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My Top 50 of 2008

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

I checked and double-checked to make sure everything in the list was released in 2008, but inevitably I made some goofs. Songs denoted by * were actually released in 2007. Apologies. 50. Jetway Junior – Head Of Femur listen @ myspace 49. SON – Pepi Ginsberg download mp3 @ stereogum 48. Toca’s Miracle 2008 – […]

Crunch time

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I was hoping to average 12 pages per week on this comic; I’m currently averaging less than 6. I have 11 done. The early deadline is October 1. It’s still possible, because I have a pretty clear schedule between now and then, and honestly I’m kind of looking forward to the challenge. I have pages […]

Fitting

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

I’m on hold to change my check card PIN and the hold music is “Secret” by Madonna.

Comic update

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Well, I’m 3 pages in. I got the first page done fairly quickly, as much as an experiment in how I was going to do it as anything else. But then that paralyzing perfectionism set in, and my questions over how to do page 3 kept me from finishing page 2. Knowing that I couldn’t […]

Day 1

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Apologies for anyone who makes an attempt to visit this site and notices how neglected it is. I now have motivation to change that. A new comic book publisher (probably shouldn’t go into anymore detail than that at this point) has offered me the opportunity to illustrate the first issue of one of its titles. […]

Very flattering

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

A used copy of I’m All Boy And That’s a Fact is now selling for almost $60 on Amazon.com! Meanwhile, even though we have left Wells Fargo (we had a card-cutting ceremony last week) and are very happy with our new bank, most of the hits to this site come from people searching for other […]

Ten years ago: The Football Anthems

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Ten years ago, Three Lions ’98 by Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds began its third and final week atop the British singles charts. Its predecessor, Three Lions, had been the official anthem for the England soccer team in the Euro 96 tournament. When the time came to name the official theme song for the […]

The Decapitator

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

A London graffiti artist removes the heads from large advertisements. Flickr link

Even more on Wells Fargo!

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I deposited a check for $450 into my account on Saturday. It cleared on Monday. Then on Tuesday, they put a hold on $350 of that. Then on Wednesday, the hold cleared. Then on Thursday, a check I wrote cleared, leaving $4 in my account this morning. So this afternoon, they decided to put a […]

The first of 2008

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I was mowing today and saw our yard’s very first garter snake of 2008. I knew this moment was going to happen sooner or later, and we’re about a month after some people have seen their first snake of the year, but it’s a little disheartening because Sara and I have done so much work […]