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Originally uploaded by skammah.

Here is the latest in my very rarely updated webcomic.
There are communities in every state that seem to exist only in that they are speed traps. Johnson, AR is one of those places.
I created it in google sketchup. I used the Police chase by Speedn model as a starting point. I created the billboard in the GiMP and Melissa took the background image while we were searching for tornado damage a few months ago. Let me know what you think.

Brown Recluse

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Originally uploaded by skammah.

I woke up with this little guy less than 2 feet from my head this morning. We moved him into the sink so that I could get a good photo. There is a pretty big version available if you want to zoom in and see the fiddle on his back, which is indicative of his being a Brown Recluse. They are really common here, a "normal" house spider. There are more mis-diagnosed recluse bites in California than real bites in all area where recluse spiders actually live combined.

I have a big version on flickr if you want to see more detail, including it's "fiddle" on it's back.

damn good birds

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Originally uploaded by skammah.

I used Muvee producer to cobble together another video. This one is of some bird footage that I captured with my Canon PowerShot A520. It is set to the TMBG song "Damn Good Times," one of Mel's favorites. This is kind of a Mother's day present for her. If you can't use flash, follow this link

Spam recycler

I don't know if anyone on my friends list reads the Popular Science blog. They had an article up there today about a web application that recycles your spam messages into artwork. All you have to do forward your spam message to spam@spamrecycling.com and they will send you a link to a flash page that will help you create your artwork. I can't really do this justice, so why don't you forward a spam message over there and check it out for yourself. 

Family

Melissa with Cassidy. You can see Alex playing the Xbox in the background. 

Cassidy

Another picture of Cassidy. I have had Cassidy for about 3 years now. She loves Arkansas.

Finches

These are our birds. They are Zebra Finches. I will try to get some video of them. I love their song. Sometimes they sound like R2-D2 when he is pissed off. The darker one is Oscar and the lighter is Felix. Nefe likes them alot. She thinks that they would be delicious.

Mopes

This is Mopes, he is also Melissa's and is the antithesis of Nefe. His parents are brother and sister and it shows. He is a Flame Point Siamese

Neferamun

The black cat is Neferamun, she is Melissa's cat. She is sleek and graceful.

Call Me!

Hey y'all.

I was checking out Bre Pettis' blog and podcast and website http://www.imakethings.com/ and he mentioned that he had a free voicemail/fax service called K7. It is a Seattle based service that sends your voicemail and/fax to your email account. I want you to call and leave me voicemail. I don't care what it is. What I would like it to be, is randomness. My goal is to take the voicemail sound files and use them as the audio track for upcoming shorts. Send me an email with a script, leave me voicemail with one half of the dialog and have someone else call with the other. Call and rant for 30 seconds about a coworker. Call and see how long you can you can stretch the word "fuck". Burp the Canadian National anthem. I don't care, just call me. Also, if you fax me, I will somehow use your faxed image. If you don't want to pay for a fax call to Seattle, then just scan and email me the image.

My number is

206-984-0827

Use it!

Will it do tricks?

M'sa and I were at the mall. She was going to the bathroom and asked me to watch her drink. I asked her "will it do a tricks?" She replied "if it does, than come get me. Well, this is what I saw while I was waiting. Luckily, I had me camera. 

wire basket

So, I have been playing with metal arts again. This was inspired by my recent aquisition of Arlene Fisch's book TEXTILE TECHNIQUES IN METAL: FOR JEWELERS, TEXTILE ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS This isn't as good as I would like. There are some problems with consistency. However, I think that it is a pretty good first attempt.Let me know what you think.