Author: Sean

A few Saturdays ago, after failing to get BBQ, I stumbled into the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art‘s Art Festival 2005 at the Puck Building. The place was packed with tables, indie comic books, and Comicbook Geeks, a flavor of geek distinctly different than Computer (myself) or Film Geeks. Comic book Geeks tend to have alternatively colored hair and be a little chunky. Computer Geeks wear button downs and have cell phone holsters. File Geeks generally have BO. All of these are pale.

Behind every table was a talented and, unfortunately, greatly underappreciated artist beeming hopefully at anyone who might consider buying a book. I picked up this hardcopy of Peter Kuper’s rendition of The Metamorphosis. The artist was also kind enough to give me a little drawing with his signature.

Next year, I will go back and chat a bit more with the artists. This year I just had to much German food in my stomach to chatter.

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Site of the Day: 50 Websites Not as Cool as Mine

I don’t really believe much in an afterlife. Certainly not the cloudy harp convention that cartoon characters always float up to. But if there is some sort of evermore, I hope one of the gifts is a bit of clarity. Sure, I’d like to know the grand unification theory, how the it all started, or the secret to making love last. But one of my early questions would be how and why “ted danson” came to be written on this toilet seat.

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For the record, the real Ted Danson is a nice guy. Dan met him at a spa in Arizona and reports that he is very personable.

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Site of the Day: Maybe the Flying Spagehetti Monster created Ted Danson.

– I still like how OddTodd says “coffee.”

– I’m starting a new project that will be reported here in a few weeks. Similar to my friend Jess who is sampling all the coffees at Dunkin’ Donuts, I’m searching for the best coffee with milk in Soho. So far, just eh.

– Got up, kissed the gf, 100 push-ups, 75 crunches, a nice stop in the Green Room (WC), shave, face lotion, clean clothes, dropped off the laundry, got decent coffee. All in all, my shit was together this morning (except for all these fragments). And I still hate the AM. Sucks no matter what, so I might as well be hungover.

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Site of the Day: The Onion of the Future

– In my news? Sharapova.

– I can lose weight by not drinking and cooking my own meals. Even if it is Mac-n-Cheese. I found some gourment shit the other day that was spirals and came with a packet of breadcrumbs to spread over the mix when it was done. Good stuff.

– The last four albums I downloaded: Bloc Party – Silent Alarm, Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, the Repo Man Soundtrack, and the Flash Gordan Soundtrack. Live is weird and it needs background music.

– I never played before on my IIgs, but I’m hooked now on Apple enthusiasts favorite, Oregon Trail. Pretending to learn is fun.

– Stalk your old friends with ZabaSearch.

– Happy First Day of Summer. Happy Birthday Kristen D’.

– Good god, today feels long. Bring on the night.

Today’s picture is a blurry police helicopter that hovered outside my window for half an hour last night, greatly disturbing my viewing of the “Ocean’s Twelve” DVD. The light was pointing to the corner of Spring and Mott, and I can only guess what they were highlighting in Soho:

– Sneakers with nylons and a skirt. Not legal in Soho and frowned on by the fashion police.

– Tom Cruise using his own feces to write on the street, “I LOVE KATIE! NO REALLY!”

– A car with it’s alarm going off. No wait, there is ZERO police response, or even pedestrian response to a car alarm and that is why they should be ILLEGAL.

– Crappy burnt pizza food at Lombardi’s.

– Eurotrash on parade, looking for “the Soho.”

We will never know.

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I’ve been really sick all week with a cold and a soar throat. I discovered that I am completely immune to Nyquil, which does worry me a little. Although, I didn’t get much sleep last night, this morning was the first in awhile when I didn’t cough up something that looked like two tablespoons of oatmeal, so I think I might be getting better.

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Site of the Day: I’m not sure what Type Drawing is, but if you figure it out, let me know.

Dan and Kelly's wedding was in St. Augustine, Florida, America's oldest city. Amid the other events, we were able to tour its small European streets

Today's pic of the day is Matt sporting a leather helmet from Blades and Shades on St. George Street. Dan considered adding a Conan sword to the groom's attire, but feared reception beheadings.

The town is walkable and very clean. Along with tropical flowers, lizards are everywhere. This little guy lost a tail. Dan lost something more vital that weekend. I kid!

Florida rains, but it dumps hard and is done in half an hour. When the clouds darken, you might duck into a local pub for a Guinness with your pop. Look at our dismay to discover the "pub" sold nothing but crafts. I can't kill the pain with a bodhran or a Shillelagh.

Of course, America's oldest school would be in it's oldest city. It's official the first place that youth was on this continent. For some reason, the school was decorated with some curmudgeonly Mike Royko article.

Ildi holds her ears while I describe pirate torture. The reenactors call in support on their authentic 1685 Nokia.

With 350 years of history as key city for the Spanish, English, and Americans and the Castillo de San Marcos, or St Mark's Castle was a garrison attacked both by Francis Drake and the Union Army. I love Spanish castle magic.

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Site of the Day: I walked through this crime scene on Saturday. Weird.

Somehow I got suckered into the Chase Corporate Challenge while I was here in Boston. We ran all around the Commons, down Commonwealth Avenue to Fenway and back. Boston really is a beautiful small town.
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Wedding photos tomorrow.

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Site of the Day: Good-bye 9 train. I hate change, both coins and progress.

It’s going to be all wedding, all week here at STC.com. I’m leaving in ten seconds to go to Boston for business, so the whole gallery will be a little delayed.

Here is Jerry giving the best man speech. I did some joke ghost writing and was able to solve the issue of how to give a toast to two newly married attorneys without using lawyer jokes. Jer told the group that he wanted to tell a few (“Not enough manure!”), but of course he had been forced to sign a waiver disallowing it.

I started tweaking the photos and I will put up a page as soon as I get time.

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Site of the Day:

Where have I been? In St. Augustine for my brother Dan’s and new sister Kelly’s wedding. Which means tons of ceremony and traveling pics all week, but just one from the rehearsal dinner today. I have a stack of work emails waiting for me that could gag a midwesterner.

I never heard anything about it, but I do believe rainbows are lucky.

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Site of the Day: Hate the heat? Join me all summer in the AC waiting for October for the release of Rockstar’s The Warriors.

Who is Danica Patrick? Only the hottest (in every sense of the word) thing to hit car racing since…well, they’ve always been ugly dudes. You could curdle milk with Andretti’s mug.

This Sunday, Danica Patrick established herself among the premier Indy drivers, men or women, by placing fourth at the Indy 500, after a near win for the Rahal Letterman Team. This makes her the most successful cross-over female athlete ever. She’s only 22, 5’2″ tall, and a meager 100 pounds, which makes her look fourteen. This makes the deep crush I have on her all the more disturbing, but I validate it because I like her for her talent. The fact that she is hot just seals it.

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Insert some Deep Throat joke that has not already been made a thousand times here.

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Site of the Day: Another idea I wish I had first: a man plans to visit 1000 bars in one year, many in New York. I call that “February.”