November 6th, 2008
Have you seen these cool election cartograms?
I’m posting this from Austin TX, in the middle of that purple circle down there to the east of that bluish Texan protrusion. See me? I’m doing some visiting writer stuff at the University of Texas. Speaking tonight, in case you’re in the neighborhood. Though apparently I’m up against not just kd lang, but local icon Gretchen Phillips. I’m gonna catch Read the rest of this entry »
November 4th, 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBfBST8IpY[/youtube]
Here’s my first-person shooter (mostly) video of voting in a small town in Vermont on a paper ballot on a golden November afternoon. No lines, no waiting, no touch screen problems. I was voter #454 at 3:30 pm. There are about 900 registered voters in town.
And I did get the champagne.
Oh! I’m just reading all your posts, and the pleas for a DTWOF election night panel. Man! I wasted all this time on the stupid video, and I should have been doing a drawing. Well…I’ll see what I can do. I got a lot on my plate tonight. I’m leaving on my book tour tomorrow and totally haven’t packed yet, or finished my powerpoint, or had dinner, or nuthin. Let’s see how the evening transpires, okay? Maybe Mo will live-blog.
November 4th, 2008
Here’s an interesting site. Bookies’ odds on the election results.
How’s everyone doing? I’m going out soon to vote. And buy a bottle of champagne, though I’m a little afraid that might jinx things.
November 1st, 2008
Here are a few things to take the edge off. I made another drawing video with my groovy new screen capture program and my graphic tablet.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOCaWhCd4M[/youtube]
Check out the latest installment of Holly’s Birkenstock composting experiment.
Her’s my tribute drawing for the 10th anniversary of James Kochalka’s American Elf, a really wonderful daily cartoon diary strip in case you’re not familiar with it.
October 29th, 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXZBQNHzGaE[/youtube]
I’m listening to Obama’s infomercial. Whatever he’s selling, I’m buying.
How’s everybody doing? God, I need some Tums.
October 18th, 2008
I’ve been trying to find a way to show how I write comics in Adobe Illustrator. It’s very hard to explain without actually, um, illustrating what I’m doing. I experimented with Read the rest of this entry »
October 16th, 2008
1. I got my advance copy of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For the other day. See? All my various collections squeezed through a funnel into one large, handsome, hardcover tome.
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October 8th, 2008
I don’t know what this picture is about. I’m just trying to get your attention.
A few items:
1. Apparently we should not be complacent about the CA marriage initiative–things aren’t looking good.
2. Google has their first index from 2001 up, for their anniversary. I couldn’t help checking to see how many hits I had then–1,460–and now–171,000. Two orders of magnitude! Not bad.
3. Uh…but then I googled Sarah Palin. In 2001–zero. Today? 22,100,000.
October 7th, 2008
I’m having trouble staying on top of the spam, folks. These drug links keep taking over my posts and eliminating the comment box…I go in and delete it, but the comment function won’t come back. So until I can come up with a proper solution I’ll just keep opening new posts in case anyone wants to comment.
