Here's the latest cartoon which took half a day to write. I still want to fiddle with details but it's good enough for the internet. I'm especially proud of the committee and overthinking jokes.

In the next day or two I'll be posting some work in progress stuff under 'friends only'.

Can't believe I got this thing done early. Sniffles be damned, I'm having a beer.

Current Music: Yiyun Li reads John McGahern - The New Yorker

I'm starting to post more and more entries as "friends only" because I'm trying to sell the gag cartoons that I'm working on. Most of the publications don't want previously published material and, unfortunately, posting them publicly on FB counts as publication. Sooo... if you want me to add you as a friend so that you can read some unfinished/unpublished cartoons, just say the word. Most of my entries will still be public but unless you speak up some entries will be blind to you.

Current Music: Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - The Kinks

My mom brought a pumpkin she grew in her garden with her on the airplane so we could make fresh pie. It's just now coming out of the oven.

What are other people doing?

Current Music: Jesus The Missing Years - John Prine

I've been sitting on this comic the past few days. I thought I 'd finally post it, partially because I had another dream about my grandma's neighborhood this morning. This time "they" were digging up the park we used to go to and doing some sort of construction. I was snooping around taking pictures of everything trying to remember all the times I spent in that park. In particular I saw a giant fountain that was part of the park as a kid in my dream, but is not actually part of the park in real life. It's weird how my brain embellishes things beyond recognition but my consciousness still recognizes it.

Anyways, I don't really know whats up with these grandma dreams lately. The only thing I can think of is when going on a job interview a couple weeks ago. I followed some mapquest directions to an address in Milwaukee, while what I really needed was the same address only in South Milwaukee. Coincidentally the Milwaukee address landed me right near her old neighborhood, in fact I drove right past the park in my dream. though somehow I missed seeing the house she actually lived in

http://www.orneryboy.com/index.php?comicID=384

Orneryboy agrees to join Dirtygirl's band, but it seems there's been a slight misunderstanding.

http://www.orneryboy.com/index.php?comicID=384

http://www.orneryboy.com/index.php?comicID=383

Yeah, you saw it coming... With the band in need of a replacement drummer, Dirtygirl approaches the obvious candidate.

http://www.orneryboy.com/index.php?comicID=383

http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=904

Current Members of the United States Senate
and House of Representatives</p>

Their photograph as featured on Wikipedia,
reduced to the size of one pixel by one pixel

These pixels arranged in alphabetical order
and then enlarged by 400%

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/wXMW/~3/YOriInwrgtY/bookshelves.html

Not so new quick sketch I did of some of my bookshelves from a couple years back.

I tripped over a headphone cord that was plugged into our laptop yesterday, and the tip snapped off inside! I'm debating over whether or not I should risk trying to get it out with a toothpick and a bit of superglue.

http://www.orneryboy.com/index.php?comicID=384

Orneryboy agrees to join Dirtygirl's band, but it seems there's been a slight misunderstanding.