Worked and then met Van, Paul, Paul's mom, Molly, and Erick for dinner at Cafe Buenos Aires. We then forded across State Street to Arlington Theater for the opera. Our seats were high up in the last row of the balcony, so Molly was little more than a distant speck up on the stage. I can’t say that I’m a huge opera fan. I appreciate it as an art ( Read more... )

Watched Jaws tonight with Beef stew and whisky (the whisky was in honor and memory of Robert Shaw). So, tomorrow I will go back to work, out to dinner, and then to see Viva Verdi, an Italian opera, that my friend and co-worker molly will be performing in ( Read more... )

Made 60 gallons of beer at Chapin’s this past Sunday. It’ll be ready for bibulation in roughly three months time. They truly did invent grain for beer ( Read more... )

Hardly possible ( Read more... )

Read this just now on theonering.net:

The BIG news has finally hit. A Ringer Spy who was recently in the New York offices of New Line Cinema has reported that they clearly saw 'The Hobbit' on the film schedule for 2007. Here's what the spy had to say ( Read more... )

I wasn’t awake long this morning before my mechanical pencil was scratching paper in order to finalize drawings before scanning and digital enhancement. An interesting development in my recent artmaking is that I’m starting to actually like it again! For over three years art has been a means to a fiscal end, and while that still may be the case, I’ ( Read more... )

Longish day today, but it wasn’t without its high points. Aforementioned high points probably aren’t worth mentioning as they concern food predominantly. And a lot of driving avec good music ( Read more... )

Today I drew Bolg son of Azog, Goblin King of the North from the hobbit. I have him being carried around the battlefield on a litter made of bones. The next drawing will depict Beorn “crushing” him. Yes ( Read more... )

Yes, you see me, but do you really SEE me. Louis saw Clark’s face every day…and I won’t even mention Batman ( Read more... )

I started the day by pouring concrete, did laundry whilst watching Enchanted April (a good ol’ BBC flick), dogsat, scanned some old family photos, and boom. Here I be ( Read more... )