Was planning to work on a calendar based on my photos, but instead created another based on some of my illustrations. This time the design is based on my yellow puppy images. The specs are all the same as the previous calendar post. The image below will link you to the sales site to see what images I used for each month.
Yesterday I finished designing my Wislander.com 2007 Calendar based on my illustrations. I am working on a second one based on my photos, but it is not available yet. They are for sale on Zazzle.com and they come in three different sizes and five different formats: Small (7'x11" top fold single page, or center fold dual page) Medium (11'x17" top fold single page, or center fold dual page) and Large (14 1/4"x22" center fold dual page). If you click on the image below it will take you to the calendar sales page so you can see what I did with the design. If you click on the "Customize this Design" button you can see other options for this calendar; you can also see how you can design your own calendars.
Show us something sparkly.
Submitted by CareaBearaSara.
Every neighborhood has a house with just a few too many decorations. It doesn't have to be tacky, or gaudy, it can be, but some times it is just a little beyond looking lovely.
I dedicate the image to left to this house.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Show us some great giftwrapping.
Here an image of a gift that just doesn't want to stay wrapped
Just had to share this image
Show us a video that cracks you up.
I found this video one day on the web about 5 years ago; I have never seen it posted anywhere else so I have to post it here. I am pretty certain that it is a film school project that someone made, but I really have no idea who. Sit back and enjoy.
Show us a video that cracks you up.
One of my favorite comedy videos. It is one of those videos, where it would be priceless if it was actually true.
Then you should.. that is all I am saying. You may want to venture over and check out her VOX account; it may be in your best interest. It may not be, it is totally up to you. Just is just a suggestion.
Today I was approached by a guy while I was walking to work. Let me describe the guy so that you will understand why the con was going to fail with me before he even opened his mouth. The man is walking towards me, we are the only two people on the sidewalk for over a block, when I first see him he is carrying what looks like a large coffee, and a bag of chips. When he sees me, he sets his coffee down on a campus bench and continues to walk my way while he is eating his potato chips. We get within 5 feet and he gets a big smile on his face and announces "good morning" I say good morning back because there is no reason to be rude, and we continue walking, until he gets just past me, and he turns quickly and says "Excuse me sir, could I ask you a question?" This is the important part of a street con, you have to appear to engage the person in a way that seems innocent, and in a way that they appear to really need your help. I stop, I mean anything to keep me from having to go to the office, why not. "Do you know if this bus goes from here to the courthouse?" I told him I didn't know, which was the truth, I normally walk everywhere on campus when I can, and I have no idea what the bus routes are, but that ruined his plan; Mistake number 1: Since he saw me near the bus stop right after a bus left the area, he assumed that I got off the bus. He then countered that he knew the bus ran down there, and he needed to get to the courthouse to take care of some business; Mistake number 2: Telling a lie that doesn't suggest a need of help (He should have suggested that he was bailing out a friend or family member so money was tight). While he was still eating his Doritos he said that he had a bum leg; Mistake number 3: he didn't walk with a limp for the half of a block that I just watched him walk. He them mentioned that since he had a bum leg that he would really like to catch the bus, but he didn't have any money; Mistake number 4: Do not be seen carrying a $3 cup of coffee that you tried to hide, and a $2 bag of potato chips, and tell someone that you do not have any money. And the kicker even after all of these mistakes he still got up the nerve to ask me for $5 or $10 so he could take the bus to the courthouse and back home. I told him that I didn't have any cash on me, he then switched to a dollar or two; Mistake 5; do not try and bargain/barter with the person that you are trying to con, it tells them that you are looking to take anything, as long as it is something. I told him that I still had no cash on me, then he switched to how about some change, a bus pass, a couple of bus tokens. I told him then that University employees get free bus rides if they show their staff ID so there was no need for me to have any of those things. By then he must have assumed that he was beating a dead horse, and he said "well thanks anyway." As he started to walk away, I mentioned over my shoulder "Don't forget your coffee." I kept walking but he stopped dead in his tracks, and waited there as I walked past where he had left his coffee. I walked a little further before I looked back to see that he had in fact went back for his coffee. He looked my way to catch me watching him; I gave him a big smile and waved before I walked around the corner.
I'm not saying that I cannot be conned. The would be very naive of me to believe that; but seriously, I hope that I get a better class of conman if someone does take me for some money.
