Fact of the Day: RainThe essential difference between a precipitation particle and cloud particle is size; an average raindrop is equal to 1 million cloud droplets.The ratio of snow to rain is 10-to-1, meaning 10 inches of melted snow would be one inch of rain. In one...

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On This Day:Saturday December 1, 2007 This is the 335th day of the year, with 30 days remaining in 2007. Fact of the Day: advent calendar The advent calendar with 24 openings to be opened each day beginning December 1, created by a 19th-century Munich housewife who...

On This Day:Wednesday November 28, 2007 This is the 331st day of the year, with 34 days remaining in 2007.Fact of the Day: toilet paper The first successfully marked toilet paper was by Edward and Clarence Scott of Philadelphia, who sold it on rolls. The group of...

post halloween post

I had a birthday…hold applause I hate ’em. Yeah, yeah most people have that fake gushing mock teasing lilt when they say they hate their birthdays…but no…I really do hate birthdays.Well, I liked them up until I turned 35 and after that they...

Chloe’s been doing about as much drawing as I have lately. Here’s her picture of whales…one of her favorite things to draw.The others being dolphins and giraffes.This is her giraffe and her guy in a space suit.Works for me!I am happy to report that...

more various and sundry

Still working on my as yet untitled period piece comic. I’m excited. I’ve got 13 pages done. Well, penciled anyway. I’m undecided how to proceed.Do I computer color it? This would be MUCH easier to do…much less time involved. But I really want...

Here’s a few more picts of our wonderful trip to CA.We got to stop by the cemetery my Dad was buried at. I think it’s the first time Barry was here. The kids came, of course, but I didn’t tell them what the place was.Chloe is the only one who would...

California part II

Before we went up to see my Mom we stopped off to the world class San Diego zoo! We had a blast.We took a guided bus tour that was really worth it. It gave a nice overview of the zoo. Lasted about 30 minutes. It was right at the beginning of the park, so we just...

San Diego Comic Con part I

Been a while since I’ve posted here. I’m mostly over at Myspace of late. Barry finally patched my old web page with this site so I’m back in business.Here is my Comic Con report.AWESOME!!!!!July 25, 2007We leave for San Diego at 4:15p.m. I really...