Mother (Superior) May I…

Who says Nuns don’t know how to party?

Hail Mary…

Sexy Cosmonaut

Making zero G’s fun for you and me!! Da comrade!!

Hula Girl

A little sketch of a cute Hula Girl… its not even spring and I’m already getting into that island state of mind!

Just Legalize it Already!

 

Yes, I’m talking about Marijuana.

The incredible gate-way drug of choice for many otherwise law-abiding American citizens. Whether you smoke it or not, everyone should be for the legalization of the weed.

To me its simple. We need to create new industry in America. We need new tax revenues that the public won’t revolt against. We need to cut back on government spending. We need to address over crowding in our jails & prisons. We need to allow legal access for the chronically &/or terminally ill to whatever treatment they feel eases their predicament.

Basically… we NEED to legalize the weed.

This is a main principal of the Libertarian platform (one of many), and for good reason. It makes SENSE people! If only fiscally, it makes sense.

- legalize & regulate, the gov’t can tax it heavily and I can guarantee that almost all the pot smokers out there would gladly pay to not have the fear of arrest hanging over their shoulder. Besides, with the economics of the weed the gov’t could probably tax the  hell out of it and the avg cost to the end-user wouldn’t change. A win-win if you ask me!

- new aggriculture, hope for farmers looking for a new cash crop. No more illegal grow operations screwing up the environment (along with associated violence). Legalize industrial Hemp again (look to NORML for more info on that). How can that be bad?

- lower gov’t spending on war on drugs, or at the least redirect funding to focus on the stoppage of more harmful drugs like meth, crack, heroin. Things you can actually overdose & die on. This is feel-good stuff, people!

- lessen the overcrowding of jails by releasing non-violent marijuana offenders. Save on the cost of running facilities that are maxed out. Focus on rehabilitation and not incarceration for drug offenders. Free up the courts that are swamped in minor marijuana related cases. Ultimately saves even more tax-payer money! AND you still get the warm n fuzzies!!

- overall impact on economy… invest in Taco Bell baby!!

I’m not getting into the ‘rights’ & ‘wrongs’ of marijuana other than these 2 points:

1- Alcohol is legal, 2- Cigarettes are legal

They say California is getting ready to vote on completely legalizing marijuana. Not just medically… completely. I hope they do. And I hope it works. And I hope the rest of the country is paying attention.

Ten years ago I said to a friend of mine that we’d see it legalized in the next 25 years. With fifteen years left, I think we’re getting closer.

Maybe something good will come from this financial crisis after all?

A Green Thumb

 

So its almost spring and this year I’m thinking of doing the unimaginable… planting a vegetable garden.

I’ll probably fail miserably at it, but I think I’d like to give it a try anyways.

My father always kept a garden or 2 going, and I remember as a kid absolutely hating to work in them. I’ve always hated yardwork of any sort, never really got in to the Zen of it, but something inside of me is starting to wonder if I might have a green thumb after all.

Even though I watched him work the gardens every year I never paid much attention to what he was doing, so I’m pretty much starting from scratch. I know I have to pick a plot, till it up real good, but beyond that… not much. My nearly 90 year old uncle today advised me that you can cut up potatoes with eyes on ‘em to plant and that mid-march was a good time to get them in the ground. Says you can get 2 yields a season that way. I think that will be my start.

Beyond potatoes I’d like to plant some tomatoes, green peppers, peas, string beans, butter beans, & carrots. I know all of these have grown succesfully on the land we have in Louisa, so I think they’d be a safe start.

Part of my motivation is to prove to myself that I can return to my roots (no pun intended) and grow food for my family. It may not be much, but you never know in these turbulent times when such a skill might come in handy. I don’t really think things will ever get to such a point, but even if I can cut down on costs at the grocery store then I’d consider it a good thing.

So I welcome any advice and gardening tips! Leave ‘em here or email them to me. I’ll try to update often on the state of the garden, and hopefully by the end of the summer I’ll know whether it was a success… or just another one of my grand ideas that never gets off (or out of) the ground.

Some concept sketches: The A-Ha girl

Some rough preliminary concept sketches for a client. They wanted a girl in an ‘A-ha!’ moment type pose. I usually try to do a few different styles and present them in roughs to get an idea from the client what they’re looking for. In this case we ended up going in a completely different direction that I can’t post yet

A Talking Rosary

Was commissioned a few years ago to design a Catholic cross/rosary that would playback 4 religious sayings (those were the buttons down the middle). Now you could say your Hail Mary’s with a simple push of a button!