Cast No Shadow

A journal entry dated Sunday Aug 10, 2003: " Ty Kays  came back a week ago--he,  Jimmie Price , and I drove to the Pigeon River to see  Sarah Blair Kelly . Ty and I took funyaks down the Lower; Jimmie got a trip down the same Class II-III at the ending. Relatively boring except Ty and I were able to catch up and do some surfing in our funyaks. Afterward we took a boat down the Upper with Sarah and Ama nda. The rapids were IVs but not because of their size or technicality. IV for a dangerous swim, but if you simply put the boat downstream and followed the current, there wouldn't be a problem. We drove to Gatlinburg, waited and waited, and finally got to eat our 22oz Porterhouse steaks. Jimmie ate everything but the bones--fat and all. Ugh. We didn't get in until late late and it was good thing to swtich cars in Maryville since Ty and I were discussing 2 motorcycles from Sunday night."

Gannon (Legend of Zelda) by Matt Taylor King Koopa (Super Mario Bros) by Matt Taylor

PDF of Martha Stewart: Collecting: Opening Ceremony (Corkscrews and Bottle Openers). Text by Celia Barbour and photos by Johnny Miller

Custom Drill Man from Mega Man 4, made from Smash Tokyo Toys / AOI (Anyoldion) Seismic Ace and Lego 71612cx1 Drills for the "hands"

Obviously, I was inspired by  Dust's custom TeddytankIV for this 5" Mad*L. I used a CMK Panzer Skoda LT-35 kit. The CMK decals disintegrated, so I used some leftover Tamiya 1/35 tank decals, and a few airplane decals for the Iron Crosses. Panzer Gray was way too dark on such a small kit, and I turned to Dark Aircraft Gray, which was a little green for my liking, but thought it could work in the Africa Corps (the real WWII LT-35 did not see action in Africa). This was my first time using Tamiya's weathering dust and I like the results, except the powder brush did not work at all.

For a bar that serves some very high end whisky (like Single Barrel Eagle Rare, Blanton's, Whistle Pig), you'd think that the roof wouldn't leak right onto the middle of the actual bar.  My wife and I were there on a rainy Saturday afternoon, so it wasn't too busy. The bar itself is nice. Its clean, big windows, and excellent spirit selection. The bottles are well-organized and easy to see. I would've rated this place higher, except for the big dish tub sitting in the middle of the bar gathering water. You'd think they'd have a more elegant solution.  Our bartender took our order (one Single Barrel Eagle Rare) then we ordered two more drinks. After that, the bartender went to a different part of the bar, never coming back. The other 2 or 3 bartenders never asked if we needed another drink or anything. We had to flag them down just to settle the check.  I think they over-shake their drinks, watering them down. The average shake time is a slow 10-count. ...

If Ewan McGregor's Obi Wan Kenobi was a Hipster Drummer, he'd be Arnar Rsenkranz Hilmarsson (Of Monsters and Men) Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kenobi) Totally Looks Like Arnar Rsenkranz Hilmarsson (Of Monsters and Men)