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Two illo's for a rather long-ish short-story I'm currently writing ... and coming to the end of. Most of my stories are written in a gulp, but with a long story one has to pick their spots, in that you have to find the time to re-acquire the mood of the thing, like rummaging around for the right jacket.

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Two paintings done by my brother Jon, as re-discovered on a recent trip to Montreal.

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The other night, for my birthday, we watched Appaloosa, a Western vehicle for Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. As Westerns go, it was pretty good, if lacking a bit in tension (you never really worry about the good guys). It was also marred a wee bit by Renée Zellweger, who, oh my God, is a real pinchy-face.

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Last night C was telling me about the mystery of the Mary Celeste. I already knew much of the story -- as a kid we had one of those big, hardcover books with some title like Amazing, Incredible, Indescribable but True! The Mary Celeste story is one of those vanishing-humans stories, which will always play to a certain shadowy planet of our consciousness.

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I've had a photocopy of this Victor Burgin print on my desk for years.

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Saint Brendan and the Whale ... yeah, like these guys aren't fucked.

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  1. Your site is fascinating! And I love the line work in the two drawings.

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  2. I just about choked on a poptart while laughing at your rene zellweger remark!

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  3. Love these drawings and the paintings by your brother. Had to laugh about the Rene Zellweger comment! Eek! And the Saints with the whale! Yeah, good thing I wasn't drinking something-it would have come out my nose! So freaking funny.

    Oh, and I love how your art will make me taller-such good news! I am 5'8 and alway have wanted to be at least an inch taller-now that is a Christmas Miracle that I can get excited about.

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