“We need tax cuts!”
“We need to tax the rich more!”
“More money for healthcare!”
“More money for education!”
“More money for our nation’s security!”

I don’t know about you but if I ran my business the way politicians are running our government, I’d not only be on my ass in the street – I’d probably be in jail.

What I want to ask the candidates is this.  Why is it costing so much for our country to function?

I mean, seriously.  Where are you getting your numbers?  (more…)

It’s funny how much has and has not changed in 28 years, eh?

It’s really not that difficult to get registered to vote and educate yourself on our choices and the issues, check it out:

http://www.declareyourself.com

Get up off your barstools and get involved!

Thanks to sites like Zazzle and CafePress – I can paint to my heart’s delight, sell the originals to art lovers, and then sell high-resolution prints of them on things like calenders, shirts, yard signs, mugs, bibs, tiles, and hundreds of other useful items. My family can set aside their morbid fear of being trapped in an art gallery (no touchy!), I get to pay my bills, and you get sumpin’ purdy! Woo hoo! A starving artist no more.

Seriously though, I love my CafePress ‘printables’. I have bought several of my own tiles, shirts, and other useful household items (waiting with bated breath for my Bob & Jane apron!!). Another thing besides the prices that I love about CafePress is the superb quality of their products. I have a shirt from there that has been washed a countless number of times over the past couple of years and it has yet to fade.

My compulsion to combine form and function in my work can be traced back to my youthful obsession with MacGyver. After all, if anyone can diffuse a bomb with a squirrel (more…)

I hear this stuff a lot:

“Eh, I don’t get into politics”,

or “I don’t really care what they do cuz it doesn’t affect me”,

or “I don’t have time to think about it – I have to work double shifts to pay off my bills”,

or my favorite line yet, “It all just upsets me so I don’t think about it anymore.” (more…)