Archive for March, 2009

I Put On The Wrong Glasses

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The other day when I woke up and grabbed my glasses from my night table drawer (I have to keep it in there to keep Presto from chewing on them) I picked up my old pair by accident.

But seeing as they’re very similar in prescription and appearance to my new ones I didn’t noticed until I got to work.

Not that big of a deal, right?

Well Sam Brown of ExplodingDog was taking submissions via Twitter and I threw out my situation:  I put on the wrong glasses.

Well it looks like I came up with something that caught his attention as he used it for one of his drawings:

Exploding Dog: I put on the wrong glasses

ExplodingDog: I put on the wrong glasses

And it is AWESOME.  I was always afraid that if my title was ever chosen I’d hate the result, as is the case from time to time.  But I’m pretty happy with this.

I’m going to buy a print, but I’m not sure what size.  The medium is 15×15 inches which might be too large.  Of course, if I got the smaller one I might be able to afford a book as well…  then there’s shipping to Canada and currency conversion to work out but it’s going to happen.

The Barber of St. Laurent

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Over the weekend  I got my hair cut at St. Laurent shopping center by a guy named Albert who’s been cutting hair since at least 1969 in Lebanon.

When he finished he took a fine tooth comb, hooked some cotton in the teeth and starting running it through my hair.

I was a little curious about what he was doing and he showed me that the cotton caught all those little bits of cut hair that you usually shed for what seems like weeks.

It’s so simple yet I’ve never see this “trick of the trade” before.

Lotto Ticket

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Lotto Ticket (Lot’oh Tik-it) noun:
The physical manifestation of the triumph of hope over reason.