Footprints in the Fishtank…

Nope..not dead. I know I say that a lot on here, but this time I mean it! There are things on the horizon and in the works and any other ‘progress making cliché’ you feel comfortable with. But first I’ll be going to L.A. for a short trip.

….aaaaaaaannnd that’s all I’ve got for the time being. More to come….I know, I say that a lot on here too….but I’ve always been dead when I’ve said it before.

Don't Call it a Kumquat...

In my attempt to return to the routine of blogging, I would like to start by taking this quick moment to wish everyone out there a Happy and Safe Cinco de Mayo, and a virtual wave going to my friends of the Mexican persuasion who have taken the day off from work to hide Coronas in the park for the children to find.

And on that note, I take my leave and await your angry mail. Let the blogging begin.

A Distance between Squirrel Parts…

Sorry for the little hiatus since the Seven Days of Seuss. I had (and still have) every intention of getting right back to the normal Crumbly Drawing silliness afterwards, as well as finish the remaining layout for the book, but Circumstance (the bastard step-brother of Fate) seemed to have had other plans for me…namely, the Flu.
Almost as soon as the sickness started to let up, my faithful old “Worky” PC died on me, having most likely overheard me talk about getting a new system and thereby losing the will to let, apparently. I did buy a new system (which I’m in love with), and am nearly back up and running…but in setting it up I discovered that my scanner is just a bit too late of a model to have had drivers made for it to work on Windows 7. So, now I await my new scanner to arrive in the mail….hopefully tomorrow…so I can get back to scanning these little bastards for this blog as well as the book. Bah!

So here’s a little preview of things to come when that finally happens:

Names From a Hat..or, the Conclusion…

Well, that was unexpected and unplanned for….getting the flu on the last days of the Seven that is. That’s not how I intended things to go, and again, I apologize to everyone for keeping you all waiting for the results. So let’s just get right to it then, shall we?
First, we’ll recap on the seven tributes:

…and now for the revealing of the unnamed three:

(this one turned out to prove the most difficult for many of you)

So there they are. I have never really done a contest like this, so I was afraid of either making it to easy on everyone, and thereby no fun…or making it too difficult and thereby no fun. I think I might have got it right in the middle…at least I hope that I did. Many folks got some of these three right off the bat, while many took several guesses. But all in all there was a good turnout of tries and a good many correct answers….which brings us to our winners:

Thing One (Snorter McPhail) - Mary Margaret Trinkle

Thing Two (Clark) - Dawn Angell Williams

Thing Three (Slow Joe Crow) - Nicole Ludwig

…and the secret added contest lottery, a drawing from those that got all three correct:

Jonathan Hawpe

…who win get a copy of the Crumbly Nevertheless Book as soon as it’s printed.

Way to go folks! I will be contacting the winners shortly. Thanks to everyone that participated…I hope you all enjoyed this. Sorry to those who’s names did not get drawn, I still hope you enjoyed it. I would have liked to get a drawing to everyone, but I am poor. Alas.

Apologies and Things that Rhyme with Apologies..

Dear readers,
I am really very sorry for the delay in the results of the Seuss Contest, plus I apologize for any misspellings that sneak past me as I write this..I am in bed using my phone to write this. Seems that I have caught a strain of the crud that I'll name Jeremy...or Rob...or Job! WhTever.

That was supposed to say "whatever"...see what I mean?

I DO have all of the results of the contest, I WILL pick the winners out of a hat (maybe even a gas mask, since they all look very Suessian to me)...just not just yet. I'm sorry, I really do feel like hell and I don't mean to keep everyone waiting...but please wait.

Thank you all for participating in this little project I made up, and thanks for being patient with me as I incubate the apparent next pandemic. Now, I request orange juice and clean clothes...