http://greasy.com/jondude/index.html jondude's Blog en-us © 01:29:14 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Mon, Jul 01:29:14 7 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/jondude/sunday_cats_.html Doobie a.k.a. 'Babydude' likes to help out when I am in the bathroom. The cubby top belongs to him. He will be two on Labor Day. Bunjii has rejoined us in the rest of the house (He was isolated in the guest room upstairs for 4 weeks during his recuperation from surgery.) He has claimed a shelf where I stack hand towels as his bathroom domain. Nobody will pester him there. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:28:33 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/bunjii_celebrates_independence.html I'mm FREE! I got outa the room TOday! Now I kaNN be One of the Guyz agin! Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:05:44 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/boom_.html I know my history. Independence Day is celebrated here each July 4 to commemorate the day Will Smith blew up the alien mother ship and saved the planet Earth from those damn strange-looking interlopers with skulls like manta rays that vaporized LA and several other cities around the world. What a movie! Fireworks is the way we celebrate it. Until the first Independence Day we ignored fireworks. Fireworks was the plaything of the elite. French kings and queens gathered in their splendid par ... Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:22:05 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/shashlik_.html Chunks of strip steak Red Onion Roma tomatoes Yellow & Orange bell peppers Stick with skewers and grill. Serve with a red wine. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:15:49 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/cat_hat_.html There once was a cat who begat a painting of things on a hat, but sadly it seems that the hat wouldn't fit 'cause his head was too fat. (Anyway, here are some pics of what the hat looked like before I sent it off to the Farm Bureau. For details on how to vote, go to http://www.jondude.com/art.htm and see the bottom left column. Voting should begin some time in August. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:50:22 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/painting_minus_frame_.html Autumn Poplars 01 8" high by 10" wide Framed but shown here without frame copyright 2008 by Jon L. Adams Acrylic on canvas www.jondude.com/art.htm (See it framed on previous post) My work is heavily textured with built-up paint and gesso. This is a very textural work. The varnish is matte. I include a Certificate of Authenticity with all paintings. $280 plus shipping Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:56:45 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/autumn_poplars_painting_.html I am going to enter this one tomorrow or Thursday in the Seneca County Fair. I enjoy working on these small canvases. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:12:33 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/tuesday_ruby_baseball_.html There is a restaurant over in Findlay, a chain, that usurped their name from a Rolling Stones tune. Ruby Tuesdays is a pretty good place for lunch. When I take my Uncle Jim along on my monthly trip over to the "big" city (50,000 pop.) we lunch on his wallet. Usually we go to Cheddars, Olive Garden or some other sit-down joint like The Red Pig. This week Ruby Tuesdays had a coupon deal in the paper. I want to utilize it, because it will just about pay for a gallon of gasoline and it takes a ... Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:31:53 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/twenty-five_.html 1- What is your favorite food? Scratch Macaroni & Cheese 2- Do you ever watch "Cash Cab"? No. 3- What do you think of Drew Carey as the new host of "The Price is Right?" Never watch it. 4- When it is really warm, do you ever walk around the house naked? No. 5- Are you a coffee drinker? Every waking moment. 6- Do you like reality shows? Absolutely not! 7- Enjoy being scared? I've been there and done that. 8- Of all the cities you have traveled to, what is your favorite? Venice or Florence, ... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:41:11 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/good_news_bunjii.html Here's the deal: Bunjii's tumor has been finally diagnosed, prognosed, stuck, needled, amplified, verified and categorized. It is not cancerous. Not even close. (Bunjii - left - with Satch and Rosebud) It is a kind of tumor that began appearing in felines and some dogs a few years ago. It appears rarely but in all circumstances it appears in the spot where pets were formerly inocculated by needle --- when vets would use combination injections. Those injections have been fading away since t ... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:16:46 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/stitches_.html Today Bunjii will have the stitches removed. NOTE: UPDATE FOLLOWS THIS PART. Isn't the shirt cute? Thanks to Catdancer for the loan of his temporary wardrobe. I will keep using it for him after he is released into the rest of my house. The cats do play and the little one, Doobie, picks on Bunjii. I may just keep him for a few more days and nights in the guest room, to make sure the incisions hold after the stitches are out. He seems to be comfortable with being up there. I spend some time ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:08:04 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/hat_done_.html I wrapped it up Tuesday night and let it dry, gave it a good coat of acrylic polymer (matte) varnish) and went to bed. Yesterday I put it in its box along with my entry for our county. I added my bio, which was required. Then I took it to a friend who has a photography studio and we shot pics of the hat and me (also required.) Today I take it over to the Farm Bureau office at the county fairgrounds and bid it farewell. I showed it to another pal yesterday, and took it over to show my mothe ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:32:23 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/oh_no_one_.html 50 Things 1. What do you add to your coffee? One sugar & some half 'n half. 2. What are you reading now? Dark Nature by Lyall Watson 3. Do you own a gun? Not any more 4. Are you registered to vote? Yes and yes 5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? no 6. What do you think of hot dogs? Only at a ball park 7. Favorite Christmas Song? I have no favorite. 8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee, unless it is very very early morning, and then it would be single malt sco ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:01:48 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/colorist_.html Every now and then I hold a painting class at the Art Guild. One of the first things I say is this: "We are painting, not making copies of photographs. It is no coincidence that when the first photographs appeared about 1850, painters were liberated from being photographers. They started painting in the 'style' we call Post Impressionism. So we are going to paint color and form as we wish to paint it, not as we see it. Make your paintings look like they were painted. Don't attempt to smoot ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:26:40 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/painting__3.html "After The Snow" 12" x 12" (canvas on double-thick stretcher frame, no frame required. Painted on 2" sides, also.) Gloss varnish. June 2008 Copyright Jon L. Adams Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:39:18 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/musing_monday_night_.html I posted a comment on Hayduke's story about his doctor's report on the Colonoscopy. It was in jest, of course. I don't tolerate shooting doctors. About six years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson;s Disease. I was devastated. Parkinson's is usually pretty damned fatal. I put my will on paper. I finally went to another doctor who had me try Carbidopa-Levidopa. It cost a fortune and I had to take it three times a day. It made me listless and it was difficult to stay awake. After a couple of ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:01:37 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/driving_crazy_.html This is the wall cloud that had the tornado in it which went right over my place yesterday afternoon. The funnel never touched down but it was a thick one. I went out with the camera after we got a little penny-sized hail to shoot a pic of the hailstones and looked up to see the hook cloud pass overhead. It made the hair on my head go vertical. You could hear it! ........... Speaking of hair, I was given the job by the Art Guild (for which I am no longer being a fall guy for the club's pro ... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:12:51 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/sold_painting_.html I sold the green painting (Welsh Meadow Pond). A lady in Emeryville, CA bought it. That's two this month! Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:27:50 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/predicting_musing_.html I am no longer a heavy investor. For one thing I am semi-retired, recently divorced, and nearly a pauper because of those points. My legal fees in the giant peeing contest of 2002 to 2005 were over 46,000. Add that to the excruciating terms of the split and here I am. I do have some cash left in my Keogh (I was self employed for over 30 years.) I must carefully husband that cash so that there will be enough money to bury my now 90-year-old mother and hopefully dispose of my own remains som ... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:30:12 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/return_sport_.html I awoke about 5:30 a.m. and punched the Krups for coffee. I fed the cats, moaning and groaning as I do until I got water on my face and a Ketoprofen in my stomach. Then I showered and shaved and went out to read the slim little newspaper. Wait! It is Thursday! It is my men's club golf morning out on the course! What the Hell... I'm going this time! It has been five and a half weeks since I snapped my damned hamstring and I no longer have any pain associated with it. I went back in and got ... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:47:36 GMT