Wolverine Fail - Epic
Some people make better Wolverines than others.
Retirement of NAPA Mark
As I write this, my dad is entering his first week of retirement.This seems so weird to me since everyone thinks of my dad as “NAPA Mark”. I always thought of my dad as being forever young and tough. Retirement seems like something “old people” do, and even now, I don’t think of my dad as old - evn though he was already 40something at my earliest memories of him. I guess it all just seems so odd for me to think about. It also is a bit worrisome to think about what COULD become of him based on other retirement stories I have heard. However, I am pretty sure he will be just fine. Cheers to you dad! Here is the skinny…
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The Swarling Black Mable, unfolded
For a long time now, I have had dreams and nightmares of black ooze. I have tried to embrace it… somewhat to address the visions and somewhat because, well… it is a neat vision. Perhaps it is some Jungian bit that is easily explainable, or at least a common dream. Either way, I have worked it into my comic The Surplus Bio-Freaks, into my ink work, and, heck, this site, “Swarling Black Mable,” is titled after my pet name for the ooze. I might have figured out my fascination.
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Misfit Toy Xmas ‘08
Christmas is not one of my more favorite holidays. Last year I was stuck in a snowy wasteland without cigarettes fending off panic attacts over my tailbone surgery the next day. The year before I was home alone trying to figure out what to do about my truck being stolen then night before. Prior to that, I mostly pretended Christmas was just another day since my family didn’t get together on the 25th since my mom always worked.
This year, similar to Halloween, I wanted to do something different for once. So I hosted a little get together that we dubbed “The Misfit Toy Xmas ‘08″. We tried to get all my friends together that didn’t have family to go to or, such as in my case, didn’t get together on Christmas day. Arika, her dog Luna, Mel, Charles, Ivy, and I cooked up a batch of ravioli from scratch, some hot hot hot eye-talian sausages, and a cheesecake. We washed it all down with a fresh batch of Glögg.
After dinner, Mike and Jon came over and we recorded a podcast and then hit up Market BBQ to watch Jobot and Ian make some noise. Finally, we closed down Tracy’s and settled down for a long winter nap. Best Xmas ever!
Development Made Possible By Credit Card Debt
Somehow I managed to stumble on to http://www.bluthfamily.com, a site with quotes from the show “Arrested Development”.
The site seemed like SEO fodder, but the footer info nailed it “Development Made Possible By Credit Card Debt” with a link to some spammy credit consolidation service. hahahha. I just love that line for any number of reasons!
Epic!
Tough Times, a day at the ministorage
Today, I had a bit of a realization of how tough the times are.
I was helping my brother move the inventory of his patio furniture business into a mini-storage facility off Lake Street today. Four of us and two professional mover guys spent the majority of the day moving hundreds of boxes by hand from the old warehouse in NE Minneapolis to the third floor of the mini-storage in Uptown. I spent all my time at the mini storage and got a good look at the people who normally use the mini storage.
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Jquery AjaxForm ResetForm Callback Annoyance
The last few days at work I have been using the jquery ajaxform plugin extensively. The Malsup docs have been valuable. However, there have been certain things that I have had some issue with. It might be one of those “how do you google for things that do not exist”…
Anyway, today’s hiccup was trying to execute some code when the user hits the cancel button on a form that is a ajaxForm. In the end, I wanted to hide the form when they click Cancel.
After much googling, I broke down and emailed Mike from Malsup and he got back to me right away. He said there is no callback hook. However, he gave me below code which is standard jquery clicke event code. I have separate ajax to load my form, so I will need to execute this on the success of that load. Problem solved. Thanks Mike for helping me not over think this 
$('input[type=reset]‘).click(function() {
// do stuff here
});
Blacklight Chandeliers DIM Video
Here is a vid of us DIMmedia boys making our blacklight chandeliers for Shadow and Sound IV. I have to admit, for only a few hours of work and not really knowing what we were doing, they turned out slick!
Shadow and Sounds IV - Come See DIMMedia Artwork
Doing anything Black Friday? Want to come see some great art, music, and help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis? DIMMedia is coordinating the art for Shadow and Sounds 4 going down at Aqua in downtown Minneapolis on Friday November 28th. Come check out out Shadow and Sounds 4
From the official site:
Shadows and Sound has proven that there is a voice to the next generation of artists in Minnesota and shown an untraditional way of showcasing the artists that are emerging from our community now. We feature local: Fine Art, Abstract-Modern, Sculptures, Fashion Design, Models, Live Video Projection, Refreshments & Food, Punk Rock, Progressive Rock, Experimental-Noise, World Music, Dance, Electro-Techno, Performance Art and much more. We are working to raise awareness of Cystic Fibrosis and to help fund a double-lung transplant operation for Eyva. (Ms. Kid). With your help and assistance from other organizations such as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation & The Boomer Esiason Foundation, we can better inform the public of this terminal condition.
