Bonfire Snow Punks + Whale

snow fire pinball punks whaleI heard something that sounded like a whale coming from the lobby at work.  Someone was probably dragging something heavy across the floor.  Anyway, I added ‘whale’ to the previous snow punk pinball pic to see if it would put a beached whale in the snow behind him– and it generated MORE PUNKS!!!  And a beached whale… and some guy playing guitar on a loveseat?!?  I need to find this tribe.

Bonfire Snow Punk

snow fire pinball punkWhen I type the words: bonfire, deep snow, pinball, and punk into Google’s AI image generator, it feels like a mental prep for the arctic weather that’s forecast for Sunday.  It feels like I’m welcoming the storm.  It feels like a dream, and it’s ok if I don’t wake up for awhile.

Ahoy 2025

robot moog synth sailboat skyline atariAvast ye mateys!  All hands on deck!  Shiver me timbers!  Those aren’t exactly phrases to be shouted from a sailboat, but I just felt like writing them.  I decided to cast off the moorings of 2024, and set sail into the uncharted waters of 2025.  This is the image that pops up when I enter “robot Moog synth sailboat skyline Atari” into the Google AI Image Generator.  Happy (belated) New Years!

Beautiful To Me

one man and butterflyOne Man Trying to Establish Himself (Rightly, In The Heart) With the Original Heart (of a Butterfly) — that’s the name of this work by my friend, Bryan Voell.  It is beautiful because I can identify with it.  I see imperfection, longing, hope, and a connection with something that resembles a higher power.

The Mondo Hondo

mondo hondoSix pounds of charred cow flesh, 12 strips of bacon, and an enough dairy to cut the cheese into next year… of course, I’m exaggerating here, but it looked that way to me when the waiter brought out Matthew’s lunch.  My stepmom’s grandson ordered The Mondo Hondo Burger off the menu at Farley’s and never looked back.

Sleep Bombers

sleep bombersI’m not a sports fan, but I love drifting off to the calm voice of Wally McCarthy as he does play by play for sleepbaseball.com.  A few nights ago, Jenny & I put our money where our ears are, and bought a couple of t-shirts from one of the teams that play on WSLP.  The Baraboo Bombers from Baraboo, WI aren’t one of the better teams in the Northwoods Baseball League– they lose more games than they win.  We just really like their name.  I also like the flying squirrel mascot.

Sai Weng Shi Ma

sai_weng_shi_maThere’s a story about an old man who lost a horse, and the series of events that followed can be interpreted as “good” or “bad” at first– but everyone’s early conclusions are wrong.  It’s an old story that will help me in the coming days, weeks, and months as I process my own reality and how I perceive it.  Big thanks to Byrle S. for telling me about Sai Weng Shi Ma.

Another One From The Heart

“…They will dig up these ruins and make flutes of our bones and blow a hymn to the memory of the orphans of God.”

The Word For Today Is No

Bitty Pop Ultron

ULTRONHis red eyes can sear through the toughest gnat! His silver legs are faster than a ladybug on her way home to stop a fire! His metallic body is able to resist being squished by a human twice his size… but a human that small would probably be considered a freak of nature, and most likely be held captive by secret research scientists.