Thanks to everyone who made neat things, and everyone who said nice things about my things. This was a lot of fun and I ended up with some stuff I'm pretty happy with. Now comes the hard part: not turning instantly into a lazy ass for the rest of the year. I think I'll still be a lazy ass this week though - nice to have a break.

Hey, it looks like some of y'all are in Portland. I'll be up there next month for the Stumptown Comics Fest, at the Global Hobo table, so if you happen to be at that show (and you should - it's a good show), stop by. Some other SF Bay Area thingadayers should be around there too.

Among the category tags I used for posts this month, I had managed to use all of them more than once except for the following: bees, birthday, California, car, cavalry, clergy, crime, cutup, ears, fire, fish, heart, KISS, muppet, pastel, science, vinyl, well. So I made something that includes all of those. The message is something I'm still working on.

It's hard to get this guy to sit still, so I just drew three of his many faces.

S'Urtzu is a traditional creature in a Sardinian carnival. His suit is made out of a goat plus lots of cowbells. It's a once-a-year job.

The actor who played Dr. Frazier (police medical examiner) is 6'6" tall, so this would look really impressive. Also, he's the son of the mayor of Oakland.

This is an illustration for the Halfbakery idea "Fish Car".

I always figured this would be the most fun part of taking a self-defense class.