Heaven In A Biscuit!

It's ME !!


I'm back.

As you know, I've been taking a break. I made like it was necessary from sheer exhaustion, but really, my doctor advised me that my constant exposure to acrylic paint and wood pulp was contributing to other people's inability to get a restful sleep. He submitted this as exhibit one:

I'd forgotten about this one, but I must say: he has a point.

Against his wisdom, I recently went ahead and made an altered cigar box. Now, don't everyone crowd around at once.

Here it is:

It wasn't easy. Last weekend I had to smoke the last three cigars in one afternoon, in order to finish the box in time for this post. But you can see that the quality of my efforts has improved. Who wouldn't want to use this as a recepticle for precious things? Your retainer, for example? Gasoline receipts? Those spring-y snake things that pop out and scare people?

Cigars?

This blog will undergo a metamorphosis of sorts. My reader knows, from my previous blogs, that I can only go so long before putting on a new hat. In this instance, for one thing: there will be more ranting. There will be pontificating and questions. Some posts won't even be about my art-making. And I'm hoping to have a questionnaire or two, so I can find out what my two readers think of topics of the day, social and political issues.

Here's what I'm thinking about right now: We got a new dishwasher today. And the guy who came in to install it was a regular dishwasher-installer-guy. I mean, that's what he does. He installs appliances. And he comes in, and while he's installing this thing he says, 'So, who do you think is going to be our next president?'

Now, what kind of appliance installer comes in and starts chatting you up about politics? He's representing his corporate lords, isn't he? What if he was a clod, and really believed McCain is a serious option? That could have turned us right off, and caused one of us to get in a snit. So, it's a good thing the dishwasher tested okay right away, because over time, given this guy's wont for sensitive discourse, the conversation would have taken an inevitable slide to finding out which religious holidays we celebrate, how many sharpies we've 'borrowed' from work, and have we ever considered the benefits of installing a second shower head?

These are the kinds of things I like to ask you two: What do you think makes people do stuff? Are they clueless, or are they trying to irritate me? Let's have a pow-wow.

So there'll be a bit more of that, along with my characteristic ranting, which has been kept to a minimum up until now. Some Poll-taking. A call to conference, as it were. I hope you enjoy any changes as they develop. And I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Unless I don't like them. Then it's back to all me.