Well, the art show is over, and it went really well. there were a million people there, well not a million, but at least 1,500. here's a couple of pictures I took after I set up. they turned the main lights down during the event, and i had little spot lights on each picture, which looked really cool.

Check This Out

So... I'm trying out something new. This is an idea that I had a little while ago, and thought, "Well, why not?" It could catch on, or not. Could backfire. We'll see.

There will be a regular URL for it once I get a hosting situation set up. If we sell anything in the shop, a portion of the proceeds (at least half) will go to marriage equality causes.

Let me know what you think. Here's the temporary site.

Bunnies!

Dan showed us this web site over the weekend, and it's hysterical. You have to check it out.

The last three in the series

Hey guys, here are the last three signs for the exhibit, I think it's going to be pretty funny when they are framed and hung on the wall.

Also, here are the artist's bio's which will go with each picture.

Salvador Dali

Undoubtedly the Department’s most unusual worker, he is often seen speeding in reverse on newly constructed highway off-ramps. In the current issue of GQ, Salvador exclaimed, “The sole difference between me and a surrealist sign painter, is that I am a surrealist sign painter!”


Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent “Vinnie” Van Gogh recently returned from disability leave having suffered an ear injury. If you see Vinnie out on the roadways, stop and say hello---just remember to speak up!


Edvard Munch

Ed is always a bit anxious—so don’t sneak up and surprise him. He’s glad his stolen paintings were safely returned, but wishes that reporters would learn how to pronounce his last name. Can you say, “Moooongk?”


MC Escher

In August “MC” was appointed Director of Gravitational Engineering and is the proud designer of the “Never–ending” paradoxical traffic circle in Clearwater. When asked in a recent interview for Popular Mechanics about what really irritates him---he replied, “Flat shapes.”


Andy Warhol

Warhol has announced the Department of Transportation will finally get its “15 minutes of fame!” If you need him, check the lunchroom---he’s usually there eating Campbell’s Soup.


Pablo Picasso

Our most prolific worker, Pablo has done over 3,500 road signs. Fortunately for the Department of Transportation, Picasso has been in his Caution Yellow Period.


Jackson Pollock

Known by his fellow road crew as “Jack the Dripper”, he hates using actual brushes and much prefers the “splatter” technique. Prior to his current appointment, he worked for a very brief time at the Highway Road Lines Division.

My new porch, Yea!

This is going to be the best room in the house when its finished. The guy is coming to measure for the screen room tommorow, and it will be up in a week or so! They still need to seal the slab, and it will be dark like where it is wet, and not red like the dry parts. The roof will cover the whole slab, but the screen will only be where the walls are with one door on the side. once the concrete has cured for a few days I'll prime and paint the walls to match the house. and then fix the yard, which got trashed.

My art show is going to be a scream

Ha, Ha, get it? It's going to be a scream? I crack myself up.

Working on my upcoming art project

Hey Guys, As you may know I'm doing an art show at the end of the month with the theme "on the road" in addition to the furniture pieces I'm making, I am also doing another side project with my friends, Mike and Mary Ellen. The concept is if the D.O.T. hired famous artists to do the road signs. I've gotten three done, and wanted you to have a look and see if you get them.

Follow Up

Wow. Talk about synchronicity.

Overthinking

On the train coming home from Boston on Saturday, I was looking at my ticket. I asked Elaine why handicapped riders got reduced fares. She explained that not all stations are handicapped-accessible, so disabled commuters can't get full use of the T's services. Therefore, they pay a reduced rate. Which makes perfect sense.

So then I said, "I've always wondered why some handicapped parking spaces don't have meters when regular spaces do. I understand the need for reserved handicapped parking, I just don't know why they are also free."

Elaine explained that if you are in a wheelchair, you might not be able to reach the meter.

"Uh, okay. I guess that makes sense."

She continued, "Or you might have other disabilities. Like, you might have no arms."

I agreed, privately thinking I probably would have trouble parallel parking with no arms, but she had a point. I wasn't going to mock her.

That is, I wasn't going to mock her if she'd only stopped there.

"Or...", Elaine is triumphant. "What if you were blind?"

I didn't have to mock her. It eventually sank in, and as she put her head in her hands in a "I-did-not-just-say-that" kind of way, I promised her, "I am so putting this story on the blog!"

You Asked For It

MY SUMMER VACATION (France)
In case you forgot how hot I am ;)

Thanks!

Thanks for the cool cake! Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, happy birthday to meeee!

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