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Oh Shoot,ã January is without a doubt our coldest, toughest, and certainly without a doubt in this world...the most dreary months of the entire year!
We all survive the cold wind and maybe a couple of snow flurries. Years ago we use to at least get maybe one big snow storm way in our winter time down here in our deep south every year in good ãole Mississippi, but each year lately the pure white pretty snow just seems to pass us by and head way up north instead to maybe the eastern part of the USA. Oh well!
We still just about ãfreeze to deathã as we say every January, and this old very popular song truly says it all, ãBaby Itãs Cold Outside!ã
What does this artist do when she knows she is sort of snow bound inside the cozy warm rooms of this old family home of ours as well as having a slight case of ãcabin feverã too. We long to be outside all day long instead.
How does this artist reach down deeply inside her heart, soul, and now down into her old bones that are shaking, rattling, and rolling to that very spot inside her body called two things, inspiration and creation ?
This artist sincerely longs to be outside with her easel, paints, brushes, and her floppy straw hat perched on top of her head just sitting in her tall red directorãs chair, and creating a painting on her canvas. What shall I do until springtime ?
Now, let me see if I can explain to you in my own words to you, my viewers of my paintings, and my readers of my of my weekly Sunday columns in our Starkville Daily Newspaper what it is like to an artist and have these feelings of inspiration and creation simply, and very suddenly and without warning hits you.
Itãs definitely a drive or something deep inside of me to use my expression of how I see the world we all live, play and enjoy together. You may not be an artist, but you appreciate the inspiration and the creations of an artist. Do you not? I surely hope so.
I guess an artist might see this ãole world of ours differently than you might see it. I am always looking for shades, shapes, colors, designs, certain faces, fantastic places, and fabulous things that I am inspired to then create on my canvas to love, hold, and thus keep forever as a painting. You might say I might be whimsical, carefree, free-spirited, but I truly know that the creative drive steers me much like a steering wheel in a car towards one sentence, ãHey, Carole, do something today to make yourself supremely happy, and to make other human beings as happy as I am by simply doing my thing!ã
I am trying to tell you what my life as an artist is to me. Being first inspired to use mediums of acrylic, oil, water color, pencils, ink, and pastels... then the creation itself, and finally the finished piece of work makes me the happiest lady in all the world that day until the sun rises, and it is the next day to search for, find, and paint another painting.
I enjoy, not only creating a painting, but it maybe the creation of some wild hat, or an unusual and very odd thing I just might put together using all the shapes, materials, or colors I see right around me. It has to be unique, different, and especially spectacular! Why not dream your own dream, and then make this dream a reality. I can honestly say, ãitãs fun, and carrying forth an inspiration and then executing the creation makes me feel, oh, so complete, and gives me personally a great sense of accomplishment. As a little girl, my Moma and Daddy always said to me, ãCarole, go with your dreams and always be true to yourselfã as well as ãalways just be yourself.ã ãContribute to this ãole world of ours, and use your talent of art as your contribution.ã ãRemember these words all of your life.ã
I am sharing with all of you today my inspiration and my creation of what January should and could be for all of us. I am doing just this with a smile and joy in my own heart. Itãs a brand new year, 2011, and this is Sunday, Jan. 2, and we have a long, long way baby to go until next Jan. 2, 2012. Does this not seem a long lifetime away? This is my New Yearãs gift to you! Come along with me today, and be an artist with me. Itãs cold and what is a cold color? Itãs is blue mixed with white, with a touch of hot pink, and my favorite color of red thrown in too to keep us warm. It is a red glowing happy smile or two also. Everyone of us can smile instead of shiver, and make the most out of this old cold, cold, cold and dreaded month called January.
ãDottieã is our sitting ãwo-mannequinã who lives ãjest a sittingã on her throne right by the big glass front door of a bay window entrance on our big wrap-a-round front porch at 501 Louisville Street, Starkville, on one of the busiest streets in town, Louisville Street. ãDottieã is cozy and warm in her powder blue jump suit wearing a soft white furry sweater around her shoulders. She has on a stylish furry white hat with a soft white pom pom blue velvet bow and blue flower on her hat too. White gloves keep her hands warm, and an added white woolen muff around her neck. She has on black dressy low heals and warm stockings to keep her feet warm as well. She is very elegantly dressed for winter time. Her granddaughter is standing close by her ãGranny,ã and her name is ãMollie Gollyã is sporting a warm furry ãSnow Girlã hat on her head to keep her ears warm. ãMolly Gollyã does not dare want to get an ear ache and be sick. Her ãGrannyã made sure she was warm for the front porch winds that blow, blow, blow.
We know that her hat is named, ãSnow Girl.ã Instead of a snowman cause she has a pretty blue bow on top of her hat and a blue scarf tied around her neck. ãMollie Gollyã is wearing a pretty very feminine blue velvet dress with a snow flake or two on the bottom of her dress. She has on white leggings to keep her legs warm and black shiny patent leather shoes.
Who really ãtakes the big piece of cake this January?ã May I introduce you to ãMiss Snow Flakyã and her little grand daughter, ãLittle Miss Flaky.ã Near by is ãMiss Silly Snow Teenage Girl,ã and a very large ãMiss Swinging Snow Lady.ã Look very closely at ãMiss Tiny, Tiny, Tiny Snow Flakyã on top of ãMiss Snow Flakyãs Pink and Black hat. There is a surprise snow girl, ãMiss Mississippi State University Bully Belleã with here real sure enough genuine cow bell in her tiny cold hands. There are seven snow gals. Count them. ãMiss Flakyã ãMiss Tiny, Tiny, Tiny Snow Flakyã ãLittle Miss Flaky,ã ãMiss Snow Girl Hat,ã ãMiss Silly Snow Teenage Girl,ã and ãMiss Swinging Snow Lady,ã and Miss MSU Bully Belle.ã
Itãs definitely true, January is the time for snow. Come on Mississippi, ãlet it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!!!ã
Where in Mississippi does this artist begin to play in snow here? I rolled out of ãmake believeã snow and molded and sculpted this character, ãMiss Flaky?ã I got three white large kitchen garbage bags out of our kitchen pantry, and I began to stuff each of the three bags with old used Starkville Daily News papers by crumbling, rolling, and pressing each one as fast as I could into all three bags to form the three parts of a snow girl. I called them, the base, ãherã largest of the three parts, ãherã middle, and ãherã head. I then attached each of the top two together with doubling Gorilla Tape to ãherã base and ãherã head.
ãHerã base stood alone without tape holding ãherã middle and head on top. I stood back and said to myself, ãOh, my goodness...ã ãSheã is beginning to live and breathe for me. ãMiss Flakyã is beginning to look a lot like one of my portraits that I love to paint.
I used only Starkville Daily Newspapers since ãSheã was a native Starkvillian, and ãSheã must be stuffed with a touch of Starkville of course! I had to eventually make a trip over to the big dumpster by Fire Station Number One to retrieve a few extra SDN papers to add to ãHerã body.
ãMiss Flakyã needed an extra special personality, and I took black duck tape, real plastic eyes and a squirt of white paint and let it drip down into her cheeks, after all she must look as if she is slightly melting a tiny bitsy bit to be just plain charming! Agree?
I added curly black pipe cleaners to become ãherã eye lashes. She was beginning to truly be real snow by now, and these white garbage bags felt cold just like real snow, and drippy from the snow that I had formed in my own two hands.
Come on now, use your imagination cause sometimes imagination beats true reality.
You might have guessed by now, I am not good at math and science, cause it doesnãt allow a great deal of inspiration or creativity. Both seem slightly boring to me. I know we need math and science in our world, but I shall leave them both up to the more intelligent folks.
I often wonder if poets, writers, and musicians donãt also feel like an artist too? We are all artists! Everyone can enjoy and love music, poetry, and art.
Letãs return back to creating ãMiss Flakyã ãHerã eyes will melt your heart away.
A big red duck tape mouth with each side turning up with real paint to make her have oh such a flirty smile, as she now looks, winks and surely flirts with you!
I threw in two pink cheeks, after all it is cold outside, and her cheeks are beginning to get that cold blustery wind blown right on her soft white cheeks turning them to the warmer color, pink.
ãSheã has a cute little turned up fluffy red yarn round nose that seems quite like a pug nose.
I threw on a cute small plaid manãs fedora hat, a low soft hat with a curled brim and the crown has a length way of hot pink and black to throw in a warm color too.
A fedora hat is worn by both men and women now, and is so popular today. I have several fedora hats in my massive hat collection.
ãMiss Flakyã definitely needed a hat since I adore and truly love hats very much. Why ãSheã would not be completely dressed without ãHerã Red and gold bows as ãHerã buttons, and ã Sheã is sporting a big blue very elegant velvet bow trimmed in silver which is also a cool color as her neck scarf.
ãMiss Flakyã blends in now with ãDottie,ã ãMollie Gollyã as do all the other seven snow gals as your eyes cruise this now what I suddenly see as my landscape, filled with portraits of nine characters right in front of you.
Who says an artist has to use a canvas to be creative after she has been oh so inspired.
I used my own 100 year old wooden blue gray front porch as my canvas, and these nine characters became my portraits this day.
You are looking at a Starkville ãhome-grownã landscape filled with portraits too!
Just look, feel art cause it is everywhere around you, and it is the artist who puts what she sees all together to give you pleasure and great joy.
Look at all the colors and shapes you see right in front of you. You can touch and feel them with your eyes.
Three old ordinary plastic kitchen bags, stuffed with The Starkville Daily News papers suddenly became snow that was cold and drippy on my two hands to ãrockã and ãrollã into a character, ãMiss Flaky!ã Letãs put it into words, ãSHE ROCKS!ã
Now this whole old porch... ãROCKS, RATTLES, AND ROLLSã with shapes, colors, and lots of imagination!
So we all complain and gripe about January. There are 31 days in this month, and why not just smile and laugh and say, ãOh, I just love January, and drive by glance, and you cruise with your eyes at an old wooden front porch in our deep south of Mississippi, but donãt have a wreck... look over at our porch know.
Know for sure that spring time is just around the corner, and just try hard to enjoy the dull, dismal, dreary cold time January. Maybe this colorless time of winter gives us all time to take a break, sleep, and dream and learn to think of something inspiring and then go out an be creative even if it just on an old front porch. My old white swing is swaying right now in the cold wind, but I know soon the sunshine will shine warmly again, and Iãll be swinging and swaying in that old swing watching the world pass me by on Louisville Street very soon.
I know deep in my heart and way down deep in my very soul that I shall soon be outside painting the bright, warm, happy Daffodil flowers really soon now.
Spring is just around the corner, but this seems a long, long way from Jan. 2.
Lean back and make the most of this cold winter time. Hey, we might just have a mild winter instead. Think positively and with many upbeat thoughts cause this will get your through our bleak winter time in Mississippi.
Look for that red cardinal high up in a tall old Pecan tree, and I bet this warm and hot color of a red bird will lift your spirits on any winterãs day.
This is my good luck, black-eyed peas, with hot buttered corn bread New Yearãs special gift to each one of you, Happy 2011!
I just saw ãDottieã, ãMollie Gollyã, ãLittle Snow Girl Hatã, ãMiss Flakyã and ãLittle Miss Flakyã, ãTiny, Tiny Tiny Snow Flakyã, ãSilly Snow Girlã, ãSwinging Snow Girlã and ãMiss MSU Bully Belleã who is ringing in this brand 2011 with a real MSU cow bell.


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So the end of the world did not arrive last week as some might have feared.
The thing about impending ends is they give many of us pause for thought.
Whether it's the end of the world or the end of the year, some of us began to evaluate what we've done, what we've left to do and what we've only dreamed about doing.
I've written before about bucket lists and such, but maybe the things to really focus on when any end is imminent are not the laments about what has not been accomplished or opportunities missed. Maybe the more important goal is recognition of the things we're fortunate to have done or have earned in our lives.
By this I don't mean giving thanks for what we have. Certainly that is important and not to be dismissed by any means.
But there is something to be said for recognizing — truly examining — the things in one's life that should not be taken for granted.
By fate, fortune, grace or whatever means you might believe brought them to you, there are some things in our lives that have more significance than their face value.
Friends, family, health, shelter, food and employment.
These are things we often tell ourselves to be thankful for.
And I am truly thankful for those things. There also are many other things I feel are true gifts or accomplishments that often don't receive our recognition. Some of them are related to those things like family and employment but go deeper.
So I will strive to recognize some of those things in my life.
When my girlfriend, Rebecca Ricks, is happy, I will recognize how truly glad I am to have earned her love so she allows me to share that happiness, just as when she's sad, I will recognize how truly thankful I am she allows me to try to take some of that sadness away or at least be there until things get better.
When I arrive home after a day at work, I will recognize how fortunate I am to have a canine companion who races to the door to greet me, wagging his tail and jumping up at me with unabashed enthusiasm. I will feel glad he wants my attention, even if many times it's a ploy to receive doggie treats.
When my father and sister meet with Rebecca and me for our weekly game night, I will recognize and appreciate the laughter and smiles we are able to share. I will appreciate being able to call family members and find myself engaged for an hour as if it were only a few moments. Family is special, but a family who loves each other is a true gift.
When I wake up in the morning, I will recognize I should be thankful that, despite my bleary-eyed mental protests, I did, in fact, wake up in the morning. I should not take for granted that I can walk down the hall and that I am not hindered by any physical or medical limitations.
When I go to bed at night, I will recognize and appreciate the soundness of a sleep largely unburdened by nightmares or troubled by so many potential problems that could exist in one's life.
When friends visit, I will recognize how prized their warm smiles and hugs are, and I will realize this is something to treasure. So many times the best bonds of friendship are the unspoken ones.
When I write a sentence for a feature story or any number of the other writing projects I undertake, I will recognize the joy I feel at doing something I could not imagine not doing. In a world in which so many people must take a job just to exist, I will recognize my fortune at doing something I love.
When I reach the end of something, I will recognize it is not with regret or remorse I review what has been left to be done, but with gratitude and wonder I will embrace everything that has truly brought me joy.
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Microsoft's Server and Tools Business did the virtual conference thing for industry analysts last week. Fellow analyst Judith Hurwitz ably describes the limitations of this format. I concur with much of what she writes.
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Push is on to stall Goleta fire before winds; more evacuations at Big Sur
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Story | Jul 3, 2008 | 9:33 AMGOLETA, Calif. -- The Gap fire looming over this town has grown to more than 2,400 acres this morning, doubling in size overnight as burned for its third day. Farther north, Big Sur remained under evacuation orders because of a stubborn blaze. The... -
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Story | Jul 5, 2008 | 3:54 PMGOLETA, Calif. -- Driven overnight by "sundowner" winds that gusted to 50 mph, the Gap fire grew to more than 8,300 acres, but by morning was 24% contained, fire officials said. The blaze destroyed four outbuildings and led to the evacuations of at... -
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- Jodi said...
Love this! :)
- November 3, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Ashley said...
Super cute printable! I love it!
Found you through the Miss Mommy blog hop :) - November 3, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- The Crafted Sparrow said...
Thanks ladies! :) And welcome Ashley thanks for stopping by!
- November 3, 2011 at 10:40 PM
- Jessabells said...
Thank you so much for sharing. I have been looking for the perfect one and this is it. Have a great weekend.
jessica - November 4, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- Linda Young said...
Thank you for this lovely printable, with all the fall sentiments. Just what I was looking for!
I am now following your delightful blog!
Linda @ Grandmalay's Daydreams - October 2, 2012 at 5:52 AM
- Linda Young said...
Thank you for the cool printable. I was looking for something like that, celebrating fall and harvest, less ghoulish and Halloweeny than many things I see out there.
I am now following your delightful blog!
Linda @ Grandmalay's Daydreams
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- Mary Ann said...
Found your wonderful blog this week, and thank you for the Fall Subway art... it's on my wall shelf now!
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- Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy said...
So cute! Love your design, colours and fonts! TFS!:)
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The Tombstone of Sam Bass, Outlaw
This is the full view of Sam Bass's gray granite tombstone erected by the Sam Bass Historical Foundation. A closer view follows in the next picture.
Sam Bass was eulogized in his day because he was known as the "Robin Hood of the West." He rewarded those who did things for him, e.g., with a gol
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Definition of oracle in English:
Syllabification: or·a·clePronunciation: /ˈôrəkəl
- 1A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.More example sentences
- Her priests and oracles are all being kept in the tower.
- Here, finally, we come to the heart of the difference between the oracles of the pagan Greeks of the classical period and the revelations of the prophets of the People of the Book.
- In the trial of Socrates, as described by Plato, the oracle at Delphi proclaimed that there is no one wiser than Socrates.
- 1.1A place at which divine advice or prophecy was sought.More example sentences
- An oracle is a shrine or temple sanctuary consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic god.
- Over the portal at the oracle in Delphi, Apollo's temple, there were two sayings - 'Know thyself' and 'Nothing too much'.
- He is represented with a bow, and is linked to the laurel tree, the leaves of which were used by his priestess at the oracle of Delphi.
- 1.2A person or thing regarded as an infallible authority or guide on something: casting the attorney general as the oracle for and guardian of the public interest is simply impossibleMore example sentences
- Alternately, I might just do whatever it told me to do, perhaps on the grounds that, since an infallible oracle has told me that I will do this, I should resign myself to the inevitable.
- The oracle who is always consulted and cited on this subject is the celebrated Montesquieu.
- My friendly handyman said no problem with that either, agreed on a price for both and said he'd probably be over on Tuesday but he'd phone and confirm that once he'd consulted his oracle, namely his work book.
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oraculum, from orare 'speak'.
More definitions of oracle
Definition of oracle in:- The British & World English dictionary
- The English Synonyms
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Ending for Mark Twain's Interview with the Devil
by Robert W. Walker Channeling Samuel L. Clemens
Durchlauscht (the Devil) had been studying me with a glare that was both granite and fire, and without provocation, he demonstrated a method of smoking a cigar that I had not expected or had ever witnessed anyone on two legs capable of. He inhaled it. Not simply the smoke but the entire burning nine-inch weed—ate it with a single gulp as it burned brightly, and I dumbfounded as an innocent babe in the cradle watched the fiery end of the cigar disappear down the Devil's gullet.
He then smiled a smile that curled as wide and snakelike as my beloved Mississippi River—where suddenly I wished to be—and in the instant of the wish, Durchlauscht granted it, and I found myself not only out of my hotel room, out of Vienna, out of Europe but aboard a steamboat and behind the wheel, a captain's cap atop my head, the poor cap working hard to contain my Medusa's hair like Neptune trying to tame a seahorse—if I can steal an image from Robert Burns'
My Last Duchess
. Such thoughts were a front, a shield, a kind of protection against the utterly devastating instance of being transported hundreds of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye—Satan's eye.
I struggled with the unreality of what'd just occurred, for it was impossible and must be a disturbed dream, the result of one too many cigars smoked after that sumptuous meal downstairs—as most assuredly we remained in the hotel in Vienna—a meal by he way overlaid with a desert even more gilded than the age we lived in; in other words, I had a meal as embarrassingly plentiful and rich as to be an embarrassment! I deserved to dream of the Devil coming to my room from the Morzin Platz, smoking, nay eating my cigars, and now transporting me to my first love—piloting a steamboat up and down my beloved river.
Now I knew what was to come in this teasing nightmare. Sure and by all accounts I knew what was next in the dream: Durchlauscht meant to make me the ultimate bargain, to ask me the ultimate trade question—but with infinite, devilish patience, he waited before putting it to me. Waited until well after I got the feel of the big boat under my hand, controlling its lovely, majestic power and listening to the stern wheel's lulling repetitive water opera at play. The sound of the water parting from her bow, and me sighting on the snags in the shallows ahead that guided my hand for deeper depths was accompanied by a melodious shouting of a boatman who lifted his pole and announced, "Mark Twain! Mark Twain!"
We were in safe waters but I was hardly in a safe place with Satan at my ear saying, "You can have this—all of it! Your Life on the Mississippi as it was when you were a boy, Samuel. All for a small, niggling price. What say you, Sam?"
He could not have enticed me with a more lovely prize except to have taken me back to my Livvy, who had passed away before me. "If I'm to sell my soul to you, Sir Belzubub, my price is far greater, far dearer than this! For what does it gain a man to own the entirety of the Mississippi if he doth lose his soul? Besides, I know none of this is happening; that I am alone in my bed in Vienna having a nightmare with you the principal fright—chomping down my cigars."
"Ahhh but there you are wrong, Sam! This is no dream. Make your choice, man—and make it now! I have other souls to harvest before dawn. Is it a reunion with your Livvy? I can offer that if you prefer."
It came with a lightning bolt flashing over the dark river. In the small cabin window, Livvy's apparition appeared, as clear as a photograph of her when I'd first laid eyes on her in a photograph fallen from her brother's wallet. She shimmered there in the moonlight in the glass, young and beautiful and calling my name. "It's a horrible trick you perform, magician!" I scolded Satan who only laughed as if my flaming cigar tickled his innards.
"Nay, Same, it is no trick. She is not in the glass, Sam. Step around the glass and you will find her on your deck. The two of you aboard the
Samuel Clemens
—" he waved an arm skyward as he "christened" the steamboat. You can go to her, hold her, and have an eternity with her if you meet my price."
"You are indeed a devilish creature," I muttered and stuck my head out the side window, knocking my cap away in the bargain, and sure enough, there stood a three-dimensional Livvy, her hands raised like a siren, and her voice carrying on the wind to me, lilting, an angelic tone, a song so enticing and so gorgeous as to be outrageously tempting yet not so tempting as the moment was despoiled by my suddenly laughing in an uncontrollable, choking, coughing, chaotic, cacophonic and racking manner—right in Satan's face as I'd pulled my head back in and reset my cap. I could not stop laughing and now bent over with it.
He could not help himself; he had to ask, "What is so bloody funny?"
"Livvy could not carry a tune in life. She was tone death. You have overlooked a grave detail! So the illusion is lost!"
"Then what of the steamboat, sir, Captain Clemens?"
Again I laughed. "I detest stern-wheelers, sir, but I love side-wheelers. Again the devil's in the details, Durchlauscht, and you've failed in your research twice! And as a result—"
And I was back in my room—not abed or waking from seep, but on my feet and staring out the widow on Morzin Platz, just as when my story began! And out in the dead of night from the hotel window, I again saw the obvious figure of Satan by way of his shadow that could not be hidden, and I somehow knew my encounter with the Evil One was no mere dream or nightmare, for his shape was now rushing away from the hotel and going the way he had originally come. Besides, a glance around he room and I realized that the Devil had his due. Not in the form of my soul, but all my cigars were gone!
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Although it's not a quote, I still love it I almost wish you could've integrated a Zuckerberg quote into this…
I loved this comic, it reminded me of the exact quote you posted. You unique comic style is great, keep on making them. Best of luck
wow, is the worldwide freeshipping true? I'm getting myself some prints them!! =)
Sure is different than the approach in your other comics, in means of the message. But excellent art as always! If it is indeed a quote, maybe it should be mentioned in the end..? Just a thought.
Great work as always Gav! Keep 'em coming!
P.S. Just received some posters I ordered! I can't explain to you how fun it is! :)) -
This was not "zen" at all.
Yes it was.. it was on the site after all.
It never says everything he makes is zen. It merely says that the pencils he uses are zen, and you don't know if they are or are not.
Not the pen, but the paper (zen paper, got it?).
If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him.
I know exactly what you mean.
On wednesday I`ll launch my bet on comics here in Brasil.
Well, it beats killing him with a hammer.
though there's no quote given
the impact spells in my mind -
Spacebook – Gav, that's a great idea!!!!!! We'll be rich!!!!!
excellent!! i totally appreciate the final "in your face" moment
I know this isn't Zen but sometimes I like to lighten the mood and have a bit of fun with my work – sometimes I need a break from the philosophy and deep, heavy stuff.
I respect your work Gav, and your artistic freedom to do whatever you like with it… But look at the comments saying that this is 'a great message'.
Is it really?
People change. All the time. It's really a strange bully who wouldn't have gained a little wisdom over such a long time. If he didn't, what suffering would HE have been subjected to that he became so stuck in his ways? Does he deserve a shred of compassion for whatever is causing him to act in such a way?
If spite is a prime motivator for you, what happens when you finally 'stick it' to all the people who doubted your ability and resolve? Do you think that anger goes away when you've trained your mind to be fueled by it?
While you're taking a break from the deep stuff, the deep stuff isn't taking a break from you. The trick is that Puckerberg didn't win. He perpetuated the hatred he was subjected to. It's kind of a sad story when you think about it.
Hey Brooks, I admitted my 'spite as motivator' isn't the best attitude to have. The quotes on this site are for my own personal growth as well as my readers.
Hello Brooks,
As a child I was bullied, a lot. Sadly things weren't great at home and I was beaten at home too.
But I stuck to working hard, to studying….constantly striving to become better. The one thing that actually got me through the hellish life I had was actually 'spite'. It was my abhorrhance of the bullies and my childhood that gave me determination to push myself and become better. Fast forward 14 yrs – and I'm finally where I wanted to be – A surgeon. Whereas my bullies are stuck in menial jobs.I won't lie – the fact that I'm in a good position makes me feel better. But what's important is that the hatred is no longer there, it merely worked as a jump starter, a big push when I needed it to. Sure Spite may not be a model motivator. But never underestimate how strong human emotions can be. It can take you a looong way.
And Please don't try to sympathize with the bully! A lot of bullies have perfectly normal happy life/childhood, they simply bully because they want to feel superior. It's the victim that needs the compassion – it's social alienation, rejection, inability to interact – isn't unlikely to kids with Childhood trauma.
And to Gavin – Thank you. You just depicted my life (apart from buttock showing and spacebook – should've thought of that lol )
Thanks a lot for sharing JJ, appreciate the comment.
To have compassion to our enemy is the best way to insult him. Its like putting coals in his head. If Marcus, shows his butt to his former bully like that, then Marcus is now the bully. If Marcus is a really a good person, he would help his former bully. By helping his former bully, he can make it as his friend.
I have an impression that Marcus becomes the bully now.-
Sometimes we see your humanity, Gav.
And that's just alright. -
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with how the comic ended. The kid turned his negative experiences at school into a source of inner strength which allowed him to achieve what he wanted to. And while I wouldn't literally flash my arse at former 'associates', as a figurative f**k you, it works incredibly well to convey the point.
Pukerberg studied hard and has been rewarded with success! It's so evident, that's what we see each day, right?
Uch, wish the revenge was with someone other than Mark Zuckerberg. I'm not his biggest fan…
I like to think, as a former nerd in school, that today's comic protagonist was me. I do wish sometimes that I'd grown a pair, back then… (^= ^ )
There's a saying I remember from my Army days… those HS star jocks and other dickheads, that period is usually the peak of their lives. Those that bloom later, usually bloom better. ('- ' )
Life is beautiful! Ain't it wonderful..here is such a great message in this cartoon.
I could share with my partner who's having a rough time at work. This cartoon is exactly telling her story. Instead of mirroring all she has to do is channel her raging energy into positivity and use this energy to drive her success. I am very grateful. Thank you. -
It was not zen, but definitely it's inspirational.
good job!
For someone who wasn't bullied, you express it pretty well.
I had the pleasure of living this comic, with the variation that my bully, the BMOC-jock-class-president peaked as the manager of a Wendy's, and his cheerleader girlfriend became morbidly obese. Late bloomers can continue to bloom long after the first flowers have died. Mooning isn't even necessary… pity is the best revenge.
hahah Puckerberg. That guy can just pucker up.
Not zen? Well… That works just fine. Take the middle path.
I'm considering this a version of the Ugly Duckling. My focus isn't on the spite of the achiever… but the stupidity and short-sighted of young bullies.
Revenge? Job superiority?
Is a janitor at Mac Donalds someone you have the right to laugh at??I dont like it.
I dont like your adult-but-successfull-bully. -
It is too sad to see a poor guy that becomes an asshole like the asshole that he met at the start of his life. I don't like this comic.
This website was the best thing I've found in a quite long time and I really admire your work Gav, but this comic has a really sad and terrible message: Puckerberg only sustained the cycle of hatred that he had suffered. Suffering will never cease if we keep following this path.
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." (Gandhi)
You see, he attempted to forgive.
His forgiveness was not accepted
What a discussion we have going on here. At last a post that divides the readers. Anyway, it wasn't the "janitor at mcdonalds" he was laughing at. He was merely rejoicing in his success. At the expense of the bully? Sure why not! Just look at the first few images. It was just a moon. At least he didn't hire the janitor to clean his bathroom. That would be another case.
Lighten up, people it's not that serious!
Gavin, I love the story and your sense of humor. Keep up the great work. -
I find it true but also disrespectful. Indeed the best revenge is the show how you've succeeded in life, but is a McDo' janitor a person you can laugh at ? I mean, it's a job like all the others and, from the point he loves his job and make it the best he can, we have absolutely no right to laugh at that person.
Maybe it's just a comparison between Zuckerberg's success and Bully's success, then we can affirm janitor isn't a good job, but, like I said, no one can, and shall, judge a job.Anyway, I like this comics, a little bit less than the others.
Very inspiring. I've been going through a tough couple of years and your comics always never fail to give me inspiration
As a side note, could you try making a comic based on H. G. Wells "Discovery of the future" quote? (where he talks about all past being the mere beginning of a beginning) I'll give you the text if you cant find it.
lol nice
"It is too sad to see a poor guy that becomes an asshole like the asshole that he met at the start of his life. I don't like this comic." –this
What you wrote here on this post. Absolute truth!
Maybe it's just me, but I would definitely buy a poster with at least part of one of my all-time favorite quotes by Mark Shuttleworth incorporated into it. I thought you might like it, since it says a lot about space travel, science, and education, which are all things you've referenced in your past drawings.
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I really like the way you do these drawings. I started recognizing your drawing style after seeing it come up on occasion on 9gag.com. Great work, I hope this takes off for you.
Great quote, thanks!
Well, I think this comic is a very good comic, because the older brother who is a son of a bitch, because being the greatest is his younger brother like shit
Reminds me very much of this quote:
"Live well. It is the greatest revenge."
– The Talmud -
Living well is not the best revenge. Pressed ham is the best revenge.
Good quote and Good comic. I like it.
Now this one's more like it. And also: you quit your job to do this? Woah… good luck! That must have been a hard decision, but with comics this good, I believe it will prove to have been the right one. And even if it doesn't work out, remember that Teddy Roosevelt quote you illustrated; it's better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all.
Exactly right Alasdair, thanks
I wasn't popular in high school, I never had a girlfriend, but I didn't live well to make up for it. I didn't get good grades, I dropped out of college, and I was never able to find a job. Live isn't fair, just because your life sucks at some point doesn't mean you'll be rewarded for it later. Some times the horrible people become successful too.
As a student of computer science working evenings at McDonalds I am no stranger to being bullied by the patrons on daily basis. I wasn't expecting to be bullied here. In a sense this comic describes my life in 180%.
It is inspiring indeed, I will just continue what I am doing and someday you might develop rheumatoid arthritis.
PS. Your Bene Gesserit comic is kind of rubbish. They were more like Palpatine than Jedi.
I am working at McD. Im not the guy who lost. I win because i have all the time i want. I dont need the money. I need the minutes to live every second. And to make good (unpaid) art.
Dont judge badly on janitors. Sometimes they are happy.
This is one of my favourite lines, and one I know from experience to be true. It basically means the best revenge is not technically revenge — but to refuse to let anyone's abuse do more harm than good, and find fulfillment and liberation through your own achievements — something no bully can take away from you.
Well said Elaine
"Back to the Future" anyone?
I love it! Happiness is the best revenge indeed. Though according to research, in real life, unlike in pop culture, the ones who are popular in school are the ones most likely to succeed. But things can be defied I guess.
I don't get how a high school valedictorian ends up working as a McDonald's janitor.
Isn't the message contradicting the other messages? Those who said that being successful is irrelevant? Also success seems to turn everyone into douche-bags.
This comic reminded me a lot of Spider-man's story where he must make a deal with the demon to save Aunt May.
There he met a number of his 'alternate' self, the ones who didn't become Spider-man. It included one pouring his rage for the bully (remember, Peter Parker is bullied lot more than average lot) to his studies and ended up a very successful man, I daresay more than Tony Stark.The rage is there inside, it's up to us how to use it. That's how I try to live my life.
I word in the IT industry and this comic couldn't be farther from the truth: every middle manager to executive in this industry is that bully. Is not the best programmer who gets there, but the same types that do stuff like running for class president, those who know how to convince others they are more important and should be followed.
The enlightened person just lives his life and has no malice for anyone, ever; only compassion.
If he has greatness in him it will come forth with simple stewardship.
Greatness is about inspiring people to be better.
Building a virtual empire is not greatness.Successfully having a web site that features inspiring quotes is not necessarily inspiring people to be better either.
We can only inspire people to be better…
By endeavoring to be better people in the most mundane aspects of our everyday lives.
Like whether we mock someone or not. -
Actually – "The best revenge is massive success." Frank Sinatra
Great comic! It portrays the widely spread assumption that go-getters would end up working at mcdonalds when in fact the people who have always been bullied end with a needle in their arm and the ones who dominated others even become the richest of all.
This comic is really inspirational and something that i really needed this today


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Effect of Gramicidin A on the Dipole Potential of Phospholipid Membranes Biophysical Journal, Volume 77, Issue 1, 1 July 1999, Pages 299-305 Vladimir L. Shapovalov, Elena A. Kotova, Tatiana I. Rokitskaya and Yuri N. Antonenko Abstract The effect of channel-forming peptide gramicidin A on the dipole potential of phospholipid monolayers and bilayers has been studied. Surface pressure and surface potential isotherms of monolayers have been measured with a Langmuir trough equipped with a Wilhelmy balance and a surface potential meter (Kelvin probe). Gramicidin has been shown to shift pressure-area isotherms of phospholipids and to reduce their monolayer surface potentials. Both effects increase with the increase in gramicidin concentration and depend on the kind of phosphatidylcholine used. Application of the dual-wavelength ratiometric fluorescence method using the potential-sensitive dye RH421 has revealed that the addition of gramicidin A to dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes leads to a decrease in the fluorescence ratio of RH421. This is similar to the effect of phloretin, which is known to decrease the dipole potential. The comparison of the concentration dependences of the fluorescence ratio for gramicidin and phloretin shows that gramicidin is as potent as phloretin in modifying the membrane dipole potential. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (122 kb) |
Membrane Dipole Potential Modulates Proton Conductance through Gramicidin Channel: Movement of Negative Ionic Defects inside the Channel Biophysical Journal, Volume 82, Issue 2, 1 February 2002, Pages 865-873 Tatyana I. Rokitskaya, Elena A. Kotova and Yuri N. Antonenko Abstract The effect of membrane dipole potential on gramicidin channel activity in bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs) was studied. Remarkably, it appeared that proton conductance of gramicidin A (gA) channels responded to modulation of the dipole potential oppositely as compared with gA alkali metal cation conductance. In particular, the addition of phloretin, known to reduce the membrane dipole potential, resulted in a decrease in gA proton conductance, on one hand, and an increase in gA alkali metal conductance, on the other hand, whereas 6-ketocholestanol, the agent raising the membrane dipole potential, provoked an increase in gA proton conductance as opposed to a decrease in the alkali metal cation conductance. The peculiarity of the 6-ketocholestanol effect consisted in its dependence on the H+ concentration. The experiments with the impermeant dipolar compound, phloridzin, showed that the response of proton transport through gramicidin channels to varying the membrane dipole potential did not change qualitatively if the dipole potential of only one monolayer or both monolayers of the BLM was altered. In contrast to gA proton conductance, the single-channel lifetime changed similarly with varying the membrane dipole potential, regardless of the kind of permeant cations (protons or potassium ions). The results of this study could be tentatively accounted for by an assumption that one of the rate-limiting steps of proton conduction through gramicidin channels represents, in fact, movement of negatively charged species (negative ionic defects) across a membrane. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (268 kb) |
Noncontact Dipole Effects on Channel Permeation. III. Anomalous Proton Conductance Effects in Gramicidin Biophysical Journal, Volume 77, Issue 5, 1 November 1999, Pages 2492-2501 L. Revell Phillips, Chad D. Cole, Reed J. Hendershot, Myriam Cotten, Timothy A. Cross and David D. Busath Abstract Proton transport on water wires, of interest for many problems in membrane biology, is analyzed in side-chain analogs of gramicidin A channels. In symmetrical 0.1N HCl solutions, fluorination of channel Trp11, Trp-13, or Trp15 side chains is found to inhibit proton transport, and replacement of one or more Trps with Phe enhances proton transport, the opposite of the effects on K+ transport in lecithin bilayers. The current-voltage relations are superlinear, indicating that some membrane field-dependent process is rate limiting. The interfacial dipole effects are usually assumed to affect the rate of cation translocation across the channel. For proton conductance, however, water reorientation after proton translocation is anticipated to be rate limiting. We propose that the findings reported here are most readily interpreted as the result of dipole-dipole interactions between channel waters and polar side chains or lipid headgroups. In particular, if reorientation of the water column begins with the water nearest the channel exit, this hypothesis explains the negative impact of fluorination and the positive impact of headgroup dipole on proton conductance. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (145 kb) |
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This paper presents calculations of the shielded dipole potential in the interior of a pore piercing a lipid membrane that is at a potential V0 with respect to the aqueous solution. Except in the case of long narrow pores, there is substantial shielding of the membrane dipole potential. The associated dipole field never extends a significant distance into the aqueous region. The fact that the single-channel conductance of gramicidin B is only twice as large in glyceryl monooleate membranes as in phosphatidyl choline (PC) membranes, even though PC is approximately 120 mV more positive with respect to water, is interpreted in terms of the potential energy profile calculated for a gramicidin-like channel. It is demonstrated that the membrane dipole potential can significantly affect channel conductance only if the pore is narrow and if the peak in the potential energy profile occurs in the pore interior.


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Looks like the Blue Jays are going to be hitting homers more and more often now. Didn't someone on here say that the Jays stadium is pretty much a shoebox as well, not so much as much as Great American, but pretty close? Do you think that this hurts their chances of signing Vernon Wells, or can you imagine if they do resign him?
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This would leave the A's needing a big DH type bat. We all know how much billy beane loves OBP, sounds like a man who might overpay for dunn. Im still not totally sold on trading dunn, if we can get a good deal for him then Im for it but lets not just trade him to trade him. A's have young pitching we could use, I think wayne should at least give billy a call.
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The official got it spot on but, if the scores had still been 2-2 with the visitors pushing for a winner, I'm pretty sure that same old line about 'Fergie time' would have been trotted out.
Still, conspiracy theories seem to go with the territory with United. As Wayne Rooney hobbled off, clearly injured, with the scores level, it was hinted on TV that it was a tactical withdrawal to allow him to miss England's friendly in Sweden. Chasing a winner to ensure his side could remain top of the table into the international mini-break, I'm pretty sure Sir Alex's first thought was to lose one of his very best players with the striker's midweek involvement for his country dictating his decision.
When teams time-waste, referees are certainly within their rights to stop the clock. I think there are often not enough minutes added at the end of the first half when an injury or two has occured. It's often only two minutes when this has happened which, considering a minimum of one can be displayed, is clearly insufficient.
As Sir Alex has intimated, it would be beneficial if there could be a discussion about time-keeping without any accusations that it's somehow all a grand ploy to ensure the Reds can score late goals. It is an emotive subject, perhaps because nothing hurts more than conceding to your cost in injury time, but it's one that he feels does warrant attention.


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Thank you for the wonderful comment Bonita, thank you for stopping by :)
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What a beautiful image!
Thanks Ellen, so pleased you like it :)
– CreativeEm