Author Archives: Joe

Killing Off the Birthday Sketchbook

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Joe

I finished up the Ticonderoga UCreate tablet that I received as a birthday gift this past fall. I’ve used these sketchbooks before, and the price and size are right, but they just aren’t as special as the mysterious Sketchbooks from … Continue reading →

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Last Weekend for The Pool

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Joe

Our neighborhood pool is still open and will remain open until Labor Day. This is an unusual but welcome move for the parks and recreation department. They are usually closed by now, but I’m not going to think too hard … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphor: Sports, Mountains and Music

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Joe

This is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide as a learning tool for executive coaches in order to develop their clients’ leadership skills. This visual metaphor is a three panel, sequential cartoon that illustrates this client’s … Continue reading →

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We Were Warned

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Joe

Usually we all have a good laugh at the way authors, illustrators and filmmakers of the past imagined the future. It’s usually little men from Mars or silver needle spaceships or hulking automatons serving sinister masters. That isn’t the case … Continue reading →

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Weird Channel Workaround on the Roku

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Joe

One of my more popular posts on this website is The Wonderfully Weird Channels on the Roku which was about the more obscure offerings on my favorite set-top streaming box. Sadly, my first suggested channel which was an unofficial portal … Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Joe
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With The Comico Boys

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Joe

Among the well worn stack of comics that I refer to as Barbershop Comics was an old issue of the X-Men that hit the stands late in 1981. There is nothing special about that particular issue, but the advertisement above … Continue reading →

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