The hand of a hobbiest. Check out those grungy nails!
I’ve been getting a lot of comments on all my “hobbies” lately. Some of ‘em are snarky: “Just what you need–another HOBBY.” Some are jokey: “You really don’t need to be good at EVERYTHING, you know.” Some (mostly from Vern) are just […]

Last week Jay at Star asked me to do posters for his band, The Wisebloods, who are opening for the legendary Roky Erickson at the Double Door on the 31st. Because Roky is one of my favorites, ever, I happily complied.
Jay wanted a woodcut. He was inspired by seeing these guys at a […]

I recognized the guy on the bike while watching the video–Tom Sachs, who lived across the hall from me in my freshman dorm. Nice to see someone I went to college with doing something useful with his life…

Now that financial reality has set in yet again (I’d be interested in getting someone who’s more stat-happy than I am to calculate the average frequency of the ebb and flow of my financial reality checks) and I’ve had to scale back my involvement in certain pay-to-play extracurriculars, I’m starting some OTHER projects that have […]

Rode to work in a crazy storm this morning. I only saw one other bike, a gal on a Schwinn with no raingear who didn’t look nearly as happy as I felt. I had my Burley jacket (besides my bike, the most money I’ve ever spent on a bike-related item and totally worth […]

Last week I took a few days off, initially to read up on Quickbooks and take a long bike ride or two, though I also ended up getting a last-minute (and heinously evil) commercial art job that managed to take up an entire day. I’m trying to earn a buncha extra money though, so […]