Cartoon idea

I have an idea for a series of cartoons called, "And I Turned Out OK!" This is a prototype. Now I just need some gags.. anybody got any?

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From Lucy's Christmas Piano Recital

Lucy's piano teacher, who is also the head of the recycling and litter control department for the county, had her students play a little Christmas concert for the residents of a local rest home. It was very nice. There were cookies.

Merry Christmas

A Pony For Christmas

Color Cartoon and it's not even Sunday

I have been trying to create a cartoon each day this month. I fell behind over the weekend. To make up for my quantity shortage I added color.

Piano schimano

Lucy needs to get ready for a piano recital. She is not taking it as seriously as we would like her to. Doesn't she know this is not about having fun?

Football video

Here are some moving pictures from our trip to Heinz Field. It was cold.

Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming!
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This is how I remember Christmas as a kid in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Baseball Fence lives on Google Street View

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Photos from Pittsburgh

Two Cartoons

Here is the pretzel she was talking about. Each color represents a different branch of government. I guess the fourth estate is represented by the cord that allows you to hang the pretzel from your neck.

Linda Linda Linda

for those of you that don't like Brad Paisley, here is something a bit different. I could go on and on about this song, this movie and the Blue Hearts, but I won't.
If you are really interested wait until we meet in person and have a couple of beers. Oh the stories I will tell.

This version is from the movie. I think I like it better.
Here are the lyrics for those that care:
Do-bun ne zu-ni Mita-ini
Utsukushiku nari-tai
Sya-shi-n-niwa utsuranai
Utsuku-shisa-ga aru-kara

Linda Linda (X2)

Moshi-mo Boku-ga itsuka
Kimi-to deai hanshi aunara
Sonna tokiwa do-ka Ai no
Imi-(w)o Shit-te kuda-sai

Linda Linda

Do-bun ne zu-ni Mita-ini
Dare-yorimo yasa-shii
Do-bun ne zu-ni Mita-ini
Na-niyouimo Ata-ta-kaku

Linda Linda

Moshi-mo Boku-ga itsuka
Kimi-to deai hanshi aunara
Sonna tokiwa do-ka Ai no
Imi-(w)o Shit-te kuda-sai

Aija na-kutemo Koja na-kutemo
Kimi-(w)o hanashi-wa-shi-na-i
Keshite makenai
Tsuyoi chikara-(w)o
Boku-wa hito-su-dake motsu

Here is one translation... there are others
I wanna be beautiful like a water rat
He's got beauty you can't see in a picture

Linda Linda

*If I see you and have a talk
Please catch the meaning of love

Linda Linda

Just like a water rat, nicer than anyone else
Just like a water rat, warmer than anyone else

Linda Linda

*If I see you and have a talk
Please catch the meaning of love

Even though it may not be love, I'll never leave you
I'll get power, the only power nothing can beat


Finally, here are the Blue Hearts with their original version of the song. If, after listening to the J-Pop jangling of the girls, you thought this song wasn't punk enough, just hit play on this one.

Cartoon-a-day

These are from the last two days. Lucy growing up has been on my mind a lot. Yoga seems to be centering me during a time of stress and chaos. How are you?

Newest obsession

This is an older song - 2003 I think. I just discovered in no a CD I got for my birthday - 50th I think. Ever since I was a country music DJ I always thought there should be a distinction between what I call the "Pop Country" genre and real country music. I think this might qualify as a crossover between those two. At any rate it is an almost perfect country song.

Another Cartoon

We keep our letter short. Most years that's a simple thing to do. We don't do much. We used to change Lucy's diapers, now we don't even do that anymore.

cartoon-a-day for Monday

They can't all be funny. In real life, I watched the Browns game myself. I rode my bike trainer for the entire second half. Nice workout, horrible game.

This might shock you

You might recall that a couple of weeks ago Mary, Lucy and I went to Ohio State to watch the Ohio State women play Army. We bought tickets to the company’s suite as part of a fundraiser for the United Way.
It was a Sunday afternoon game – my favorite.
As a young man I used to go Sunday afternoon games at Olympic Stadium in Montreal on a fairly regular basis.
The Sunday afternoon Tourists’ games at McCormick Field in Asheville are greatly missed.
There is nothing like a cold beer and a handful of peanuts in the sunshine at the ballpark.
When we got to the Schottenstein Center about half hour before the game started. Our box is located right across the concourse from a full bar and about three boxes from a big concession stand.
We only had a small lunch, so we headed to the concession stand as soon as we got settled.
Lucy got a hot dog and Mary and I decided to split a plate of chicken fingers and fries. Out of habit, more than anything else, I ordered a couple of beers (even though all they had was Budweiser draft at $6.50 a glass).
When I got back to the box, I handed Mary her beer and set mine on a table in the lounge area of the suite.
The game started and I sat in the seats in front of the box and cheered on the Buckeyes. About half way through the first half, Mary asked me if I was going to drink my beer.
I looked over my shoulder at the beer sitting on the table behind me.
“I don’t think I am,” I said.
Now, I am a bit of a beer snob and there have been a few times (but not too many) that I have turned my nose up at mass-produced, domestic lagers. I would rather have a bitter, hoppy, small-batch ale anytime.
But, this had nothing to do with my beer snobbery. I just didn’t want it.
I haven’t had a beer since I went to see The Swell Season in Columbus on Sept. 22.
I guess it would be a record, if I was trying to set some sort of record.
Is the second 50 years of my life going to be without beer? It seems implausible.

It's coming!

Something for the end of a long weekend

They can't all be funny

I realize that this is hardly original. The first two thirds of the comic (slightly embellished) actually happened on Thanksgiving. The final third of the comic occurred to me while I was getting ready to go back to work on Friday. It shakes you up a bit when you start to see it happening in real life and not in some schmaltzy folk rock song.

Last Thanksgiving cartoon

Weekend Video

No one from Austin, Minn. ever expects to grow up to be a rock star. Maybe form a band and develop a cult following, but never rock star status.


If you can make it through the song, there is a lot of good information about Spam at the end... the Spam you eat, not the spam that comes in your e-mail.

BECAUSE HE ESCAPES VIA SEWER, YOU SEE

BECAUSE HE ESCAPES VIA SEWER, YOU SEE

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Some Cartoons

You might have to click on these to see them in their full glory.

Lazy post

Go spin a leek. It's fun

Revelate filmed for 2 pounds

This is the only thing that makes me feel good these days.

hammster

Game photo

Here is our view from our box. We bought tickets to support the United Way and got to sit in a private suite. Sweeet!


This was the only shot I got with the the ball in it before my batteries went dead.

Coming Soon

Listen closely for the vocals at about 30 seconds.

I am awed

Sometimes life just moves too fast.

Fun with leaves and Lucy

fall photos

Shandy guards the backyard from marauding squirrels.

Our poor dogwood and lonely wheel barrow.


The last flowers.


The last romp in the leaves.

Election Day Distraction

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Cemetery photos

The grave marker of Warren G. Harding's father.


Some nice statuary in the Marion Cemetery.

Just sitting in a tree, thinking.

The famous mysterious revolving ball in the Marion Cemetery.

Biden in Marion

Joe Biden stopped in Marion Saturday afternoon. Of course, The Star was there.


See if you can find Lucy and Mary in the crowd.

how I feel

Annoying Squirrel

Annoying Squirrel is a character Lucy created by chirping at us one morning while she was supposed to be getting ready for school.
"what are you doing?" I asked as she hopped around the house making this horrible chirping noise.
"I'm Annoying Squirrel."
This is my cartoon version

What's she looking at?

Nice hair and jack-o-lantern teeth.

Guppies

The green glow is from a light bulb that keeps our guppies warm.

Pumpkin time

I saw a similar Jack-o-Lantern online somewhere and I thought I would give it a try.

Gift from Aunt Sue

Lucy's Aunt Sue sent her this nice outfit to wear to school! Don't you think it makes her look smart?

Our talented kin

Nephew Michael Jock made an impact immediately when he started playing soccer for the Cortland Red Dragons. Click here to read about his latest achievement.

Out in public

I attended a Men's Seminar today. "Esteemed Professionals" met with "Bright Young Men." Not sure how I got invited.

Overheard

"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."
Works for yoga and cycling. Running is all suffering.

Fun with leaves

Once you have done the work to gather up the leaves, you deserve a little fun.



The run up.

The launch.



The layout!

Splash down!