Tiny announcement: Some of you know that I’m finally offering mugs for sale. If you’re thinking about buying a few, you should also know that Cafepress is having a special until July 15. — If you’ve read my online journal for a while, you know that I sometimes hide “Easter Eggs” on my site. I’ve put up another one today, and the first one to find it gets one of my prints. You’ll know which print I’ll send you if…
No less than two nights ago, two dozen crooks broke and entered into my house. I tried to escape, but they caught me and assaulted me with repeated blows to my skull, using a heavy wooden object. “What do you want?!” I cried, but they only chanted instructions at me to turn around, to touch the ground, to do the high kicks, and to do the splits. Not only that, but they kept mistaking me for some Spanish lady or…
Typical. I just spent the last half hour composing my entry and tying all the loose ends of this neverending month together, weaving in a bit of symbolism and related elements so that an astute reader might find some extra meaning in the words and ideas. But noooooo… My web publishing tool had an Alzheimer’s attack in the midst of it all, and I lost what I wrote—snap!—just like that. I’m tired and need my sleep, so rather than try…
History repeated! Everyone’s invited. Aprilgem challenges anyone creative: Demonstrate wordsmithing readiness; develop paragraphs displaying impressive one-handed adroitness. Important requirement: utilize limited lexicon, expressions comprising numerous syllables. Exactly. Numerous. However, Aprilgem’s digital preference? Speculate! Estimate! Calculate! Example expressions: wonderful, beautiful, gigantic, enormous, yesterday, tomorrow, perfection. Solution: Trinity. Difficult assignment? Aprilgem totally understands. Requiring assistance? Aprilgem recommends thesaurus. Completely uninspired? Aprilgem’s blamelessly innocent, offering favorites discounted Whimsytoons commissions. Visitor’s entirely liable. Aprilgem advises: recreate creative ideas, discover synonyms, imagine alternate expressions. Conquering…
This is the view outside my window.Fauxto taken by my alien friend, using my Cantoff PS6 digital crapera.Free wallpaper versions for your desktop:800 x 600 | 1024 x 768 | 1280 x 960 My own birthmonth and namesake has been rather hard on me, giving credence to that famous line: April is the cruelest month. Where’s the love, people?! First of all, the company for which I work is experiencing a massive brain drain. In the span of just one…