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Kipling

http://fresh-spam.blogspot.com/

About Me


I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.

Website: foureyedbat.com

Arty Arty Blog (with 6 arty pals):7deadlysinners.typepad.com

Foureyed blog: 7deadlysinners.typepad.com/foureyedbat

Fresh Spam: fresh-spam.blogspot.com

My Interests

Drawing things. And quartering them.

I'd like to meet:

Your dad

Music:

Forbidden Dimension, The English Teeth, The Von Zippers, Colour Me Psycho, Brain Salad Annie, Lushy, The Buttersprites, Concrete Blonde, Deadbolt, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, The Cramps, AC/DC (the Bon Scott years), The Mermen, The Dandy Warhols, Cab Calloway, Eartha Kitt, Rammstein, Goldfrapp, Pearl Bailey, Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash, The Donnas, The Plasmatics, The Phantom Chords, Squirrel Nut Zippers...and the King of Country Western Troubadours, UNKNOWN HINSON

Movies:

Anything with Ernest Thesiger, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Sid Haig or Coffin Joe.

Television:

Kids in the Hall, The Avengers, Venture Brothers, The Monkees, South Park, anything hosted by Robert Osborne...ok honestly I don't watch much TV anymore, but I love flipping channels because I have a short attention sp

Books:

William Tenn, P.G. Wodehouse, Georgette Heyer, Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, John Collier, Fredric Brown, Tove Jansson, Ruth Plumly Thompson, E. Nesbit, T.H. White, Scott Westerfeld, Guernica Shaw

Heroes:

Margaret Sanger, Dr. Seuss, Emily Carr, Edward Gorey, Helen Mirren...and any childfree stepmother who lives to tell the tale.

My Blog

Nostrils of Satan: Geysers of Old Faithful

How old is the Grand Canyon? According to a lot of people, not very. And don't get me started on Old Faithful. Here's a book that tells you the Real Story: Nostrils of SatanWell...the Real Story as t...
Posted by Kipling on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:23:00 PST

NPR Holiday Contest

This is a little creature I made for the NPR Holiday Contest. NPR Flickr set Here's hoping in 2007 those Hollywood girls learn to wear longer skirts!...
Posted by Kipling on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:31:00 PST

Madly Making Monsters

I can't stop making monsters out of an old felted sweater...I'm in denial about the whole stress of moving my stuff from Seattle to Calgary, see...it's a long and painful process, and it never seems t...
Posted by Kipling on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:47:00 PST

I walked with a Zombie

Saturday, October 14 was the 2006 Calgary Zombie Walk; I only heard about it around midnight the night before, so didn't have a chance to get zombiefied, but Canadian zombies are very polite and no on...
Posted by Kipling on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:34:00 PST

Lindsay Lohan! You put on some drawers right now, young lady!


Posted by Kipling on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:43:00 PST

Design Contests: Art on spec

I recently got an "invitation" to enter a design contest for a book cover from a Myspace user. Looking at the contest rules on the publisher's site, the prize for winning is possible use of your work ...
Posted by Kipling on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:25:00 PST

WWW.SNOPES.COM IS YOUR FRIEND

http://www.snopes.com Memorize it. Now. All the smart folks thank you.Good LORD people. If you have enough on the ball to log on to Myspace, you have enough brain power to frickin' CHECK SNOPES bef...
Posted by Kipling on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:03:00 PST

Deleted...due to BORING

Ok. Here's a hint, not that any of the 5 intelligent people who read this need the advice, but here goes: NO ONE needs to get bulletins from you more than 3 times in one day!!!!Not your mom, not your ...
Posted by Kipling on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:23:00 PST

Whiny Whiny Myspace users

Man, I am so tired of this pouty, stupid forward: Fake Ass "Friends" People are getting fake on here. So I gave in and let's see who really reposts this. This is a test to see who's paying atten...
Posted by Kipling on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:44:00 PST

Upcoming shows: furry blondes

BLONDE BOMBSHELL art and photography exhibition at m modern in Palm Springs m modern heats up January with BLONDE BOMBSHELL, an exhibition of original artwork and photography celebrating platinum ...
Posted by Kipling on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:45:00 PST