No faces?

Fortunes courtesy of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

As it happens I had read a news piece about U.S. Banks being "too big to prosecute" on the same day we went out for lunch at a nice Chinese restaurant.  You can guess the rest.

Going Faces

I feel a sense of finality when I finish a sketchbook. Evidently I don't like "final" because I find myself going back into the earlier pages and putting more faces onto pages where ever there's room. Maybe I'm being frugal. Maybe I'm averse to "the end". Maybe starting a new book induces pressure to make an auspicious beginning. Maybe I should shut up and draw.

The Last Page of a "traveling" sketchbook

Facing Birthdays

Power Lifting Champion in the age two and under class

      My younger brother's birthday is today. Sometimes it's hard to believe we've all grown up, some of us approaching-- and some of us right into middle age. This picture is one my favorites and it makes me smile every time I see it. Happy birthday, brother! If you know this guy, send along your greetings on Facebook.
  PS was unable to reach the publicist for permission...sorry big guy!

Facing the Vet!

Supper in our new home in 1998

     It's hard to believe these two little ones are now nearly 15! The red one, Zoe had her dental today and you might know that small animals are anesthetized for dental cleanings. So, Zoe is sleeping it off. Greta, our black and tan dog, was also at the vet today. She's dealing with what appears to be an allergy. We hope antibiotics do the trick.
     My friend and "pottery and other coolness hero" offers a regular feature on his blog called "Time Warp Tuesday". So, today's blog is offered in that spirit---more of an homage than a rip-off I hope.

Making squiggly lines

What's the penguin doing on the telly? Sitting, I think.....

To give you an idea of what goes onto a sketchbook page, I'm including a cropped version of one of the drawings and below am attaching a scanned version of the entire page. These come from the "travelling" sketchbook. I decided to fill out those pages before opening a brand new book. 

 For fun, I will sometimes try to cram in as many faces and characters as I can onto a single page. Maybe I need to get out more....

Facing Quandries

How should I know???

 "Are you unconsciously incompetent?" read the article's headline and lead sentence. If I'm unconscious, how do I know? Cut me a break! Some scientificky person has developed a model in which we move from clueless to "adept".  Part of the model (like a first phase) includes unconscious incompetence. We don't know how in over our heads we truly are. I think we have at least a dim awareness, don't we?
   Well, I'm sure I'm unconscious even during 'waking hours'. Yeah, there are areas in which I am less than proficient, shall we say.  I know that. I also accept that there is a lot about me I don't know---a bit scary that the rest of the world probably does. This whole "you don't know what you don't know" koan sounds vaguely Rumsfeldian and creeps me out. So now I have THIS to worry about.

Making Fashionable Faces

Fashion and Make-up tip:
Over-applying concealer WON'T
get you noticed.

 After reading about all the fashionable dos and don'ts gleaned from glancing at a couple of  articles about the stars and starlets lurking around from the Academy Awards ceremonies, I feel compelled to offer some of my own advice....
   Well actually, you might not find it helpful considering I gave up my mullet hairstyle about ten years after everyone else did...that and I miss the wardrobe where you match the little animal on the slacks with the little animal on the shirt and you get an outfit you might wear in public without having people laugh out loud (out loud being the operative phrase today) when you walk by. Wow and I thought I didn't know fashion!
 Anyway--- the idea for this toon came from hearing or seeing the word "concealer" and I don't even remember where or when.  I heard the word, and in my unique way of "free disassociating", came up with this little "fashion tip".
As you step out this weekend, remember to accessorize your look (and you all look mahvelous) with a smile.