Worst publicity postcard I've ever seen. #Frackonomics people, think before you hand stuff out.

Worst publicity postcard I've ever seen. #Frackonomics people, think before you hand stuff out., a photo by mr thepete on Flickr.

Got this handed to me on the subway a few nights ago. It's for an event called "Frackonomics" and it says it's about "Debunking the financial myths of shale gas." Want more information? TOUGH! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! Why? Because there is no other information about the talk on the card beyond the list of speakers (and their credentials) on the back. No further description of the event, no phone number, and most stunning of all, no website URL. For all I can tell, without doing further research, this could be an event that is pro-fracking. I can't tell. These days both sides of every argument cynically manipulate words and their meanings to trick people into supporting them (even if you'd support them without the spin). So, simply stating that you're "debunking myths of shale gas" is not clear enough. This reminds me of the Clean Coal campaign from a bunch of years ago, where pro-coal folks wanted to make us think Clean Coal was actually possible by sounding like they were pro-green, pro-alternative energy folks.

I did Google the word "Frackonomics" and the top hit was a video by someone. Well, I don't have time to watch some video the subject matter of which I have no idea. I've already wasted enough time Googling it. I would probably be a huge supporter of this cause, BUT I CAN'T TELL WHAT IT IS. So, if you're ever in charge of a marketing campaign and actually want people to show up for your event, please include enough information on said event so that people KNOW WHAT IT IS. Short of that, INCLUDE A FRIGGIN' URL, DAMMIT! WHAT IS THIS, 1994???

As it is, this post card is going in the trash and the event will be promptly forgotten.

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Ballpoint Adventures for February 9, 2006: Billy catches God in a contradiction...

For a guy who is supposed to be infallible it sure is easy to catch him in a contradiction.

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Delicious smelling burger and fries at The Locksmith, a local burger bar...

Delicious smelling burger and fries at The Locksmith, a local burger bar..., a photo by mr thepete on Flickr.

Mouth engage watering!

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I'm at Locksmith Bar!

Having dinner with @SierraRein at the local burger bar.

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Ballpoint Adventures for February 8, 2006: Billy knows it's so easy to make God look silly.

Ever since I was a kid, I felt that, if there really was a God, he was a pretty insecure dude to need us all praising him all the time.  I mean, really?  Your penis is that small, God? ;)

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Check out my photography at http://thepetecom.Imagekind.com!

Check out my photography at thepetecom.Imagekind.com!, a photo by mr thepete on Flickr.

I'm planning to add new pictures every week. These will be photos available only in the pages of thepete.mag (mag.thepete.com) and in my Imagekind gallery (photography.thepete.com) or nowhere else at all. I hope you find some photos you want to hang on your wall! Please check them out and check back often. Follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/thepete) as I'll be tweeting about updates to my Imagekind gallery along with updates about other stuff, too (follow @thepetecom (twitter.com/thepetecom) for just my blog updates). I'm so psyched to get my work in front of everyone!

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Draw Every Day 3/19/12: Pig tails seemed like such a good idea...

Inspired by the funky hairstyles and fierce attitude of a friend of mine, I was trying to make a female assassin character with two pig tails that looked like horns or even wings.  However, I got the angle wrong and decided to go for a more humorous take. I'll give this character another go tomorrow.

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Ballpoint Adventures for February 7, 2006: Billy calls a spade, a spade.

And don't use that stupid "He works in mysterious ways" crap. The Earth is acting pretty screwy, and kinda always has.  Earthquakes, famines, floods, disease, etc, seems like a pretty nonsensical way to run an existence. It almost looks like it's an accident that we even survived this long... if I didn't know better.... OH WAIT, I DO.  Yes, life is an accident--an amazing accident and that's why we should cherish it.

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Draw Every Day 3/18/12: ink drawing on the subway

Drew this in about fifteen minutes before my stop on the A line.  Most of the detail on the upper right was filled in from memory, however.

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Ballpoint Adventures for February 6, 2006: God pays a visit!

"Ballpoint Adventures" takes on the idea of God, once again in this strip (and the several that followed it back in 2006), hope, if you're a person of faith, that you can handle it!

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Ballpoint Adventures for March 26, 2012: Billy breaks it to the world about cat heaven

I know people mean well when they say one person or another, who has passed away, has gone to heaven. However, it seems a little silly to attribute a heaven to cats (or any animals) given that, according to the Bible, getting into heaven for humans requires one to accept Jesus, etc.

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Draw Every Day for 3/17/12: Lovesick Anime Girl

This is loosely based on a screencap I took of an episode of the anime "Ano Natsu de Matteru" a fun, but silly anime about a summer when a film nerd falls in love with a cute alien red headed girl. This is just me doing my best to mimmic the style. I wasn't aiming for a copy, I just used it as a base.

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I'm at Glass House Tavern!

Celebrating @SierraRein's birthday...

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Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: Perfect Building Experience for a Quiet Friday at Home

I picked this up to help destress after a very rough week. It didn't solve all of my problems, but it did help. Check out my flickrset for an alternative way to view the below pics.

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle

Nothing relieves stress like a Nanoblocks set. I think, in some ways, I like them better than Lego. In this pic I already have the fuel tank and one of the rocket boosters done.

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle

Here is the completed fuel tank/dual rocket booster combo all done. I have to admit that I don't like the single point of contact between the boosters and the fuel tank. It makes for an easy-to-make-look-wrong situation. After I got the shuttle on there I stared at it wondering why it looked so crooked, then I realized it was just the boosters. :P

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle

The shuttle about four rows in. I've already made two mistakes, only one of which I've caught. The other one I'll fix after the fact (the bottom layer of pieces were one peg too forward in relation to the rest of the shuttle. Not a huge problem in the end, but a PitA, anyway.

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle

The shuttle is starting to look like a shuttle!

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: Cracked tile!

The shuttle is done, but there's a crack in one of the tiles! That's bad news when the shuttle starts reentry--better fix it now!

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: FIXED!

WHEW. Good thing Nanoblocks always come with plenty of extra pieces. Cracked tile problem fixed! ;)

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: Shuttle, Fuel Tank and Boosters DONE!

You can see that pesky single point of contact on the right rocket booster being a PitA in this shot. Don't know why they did it that way. Both boosters need at least two points. :/

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: the Gantry Begins!

Wow--this is where the project go REALLY challenging (not to mention kinda boring). The gantry, itself (the tall part, I mean) consisted of a LOT of single pegs over and over and over. Yuck...

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: Slow Progress on the Gantry

Sooo much further/farther to go.

Nanoblocks Space Shuttle: Putting the Shuttle in Place!

Almost theeere!

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Monkey Bread! It's bread made for/by/from actual monkeys!

Monkey Bread! It's bread made for/by/from actual monkeys!, a photo by mr thepete on Flickr.

Now available at my local Deal$ store for just $3.50. Ever notice how food that is crap for you is so much cheaper than healthy food? But I guess it's ok since this stuff is "Great for Breakfast & Snacks Any time of Day!" BUT FOE GOD SAKE MAN "KEEP FROZEN" or Satan will win. WAIT--0g trans fat? Well, I suppose arsenic has no trans fats, either.

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Ballpoint Adventures for February 5, 2006: Drawing the Prophet (as a flower)

Tee-hee.  I love how some folks believe they have to do God's work FOR God.  You'd think God, of all entities, would be able to fight his own battles.  What I find the most perplexing about most faiths is that they think they can tell others how to be.  If that's true, why can't I tell them how to be? So, shouldn't we all just shut up about how each other should live?  (Aside from that whole "believing God will protect us from global warming" thing--that's a crock.)

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Good-Bye Old Buddy... RIP Ecks...

Good-Bye Old Buddy... RIP Ecks..., a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

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Ballpoint Adventures for January 31, 2006: Billy and Barbie Watch Bush's "State of the Union" Address (pt10)

I saved the best for last! ;)

So, flashback to the last guy in the White House and try and imagine a man so rock-stupid and cocksure that he waged two ultimately pointless wars. Now imagine having to listen to him lie about how great the country is doing two years before the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression. Yeah, I had quite a few jokes written for Billy and Barbie that day--this was just one of many sad, depressing, attempts to make sense of the truly fucked up eight years we all endured under Bush. ENJOY 'EM!! :D

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ThePeteTV presents: The 2nd of 2 waves of cop cars down 7th ave

This just happened minutes ago (8:10pm) on 7th ave by 25th. Any idea where they're headed? DON'T say "a donut sale".

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Ballpoint Adventures for January 31, 2006: Billy and Barbie Watch Bush's "State of the Union" Address (pt9)

So, flashback to the last guy in the White House and try and imagine a man so rock-stupid and cocksure that he waged two ultimately pointless wars. Now imagine having to listen to him lie about how great the country is doing two years before the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression. Yeah, I had quite a few jokes written for Billy and Barbie that day--this was just one of many sad, depressing, attempts to make sense of the truly fucked up eight years we all endured under Bush. ENJOY 'EM!! :D

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Ballpoint Adventures for January 31, 2006: Billy and Barbie Watch Bush's "State of the Union" Address (pt8)

So, flashback to the last guy in the White House and try and imagine a man so rock-stupid and cocksure that he waged two ultimately pointless wars.  Now imagine having to listen to him lie about how great the country is doing two years before the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression.  Yeah, I had quite a few jokes written for Billy and Barbie that day--this was just one of many sad, depressing, attempts to make sense of the truly fucked up eight years we all endured under Bush.  ENJOY 'EM!! :D

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SO excited to see the new convenience store on my block is almost ready to open (looks like a fricken casino!)

SO excited to see the new convenience store on my block is almost ready to open (looks like a fricken casino!), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

These guys are going up against an already established locally owned grocery store and a Deal$ chain store. With a facade like this I'm kinda hoping they lose. Do not want this gaudy crap in my neighborhood. :/

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Ballpoint Adventures for March 19, 2012: Why we should all vote Republican

I think this is absolutely true.

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I just favorited this from @Glinner...

"Handy tool for people who want to get something on the web without starting a blog etc t.co/PrCsrZ3O"
March 19, 2012 at 10:45AM
from: @ Glinner's original tweet.

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Draw Every Day 3/14/12: EXTINCT: the Real News Man

Killed by the hot blondes of TV news!  OK, not really, but I do think there's been way too many TV News people hired due to their hotness and not for their ability as journalists.

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I just favorited this from @urbanphoto_blog...

"entire manhattan condo towers sit empty, used solely as investment vehicles by foriegn buyers who have never seen them t.co/e4JzHj9g"
March 18, 2012 at 01:09AM
from: @ urbanphoto_blog's original tweet.

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2012: the year I actually drank a bit on St. Patrick's Day

2012: the year I actually drank a bit on St. Patrick's Day, a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

(objects in photo may be more sober than they appear)

OK, object in photo barely feels anything after not even a full beer.

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Draw Every Day 3/13/12: Jak & Jyl Art

This is art for a novella I started last year called "Jak & Jyl: After the Fall" that followed the adventures of two teenagers after the fall of human civilization. The plot sort of got taken over by my Peanuts parody, so I don't know if I'll continue with JAJ or not.  Still, I had to draw something, so this is what came out of my pen.

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Draw Every Day 3/16/12: Gorilla with a Heart

Saw a story about gorillas on "The Colbert Report" and started drawing.  The gorillas in the story hadn't killed anyone, I just screwed up the above gorilla's right hand and covered the mistake by making it gross :)

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Draw Every Day 3/12/12: (Robot) Hand Practice

I found a really cool series of hand drawings on Pixiv recently and thought they'd be perfect for me to practice off of.  Turns out, they're not.  I'm so not good at hands.  Hence, the practice.  Making them robot hands was just me artistically rationalizing mistakes. :)

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Ballpoint Adventures for January 31, 2006: Billy and Barbie Watch Bush's "State of the Union" Address (pt7)

So, flashback to the last guy in the White House and try and imagine a man so rock-stupid and cocksure that he waged two ultimately pointless wars.  Now imagine having to listen to him lie about how great the country is doing two years before the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression.  Yeah, I had quite a few jokes written for Billy and Barbie that day--this was just one of many sad, depressing, attempts to make sense of the truly fucked up eight years we all endured under Bush.  ENJOY 'EM!! :D

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Cool! @NeilTyson signed my iPad! (I don't have boobs so I had to settle.)

Cool! @NeilTyson signed my iPad! (I don't have boobs so I had to settle.), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

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Cool! @NeilTyson signed my iPad! (I don't have boobs so I had to settle.)

Cool! @NeilTyson signed my iPad! (I don't have boobs so I had to settle.), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

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Draw Every Day 3/15/12: Munny-Based Raspberry Pi Case Preliminary Sketch

I'm pretty much obsessed with the Raspberry Pi SoB (System On a Board) computer.  I ordered one ($46 shipped!) but it won't get here until August.  But I'm so  obsessed my brain has been flooded with potential uses for the thing.  My favorite so far is a portable rig, complete with a 5" display and mini keyboard, both held by an 8" Munny blank vinyl.  I just need to find a cheap portable 5" TV and an equally cheap (<$50) mini keyboard that will fit in the Munny's hands (I'm thinking a max width of 6").  The whole rig would run off of 4 AA batteries which would be mounted in the Munny's body while the RPi, itself would reside in the head, along with all the extra cables.

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