{"id":1749,"date":"2010-10-19T15:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T20:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:40:44","slug":"14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/10\/19\/14-years\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/10\/19\/14-years\/14th-card-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?fit=425%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"425,686\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"14th-Card-final\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?fit=425%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1751\" title=\"14th-Card-final\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?resize=425%2C686&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/14th-Card-final.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve said before, on holidays, anniversaries and birthdays, Tina and I exchange cards we&#8217;ve made ourselves. They are usually based on either current obsessions or bizarre &#8220;had-to-be-there&#8221; jokes.<\/p>\n<p>Tina&#8217;s card to me had to do with an episode of a reality TV show about addictions that we were both glued to for no good reason. When the star of one particular episode who was addicted to pain killers and gambling declared that\u00c2\u00a0 she felt like &#8220;the prettiest girl in the bingo hall,&#8221; we knew we were witnessing a special moment in television history. That&#8217;s all Tina needed, and that&#8217;s why her card to me has a bingo theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/10\/19\/14-years\/10-19-10-jw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?fit=425%2C352&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"425,352\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10-19-10-jw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Convicted&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?fit=425%2C352&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1750\" title=\"10-19-10-jw\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?resize=425%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-19-10-jw.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a>I had jury duty today so the theme of my card is obvious. On the inside it reads &#8220;GUILTY of Loving You!&#8221; Awwwwww &#8211; how sweet!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now in order to torment myself and all of my readers, I am embedding the video below. It&#8217;s been running through my head all day!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hGBsT35X0RQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I&#8217;ve said before, on holidays, anniversaries and birthdays, Tina and I exchange cards we&#8217;ve made ourselves. They are usually based on either current obsessions or bizarre &#8220;had-to-be-there&#8221; jokes. Tina&#8217;s card to me had to do with an episode of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/10\/19\/14-years\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[166,17,8,41,27,3664,43,5,6],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawer-cards","tag-anniversary","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-collage","tag-digital-illustration","tag-drawer-cards","tag-humor","tag-joe-williams","tag-tina-garceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-sd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41681,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/10\/07\/cosmic-maaaaaannnnn-sticks-around-for-another-birthday\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":0},"title":"Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn Sticks Around for Another Birthday","author":"Joe","date":"October 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As I have written before, it's Tina's and my tradition to exchange birthday, anniversary and holiday cards we have illustrated ourselves. 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The 2012 Edition","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the 2012 edition of my birthday card to Tina. This is the front or outside of the card. ...and this is the inside of the card which marks the Triumphant Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn! Happy birthday, Tina! \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawer Cards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/happy-birthday-tina-2012.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/happy-birthday-tina-2012.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/happy-birthday-tina-2012.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/happy-birthday-tina-2012.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2251,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/02\/14\/valentines-day-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":2},"title":"Valentine&#8217;s Day 2011","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"February 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Tina's Valentine to Joe for 2011. This is the front. Open it up for a pop-up element that Tina engineered. It's a little hard to tell from the photo below, but the pie is in 3-D! Another terrific card from the talented Tina!!!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawer Cards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/YouAreMySweetie.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":993,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/04\/27\/why-buy-the-cow\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":3},"title":"Why Buy the Cow?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"April 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Holy Cow! This was a card Tina made for an engagement. I don't think the free milk joke was her inference, but it would have been had I made it. 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