scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects
yeah, baby, this SUV owner knows the score.
maybe he/she is a sub-prime lender?
maybe a CEO at Morgan Stanley?
Need I ask the question begging to be answered; ie, “why would you be so stupid as to advertise this fact?”
Who knew working for a large corporation could be a matter of life and death? Who knew the bureaucracy and fear of liability might stand in the way of someone getting help in a medical emergency?
My co-workers and I found out the hard way this week when one of our own began having severe chest […]
It’s a holiday weekend, but it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like disaster waiting to happen. It’s hurricane season, and New Orleans residents are evacuating as Category 4 “Gustav” bears unswervingly toward them. Emergency services in North Texas are in 24 hour operating mode. Thirty thousand individually packaged meals are stacked in readiness, shelters […]
When you work for a big corporation and the national economy is in a downturn you don’t want to hear the word “consultant”. You know it’s a euphemism for a headhunter, and I don’t mean they’re looking to hire someone to oversee production, but rather some heads are going to be served up on a […]
I take medication to lower my cholesterol, and I’m nauseated.
I take medication to help me sleep, and I get a hangover.
I take medication to alleviate severe depression, and I lose my creativity.
It’s a tough choice sometimes, especially that last one. I felt miserable from my teenagehood until well into my thirties when I was diagnosed […]
The tallest sunflower we’ve ever had in our garden: it grew from seeds dropped by the birds at the feeder. It’s taller than the six-foot high wooden fence in the background. You can also see where our thoughtless neighbors poisoned the lovely honeysuckle along the back fence, forcing us to look at their yard full […]
I’ve been practicing drawing a bit. These characters are about the best I can do when trying to draw human heads. I’ve been copying some faces from the daily comic strips hoping to come up with something with more dimension. It’s been nice to finally find my art pens and some of my journals to […]
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