http://my.greasy.com/jondude/ jondude's Blog en-us © 12:56:29 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 12:56:29 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/jondude/evaluating_laws_proposed_ones.html When I evaluate a proposed law, a ballot voter proposition or a dispute of any kind that calls for my opinion or vote, I consider these two questions: 1. Can it cause me direct physical or financial harm? 2. Will it take away any rights that I and my fellow citizens now have? If the answer to one of those is YES, I oppose it. If the answer to both of those is NO, then I will support it. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/evaluating_laws_proposed_ones.html#comments Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:47:46 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/cherry_lattice_pie_.html CHERRY LATTICE PIE 40" wide x 30" high (big) www.jondude.com and http://my.greasy.com/jondude/cherry_lattice_pie_.html#comments Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:49:32 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/tarnation_.html How come nobody says that anymore? And what was a 'tarnation,' anyway? Around here a common surprise remark is "My Land!" Occasionally you will hear the old "My Gosh!" I think the latter was an attempt to cover up the blasphemous "My God!" You never hear 'Blasphemy' any more, either. I suppose what is blasphemous to you may be proper form to others. I have a fondness for saying "See you," as a parting salute. It is the short version of the old "I'll be seeing you." The central character in ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/tarnation_.html#comments Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:42:17 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/perfect_diagnosisprognosis.html http://my.greasy.com/jondude/perfect_diagnosisprognosis.html#comments Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:04:10 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/clown_painting_.html Ha! Fooled you. But doesn't it resemble a clown? I almost named it THE CLOWN. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/clown_painting_.html#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:03:20 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/roll_.html Later this week you will see the double entendre in the title to this post. Anyway, I signed another canvas tonight. Then I sketched out another one on a large canvas. Hobbes helped me, rubbing against my leg and trying to get up on my lap to help with the pencil work. It is another 'food' or 'pastry' series painting, only 20 inches tall and 16" wide. If the sun ever returns over Ohio I will take it out to the porch and photograph it. (You can't shoot pics of paintings indoor or the flash ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/roll_.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:54:37 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/steps_.html Occasionally I teach painting classes at the Art Guild here. I usually have to promote and advertise the classes at least two months ahead in order to get the 7 or 8 students required before I can offer the class. The Art Guild must at least break even. The fees are usually (for my classes) $35 to $45 for a four-night over four weeks class. I usually do them Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. That works out to 12 hours of instruction (a little over 3 bucks per hour for a student. I get ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/steps_.html#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:12:51 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/old_direction_.html Chocolate Chip 24"w x 24"h Acrylic polymer on canvas $425.00 Double-thick stretcher. No frame required. I have been working on a new direction, going back over my painting history for inspiration. If you look at my 'OLD WORK' page on my web site, you will notice a few old photos of food items that I painted from 1973 to 1975. I abandoned that direction when I relocated to the west coast. Now I have picked it up again. For your information, I ate the cookie. http://www,jondude.com http://my.greasy.com/jondude/old_direction_.html#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:34:25 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/stand_up_.html We are the Internet! We are bigger than the corporate lobby that wants the PIPA and SOPA laws passed. You know the Senators and Congress are almost all on the lobbyists' payrolls, but you are who elects and re-elects them, so call your Senators and your Congressperson today and remind them of that. STOP This madness. Keep the Internet free. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/stand_up_.html#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:19:20 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/vineyard__3.html http://my.greasy.com/jondude/vineyard__3.html#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:12:59 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/newt_.html It's sad to see Newt Gingrich losing his mind in public. Too bad I can't simply block him and a few other of his fellow candidates with the remote, like I did to FOX "News" over a year ago. Oh well. Only ten and a half more months and they'll all go away again. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/newt_.html#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:09:47 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/old_house_.html We lived (rented) the house in the 1950s. I "grew up" there. It caught fire last night. Several of the family (4) were flown to a Toledo hospital with smoke inhalation and some severe burns. A neighbor used his ladder to take a baby, a young child and the mother off the back balcony over the enclosed "summer kitchen." The family lost everything and there is a collection going on in Bascom for their benefit. Bascom is my Ohio home town. Five miles west of here. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/old_house_.html#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:16:09 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/oxymorons_.html A Fine Mess A just war A little big A little pregnant A new classic absolutely unsure abundant poverty academic fraternity Academic sorority Accidentally on Purpose accurate estimate accurate horoscope accurate rumors accurate stereotype acrophobic mountain climber Act Naturally active retirement actual reenactment acute apathy acute dullness adult children Adult male advanced BASIC advanced beginner Affirmative action affordable housing aging yuppie agree to disagree Airline Food airline ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/oxymorons_.html#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:53:50 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/alices_steak_mustardcaper.html From Alice Brennan's "Cooking Light" (2004). This is a superb steak sauce. Ingredients 4 (4-ounce) beef tenderloin steaks, trimmed (1 to 1.5 inch thick) 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Cooking spray 1/4 cup less-sodium beef broth 1/4 cup dry red wine 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 1/2 tablespoons capers 2 teaspoons butter Preparation Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with c ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/alices_steak_mustardcaper.html#comments Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:03:04 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/debate_.html I heard there was a Republican debate tonight? WHAT? During that great football playoff game in New Orleans? How could they? What f**king nerve, to have a bunch of morons on a stage (none of whom will ever be elected) keeping all those poor viewers from seeing one of the most-fantastic-quarterbacks-ever completely blow away the Detroit Lions! What gall! It's almost un-American! SHAME! (I wonder if anybody even watched it.) http://my.greasy.com/jondude/debate_.html#comments Sun, 8 Jan 2012 07:08:12 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/rick_santorums_best_quotes_.html 1. Santorum has pledged to repeal all federal funding for contraception and allow the states to outlaw birth control, insisting that “it’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.” (How are they "supposed to be?" And where's YOUR 'license,' Ricky?) 2. During an appearance on Christian television in January, Santorum said he was surprised that President Obama didn’t know when life began — given his skin color. “I find it almost r ... http://my.greasy.com/jondude/rick_santorums_best_quotes_.html#comments Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:03:48 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/woodwork_.html Why are my pics so hard to upload now? I make sure the dpi is 72 and they are way under 500 pixels wide or high. ASPEN THICKET 12 x 12" acrylic on canvas, 2-inch thick stretchers covered with painted canvas. No frame necessary, unless you are picky. http://www.jondude.com/artforsale.htm for price info http://my.greasy.com/jondude/woodwork_.html#comments Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:59:30 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/years__2.html I sat there waiting for the stroke of twelve to celebrate new years until I realized at about four in the morning that the clock battery was dead. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/years__2.html#comments Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:29:59 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/years_day_.html Why is this day a holiday? Who decided that? Plop plop. Fizz fizz. http://my.greasy.com/jondude/years_day_.html#comments Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:03:53 GMT http://my.greasy.com/jondude/bone_tree.html 14"wide x11"high acrylic on canvas www.jondude.com/artforsale.htm http://my.greasy.com/jondude/bone_tree.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:32:18 GMT