to cap off the argument which has already been so perfectly presented.

While we are on the subject, I'd like to make images not have to work so hard. They don't solve anything and sometimes dilute a perfectly good argument. If I see one more smiling person on a bank ad or an insurance brochure....
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Would my cat leave me if I got two of these?

There is nothing cuter than this. Period.

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Commanding Heights: The Battle for the Economy

Never one to look too closely at world economics, I tend to get myself in over my head quickly by assuming I know more than I do about the subject. As it turns out, i knew nothing. NOTHING. Really, now, what the hell was I doing in civics class?

This three-part series has substantially redeveloped my knowledge of planned versus free market economies in the first disc. Beginning in the 1900s and moving through current (2001) and future economies, the series lets anyone willing to sit through six hours of information REALLY know what the history of modern economics looks like. One note: It is a bit more enthusiastic about Reaganomics and Thatcher's policies than I'd like, but I'm open to the other side.

Recommended for anyone, of any age and social strata. This is the knowledege we all should have remembered in the first place. In order to do so, you may have to watch some of the sections more than once. Do yourself that favor and get on it right away.

Really, now. This could have used an 'A'.