I normally fill this space with more amusing stuff, but I’m spent after a busy weekend of new art and website tweaks. If you frequent these parts you’ll notice a few tweaks to the website. Just some minor stuff here and there that hopefully makes the site a little easier to navigate.
So the new art, please admire Groucho Barks and these cute new allium dudes:
Also, we have a new contest winner for our monthly comment-on-this-blog-to-win-free-stuff contest. The winner is:
Don’t despair, you can totally be our March winner. All you have to do is leave some comments around the blog
Final note, I am raising funds for the MDSPCA’s March for the Animals. Please make a donation? As always, purchases made on this website help raise funds for the critters. In the next week or so I’ll be releasing a special line of goodies with 100% of the net profits going to this March for the Animals (more on that soon, stay tuned.)
Fallen down on your fitness-related new year’s resolutions already? You probably just lack proper motivation. I know I’d be much more likely to hit the treadmill instead of the Ben and Jerry’s if I was dutifully preparing for a zombie apocalypse. Unfortunately I don’t live in Chicago, so I can’t get my ass in shape with ZombieFit.
Zombie fit is a work out program with a practical focus, surviving Z-day. With your zombie readiness work out routine you will be able to lift and throw heavy stuff, run fast and for long distances, and navigate obstacles and urban environments in an efficient manner. Sounds handy.
In totally unrelated news, instead of hitting the gym over the weekend I designed a new tee. I would have designed more tees, but Lost has totally taken over my life. We are watching it on Netflix and we’re completely riveted. In the meantime, enjoy Chow Guevara and look for more new art soon:
It’s no secret that Baptist evangelical Freddie Gage’s All My Friends Are Dead sermon LP has spawned a lot of homages and parodies over the years. I had initially thought about doing this design “straight”, using an actual historical figure. But the wife made a suggestion last night (after I had already completed the design, as is often the case) that maybe a zombie might be a better subject. After my customary tantrum at having to scrap hours of work, I got started on the revision. It turns out she was right (as is often the case.)
I designed a new tee over the weekend. I think it’s cute’ish.
We had a dinner party over the weekend and between salad and soup, my cat decided to steal my seat at the table. Check him out, he looks like he’s waiting to be served.
New design, ladies and gents. Please buy one? I have to feed my ever-expanding cat expensive diet food.
If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you may remember that a few months ago I rescued two abandoned cats. Yesterday the wife and I (Wife! Crazy!) took Hobbes for a booster shot and the vet told us this guy needs to lose some weight. Because he. is. seventeen. and a half. pounds. Before you report us to social services, please understand that this cat is big-boned. Seriously; this guy’s paws are gigantic, and when he stands on his hind paws he can put his front paws on our counter top. It’s like we have a little mountain lion running around the house. You should hear him trotting down the hall upstairs, it sounds like a herd of elephants. I tried to point this out to our vet, but she still insisted Hobbes was getting pudgy, even for a big-boned part-mountain lion.
So Hobbes (and our other cats) are now on a new and more expensive diet cat food. Awesome. Maybe if you guys didn’t spend 22 hours a day in bed you wouldn’t be packing on the pounds. Just a thought. I am amazed they don’t get bed sores. You’ve never seen lazier animals.
I’m hoping Hobbes’ new food will help him slim down a bit, but if that doesn’t work, there are options:
1. Coffee in the water fountain
The cats have a fancy water fountain that’s supposed to encourage them to drink more water. I’m thinking maybe it’s time to switch my boys to coffee. Kitties on speed will not only result in good Youtube fooder, but all that caffeine might keep them from spending their entire day in bed. Imagine how much more productive my cats could be with a little morning joe. I bet I’d never see another house fly again.
2. Treadmill
We’ve all seen the very excellent videos of cats on treadmills, no? Perhaps it’s time to invest in one for my cats. Not only would this be great exercise, I am thinking we could knit them some leg warmers and headbands. They’d look adorable, like feline Jane Fondas or Olivia Newton Johns.
3. Kitty Thinspiration
I think part of the issue with my cats’ obesity is that they’re pretty proud of themselves. You should see them lying on their backs, tummies in full view, paws in the air. They take great pride in their excess baggage.
You’ve heard of pasting skinny models to your fridge to keep on your diet? Maybe what we need are photos from Cat Fancy of svelte pretty kitties to shame our boys into some self-control. Living in the media-free bubble that is our household, our cats have no concept of socially accepted beauty. A self-conscious cat is a health-conscious cat. Bring on the kitty fashion mags!
P.S. None of the above suggestions are approved by veterinarians. I am only kidding. Please do not try these ideas at home.
P.P.S. I (and our vet) think our cats are pretty rad at any size. We just don’t want them developing kitty diabetes or heart failure. Shit is real. Protect ya neck!
First of all, a quick update on the foster kittens. They are super cute and getting bigger by the day. Buster is by far the bravest kitty, venturing out to explore when when put him in our room with us, and falling asleep on our comforter. The other two kitties are still very skittish, but we’re working on them. The cutest thing we’ve discovered about the kittens is that they purr in unison. Once you start scratching the top of one kitten’s head and he starts purring about it, the other two join in, even if they aren’t getting petted. Adorable!
I managed to tear myself away from the cute for a few hours and designed this new tee.
First of all I am going to start this post off by telling you that I slept way too late yesterday and as a result couldn’t fall asleep until late last night (and by this I mean later than usual). The good news is that the Golden Girls was on the Hallmark channel. This inspired a bout of bad television nostalgia. My girl and I reminded each other about the various antics of Uncle Jesse and the wacky Tanner clan and debated about how exactly the Golden Girls ended up living together any way. This is what nerd I am, I had to Google that this morning. The girls all lived in Blanche’s house. Dorothy was divorced, Rose and Blanche were widows. Aren’t you glad I looked into this and shared?
I digress, I really just wanted to post about the new drawings I did yesterday. For those of you who like pretty things:
For those of you who like fun with words, check out a salt with a deadly weapon. He’s not just content to give you high blood pressure. This table top thug is armed and dangerous. Yes, you would like some more salt on your fries!
Lastly, it’s not enough that I have Uncle Jesse and the Rippers cover of Forever stuck in my head today. You need to have it stuck in your head too. Notice the creepy soft focus and shirtlessness combined with the toddlers, what were they thinking? It’s so sexy yet so family values? Whatever, enjoy.
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P.P.S I know this whole Rickrolling thing is the new hotness, or not really that new, but it’s a thing to do. I really think Uncle Jesse rolling would be way more embarrassing. It doesn’t roll off the tongue as nicely but you do not want your officemates catching you gawking at the shirtless soft focus Uncle Jesse, do you?
