I've been away to Burning Man

A SERIES OF TREES.



A TREE SAW


A YARN TREE




BONE TREE


A GEOMA-TREE


CORN PORN TREE



Okay no, This is the YARN TREE

Stevie liked this tree a lot. I like it with her leaning on it. No seriously the tree had a nice Ronald Searle feel to it.

THIS WAS THE FIRST WE HAD SEEN OF THE MAN SINCE HIS PREMATURE LIGHTING.

They had erected him earlier in the day, all except his head.

Okay, I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan. But who could say no to a light saber battle with a thousand people? Well I certainly couldn't.

Yes complete with a chariots!

It's hard to capture the full scope of the battle.



After a bit people formed groups and ran screaming through other groups smitting there foes left and right.


The best quote from the battle? "Come over to the Dark Side and get laid!"


That prompted several defections.

Oy! A true skewering!





Me deflecting a thrust from a Jedi Princess.

An Out of focus shot of my Honey. I didn't get any good pictures of her kicking ass, but you can bet that she was indeed kicking major ass.



Later Preparing for a night on the town.


The beautiful Claudia, Kelly, Nicole and Stevie.



Now the boys.
Yours Truly, Andy, Lenny, Kaz, and Eric.








This is the club The Deep End, People danced shoulder to shoulder no matter the heat each and every day we rode past.
It was only open during the day.
This is one of the hundreds of Art cars on the Playa. You can jump on anyone of them that has room and ride to were ever its going. As you'll see after I post all the photos, they come in all shapes and sizes. The only real constant is that they are all fun.


This cute little art car would squirt a long stream of water out of his mouth. Always popular on hot sunny day on the Playa.

This is day one as my honey and I walked around. You can tell it's day one because niether of us are covered in dust yet.
My Zulu pith helmet was the perfect hat for the Playa.




My Beautiful lady in front of another Art Car. I never saw this one rolling around. But the Playa is a very large place.



A bicycle is the best way to explore the Place.


Unless you have a Zebra Art Car! So much Art, so little time to see it all.

Kind of a MA & Pa Kettle with a maratime theme.



At Burning Man the weather may shift from a beautiful sunny day to a complete white out (Dust strom) in 5 minutes.



As these pictures will demonstrate. What they don't show are the winds that go along with the dust.This whiteout came up so quickly that Stevie and I didn't have time to make it back to homecamp, or even to Center Camp.
So we sought refuge in Astor Place Imagined. A replica of NYC's Astor Place Station.


This is the actual Station in NY. In my haste to seek shelter I neglected to take a picture of the exterior on the replica. But the only real difference was that the replica's windows were translucent rather than transparent.


We were hunkered down waiting for the dust to blow over when who should stumble in but Mr.Lusty Lemon. Who had until minutes before had been serving Lusty Lemon Drops as gifts to those lucky enough to walk past his drink cart.


Once he was ensconced within the safety of the station, Mr.Lemon was kind enough to continue serving his delicious brew.
I won't tell you his recipe, but I will tell you it is the only way a lemon drop should be served.

The picture below details how thick the dust became during the blow.




As the dust subsided a large dragon rolled on to the scene.

Than twenty minutes later the dust blows past. A small dose of rain, and we are treated to a lovely rainbow.


Meet The Mayor of our little camp known as Sun Valley.



This is Lenny and his lovely wife and fellow documentor of Burning Man Claudia. They not only make the scene, they record as much the art and excitment of the happenings on the Playa as they physically can. Racing around the side by side recumbent bike/Gazebo.



Without Lenny and Claudia our Burning Man experience would not have been nearly as grand and magical as it was.




The Rainbow arrives!



Eric and his beautiful bride to be Kelly bask in the arc of the rainbow



Eric on top of the Sun Valley look out/sign post







Lenny shot Stevie and I under the rainbow

























































This is one of my favorite installations on the playa. Somehow I forgot to shoot a picture of the exterior. It was a space capsule on it's side, complete with colapsed parachute, and monkey astronaut in side. There was a computer game that you play against the unfortunate Monkey. But by the time I found him it had ceases to operate.

As side note if anyone knows this lady posing with the monkey, please let her know the picture is posted here. I was supposed to send her a copy but have lost her address.




http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5988312213578163311

Go to the address above and marvel at Zoetrope of swinging Obos.



these guys were each about four feet tall and seeing them swing above your head was truly fun, and at least for that little part of your brain that is monkey, it was a bit scary seeing what looked like 19 or 20 chimps swinging around in the night.



Hey a Telephone booth with a direct line to God. She was very friendly.
But right after I talked to her these guys in the art car below rolled up and took the booth apart. Something I said? Maybe.


More Explainations and lots more pictures to come later. I must prepare for another yellow porous day.














These verdant fields were on the way home from Burning Man,




Thanks everyone for stopping by and for your kind words.
My Honey and I were away to Burning Man.
More Photos and descriptions to come.

That's me on my bike in front of a bus with a full band playing on top, while two beautiful half naked girls on stilts dance around the worlds longest stripper pole.

This is the same bus in National Geographic type lighting.
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Sponge Audition

Suck U Bus

It's amazing to me how easy it is, to unintentionally pull elements of peoples drawing style. I did this drawing yesterday just doodling as I was talking to Robert Ryan Cory. Without even noticing I lifted part his over all tentacles, one eyed mutant, hanging creepy nose thing. Of course mine isn't anywhere near as entertaining and lyrical as his, but it's just weird how easy other peoples stuff can rub off on you.



When I was first drawing on Ren & Stimpy, I could barely draw the little bastards. That is, until I sat and watched John draw over my scenes. Watching his movements as he drew them was a complete eye opener.

Sucking the Hind Teat of Past FAme

Kidding...maybe.
This a drawing for a friend's benefit auction. Hopefully it'll add enough $$ to the bank so she can afford getting her swollen tonsils yanked.

I haven't drawn the little buggers in quite a while, and it shows.


I have been drawing this guy for a long time now. Still, the day after I finish a drawing, it looks to me like he was drawn by a monkey on acid.
I admit I may have some cimean qualities. The ability to scratch the back of ones knee without bending over, but I'm certainly not on the acid.

It's these hands! These damn hands!

Then There is the Draw on a Cup Style

Purple Drinkie

WHILE TRYING TO COME WITH SPECIAL IDEAS FOR SPONGEBOB

These Leaked Out.

Shhhhh they are listening

Now if you don't agree with the war in Iraq, they can come and take everything you own.
I smell a revelution. How about you?

July 17, 2007

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq



White House News
Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,

(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:

(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;

(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and

(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.

Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.

Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 17, 2007.

Doodle for Dani

Sorry but I've been so busy of late that I barely have time to draw anything un-Sponge, let alone scan anything.
But this little doodle is the result of me going to see Dani Michaeli (One of the SpongBob writers) not finding him at his desk, I was forced to sit and draw an anouncment that I had been there.

The Belly of the Beast

Well things have changed dramatically sense Uncle Eddy's visit to jury duty. Mot only are knitting needles now verboten, but the once highly coveted Jig saw puzzles have been jammed unceremoniously into a corner. They have been irrevocably mixed together. One can no longer tell the pieces of The Bare Foot Boy from Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
The herd of people waiting to be assigned their fate must now read, eat, play hand held games,talk too loudly on their cell phones, with the fast of foot and lucky few who are willing to fork over a few dollars placing themselves in front of the four the working conputers, able to surf the web. However the hunt and peck typist is shit out of luck, as it seems that the jurors ahead of me have in their manic search for a relief from the boredom either worn off the letters from the keys, or have maliciously scratched the letters off.

More latter, though I must say, the tequilla at lunch very much helped my outlook torward the rest of the day.

So I didn't get around to sketching during this stint at Jury Duty, but I did dig out a few from a previous trip.