Just a quick cell-phone shot of the diminutive creatures I made while working at my dealer’s table at CONduit; I watched Carter Reid attracting crowds as he did his live sketches at his table and thought, “I should do something like that!” Finally baked them last night: The two little black balls are for another…
The belated CONduit wrap-up.
There’s always a bit of a debate about CONduit taking place every year over the Memorial Day weekend. Me, I love it; I can do the con Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then take Monday to recuperate and drain my kidneys before dragging myself back to the day job on Tuesday. This year my schedule was…
Creatures: Aw, they’re ready to leave home…
CONduit starts tomorrow, and I’ll have almost all of the creatures I’ve made over the past few months for sale (except for those ones that don’t meet my exacting standards). Here are the last couple, with the finishing touches just put on them. This is the final version of the in-progress photo here: And this…
Amazon jumps the shark?
Sometimes I think that in its quest to be a business innovator, Amazon borrows the wrong traits from the uber-innovator Google, which is notorious for introducing side projects with a definite “Whoa, totally cool!” vibe before they’d exactly figured out how useful or sustainable it was. The latest from Amazon, as I’m sure you heard…
In response to Senator McCain…
…who argues that “Apple has violated the spirit of the law if not the letter of the law” (I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean), I present the words of Judge Learned Hand: Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound…
Work, finished and not.
Just so I won’t finish this post with an anticlimax, here’s a pic of an unfinished creature: I actually took that on Saturday; i should have the completed version done tonight. And here’s something completed for real: (Taken with my phone, so naturally not of the best quality.) It’s supposed to look like a reconstructed…
CONduit schedule!
CONduit runs May 24-26 in Salt Lake City. Here’s my schedule of panels and presentations: Friday: 4:00 PM – Dark Gods, Deep Ones, and Dagon, oh my… The obligatory H.P. Lovecraft Panel Saturday: 12:00 PM – It’s called Horror, not “Gore”or 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Live MST3K (with Larry Correia) Other than that,…
Oh, the things you’ll find! On Ebay!
Thanks to making creatures, creature containers, and my upcoming assemblages, unusual things have been arriving for me in the mail. I love Ebay for the sheer expansiveness of the long tail: no matter what you need, somebody will be selling it. Recent arrivals have included antique square nails: … and tiny antique phlebotomy test tubes…
Unready and Unhot.
Last night, Michele and I ran to Wal-Mart for a few things right after she picked me up at the station. Nothing had been started for dinner, so we decided to pick something up. Big Daddy’s is a hot-and-ready pizza place (except they have to call it something else, because that’s a Little Caesar’s trademark). …
An embarrassment of riches, and a work in progress.
I took a trip to Smith & Edwards Superstore this morning, where the motto is “We Have Everything You Need… If We Can Find It.” It began as a military surplus store in 1947, and while it has expanded out to hunting and gun supplies, fishing and camping, hardware, housewares and various bargain store bric-a-brac,…