"WTF?" I distorted the b&w portrait of you the old-fashioned way--in Photoshop 6--on OS X Tiger's Classic layer. But most of this weekend I played with Gimp. The catnip-crazed activity was the fallout from my 49th birthday earlier this month.

Just for you, I'll try to stay away from Gridcosm for a long, long time. It's habit-forming... Maybe I'll fall off the wagon. Hopefully not.

I've got a digital cartoon project planned. It's way overdue. I'll be working with Corel Painter 9.1 almost exclusively. 'Keep it simple' will be the mantra.

You earn no praise for wasted effort. Think about the Bush Administration and the U.S. Congress. They have worked hard. But they're receiving less and less praise with every passing day.