2022 & 2021 Grumpkins

The missus butchered this year’s Grumpkin in record time, and not a single tricker treater showed up last night. On the plus side, we have about month’s worth of Reese’s and I know where they’re hidden.

For some reason, our last year’s Grumpkin butchery was never posted, so here it is:

Previous years’ Strutts  Grumpkins here.

¡Feliz Día de Los Muertos!


Pillco Canto Ritual (Bolivia), Los Folkloristas (2014)

[Source images here and here. More in the Día de Los Muertos Archive.]

Goons and Goblins

He lives here.

Pix2Pix is a simple fun A.I. to mess around with. Fairly intuitive, it creates grotesque images via a basic mouse- or pen-controlled paintbrush, with options for faces, scenes, facades, cats and shoes. Some examples:

One drawback: There’s no “undo” function, so either stop while you’re ahead or you get to start over. Be sure to screen cap your work if you want to save it.

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

My WebEx Meeting Notes 29 July 2022 – 13 October 2022

9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.

The Duckling Cometh.

[h/t Serafina D. for inspiration. Related post here.]

I think I just broke arithmetic.

[Found here. Sorta.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Bottom image is a photo of a 1947 football game, mangled with the Deep Dream Generator. (Original image below the break.) Continue reading “Stuff I Do When I’m Bored”

Splaycat

Yeah, I got bored around 1am.

[Top image h/t Suz P.]

Pupside Down

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