CJ | T I B - Part 69

Falwell, Adieu, Auf Wiedersehn, Goodbye

Jerry Falwell dead at 73. I’d be lying if I said that I wished he could have lived as long a Lazarus. …

Rec’ing on…2007 WNBA Season Team Outlooks

It’s time once again for CJ’s fearless predictions for the impending WNBA season. There have been a lot of player moves this …

Musing on…Ordained Butterflies

A butterfly in China flaps its wings, starting a cascade of small events that eventually give rise to a Gulf-coast hurricane. Events …

Frustrated Painter

You know, I enjoy getting to do art. It doesn’t matter if it’s visual or literary. It can be airbrush, or scratchboard, …

Gallery Flattery

Today, I dropped off my scratchboard piece, Athena’s Little Owl, at the gallery/framing shop to get it framed for exhibition. While I’m …

Musing on…The Bee’s Knees

We’ve got bees! When I first moved into my house, this wasn’t a happy statement. We had a hive of bees firmly …

Declawed

For more than half my life, and almost all of my adult life, I’ve had longer-than-average nails on the fingers of my …

I Get To Paint the House, Yippee

Now that spring has sprung, I get to embark on the project I mis-timed last year: painting the house. The problem comes …

Rec’ing on…The 2007 Spring Women’s Basketball Confluence

The Women’s Final Four (notice how the Men’s Final Four isn’t called "The Men’s Final Four", just "The Final Four"?…we obviously still …

Paint On My Hands

O h, this was a busy art week. There was the birthday present that wasn’t due to a stern "don’t give me …

Even Sizes

OK…who was the genius that thought that stepping men’s pants sizes in two-inch (5cm) increments was a good idea? Admittedly, this isn’t …

E’Tac Paints

Late last summer, I took up airbrushing again. I’d stopped in the early 90s, and despite some wistful moments, I hadn’t picked …

House Sitting

Mary* asked me to look after the dogs, cats, and fish while she elected to take some time to let her broken …

A Life of Consistency

You’ve got to love the life of consistency. I would, if I had it, but I don’t. So, I just go with …

Lullaby

Here is an example of the things that are happening now that really muck with posting blogs on anything like a regular …

I find one of the most confounding things in language right now is how people use the words “smile” and “grin”. It doesn’t happen often, but we seem to be at a stage where how people use words in practice is at odds with how they are defined.