VIRIDIAN ROASTER'S - New Guinea Blend

My favorite coffee/roasters:
VIRIDIAN COFFEE ROASTERS here in Eugene.
MY FAVORITE BLEND: New Guinea!
(NO, that's not Okon in the drawing!
It's the New Guinea Chief
Arik Grumerauke)
[ click on the bag for a bigger view ]

HOT RECESSION FOOD ITEM...Spam

Hot in recession: SPAM, Chocolate & running shoes....
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer – Sat May 16, 12:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON – It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves.
Sales of chocolate and running shoes are up. Wine drinkers haven't stopped sipping; they just seem to be choosing cheaper vintages.
Gold coins are selling like hot cakes. So are gardening seeds. Tanning products are piling up in shopping carts; maybe more people are finding color in a bottle than from sun-worshipping on a faraway beach.
Strong sales of SPAM, Dinty Moore stew and chili helped Hormel Foods Corp. post a 6 percent increase in first quarter sales in its grocery products unit.......


......The FULL story HERE.

music born grows into achtung baby music born grows into achtung baby music born grows into acht....

a quick sharpie illustration for my first silk-screening class
project at The Petersen Barn in Eugene!

"It is vain to rise early..." BIBLE VERSE STITCH ART

Cross Stitched by Mark & ©BAMmGRAPHICS;
click on the picture to get a better view!

Ribuia...my other wife!

We got a letter back this week from
Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (for reals man!)
Thanking (my other wife?!!) RIBUIA for her nice words and letter.
He didn't mention anything about the nice gift and invite she sent,
but did mention that letters like Ribuia's "....renew my confidence
about what we, as Americans, can achieve together."
CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO READ THE IMPORTANT LETTER!

I LOVE YOU RIBUIA JAQUETTE (and Rebecca Jaquette too!)
I figured if the old testament saints and patriarchs had many wives, HEY...
i can!

Death By Chocolate illustration

Jonathan Prince, inspired and pushed me to try a
'Death By..' preliminary illustration;
for a future graphic novel we're doing together.