I am so very pleased in this day and age of food preservatives and artificial coloring that we can find good, healthy natural food options.  Like VEGETARIAN ice cream and (wait for it…………….) VEGETARIAN green beans!

Today I found a package in my mail marked FRA-GI-LE!

I didn’t remeber ordering anything, but then I saw a Star Wars sticker in the corner and thought, “This must be from a friend.”

So I opened it up….

I found a note thanking me for one the Emperor Palpatine sketch card that I drew.  Along with the note was…………..

 COOKIES!!!!!

Thanks BEN!  and You’re welcome!!!

I found this article over at Uncrate.  Killspencer is a new brand of manly fashion bags hand-crafted in Los Angeles. The thing that sets these bags apart from other bags is their material.  Their three different collections are made from “used in combat” military truck tarps, aged coated cotton canvas or bags made from black nylon and white tarpaulin material. All Killspencer bags use military spec hardware, including waterproof zippers and cobra buckles.  It truely is a manly bag.

Art Center product design student Spencer Nikosey unveiled his brand and amazing product line at the senior show on Dec. 12th, 2008. The video below is a pre-curser to a follow up of product shots and details.

Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day on Tues. Feb. 24th from 7AM-10PM.  They’ll be giving away one free short stack of buttermilk pancakes (limit one frree shorte stack per guest for dine-in while supplies last).  They only ask that you consider making a donation to support local children’s hospitals through the Children’s Miracle Network.   more info

Known also as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, National Pancake Day dates back several centuries to when the English prepped for fasting during Lent. Strict rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products during Lent, so pancakes were made to use up the supply of eggs, milk, butter and other dairy products…hence the name Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday.

Hail to the CH- CH- CH- CHIA CHIEF!  Man alive!  I can’t believe this!  When Barack talked about Hope and Change I thought he was talking about government and not about new ways to make a buck off the president  Chia Obama

and don’t forget the action figures

I just made and observation.  So, if you watch the Improv Everywhere video where they Freeze in place in Grand Central Station you will notice that quite a few people pull out their cell phones to shot some video or to take a picture.  Many other people get on their phones and to call people and tell them how crazy the whole thing is.  So what does T-Mobile see when the watch the video?  They see people using their minutes and texting friends etc.  Then they come up with the tagline for the end of thier video, “Life’s for sharing”.  Then next time that you come across some sort of random event in the middle of Liverpool Street Station be sure and get on your mobile and share it with your friends.  ;]

I wrote before about Improv Everywhere and their comedy stunts.  Well it seems that T-mobile has picked up on the popularity of the video experiment and made one of their own.  I LIKE IT!

here’s their inspiration from Improv Everywhere.

Food Court Musical

Best Game EVER!

This is from Gizmodo.  “You may never fly the Millennium Falcon with a Wookie by your side, but at least you can fly down a hill on a rough approximation of the famous ship. That’s still pretty good.”

I can picture the scene now.  Young Han Solo crying his eyes out.  “MOM!!!!  Jabba sat on my Falcon and now it’s FLAT!!!”

thanks to Jon for sending this.

wow.  I had a great weekend in Texas and I’ve got some photos to post but my server went down.  I’ll start with the Fan Days report soon.

I won the Burt Reynolds Edition Trans Am in December and had it delivered in January.  Part of prize along with winning the car was some cash to help with the Taxes.  The car was delivered on Jan. 4th and then I was laid of on Jan. 11th.  Good thing I had some money in the bank.  Perfect timing.

I found a 3 month contract job doing similar work at a similar pay.  Near the end of that contract I was asked if I was interested in doing a print for Celbration Japan.  The Contract ended early and I was able to work on the print.  Perfect timing.

I went straight from Japan to the San Diego Comic Con.  Someone had not been able to make it to be in the Artist Alley so I was able to sit down an show off more of my work and meet lots of people.  Perfect timing.

We put the kids to bed, called our neighbor, went to the hospital, had the baby, I came home and was able to get the kids ready for school.  Perfect timing.

I have had steady contract work but things started to slow down a bit.  We started to wonder if we have bought a house too big for our needs.  Then my sister-in-law and her SIX boys needed a place to stay for awhile.  They moved from Indiana to stay with me, my wife and our six kids.  We are now known as the B’15s and our house is run like a flying fortress.  We have space for everybody and we’re reasonably sane.  I got an email to do some more work and the contracts have started up again.  Perfect timing.

We found a great deal on a freezer from Craig’s List.   We got the freezer a little while back and then our ice dispenser on the fridge started acting funny.  We reached in manually to get some ice for the kids cups to go to bed and it was a pretty melted.  We were able to transfer all of the  freezer items to the new freezer (except some of the ice cream :D) and then bought some ice to put in the fridge then went to Sears.  We found last year’s model on discount and I think we’re going to get it.  Perfect timing.

More often than not the comedy or tragedy of a situation will be determined by our perspective.