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Daily Dragon #46: Aloysius

WesT — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:26:11 +0000

Tonight’s Drink & Draw was the last one in the current location, and it’s moving. I’ve even got the flier to prove it.

End of an era, yeah? Yeah…but the new place apparently has crazy good specials on Tuesdays, and a literary theme to boot.

Seriously. A bar with a library in it. No regrets. NONE.

Well, okay, [...]

Potpourri? Potpourri!

WesT — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:49:40 +0000

So wow, busy busy busy.

Item the first part: if you’re into comics or related media, and you live anywhere near the Midwest, and you can get to Chicago, I have it on good authority that C2E2 is going to be a blast. I intend to spend a significant part of the weekend there, and I’m [...]

Impending Doom (?)

WesT — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:02:49 +0000

I love flying. Post-9-11 I hate airports and airlines. In a little over fourteen hours I will be forced to put up with all of these things in order to get to Dallas for work. I wish I had something funny or witty to say about that, but it’s been a long day, mostly filled [...]

That’s it.

WesT — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:02:11 +0000

Wall Street…honestly, the whole stock market system of public trading…it’s got to go.

Don’t think so? Click here for a good example, if you somehow still need one after the recent economic meltdown.

In other news…I’ve scanned or photographed and then scrapped a lot of old art from college, and I’m getting some of my current work [...]

Random Finds for Random Minds

WesT — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:52:55 +0000

Taking a break from a long weekend of cleaning – and I’ll be back at work tomorrow, haha woo holidays, amirite? – to bring you some random arty stuff from the far reaches of the interwebnets:

Gigposters.com for all your concert poster needs!

No, really. It’s a website devoted to cataloging the best (and occasionally worst) of [...]

Game Your Brain

WesT — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0000

For reasons of my own, I’ve been interested in something called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for some time now. My interest started before I was even aware of CBT as a psychological discipline in the first place, though. I figured out some years ago that it’s possible to hack your own mind, if you do it [...]

Keeping the Energy Up

WesT — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:14:57 +0000

It’s definitely been a long year for me, and I’m finding that every day it seems like I have less and less free time and energy to get things done. It’s sorely tempting to go dig up some motivational reading or podcasts to see if they’ll help, but honestly I feel like I’ve gotten as [...]

It’s been a long week. Also, Insurance.

WesT — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:34:29 +0000

Those who know me will recall that in late September a very startled young fellow backed a large moving van (made of steel) into my Civic’s front end (made of plastic and spaghetti apparently). So I started the week off by dropping my (severely punctured) ‘06 Honda Civic – also known as “the darling thing” [...]

The Koan of Chattering Monkeys

WesT — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:12:37 +0000

I woke up one morning, and going out into the forest, came upon a thousand monkeys chattering. So taking it upon myself to find out why, I questioned them, saying: “Why do you chatter so?” “We chatter because it is a Sunday!” “The chattering is because today it will rain.” “Our chatter is a great song. Do you [...]

It’s Time To Talk Shop

WesT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:30:50 +0000

So, happy Black Friday, everybody. I’ll be spending today on a couch, writing, thanks. Let me know when it’s safe to leave the house.

In the meantime, let’s take a moment to briefly touch on one of my favorite topics: the practice of business and how it relates to the practice of being a creative type. [...]