I'm sorry

Mr. Cab Driver in San Jose.

I'm sorry my tabouleh leaked from the bag onto the back seat of your cab. Especially after you were so nice to take a detour and wait for us as we ordered our gyros to go. I really should have tipped you extra or something, after my girlfriend noticed it, to help ease the pain and dismay, but I didn't have smaller bills. (How was I supposed to know that the ATM was only going to give me fifties?) And I'm sorry I was too embarassed about it to even look back at you after I got out of the car because I knew I was leaving you with a dirty car.

And here you thought I was a nice guy because you overheard me cancelling the taxi I ordered because we jumped into yours. I'm not. I'm a jerk who messes cabs and stiffs the drivers.

So in case you run into me again. I owe you a beer.

My project

I promise I will get to it next week.

Grandpa Nicknames

I love to hear nicknames people have for their grandparents. More often it seems it's the grandFATHERS who get the nicknames. Grandmother may get something like "Nana" but the really odd ones that come from oldest grandchild tend to go to grandpa's. Names like "Far-far" and "Hi-Guy."

My grandpa was "Bente." "Bente" was named by my sister. I believe it came from my grandpa trying to call her over "Vente! Vente!" (Come here.)

So for us and my cousins it was always Abuela and Bente. In fact because it was so close to the spanish number "veinte" sometimes cards we got from them would be signed "Abuela and 20."

Update for those of you coming to see me at

The schedule currently has me doing panel both Saturday and Sunday.

I just got an update on my itinerary. I will only be doing the panel on Saturday. 

So if you are coming to hear panel, then Saturday is the day to come.

See you there.

The Roberts (Creepy)

Hey a buddy of mine wrote this comic book about what happens when serial killers get old. And as if it wasn't creepy enough he said that him and the artist actually used some of their own blood in the cover art. That's pretty gross but I'm sure it won't be on the actual printed cover. But I wouldn't lick it just in case. In fact as a general rule I wouldn't recommend  licking any comic book covers. (Oh man I just know one of you is going make some disgusting remark about Liberty Meadows or someone).

My very own Animal Planet

Took the dog outside for a pee and I caught this guy sitting on my pineapple doing pushups and showing neck skin. 

At first I thought he was coming on to me. But then I saw a smaller, most likely female lizard staring back at him. I ran for my camera because I wanted to catch him flaunting his colors. When I came back I realized the girl lizard went up the tree to check the bigger lizard with even more neck skin. I tried to shoot him but he ran onto the roof. So I went back and took a picture of the poor dejected loser. 

If only this was a high school movie little guy. Then you would have totally scored with her after she learned that it's not just about neck skin and pushups; but what's inside that counts. 

I never caught one of them doing the neck thing. But I found this on the internet. 

It looked something like that.

Will the real baby AAron please...spit up

One of these is not like the other.

(Here's a hint he's the stunt double.)