My injury

I hurt my arm.

This is after injury, before surgery…




This is today, post-surgery…

Virgle Hoax is NOT FUNNY!

Today (April 1) Google and Virgin released their plan to set up the first Mars colony followed by a hundred year plan that included terraforming, cities, etc, etc.

Such a plan just happens to be my absolute dream! I jumped with nerd joy! And they had an open submission policy. Which meant that there could have been an outside chance that I could transform myself from lazy beer-bellyed comic nerd to buff astronaut, just in time to board the rocketship. Subsequently, due to my excitement and poor date remembering skills, I failed to see this for what it is--an April Fools joke.

Oh, HAHA! So, hilarilous! Maybe next you could claim to cure cancer and then…APRIL FOOLS! Why you gotta be like dat Virgle, playin' wit my heartstrings?

Although, I am saddened by having been suckered in by my spacegeeklust, I will give credit where credit is due. Joke well played Virgin/Google. Still, If you ever need a comic book letterer in space, I'm your man!

What I am currently reading…

Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist responsible for such works as "The Selfish Gene" and "Unweaving the Rainbow" has now released his best-selling book, "The God Delusion" in paperback. 

This is a book for us atheists! Anyone who is a rationalist would enjoy this book. However, I do fear that Dawkins ends up preaching mostly to the crowd. But I love it. Along with "God is not Great" by Christopher Hitchens and "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris, "The God Delusion" is a book for atheists who are tired of being treated like foolish third rate citizens for not believing in the magic ghost in the sky who fiddles in our affairs and hears our thoughts. 

Far from being fanatical or severe, as his critics would claim, this book, much like many others in this "new atheism" movement, is a call for rationality and for seeing the beauty of the universe for what it really is. It is a call for seeking what is accurate over what is desirable. 

The book is opened by a quote that sums this up quite well: 

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"--Douglas Adams

Testing

Testing, one, two.

Welcome to my blog! This will be a place for me to post artwork and discuss anything I find interesting. This is brand new to me, so…yeah.

First Blog Post!!!

well, here is my blog.