See the insect in the picture below: It resides up on the head of Jay Janson-Corporate Sellout. I can’t bring myself to post a full picture of Jay. He has decided that having a job and being able to support himself is more important than FNSC. The man got a… Read More »I Need to Eat
I was told a few weeks back that I had made an appearance in the Ames Jaycees Newsletter. I had kind of forgotten about that news until today when I was doing my monthly mail sorting and I saw my mug on the back of the newsletter. With Becky Currently… Read More »Sorting Mail
I got some pictures e-mailed to me from Brenda of the 2008 Oscar Party. These are a little bit small, but I think you will get an idea of the glamor of the event. This event is also doubles as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Brenda Jen &… Read More »Oscar Party Pictures
Last week I had a heated debate with Andree, Russell and Andree about what is the best Asian restaurant in Ames. This happened because Andree had the temerity to badmouth Hu Hot. Somewhere in the debate, the good name CoCost was slandered, everybody agreed to the greatness of CHC and… Read More »Mmmm…. Eel!
Today Logan and I concluded our Confirmation mentoring journey. It took 10 weeks, but now he possesses some of my wisdom and that could make him a very dangerous teenager. We celebrated the conclusion of the mentoring program by dining at Hu Hot. Then we had our picture taken. The… Read More »Mentoration
Shorty often refers to going to church twice on the same day as building up credit. On Friday night I went to The Venue to attend the Church of the Inebriated Saints. I think by Shorty’s logic, I get credit for that and can skip church some time in the… Read More »The Church of the Inebriated Saints
I’m not what you would call a commercial photographer. However, recently I have gotten some commercial photography gigs. The first gig was (and is ongoing) to do some of the photography for the website of a local soap company. However, I don’t want to delve too deeply into that because… Read More »Selling Out
I thought I would post some pictures that Sara sent me from her recent trip to Panama. I really need to do some traveling so that some day I can post my own pictures. Perhaps this summer. Perhaps.
I got an interesting MySpace e-mail today. It was related to the picture below. The Waiting It is from a woman I graduated from dear old BHS from all those years ago named Dawn. I like to give credit where credit is due, and as one creative person to another,… Read More »The Calling
Family and friends, Greetings everybody. It is still February, so my newsletter is just in time. I hope and pray all is well with you. This past month gave me the chance to travel, take some vacation, get sick, recover, and start a new semester of teaching. It was quite… Read More »Taiwan Times – February Issue
Jason Baier sent me this picture. It is one of the funniest pictures I’ve ever seen.
In my inbox at work today I found a couple new samples from the game that Eric and Suzie are inventing. Metal Bull Fire Tiger They aren’t exactly as cool as a rat, but I still think that they are pretty cool.
My grandma is going through the herculean task of downsizing her possessions. She recently gave a bunch of yarn to Teresa. When Teresa was going through the yarn she found our grandpa’s Iowa State football season ticket from 1979. I started attending Iowa State football games with my grandpa in… Read More »ISU Football
A few months ago Nader gave me a camera to test for his trip to London. I put in a roll of film and took some test shots. Then I put the camera away and forgot about it. I finally finished off the roll and got it developed. I thought… Read More »Test Camera
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay I find myself suddenly surrounded by world travelers. Sara left for Panama on Thursday. Nader is heading to London in a few weeks. Willy is visiting Peru (most likely) in a couple of months. Me? I think Des Moines is the furthest I’ve… Read More »Moandays
I don’t know anything about the world of gaming, but Eric and Suzie are inventing a new board game. I have no doubt that they will do a bang up job in the creation of this game because it is something that they both hold a passion for and nothing… Read More »The Future of Gaming
I’m part of the way through a commercial photography for an up and coming entrepreneur’s website. I can’t say much about the work yet, but below is a preview of the work that I am currently doing. More to come in the future.
There are few things in this world that anger me more than people who use religion as a scam. Over the last few years I have certainly come to the conclusion that Christianity is ready for a new reformation. Somehow along the way, the message of love and grace that… Read More »Using Religion as a Scam
This might have finally moved Russell over to being an Obama supporter. Welcome home Russell, you know this is where you’ve always wanted to be. VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Last Sunday, before the RAMBO viewing, Jay was very curious about the contents of my journal. He seemed to think that I had nudie drawings in there. The truth of the matter is that there are not nudie drawings, but there are things that are much worse. I came across… Read More »My Journal
I really wanted a glow in the dark brain for this blog, but that is not to be. So instead I will use an image from the Jay Janson Archive. So why is there a picture of brains in this blog? Today I wrote out a big fat check to… Read More »It is Official