tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76850682251607814192024-03-18T21:37:16.581-07:00Polkabats.comConcerning Dutch Wooden Sneakers, Biscuits in the Wind,
and other nonsense from Calef BrownCalef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-10238183253823688132010-05-28T11:05:00.001-07:002010-05-28T11:23:49.234-07:00Satellites<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HcDp16nO-huP86I4MCjks_5s37tMLfAmAcMUEfy9v7jp-5k7-ehIRnoi1pnfEj8Dhl9BH_qOb2ssLJMX0vrypOeuimNCjWVfM1N8Nony0tLzbd4orBp9PvNbmfN5-YWOauNOL2t2iC4q/s1600/satellites-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HcDp16nO-huP86I4MCjks_5s37tMLfAmAcMUEfy9v7jp-5k7-ehIRnoi1pnfEj8Dhl9BH_qOb2ssLJMX0vrypOeuimNCjWVfM1N8Nony0tLzbd4orBp9PvNbmfN5-YWOauNOL2t2iC4q/s400/satellites-LR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476387516251456034" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Satellites know of our whereabouts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Within a few inches, or thereabouts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Is this something anyone cares about?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">They'll tell us, I hope, when there's bears about.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-8083777419713870662009-11-02T17:31:00.000-08:002009-11-02T17:33:56.299-08:00Polkabats and Octopus Slacks - The Music!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0LXZst8-XP042cm9WQBjUzymJjT8ZHoar2vTWs_IzmRSt1sn7OArbhJzBNv6SGOIO7naxj8NJlY-D0Mn2kJIRp5jvGSbYM19ydvvyYuVszhzNr0rDSDXMvDk1bhyphenhyphen1fIlh46pQRIcVtvk/s1600-h/polkaCD-photo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0LXZst8-XP042cm9WQBjUzymJjT8ZHoar2vTWs_IzmRSt1sn7OArbhJzBNv6SGOIO7naxj8NJlY-D0Mn2kJIRp5jvGSbYM19ydvvyYuVszhzNr0rDSDXMvDk1bhyphenhyphen1fIlh46pQRIcVtvk/s400/polkaCD-photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399684471460954754" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0LXZst8-XP042cm9WQBjUzymJjT8ZHoar2vTWs_IzmRSt1sn7OArbhJzBNv6SGOIO7naxj8NJlY-D0Mn2kJIRp5jvGSbYM19ydvvyYuVszhzNr0rDSDXMvDk1bhyphenhyphen1fIlh46pQRIcVtvk/s1600-h/polkaCD-photo.jpg"></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color:#323232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Polkabats and Octopus Slacks - The Music!<br />Songs by Clementown (Chris Beaty and Kate Lynch)<br />from Poems by Calef Brown.<br />Now available for purchase at CDBaby.com<br />or download on itunes.<br /><br />28 Songs from all the poems in </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color:#323232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Polkabats and Octopus Slacks </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color:#323232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and Dutch Sneakers and Fleakeepers.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#323232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#323232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Highwire 66!<br />Eliza's Jacket!<br />Moon Reunion!<br />Dutch Sneakers!</span></span></span></h3></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First review on Zooglobble.com is a good one. (date of the review on the site is Oct. 26th)</span></span></div></span></div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-55612078984083949472009-10-31T09:57:00.001-07:002009-11-02T17:35:02.342-08:00A Poem for Halloween<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmszy8LVCSvv_I58hzjEpyfFbGWYPWlrMAkVAu0FdQuFZmLkOi9TmF0UcgHiZMaG2ZYki9jqIN5Uw3UZTR4tODyX_Y5Jqgr61GvHnN9npPMyg2z1RIrC9ucvC1iYe6IHkf3XXUWCQxxyV/s1600-h/hawthorn1aLR.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmszy8LVCSvv_I58hzjEpyfFbGWYPWlrMAkVAu0FdQuFZmLkOi9TmF0UcgHiZMaG2ZYki9jqIN5Uw3UZTR4tODyX_Y5Jqgr61GvHnN9npPMyg2z1RIrC9ucvC1iYe6IHkf3XXUWCQxxyV/s400/hawthorn1aLR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398809405914326162" border="0" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />The Hawthorn Berry<br /><br />Let’s take a trip<br />to East Londonderry<br />and pay a visit<br />to The Hawthorn Berry –<br />the last old gothic apothecary.<br />It’s a gathering place<br />for weary undertakers<br />to relax and chat<br />over nightshade boilermakers<br />and other odd toddies.<br />They talk about funerals<br />and dead bodies–<br />the tricks of the trade,<br />how crypts are made,<br />and helpful hints<br />like which tints of makeup<br />make cheeks appear rosiest.<br />Which headstones are costliest.<br />Which coffins are coziest.<br />Even the nosiest<br />eavesdroppers, gawkers,<br />and local loud talkers<br />find the atmosphere calming.<br />it must be the candles<br />and herbs for embalming<br />down at Hawthorn Berry –<br />the last old gothic apothecary.<br /><br />© calef brown 2009</span></span>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-35744424196738198712009-09-03T13:44:00.000-07:002009-09-03T13:51:58.753-07:00TV TaxiTelevision Taxicab, what a way to travel!<div>Another poem from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flamingos-Roof-Calef-Brown/dp/0618562982/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Flamingos on the Roof.</span></a></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxX6TZPXXaZTt46AhWau8F8IP523DWi5lnonNpUbPg102R8khkLCKOr7gps2SjZXq08XAWVXMirWsW-KfkoHA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Also on<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeE_QzP9C_I"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">Youtube</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">.</span></div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-27742734634839388892009-09-01T14:13:00.000-07:002009-09-01T14:18:58.425-07:00Dooce.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeYisQzEcE5lvvi6Y0dPZShCyBTsh0nDOhmVZtjLscQ4yp5gqpcDqFhFdKJfvlQOyeJG37EGnWBd9_YOWckIeNcPP39XMzS3TExvSs8SOgpkez4tAliht_aDwF-lyKUUyn8qjWh7y2eKp/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeYisQzEcE5lvvi6Y0dPZShCyBTsh0nDOhmVZtjLscQ4yp5gqpcDqFhFdKJfvlQOyeJG37EGnWBd9_YOWckIeNcPP39XMzS3TExvSs8SOgpkez4tAliht_aDwF-lyKUUyn8qjWh7y2eKp/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376611076269810130" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">A very flattering and kind mention</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of my book</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Polkabats-Octopus-Slacks-14-Stories/dp/0395854032/ref=ed_oe_h"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Polkabats and Octopus Slacks</i></b></span></span></span></a><div><a href="http://www.dooce.com/daily-style/2009/08/31/polkabats-and-octopus-slacks"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">here</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> on the well known blog</span></span><a href="http://www.dooce.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dooce.com</span></span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to my sister Phebe</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">for introducing me to Dooce, one of her favorite blogs.</span></span></div></div></span>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-60775191231910593012009-09-01T14:07:00.000-07:002009-09-01T14:20:10.803-07:00The Crystal Bowling Ball<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">A short video I made of the poem </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">The Crystal Bowling Ball</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">from my book </span></span><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flamingos-Roof-Calef-Brown/dp/0618562982/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">Flamingos on the Roof</span></span></span></a></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Read beautifully by John </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">McDonough.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">The </span></span><a href="http://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.show_prod&prod_id=9A058"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">Audio CD</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> is available too, from Recorded Books.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Also on youtube </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNwc4BJ8zE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">here</span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwyZfNYpTJVpKu7TYEIia_8DJe1px-jvjfYlSsbPnqjhSWKY0IZDyn-_bs9BnB5MRMz8BoJzSWnLTC6F_JsAQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-30186272421816958222009-07-28T06:47:00.000-07:002009-07-28T07:04:35.278-07:00School Visits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit16.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit16.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit21.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit19.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit19.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit11.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 535px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit12.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 535px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit17.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit17.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit14.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit13.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 603px; height: 799px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit8.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/schoolvisit8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div>Here are some photos, as well as wonderful artwork </div><div>created by students at schools I visited this spring.<div>Thanks to everyone at Woodland, Arrowhead, Worcester, </div><div>Audobon, Eagleville and Forest Park elementary schools,as well as Springside School.</div></div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-43868756271090100842009-01-27T09:46:00.000-08:002009-01-27T10:20:47.736-08:00Greece! Rome! Monsters! Art!I recently received a wonderful email from Rainier,who created this amazing wall hanging<br />for her son Gabriel. The project was inspired by his interest in Greek mythology,<br />and by extension, the book that I illustrated titled <span style="font-weight: bold;">Greece! Rome! Monsters!</span><br />Check out the beautiful bead and fabric renderings of my paintings. I'm very flattered<br />to have such fantastic skill and effort put into bringing them to life in another medium.<br />Thanks Rainier, for sharing this cool project!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/gettycvr-for-site1a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 682px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/gettycvr-for-site1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 480px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0004.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0017.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0017.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02303.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02299.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0008.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02293.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02293.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02297.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/DSC02297.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0006.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/IMG_0006.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-120896609532019532009-01-14T09:16:00.001-08:002009-01-14T09:19:54.296-08:00Don't be a<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/sofaspud2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 323px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/sofaspud2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />couch 'tater. You'll regret it later.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-54016199101856343162009-01-09T14:08:00.000-08:002009-01-09T14:22:19.175-08:00The Yggyssey!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 576px; height: 791px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/yggy-photo2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I just recieved my first hardback copy<br />of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Yggyssey </span><span>by</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Daniel Pinkwater</span>.<br />It's the sequel to his amazing novel <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Neddiad</span>.<br />I did the cover art , as well as a small ink illustration for<br />each of the sixty-nine chapters.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-199148351739710662008-12-31T11:12:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:18:30.496-08:00School Cafeteria Food.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/willb-poem1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 584px; height: 461px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/willb-poem1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/willb-poem2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 584px; height: 477px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/willb-poem2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some things never change. Gross school cafeteria food for instance.<br />Will, a local poet, artist, and all around cool kid sent me this<br />awesome poem and drawing. "The Mac n' Cheese is made with...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">glue!</span> "–you'd think they'd at least use wheat paste,<br />but <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Nooooooo!</span>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-40459023488244119262008-12-11T08:59:00.001-08:002008-12-13T13:40:26.047-08:00The Holiday Elephant<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/card-forblog2a-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 711px; height: 800px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/card-forblog2a-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />December eleventh is traditionally the day when the Holiday Elephant<br />makes his yearly appearance. Brandishing a pagoda tree<br />and a bucket of candy canes, he meanders through every town and metropolis<br />delivering pickled licorice to the fickle populace. Hooray for the Holiday Elephant!Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-80553338738462566042008-12-01T12:24:00.000-08:002008-12-01T12:34:53.922-08:00Speaking of Birds...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/coloringbk2-LR-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 417px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/coloringbk2-LR-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a drawing done for a project called<br />Los Pajaros del Arcoiris – Rainbow Birds - created by<br />Foi Jimenez Jurado and Charles Glaubitz.<br />It's a coloring book that will be sold to raise funds to donate to a<br />charity of poor and orphaned children in Tijuana, Baja California,<br />where both artists live.The book will be printed in an edition of 1000,<br />distributed and put on sale in various locations and art exibitions.<br />I will post more information when the project is complete<br />and books are available.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-69547441119620163222008-12-01T10:08:00.000-08:002008-12-01T10:13:09.058-08:00Sketchbook – Birds and Creatures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/birds-dr1-clr1-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 443px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/birds-dr1-clr1-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/creatures-dr1-exp2-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 632px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/creatures-dr1-exp2-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Two sketchbook drawings with color added. Where are they headed?Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-14728285733462385012008-11-20T09:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T09:46:39.190-08:00Cool House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/dreamhouse-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 592px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/dreamhouse-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my dreamhome. I didn't dream about it, it's just a cool house.<br />It wasn't designed by Rem Koolhaas, but he's cool too.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-2735381987782234392008-11-10T12:31:00.000-08:002008-11-11T06:49:59.814-08:00From Reginald to Marjory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/octo1a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/octo1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I first saw this note on the stair tread of an escalator at the mall.<br />I was afraid to pick it up, however, because one should<br />never go near any of the moving parts of an escalator with one's hands.<br />I don't even hold the moving banister-belt thing. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">surf</span> escalators.<br />Luckily, when someone brushed past me, the note stuck<br />to the bottom of their shoe. It was angrily shaken from said shoe a few moments later<br />just opposite SpatsUnlimited, which was, coincidentally, my destination at the mall.<br />I had just finished watching the World Butler Championship,<div>or WBC, as they call it, and wanted to get a pair of those sweet<br />Nike Sportspats endorsed by Albert "Chives" McGinterly.<br />Anyhow, I digress. The note. Yes. It sounds like an awkward situation, I hope<br />that everything worked out.</div>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-75156807464698417952008-11-05T11:22:00.000-08:002008-11-05T11:24:21.133-08:00Happy Day !!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/happiness1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 614px; height: 800px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/happiness1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />November 5th 2008 !Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-73615057060089023212008-11-02T13:47:00.000-08:002008-11-02T13:53:08.799-08:00Go Skeleton, Go !!!<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyE1RdU4e0y3m8wQEz4lY_OfBDmyXAcKOk8bJOEEugZBXUZLr6l06paAxcDyQVQmOP5_PzQ-dsBeEpjT67TwQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Animation & music by <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.willamato.com">Mr. Will Amato</a>.<br />Drawings by yours truly.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-7047030820883516482008-10-29T10:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T13:15:55.370-07:00Mockingbird, Chickadee, and Egret<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Tippinchoir2a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Tippinchoir2a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Tippinchoir2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Tippinchoir2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Birds seem to figure in somewhere in all my books,<br />either in the text or the paintings or both.<br />Always wonderful to draw or paint, and<br />bird names are so much fun<br />to play around with in poems.<br />This is a spread from my book <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tippintown : A Guided Tour</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />concerning The Tippinfeather Choir,<br />Tippintown's premier avian A capella ensemble.<br />(Well, not completely A capella, because the mockingbird<br />plays the lyre. This is a little joke about how<br />a mockingbird plays the <span style="font-style: italic;">liar</span>, when it imitates other birds.<br />Maybe liar is a bit strong. Plagiarist? Or maybe the mockingbird<br />is just sampling sound. In Pasadena we had a local mockingbird<br />that would imitate a car alarm.)<br />And the poor loon. He can't seem to remember<br />the words to the song even with sheet music.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 408px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR1b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 503px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR1b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR1a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/SOUP-egret-LR1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Soup-chickadee1-LR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 513px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Soup-chickadee1-LR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a Poem called The Egret, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Soup for Breakfast</span>.<br />It was inspired by the doodle and the little five line poem,<br />above, in a sketchbook.<br />Sparrows and swallows, cuckoos and cockatoos,<br />and whippoorwills on windowsills. I'll continue to<br />bring birds into my writing and art,<br />even if they get sick of me.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-51534105408700163032008-10-27T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:07:15.166-07:00A Halloween Poem<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/leprechauns-1b-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 557px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/leprechauns-1b-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Leprechauns<br /><br />Every Halloween<br />it's always the same routine –<br />a couple local leprechauns<br />causing a noisy scene.<br />All this raucous ruckus<br />over a rotten nectarine.<br />Hector wants to squash it,<br />but Pierre is being mean.<br />Neither one is wearing any green.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">© Calef Brown 2006</span>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-45023521191230215182008-10-25T14:15:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:10:25.669-07:00Soup and Grandpa's Mustache<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Soup-photo1-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 640px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/Soup-photo1-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My new book <span style="font-weight: bold;">Soup for Breakfast</span> is available now,<br />a couple weeks ahead of the official publication date.<br />This is one of my favorite poems in the book.<br />It concerns my nasally hirsute grandfather.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxgqltNZxG3DgtsxFdhP7UU7MBvGbfuuuNqMVWXiqroiL7RGiuw3dPcGyXEWKSSrQvdhJUqAYgk5qfvQ1Hysw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-90472375493268485612008-10-23T13:36:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:52:06.087-07:00Eschew the Stew<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/soup-monster2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 591px; height: 648px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/soup-monster2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone,<br />and I mean <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">everyone</span>,<br />tried to tell Sue<br />to eschew the stew<br />at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chez Snafu</span>.<br />So what does she do?<br />She orders it anyhow.<br />It doesn't seem as funny now.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-54775855743215611532008-10-21T12:39:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:01:04.197-07:00A Swarm of Snails<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink10.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/snail-ink12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was in Providence last weekend, reading<br />and signing books at the<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rhode Island Festival</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">of Children's Books and Authors</span>,<br />which was wonderful, lots of fun!<br />When I sign copies of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Polkabats and Octopus Slacks</span><br />I usually draw a snail along with my signature –<br />a nod to the poem <span style="font-weight: bold;">Snails</span>, in the book.<br />As I was dooding the aforementioned creatures,<br />I reflected on how satisfying and easy they are to draw.<br />When i returned home, I pulled out a jar of india ink<br />and some brushes, and drew a swarm of 41 snails.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catsnails, Dogsnails, even a Calaverasnail</span>.<br />Halloween is coming, after all.Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-57289796376540686282008-10-15T09:09:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:38:56.954-07:00My Great Grandfather Taught Me To Skateboard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/GGranpa-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/GGranpa-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />True story.<br />"Grab yer rollerplank!", he bellowed.<br />"I'll tow ye down the post road with my velocipede"!Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685068225160781419.post-23579841922009320792008-10-12T12:23:00.000-07:002008-10-12T12:40:01.730-07:00R is for....<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span><img src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/randomrobot2-LR.jpg" height="400" width="600" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span><img src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/polkabucket/rhinorejects.jpg" height="400" width="600" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br />R</span>andomly <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">R</span>earranged <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">R</span>obot <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">R</span>emains</span><br />and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">R</span>hinoplastic <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">R</span>ejects!</span>Calef Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535964044682158468noreply@blogger.com2