2014 is the start of a 3 year plan for me to become self supporting before my SSI turns into Old Age version of Social Security. If I retire early, I will get a smaller check. Much better to be self supporting and just never retire. That's the long term goal ( Read more... )

I love, love, love the Asus! It's so fast it's scary. Its backlit keyboard looks like something off the console of a spaceship, very science-fictionish. One of me moments of wonder, realizing I'm living in the future now. This machine is sleek ( Read more... )

Okay, this is not a complete review because I haven't finished and won the game yet. That's not my style of play. I tend to noodle around each act for a long time playing it through in all the character types slowly. I move across the landscape slowly picking up everything including the junk. This drives other players crazy in multi-player games, ( Read more... )

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I won. I finished The Dark Ones and have a good rough draft to work from. I'll be finishing Trouble in the City slowly at leisure, without stressing over it. It's a good book but I've just been dealing with too many other stresses lately ( Read more... )

Bison study on hemp paper with pastel pencils, about 5" square.


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Very productive day. Here's the art I did, first cool pastel of the month:


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Ginger Fellow down the Lane - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", Pitt Artist Pens on Borden & Riley Recycled paper.


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Sketches for 2 out of 3 Cat Commissions, all of the same cat. Two are of baby kitten photos, third will be of adult cat. This morning as I relaxed and reveled in having nothing scheduled yet, I got an offer for these cat commissions and decided to start them. The cat is very beautiful and they're a surprise present for someone on Facebook so I'm ( Read more... )

First successful Sketchbook Mobile drawing. Life sketch of one of the San Francisco Arts Commission Street Artists Program Screening Committee. Gesture between one and two minutes of a moving figure.


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