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MARCH 16, 02012 (the extra '0' is to eliminate confusion when we reach the year 10000)

As we all say "bidey-bye" to sanity, clean air, tuna,and Taiwan...

"High Tide" (Drug Dealers Cleaning Up Their Act?)
Life is truly a soap opera. It seems that laundry detergent ("Tide", in particular) has become coin of the realm in the illicit drug market. Addicts are committing daring daylight heists at stores which carry the popular P&G product. Then they trade it directly to their dealer in return for drugs, or hustle it on the street at local laundromats. As we bid a nostalgic farewell to the halcyon days of the diamond-encrusted dope pusher, we can take comfort that at least his "whites are whiter and his colors are brighter".

"See Level" (Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water)
Recent estimates indicate nearly 4 million people worldwide now live in "High Tide" coastal regions which could face inundation as the effects of Global Warming continue to change our environment. So, start washing your clothes in cold water before we all end up underwater... and be sure to add "Tidal Pool Party" to your household activity list.

"Washed Up" (Sorry, We're Fresh Out Of Paddles...)
Meanwhile, Global Warming guru, Al Gore, speaking before a disgruntled group of polar bears in Washington this week, was quoted as saying,"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

"Soap" (The Yardstick Of Civilization)
"Lye -- the crucial ingredient. Ancient peoples found their clothes got cleaner if they washed them at a certain spot in the river. Why? Because, human sacrifices were once made on the hills above this river. Year after year, bodies burnt. Rain fell. Water seeped through the wood ashes to become lye. The lye combined with the melted fat of the bodies, till a thick white soapy discharge crept into the river. The first soap was made from the ashes of heroes.
If you were to add nitric acid to the soap-making process, one would get nitroglycerin. With enough soap, one could blow up the world, if one were so inclined." -(Chuck Palahniuk, "Fight Club")

If you no longer wish to be exposed to this type of inane drivel, feel free to permanently "unfriend" me on "Hatebook", my new antisocial network.
-brought to you by the National Sarcasm Society (like we need YOUR support...)

"Mobilis In Mobili"
(Changing through the changing medium)

OKTOBER 01, 02011 (the extra '0' is to eliminate confusion when we reach the year 10000)

Good Grief! It's been nearly two years since my last update! Greetings to all from lovely Las Vegas, Nevada!
News update: I just had an interview on the local ABC morning show, "Morning Blend" www.vegasmorningblend.com/vide… , to discuss my participation in an upcoming episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (due to air this Sunday, Oct. 2). Can't give out any "spoilers" prior to the show, but I did get to do some foam-sculpting that was included as part of the interior home decor (You might even see the back of my head during a conversation with Ty Pennington). I will be able to post pictures on Monday.

Best wishes to all,
Tom

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"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." -(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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"Mobilis In Mobili"
(Changing through the changing medium)

JANUARY 03, 02009 (the extra '0' is to eliminate confusion when we reach the year 10000)

Due to outright negligence and wanton procrastination on the part of  =Savageworlds, we have been forced to invoke the E.U.R.O. (Emergency Update Remediation Ordinance).
We will proceed to populate this journal with a plethora of random drivel in the hopes that it will embarass  =Savageworlds sufficiently to provoke a much needed response. We apologize for =Savageworld's egregious lack of good manners and trust that this issue will be dealt with promptly.
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"Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders."
-(Friedrich Nietzsche)
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"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say."
-(Marshall McLuhan)
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
-(RD Laing)
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"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other."
-(Jack Handey)
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"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
-(Douglas Adams)
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-(Dave Barry)
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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
-(Groucho Marx)
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"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it."-(Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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"They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much."
-(Malcom Cowley)
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- (Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977)
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"There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
-(Oscar Levant)
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"I am a deeply superficial person."
-(Andy Warhol)
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"Gott lära av andras fel, eftersom man inte hinner begå alla själv."
(It is well to learn from the errors of others, since there is not time enough to make all of them by yourself.)
-(Swedish saying)
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"Mobilis In Mobili"
(Changing through the changing medium)

AUGUST 12, 02008 (the extra '0' is to eliminate confusion when we reach the year 10000)

Oh my, another milestone... *Pretends to be nonchalant. Fails miserably.* Many thanks to my friends (and the rest of the DA community as well) for your support!
A hectic schedule at work has seriously curtailed my artwork this summer, but I've tried to at least observe, comment on, and fave other artwork at least once a day. Several new projects are in the works and one savageworlds.deviantart.com/ar… is ready to commemorate this auspicious occasion. Best wishes to all!


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"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else."
-(Leonardo da Vinci)

"Mobilis In Mobili"
(Changing through the changing medium)

JUNE 15, 02008 (the extra '0' is to eliminate confusion when we reach the year 10000)

wOOt!
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It appears that I have now successfully passed 2,000 pageviews! While I attempt to perform the always ludicrous (and often perilous) traditional '2K-Flaming- Pinata-Bash' ("I'd hit that..."), feel free to sample the virtual hors d'oeuvres ('Qui coupe le fromage?'), watch the wine list, and converse amongst yourselves. In honor of this auspicious occasion, tonight's entertainment will include the unveiling of my latest digital endeavor, titled: 'Diaboli Ex Machina'.
For those of you who prefer a more light-hearted fare, there will be a private film screening in the map room. (Tonight's wacky sea-faring comedy, 'The Captain of the Midships' stars the late Lloyd Bridges as Captain of the Midships.) Enjoy!
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"Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae" - (There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness)
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New Artist Alert!
I just ran across a fabulous new artist this morning:lee-337.deviantart.com/ Ya Lee is an amazing fantasy artist who started posting today. If you get a chance, check him out.

A modest proposal regarding the energy crisis:
*(updated 6-14-08)

While pondering the nearly astronomical rise in fuel costs during recent months, I happened across a newspaper article which pointed out the equally alarming rise of obesity in developed countries throughout the world (and especially in the United States).
  At that moment, a clever idea was born. If we could just encourage weight reduction by agressive aerobic exercise (like running in large generator-equipped 'hamster wheels', two crises (Health and Energy) might be averted simultaneously.
  Those in opposition to such a program might argue (perhaps with good reason) that all the jogging in the world could not make up for the billions of barrels of oil squandered annually. I therefore offer a secondary source of energy to make up the difference.
  I refer, of course, to tapping the abundant reserves of CEO2 emissions (the hot air produced by overpaid corporate executives and politicians worldwide)This should easily make up the deficit, with the added benefit of recycling yet another dangerous 'greenhouse' (or Whitehouse) gas.
  Think it over.
* On an additional note, I have discovered yet another means of making my daily commute with a minimum of fossil fuel consumption. I procured a couple lengths of sturdy clothesline from the local hardware emporium to 'lasso' passing joggers who happen to be heading in my general direction.
These energetic, yet relatively docile creatures can often even be coaxed into specific directions with the promise of spring water and/or a handful of the nutritious wheat germ that I keep on hand.
Rest assured that this activity in no way endangers these hardy urban denizens (except on the Freeway, of course), and in fact provides them with and excellent goal-directed cardio workout.

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"Obesa cantavit" - (The fat lady has sung)
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"Mobilis In Mobili"
(Changing through the changing medium)