It sounds like yodeling, and then Popeye sings the bridge

I don’t know who this guy is; he looks like a surly cross between Burl Ives and Mr. Mxyzptlk. (If you were a cross between Burl Ives and Mr. Mxyzptlk, you’d be surly too.)

I spent a good chunk of the day being mopey, bailed on exercising, ate food that was bad for me, hung out at Ground for a couple of hours, got only a little sketching done and none of that really constructive.

On the up side, I got my drawing table cleared off (which took much less time than I expected). Actually, it’s not entirely clear, but all that’s on it is art stuff. I could get painting on very little notice, which is the idea.

I also picked up a couple of little (5x7 inch, gallery edge) canvases at Hudson County Art Supply. The shop’s doing well enough that the owner is planning to expand.

And I visited a doctor yesterday, for the first time in a few years. Just a check-up. It didn’t take ten minutes for the doctor to say to her assistant “You can hold him down, and I’ll hit him.” I just have that effect on women.

I got a tetanus booster, ’cause I hadn’t had one in a couple of decades. I understand it’s supposed to hurt for a day or two after, but I don’t feel it. I hope that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong. In other news, my blood pressure is pretty good, and not just good-for-a-fat-guy good, but just plain good.



( Here’s a big sketchbook dump! )

Dogs in the Vineyard

lumpley is fiddling with some neat ideas in the form of Dogs in the Vineyard, an indie RPG about the early days of the Church of Latter Day Saints. I’m especially intrigued by the way he’s handling religious faith — the GM gets no say whatsoever in how God feels about the actions of the PCs. Instead, the players get to decide whether their characters have sinned or have clear consciences or whatever, with various different advantages to be gained for each possible state. (Scroll down a bit; he tosses out some possible mechanics in a comment.)