Monthly Archives: April 2007

My Comic Book Course Final Marks

Posted on April 18,2007 by Toren

Your final grade for the course was 95%, which is an A. Of course, marks aren’t nearly as important in this course as the knowledge and practice you hopefully gained. True, but I can hardly brag about knowledge and practice … Continue reading →

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Role-Playing Game or Rocket Propelled Grenade?

Posted on April 17,2007 by Toren

When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone. Ziggurat Con, being held … Continue reading →

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Food Tastes Good In My Mouth

Posted on April 16,2007 by Toren

FATTY FATTY TWO-BY-FOUR I’ve had problems with my weight my entire life. Who knows why. My mom says I was raised on evaporated milk or some such, but that’s hardly science. The problem I have is probably the same problem … Continue reading →

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It’s Stupendous! It’s Colossal! It’s Squid!

Posted on April 16,2007 by Toren

These are photos from Kat at the tonmo.com website that were for the Animal Face-Off TV series (the episode was sperm whale vs the colossal squid). As far as scientists know (and they do have full specimens) this model is … Continue reading →

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Ant Lion

Posted on April 16,2007 by Toren

Initial character designs for Ant Lion. What cartoon lions are there? Well there’s all the lions in Lion King, which are quite Disneyish, then there’s the lion from the WB cartoon “Hold the Lion” and “The Lion’s Busy” and probably … Continue reading →

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Rockonomics: Part 2 of the album cover preview

Posted on April 13,2007 by Toren

I’m not going to say much about this, except that see also http://www.thickets.net/toren/2007/02/18/rockonomics-mission-accomplished/

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Dream A Little Crazy Dream

Posted on April 13,2007 by Toren

I have a habit of keeping my dictaphone near my bed so that I can record my crazy dreams when I wake up in the middle of the night. Usually when I listen back to it, it sounds like this: … Continue reading →

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Summer Blockbuster Spoilage

Posted on April 11,2007 by Toren

Remember this? It ran before 9/11. I’m trying to figure out if the black costume in Spidey 3 is going to be from space. I’m betting it is. So it seems we’ve got three forces that Parker is up against … Continue reading →

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Slackademics: Basic Music Theory again?

Posted on April 10,2007 by Toren

Rowan is looking to provide an accordian Slackademics class, but first he has some people interested in doing a general music theory class. Stephane provided one a few months back but I’m wondering if anyone (including Stephane) would be willing … Continue reading →

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Art Tutor?

Posted on April 10,2007 by Toren

Hey here’s a question for you. I saw a ‘wanted: art tutor” ad on a billboard at a comic shop and I thought – maybe I could do that. So the question is, what’s a reasonable tuting rate to ask … Continue reading →

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