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So...instead of doing something useful today, instead I wasted the day designing a possible new tattoo. I wanted to do something Dali melting clocks and the Lorentz Time Dilation formula, and this is what I came up with. Not sure I actually want to DO this one, though.
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Okay...slept on it, and now I think I like this idea best. Still probably weeks from actually having it done, so there's plenty of time to tweak. It's still got the Mondrian style to it, but repeats some of the ideas for the left-hand tattoo that I plan to get next (it's below this one for comparison).
Planned left-hand tattoo (the next one I'll actually get)
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Still messing with the tattoo design...might not retain the English translation...
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At least for a while longer....
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News today is too depressing to do creative work, so instead I'm messing around with a possible tattoo design for my forearm using the Chinese pictograms for "peace" with a Mondrian-style border. Not sure if it wouldn't look better without the border...thoughts?
I like Mondrian. He was influential, especially on the Bauhaus and their theories of design. Mondrian was also famously described as the ambassador from the "world of ridiculous ideas." He believed in phrenology, always ate alone, never formed a romantic relationship, and subsisted on lentils and rice. He did, however, go dancing almost every night. He wanted to reduce his art to the most basic elements: four colors (blue, green, yellow, and red), four shades (white, light gray, dark gray, and black) and four directions (left, right, up, and down). It's the simplicity that I find appealing.
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Ok, so I wrote this thing and now I don't know what to do with it. I rated it "adults only" not because it's got conventional graphic adult content but because it's so dark. It's also short--about 500 words. As I said, I'm not sure what to do with it.
It's inspired by two classic love songs. Except, if you listen to the lyrics and you're in a really dark mood, well, this is what comes out. At least for me.
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| I turned 76 this month and celebrated by getting my first ever tattoo. It's got a version of the "Creation of Adam" on the Sistine Chapel (one hand living, the other skeletal), against a stylized backdrop of a solar system. I did the design myself, and I think the artist did a terrific job of rendering it. It's still new and kind of itchy and sun-burned looking (I got it Sunday evening). |
I made French Silk Pi today.
Tomorrow night is our monthly dinner exchange with friends. It's my turn to bring dessert. It turned out okay. |
In case gas prices are making you consider owning an electric vehicle, my personal experience with my EV has been terrific. I've owned my BMW I4 for 18 months and had the first required maintenance last week--tire rotation and a software update, all covered at no charge. I absolutely love never going to a gas station and not having all the endless maintenance that ICE cars require. I charge it at home, overnight. I've only used a commercial charger once, on an overnight trip to the Oklahoma City metro--about a 240 mile round trip from Tulsa. The fully-charged range for this car is 255 miles, but I didn't want to risk running out of charge. It took about 20 minutes to charge it from 40% to 80% (204 miles) for the return trip and cost less than filling up my old Audi TT would have. Even if gas prices weren't exploding right now, I still think this is the best car I've ever owned and one of the best purchases I've ever made.
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Tentative design for a tattoo on my left hand...kind of a Mondrian/Bauhaus retro look.
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Minor edits and a much better title...
| | | The Hole Truth  (18+)Sam's filling a hole in his garden and his neighbors suspect foul play |
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I've added a new story to my port...another bit of cotton candy inspired by an Alfred Hitchcock episode. I changed the circumstances around quite a bit, but left the double-twist the same as in the episode.
| | | The Hole Truth (18+) Sam's filling a hole in his garden and his neighbors suspect foul play |
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| Tornadoes in the Tulsa metro tonight, but we're good--at least so far. For now, the storms have moved to the east. |
I've added a new item to my portfolio. Another story with little depth, but--I hope--a more or less satisfying ending. It's a gangster story, so there's violence. Be warned.
| | | Loyalty Test (18+) Axel finally gets his big break. All he has to do is pass a simple loyalty test. |
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I've just edited an item in my portfolio: | | | The Last Day (18+) George's buddy has what looks like a sure-fire get-rich-quick scheme |
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Post when you actually get them! 
- Great advice. It did look cluttered. I'm thinking making the characters smaller will be easier to do...Off to try that!
- It does look better with smaller characters. Thank you! I'll post once I get them done...might be a couple weeks. My tattoo guy only inks people on Sundays--he's my barber, and only inks "his people." 
- Same. I was like- wow- I hope my hands look that young when I'm 76. 
- I'd have to say it depends on the chocolate bark (sorry if that's not helpful). 
, your $2k conversion kit for importing your car from Germany covered many things including ensuring it met US emissions standards, changing the maps to US, changing the radio (not sure what the deal is, but one of the pages on importing cars to Germany mentioned that if you import a car to Germany without converting it, it won't always find your radio stations, so I'm assuming it's the same the other way around), making the tail lights US compliant, installing a MPH speedometer instead of KPH, and other such things. I'm sure you can contact the company that did your conversion to get a detailed list about what they did. 
- Well, usually I try to write stories with more depth. This one's just cotton candy. Not that there's anything wrong with cotton candy. 
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Middle of the forehead, a literal (melting) clock face!
Neck might work, tho
Years ago when we also had actual visitors occasionally, we got a lot of surprised comments about it. It's quite a conversation time-piece!