Not Turtle Related, but fucking awesome nonetheless

I just pre-ordered this. Limited Run of 1500 worldwide. Due out first quarter 2009. Can't wait!

So far so good.

Today I celebrate my first year without a drink or a cig. :-) Go me!

Ebay Finds

I did very well on the bay this week:







All really significant finds, and I got each of them for a reasonable price :-)

Super Huge News!

Ok so as most of you know, I have the ninja turtles and the signatures of Kevin and Peter tattooed on my arm. If you haven't seen them, click the "My TMNT Tattoos" on the right side of your screen. ANYWAY! I had emailed Kevin awhile back, asking if he would be willing to draw the background for my arm...I just got a response from him...HE SAID YES! More on this as it develops!

Little Bits of Nature

Clearly not turtle related, but neat none the less. On my way to work this morning I noticed a big red dragonfly perched on the antenna of my car. Dragonflys are one of the only insects that don't creep me out. I thought it was neat! Apologies for the crappy iPhone pic.

Balloon Turtles and SCIENCE!

So let me tell you a story about this little guy. Some time ago I went to the Magic Castle (a magician's club) for a family celebration (a birthday I think). That night one of the acts was a magician who did his entire act with balloons. He made a turtle balloon, and gave it to someone else...I was probably more upset then I should have been that I didn't get it. Well, on my way out of the door as we were leaving, I noticed that the girl who had gotten the turtle THREW IT IN THE TRASH CAN! And I thought "THAT WHORE!" as i practically jumped into the trash can to get it.

So on my way home, very happy with my turtle balloon animal, I was thinking about ways that I could keep him alive the longest. Seeing as rubber is a porous material (its gots holes ins it!) I figured keeping him in a cool place would be the best for him since the cold would make the holes in the rubber contract. HOORAY FOR THIRD GRADE SCIENCE! So I put him in the coldest place I got...the freezer. I thought I might get a few weeks out of him that way... boy was I wrong... The picture above was taken June 26th 2008...roughly THREE YEARS after I put the little bastard in the freezer. Granted, he only comes out every few months to get his picture taken...but I still think that is damn impressive for a balloon animal.

Thanks for listening to my story :-)

It's HEEEEEEERE!