You Will Be Missed Mr. Harvey

I didn't make anything today. Its 10 pm now and I'm deep into a bottle of Merlot. So instead of drawing something I would like to pay tribute to Paul Harvey. Mr. Harvey passed away today at the age of 90. The man was in radio news for more than 70 years. Few people devote themselves to their craft like Harvey did.

Paul, If there is a newsman heaven, give Peter Jennings a fist bump for me.

...now who is going to give us "the rest of the story?"

Make-a-thing-a-day #20

I liked my last robot and I didn't want him to be lonely, so I built him a special lady friend. Like him she is also quite damaged.

FEMBOT 8200

Sometimes Drawings = Money (Not My Drawings Though)

My friend Amber sent me this and it made me laugh. Not entirely sure where it originated from, but someone out there is a genius.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles



From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead.
I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.





From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles



From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,
You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles



From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Yes please.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

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From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane,
Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,
Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th.
David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95.
Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles



From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thankyou for contacting me.
I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards, David.



From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards, David.





From: Jane Gilles
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,
As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding.
We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles



From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definitely make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Attached

Make-a-thing-a-day #19

I feel like the last few entries have been kinda weak, so I spent more time on this guy to compensate.

ICCRM 6700

Make-a-thing-a-day #18

Make-a-thing-a-day #17

Make-a-thing-a-day #16

I think its probably about time to get back to the bear project.

Make-a-thing-a-day #15

Make-a-thing-a-day #14

Make-a-thing-a-day #13

This one is kind of a reprint; a vectorized version of earlier drawing.

Make-a-thing-a-day #12

"The community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime." - Oscar Wilde

Make-a-thing-a-day #11

"Either war is obsolete or men are." -Buckminster Fuller

Make-a-thing-a-day #10

There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

Make-a-thing-a-day #9

This one is a TOTAL cop out...but its midnight and I want to go to bed. So technically I did make something today, even if it is completely stupid.. I call this piece "Clown Vomits on Elderly Hamster Who is Very Upset About the Power Outage."

More bears tomorrow...

Make-a-thing-a-day #8

Teddy Hates his Soul-Numbing Drugs.

Make-a-thing-a-day #7

The World's Most Fearsome Fighting Team

I Just Met God on the Bus

I just had one of the most bizarre bus riding experiences of my life.

I get on at my usual downtown stop, and at the next stop these two cats get on and sit down at the back of the bus, by me. The second their butts hit the seats one of them starts talking to me with such a thick Irish accent that I can barely understand what he's saying. And being the consummate American gentleman that I am I smile and listen politely. But the conversation quickly goes from "how's your night going?" and "good night for a Guiness" to "28 days in a lunar cycle, which is roughly equivalent to a woman's menstrual cycle, so the Catholic church is hiding the fact that woman are the original beings of the universe, etc, etc....etc."

The entire 45 minute bus ride these very excitable characters talked nonstop about numerology and photons, and epochs, and original beings, and spiritual quadrants of the universe and so on. And normally I would just chalk an experience like this up to schizophrenia, or drug abuse, or general weakmindedness, but these two guys were incredibly intelligent. I mean really, really smart - I don't even know the definitions of half the words that were crashing out of their mouths at 90 mph. So basically I was sitting next to two drunk, schizophrenic mathemeticians who were super excited about being alive. At one point the older guy basically claimed to be some kind of god, or maybe even THE God, I was a little unclear about that. They almost had me convinced that they might be some sort supreme beings too, but then it occurred to me that their Irish accents had completely evaporated. And why would gods lie about being Irish?

Crazy fuckers almost had me sold on their numbers cult. Almost.

I really wish I would have had a tape recorder with me.

Make-a-thing-a-day #6

I'm not feeling very creative today, so this is all you get: pissed off semi-autobiographical turnip.

Make-a-thing-a-day #5

I don't like this one much. I feel like I need to invest in some paints or something. Maybe I will do that tomorrow.

Make-a-thing-a-day #4

I've been wanting to play with my power tools lately, so today I went out into the garage, chopped up an old TV tray, and build this. Hooray for jigsaws!


My current cards are supposed to be a joke though. I really need to have some professional ones made.

Make-a-thing-a-day #3

Undisputed Badminton Champion of the world*

Make-a-thing-a-day #2

More Bear Sketches

Make-a-thing-a-day #1

I'm seeing all these bloggers who post a photo everyday, or an illustration everyday, etc. I think the idea is that if you force yourself to create something everyday a few of them are bound to be interesting. So I thought I would give it a try. I'm not going to narrow my options to just illustrations or photographs though, my goal will be to just "make" something everyday. And no matter how uninteresting or crappy it turns out I will force myself to post it for all the world to see. We'll see how long that lasts...

My first entry: