A Level Playing Field

Top left is the original [h/t Charlene604]. It appears to date to February 2020; people were already having fun with it on Reddit.

The bottom two are not my own.

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Most previously posted elsewhere.

Full Moon

Wet sidewalk outside my house was glowing.

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

All previously posted elsewhere. Bottom image: Inverted color version of storm clouds photographed by Sol R. Land who is living somewhere in the bush with his dog.

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.]