Toy Illustration: Moon and Sun Romance
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
(^OP press ..or? muffins and open mics. come. listen in, gorrilaclown:
mp3 here of http://exileguy.mypodcast.com/2007/09/The_Iguana_Oral_History_Project-40637.html
(^Y4?(^why?
(^ because yet again I got a boxed set of stuff
(^ to figure on adding to this mix plunked on my doorstep:
(^ yep. package received. will let it cool off in the corner
(^ as I decide perhaps the cl0Wn who dots things has a rite to expect more from me than I know where to go postal to.
(^ sew. this one is to hook back in to one of the original beings I'd love to work around.
(^ now I have a hot date with a sweltering job cleaning my wife's oven mitts.
(^ it's worthy of a shot.<
br>
(^ so should I now translate this to spanish for gato and dutch for the hinger?
fill in the blanks yOURsELVES:
(^ another note to self on shelflife of halved half knots.
(^ ties don't bind if too loosely twreacked .
(^spell checked in english: ` twreacked ` = tarmacked tracked treacled trafficked
(^.. I's SEW glad I typo corrective tape splice.
(^ TTFN!
(^ because yet again I got a boxed set of stuff
(^ to figure on adding to this mix plunked on my doorstep:
(^ yep. package received. will let it cool off in the corner
(^ as I decide perhaps the cl0Wn who dots things has a rite to expect more from me than I know where to go postal to.
(^ sew. this one is to hook back in to one of the original beings I'd love to work around.
(^ now I have a hot date with a sweltering job cleaning my wife's oven mitts.
(^ it's worthy of a shot.<br>
(^ so should I now translate this to spanish for gato and dutch for the hinger?
fill in the blanks yOURsELVES:
(^ another note to self on shelflife of halved half knots.
(^ ties don't bind if too loosely twreacked .
(^spell checked in english: ` twreacked ` = tarmacked tracked treacled trafficked
(^.. I's SEW glad I typo corrective tape splice.
(^ TTFN!
(^ wHOleyFriHOLE ease! we got triliguists on(the)board!
(^ clown is welcome. perhaps willing to share smatterings as well. the gato has gon quiet , as the gorrilla HAD : perhaps for many of the same life struggling reasons.
rest assured tho: the tender one and brEYEbRYE will ponder anything tossed in from the side commentaries.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Package is in the mail!
Today I sent my box of goodies off to Prosser.
Included were lots of things - but most importantly:
* Dan MadMetalCat's Art Journal that I made and filled several pages with my own art.
* Few bottles of Treacle.
* Plastic case with lots of little trinkets and more wire/twist ties for Gato.
* Thick Wire to be used for...well - anything! But I thought maybe animation rigs, armature wires for legs, and that sort of thing where a thicker wire is needed.
* Little bit of armature and steel wire as well (thin gauge - maybe 1/16?)
* A shadow box with a chapman stick and many other embellishments (mostly pertaining to Iguana Cafe and black jack chewing gum.) That right there should give you a good enough clue of how strange and unique this shadow box is. Made for Prosser - but I think he plans on passing it (or at least the chapman stick) on to Exileguy (Tom.)
* Also HAD to phil the box with other unique items. Those are to be kept secret though. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!
Included were lots of things - but most importantly:
* Dan MadMetalCat's Art Journal that I made and filled several pages with my own art.
* Few bottles of Treacle.
* Plastic case with lots of little trinkets and more wire/twist ties for Gato.
* Thick Wire to be used for...well - anything! But I thought maybe animation rigs, armature wires for legs, and that sort of thing where a thicker wire is needed.
* Little bit of armature and steel wire as well (thin gauge - maybe 1/16?)
* A shadow box with a chapman stick and many other embellishments (mostly pertaining to Iguana Cafe and black jack chewing gum.) That right there should give you a good enough clue of how strange and unique this shadow box is. Made for Prosser - but I think he plans on passing it (or at least the chapman stick) on to Exileguy (Tom.)
* Also HAD to phil the box with other unique items. Those are to be kept secret though. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
(^ Treacle_mining time
Theriac or theriaca was a medical concoction originally formulated by the Greeks in the first century AD and became popular throughout the ancient world as far away as China and India via the trading route the Silk Route.[1] It was an alexipharmic, or antidote, considered a universal panacea,[2] for which it could serve as a synonym: Adam Lonicer wrote that garlic was the rustics' Theriac or Heal-All.[3]
The word theriac comes from the Greek term theriaka,
signifying "pertaining to animals"
The ancient bestiaries included information— often fanciful
— about dangerous beasts and their bites.
When sugar was an exotic Eastern commodity,
the English recommended the sugar-based treacle as an antidote against poison,[4] originally applied as a salve.
Historically, the Middle English term triacle[3] was used by herbalists and apothecaries to describe a medicine (also called theriac or theriaca) — composed of many ingredients or one — that was used as an antidote treatment for poisons, snakebites or various ailments.[2]
(^ stopping time and
murdering tunes:
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 7, the Dormouse tells a story of Elsie, Lacie and Tilly living at the bottom of a well, which confuses Alice, who interrupts to ask. "The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, 'It was a treacle-well.'" When Alice remonstrated, she was stopped by the Mad Hatter's analogy: "You can draw water out of a water-well, so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well." "Alice said very humbly. "I won't interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one".[4]
(^ ok so fer th' punchlinernotes:
Explanations offered
The story given to the listener might offer a plausible explanation such as:
* That Cromwell's army buried barrels of molasses that later leaked and seeped to the surface.
* That prehistoric sugar cane beds became fossilised in a similar way to peat and coal.
There are two theories behind the Treacle Mines of Tadley:
* In the early 20th century, a gardener unearthed a treacle tin (or possibly golden syrup) containing an amount of money.
* More likely, the "treacle" refers to the heavy clay soil of the area, hence Tadley Treacle Mines.
There is one theory behind the treacle mine in Tongham, Surrey.
* A train of treacle was derailed during WWI and rather than move it, local people buried it. The treacle then rose to the surface many years later.
[edit] Origins
"Treacle" originally meant any kind of a thick syrupy salve, and it is likely that bituminous seeps from coal deposits were used in traditional remedies, so this may have been the kernel of truth that inspired the joke. The Tar Tunnel near Blists Hill in Shropshire has natural deposits of tar oozing from the walls which could be said to resemble treacle.
Another explanation is that "treacle" originally meant 'a medicine', derived from the appearance of the Greek derivative 'theriacal' meaning medicinal (Gk theriake = a curative or antidote), so the various healing wells around Britain were called "treacle wells". Treacle later came to mean a sticky syrup after the popularity of a honey-based drug called "Venice treacle", and the continued use of the old form in the treacle wells led to the joke.[4]
(^ yet anotherhanded twister:
History
According to legends, the history of theriac begins with the king Mithridates VI of Pontus who experimented with poisons and antidotes on his prisoners. His numerous toxicity experiments eventually led him to declare that he had discovered an antidote for every venomous reptile and poisonous substance. He mixed all the effective antidotes into a single one, mithridatium or mithridate. Mithridate contained opium, myrrh, saffron, ginger, cinnamon and castor, along with some forty other ingredients.[9] When the Romans defeated him, his medical notes fell into their hands and Roman medici began to use them. Emperor Nero's physician Andromachus improved upon mithridatum by bringing the total number of ingredients to sixty four, including viper's flesh,[9] a mashed decoction of which, first roasted then well aged, proved the most constant ingredient.[10] The traditional theriac, the most expensive of medicaments, later was called Venice treacle by the English.
Greek physician Galen devoted a whole book Theriaké to theriac. One of his patients, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, took it on regular basis.
In 667, ambassadors from Rûm presented the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in China with a theriac. The Chinese observed that it contained the gall of swine, was dark red in colour and the foreigners seemed to respect it greatly. The Tang pharmacologist Su Kung noted down that it had proved its usefulness against "the hundred ailments". Whether this panacea contained the traditional ingredients such as opium, myrrh and hemp, is not known.[11]
The word theriac comes from the Greek term theriaka,
signifying "pertaining to animals"
The ancient bestiaries included information— often fanciful
— about dangerous beasts and their bites.
When sugar was an exotic Eastern commodity,
the English recommended the sugar-based treacle as an antidote against poison,[4] originally applied as a salve.
Historically, the Middle English term triacle[3] was used by herbalists and apothecaries to describe a medicine (also called theriac or theriaca) — composed of many ingredients or one — that was used as an antidote treatment for poisons, snakebites or various ailments.[2]
(^ stopping time and
murdering tunes:
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 7, the Dormouse tells a story of Elsie, Lacie and Tilly living at the bottom of a well, which confuses Alice, who interrupts to ask. "The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, 'It was a treacle-well.'" When Alice remonstrated, she was stopped by the Mad Hatter's analogy: "You can draw water out of a water-well, so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well." "Alice said very humbly. "I won't interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one".[4]
(^ ok so fer th' punchlinernotes:
Explanations offered
The story given to the listener might offer a plausible explanation such as:
* That Cromwell's army buried barrels of molasses that later leaked and seeped to the surface.
* That prehistoric sugar cane beds became fossilised in a similar way to peat and coal.
There are two theories behind the Treacle Mines of Tadley:
* In the early 20th century, a gardener unearthed a treacle tin (or possibly golden syrup) containing an amount of money.
* More likely, the "treacle" refers to the heavy clay soil of the area, hence Tadley Treacle Mines.
There is one theory behind the treacle mine in Tongham, Surrey.
* A train of treacle was derailed during WWI and rather than move it, local people buried it. The treacle then rose to the surface many years later.
[edit] Origins
"Treacle" originally meant any kind of a thick syrupy salve, and it is likely that bituminous seeps from coal deposits were used in traditional remedies, so this may have been the kernel of truth that inspired the joke. The Tar Tunnel near Blists Hill in Shropshire has natural deposits of tar oozing from the walls which could be said to resemble treacle.
Another explanation is that "treacle" originally meant 'a medicine', derived from the appearance of the Greek derivative 'theriacal' meaning medicinal (Gk theriake = a curative or antidote), so the various healing wells around Britain were called "treacle wells". Treacle later came to mean a sticky syrup after the popularity of a honey-based drug called "Venice treacle", and the continued use of the old form in the treacle wells led to the joke.[4]
(^ yet anotherhanded twister:
History
According to legends, the history of theriac begins with the king Mithridates VI of Pontus who experimented with poisons and antidotes on his prisoners. His numerous toxicity experiments eventually led him to declare that he had discovered an antidote for every venomous reptile and poisonous substance. He mixed all the effective antidotes into a single one, mithridatium or mithridate. Mithridate contained opium, myrrh, saffron, ginger, cinnamon and castor, along with some forty other ingredients.[9] When the Romans defeated him, his medical notes fell into their hands and Roman medici began to use them. Emperor Nero's physician Andromachus improved upon mithridatum by bringing the total number of ingredients to sixty four, including viper's flesh,[9] a mashed decoction of which, first roasted then well aged, proved the most constant ingredient.[10] The traditional theriac, the most expensive of medicaments, later was called Venice treacle by the English.
Greek physician Galen devoted a whole book Theriaké to theriac. One of his patients, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, took it on regular basis.
In 667, ambassadors from Rûm presented the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in China with a theriac. The Chinese observed that it contained the gall of swine, was dark red in colour and the foreigners seemed to respect it greatly. The Tang pharmacologist Su Kung noted down that it had proved its usefulness against "the hundred ailments". Whether this panacea contained the traditional ingredients such as opium, myrrh and hemp, is not known.[11]
Thursday, July 9, 2009
(^ another Thirstday: this one will be added into.
(^ just got back from camping: and have some tales to tell.
((^ I'll spend the next week spewing stuff into this one:
(^editing in what I gots time fer.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
I'M L8!
Since Dan shared some of his sketches over here
I thought i'd also share a page I just finished for Dan's journal.
This one i'm only sharing because it's relates (Dan, you know what i'm talking about...)
Details: Gesso, Watercolor Crayons, Acrylic Paint, Mod Podge, Antique Clock Face, Computer key, "Twistables" Rainbow Crayons, and Clippings from computer & vintage magazine.
That is actually a photo of me as the white rabbit (from high school...although, I still look similar to that.) I seem to endjoy rabbit suits. Who-duh-thunk-it?
I thought i'd also share a page I just finished for Dan's journal.
This one i'm only sharing because it's relates (Dan, you know what i'm talking about...)
Details: Gesso, Watercolor Crayons, Acrylic Paint, Mod Podge, Antique Clock Face, Computer key, "Twistables" Rainbow Crayons, and Clippings from computer & vintage magazine.
That is actually a photo of me as the white rabbit (from high school...although, I still look similar to that.) I seem to endjoy rabbit suits. Who-duh-thunk-it?
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