Ronald McDonald Deserves a Break Today

There is a group that wants McDonalds to drop Ronald as their spokes-clown. Made me think of this doodle of mine from 2005.

Fun fact: The very first Ronald McDonald was created and played by Willard Scott, later of ABC's The Today Show fame.

Death Panels Indeed.

Conservative pundits and Republicans in congress adopted an "ends justify the means" approach to defeating health care. Now that they did not achieve their ends, it's even clearer that there is no justification for their cynical fear mongering.

Pappou-Palooza

My Dad had this 2.5 inch by 1.5 inch snapshot of his father (my grandfather, or Pappou in Greek) in his wallet for years. Years ago I took a crack at cleaning it up a little.

Scanning the original at 1200 dpi, playing with the levels and doing some strategic clean up of the most distracting blemishes I was able to get the above as an 8 x 10. My grandfather passed away long before I was born. I feel a little more connected to him having spent the time cleaning up his photo.

Spring Soon, Right?

Getting kinda pointy out on the deck.

Fun With Fractals

Cool ice thaw on the water earlier in the season. Danielle saw synapses.