I know I don’t post here often, but in case you didn’t get to see the piece I did on the Firesign Theatre’s show in Monterey on Chromium Switch or A News Cafe, well, here it is…

TRAVELS WITH PORGIE

Hope you enjoy it. Look for Part II coming soon. Thanks Tom, Kelly and Doni for permission to post it here.

The good folks over at It’s Just This Little Chromium Switch Here, a Firesign Theatre website that features tons of great material on the 4 or 5 Crazy Guys has hit a new low. They’ve reprinted my homage/quasi-review on the FST’s latest release, Box of Danger: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook that originally appeared on A News Café. Here’s the link: Read it, go ahead.

Just a little note to let you know “The Daily Sketch” and other musings have pretty much entirely moved to A News Café. The website is a joint venture between former Record Searchlight Editor, Kelly Brewer, columnist and beloved local personality, Doni Greenberg, musician and writer, Jim Dyar and novelist/columnist, Steve Brewer. Our sales team is headed by the lovely Linda Woodcook and all the behind-the-scenes magic is conjured by the lovely Bruce Greenberg and Jim Gore.

Though the site is a little Northern California-centric, I think everyone will find something worth reading. It’s where you’ll find my junk, anyway. I have a button/mug on the left sidebat…check it out!

I’ll still post some more personal stuff here, so maybe subscribe to the RSS feed to see when I’ve put something up. See you soon!

The following sketch is not suitable for viewing by children or individuals with any kind of personal standards. It’s OK for most of you, though.

Thought I’d try and get my drawing chops back by doing a daily sketch for this here blog. This is a quick (7 minutes) study without a model. Fakin’ it (as usual). We’ll see if I can keep the streak alive tomorrow.

I’m writing this with a tear in my eye. My heart is broken, as is my family’s. We lost out little Pompoo, Lola, today when she was struck by a car. She had gotten overly excited and ran into the street. She was 5 years old.

It’s hard to describe what this hideously ugly little pooch meant to our family. She was definitely the life of the party. She was the sweetest girl. We’re going to miss her so.

But, today, our hearts will just have to break.

FIRESIGN THEATRE: “FORWARD, INTO THE PAST! CELEBRATING NICK DANGER’S 40TH BIRTHDAY”

Friday, April 24, 2009 at the beautiful Golden State Theater, Monterey, California

Tonight, through the miracle of Internet shopping, the lovely Mrs. Beans and I scored our tickets for this rare live performance by the legendary comedy troupe the Library of Congress called “The Beatles of Comedy”. Yes, it’s a really, really early Chridtmas present and I’m so happy I think I’ve left a puddle.

There are plenty of great tickets to be had, get yours at the Firesign Theatre’s website. Hey, we’ll meet you in the lobby!

Happy post-Christmas. You know, as a Buddhist, Christmas has to be my favorite holiday. I like stuff. I’m not “attached” to it, mind you, but I have fun with it. Here’s some of my favorite goodies from this year’s materialistic orgy…

Look! Actual authenticated dirt from Dodger Stadium! Hallowed ground! A holy relic from which to serve as the cornerstone of my home office’s decor! People will buy anything and put it on their wall… even dirt. I think Marcel Duchamp would be proud.

The photo is the new addition to the desk. Taken by the lovely Diane (Andy’s girlfriend) the photo’s subject are the five Fountain kids. From left; Andy, Zac, sweet little Hannah, Sam and Nick. Diane forced the brood to get dressed and appear all at the same time on the banks of the Sacramento River, where she took dozens of shots, this one being my favorite. Also in the picture is a small statue of “Mr Jinks” at his computer with the inscription; The buck doesn’t even slow down here. It was a thoughtful gift from Enjoy magazine’s own Ms. Ronda as a token of our Art Hop fundraiser together. You can also see the corner of “Bizarro Buccaneers” and both Toulouse LeDuck and Air Force Col.  Curtis LaDuck , The Mad Carpet Bomber of Duckburgh. The UCLA football helmet is a solemn reminder of the futility of life. The clock tells the time and the phone is always for Sam,. They’re pictured anyway.

All right, the PC was not a present but I’m showing the piece of HP crap because its responsible for how I spent my time on Jesus’s birthday. For about the 1000th time the past week, the sorry bucket of diodes crashed, necessitating yet ANOTHER day of cursing and non-productivity. I call it the “Wally Herger Congressional Series” desktop computer. I’m saving up my bottle caps and boxtops and getting myself a Mac (projected arrival, Summer 2009). Seriously, I am WAY behind on my “work” because of that thing…not to mention the WOW withdrawls.

Here’s a little momento of three hours of my life I’ll never get back. The frequently performed re-installation of Adobe’s CS3 graphic applications. Yes, part of my Christmas Day ritual consisted of reinstalling programs the System Recovry (F10 for those PC spuds with nothing better to do) dumped in order to reboot my OS (Bill Gates is Satan’s right hand, is he not?)

Anyway kids, it was a blessed holiday and we all had a great time. I only hope yours was as much fun.