A Handey Quotation

Lately several people have joined in my sentiment that we are writing to the wrong audiences and dumbing things down too much. Case in point, textbooks, which are written more for the regurgitation of pap and making another buck on recycled information that is strangely devoid of substantial content.  I’m reminded of C.S. Lewis’  The [...]

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That was how you do things…

We had guests this last week.  It was the first time my dad (Sparky) ever came to Michigan and he brought my stepmom (AngelHeart), with him.  Now, AngelHeart is quite possibly one of the ten most kind people I know.  At first I could not believe that she was for real and in the last [...]

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On Dads and Fireflies.

My father and stepmom flew out this last Thursday.  It’s the first time he’s been to Michigan. Today we went to an estate sale (I got books and a cane, more on that later) and then to our favorite coffee shop to visit with Spaced Diode and his wife and son.  I was finally able [...]

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Cruel Wife Update

Ok, so she burned her hand last night with molten sugar. No big deal, right?  Other than finally falling asleep at 3am with her hand in a glass of ice water in the pulled-out drawer of her nightstand, no, no big deal. This morning her paw was feeling pretty good sort of decent so she [...]

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Grossed the Wife Out.

All she’s said for about five minutes is “Ew.  Ew.  Ewwww.   Ewwwww!” I read her this article to take her mind off of her pain. Women flock to take horse-semen shots Yes, that is a very real title. (she just said “Ew” about sixteen more times) Green Man Pub chef, Jason Varley, said the drink [...]

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My eyes… my eyes…

As part of the “Tools that Must not be Suffered to Live” theme, Curtal Friar has some awful duct tape on display.  To view it, it tears off little strips of my soul and leaves them stuck everyplace. I forgot to ask him if they were real or p-shop.  I think I forgot.  If I [...]

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Great Father’s Day

Well, my daughter couldn’t sleep and she came out when Cruel Wife and I were watching The Brothers Bloom.  I hit pause on the movie and she sat on my lap with a blanket for half an hour or so.  Best Father’s Day present a guy could get. The family, knowing my love of fountain [...]

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Steampunk Chocolate

Dr. Lemur’s Steampunk Chocolate Geared for Women is now available on Zazzle.  It was designed to be smaller but if you want a larger version posted let me know.   Same goes for the matte finish – if you want the shiny stock (it’s cheaper) – let me know.  Some may prefer coffee cups, and you [...]

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Chocolate For Women.

This isn’t the final draft – you can tell because of the watermark that says “Not Final Draft” and the shplash of hot-pink in the lower right.  I would never release a final draft with a shplash of hot pink in the lower right. (Yes, I said “shplash”) But it gives you an opportunity to [...]

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Dr. Lemur’s Feelgood Products

This is the latest in a batch of steampunk graphics and will go on Zazzle when it is done.  It’s nowhere even close to being finished.  But finally I hit on the right combination of exposure, contrast, emphasis, composition – and something that was just wrong for so long became very very right in my [...]

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Tools of a Different Sort.

Update 2:  My apologies.  Links that should have been there were not there.  I could have sworn I added them but must not have.  So sorry. Update:  Texas lawmaker in trouble for berating witness who has been here since 1988 for testifying in spanish as opposed to speaking in english. Good for him.  He’ll be [...]

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Tools that Must Not be Suffered to Live – Part 2

This one is awful… bad p-shop job.  Kinda difficult one for me, too.  Not sure why.  Must just be tired. But by Jove, you get the idea, right?  I mean, what self-respecting man or woman would want to be seen moving tons of stuff with a hoe like that?   Besides veeshir, of course who is [...]

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The Turing Sniff Test

Working on Tools that Must Not be Suffered to Live at the moment. But first a quick rant… I’ve had Norton (AV) bitching at me every half hour about files that I know are darned well infected but they are safe where I can see ‘em.  It’s like herpes except your computer is never going [...]

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