ROBOT PAINTINGS
Robot…. Robot Rock… Sorry… I had to. I do love me some Daft Punk. I still haven’t gotten over their breakup. Anyway… My painting skills are an abomination unto art. That being said, it doesn’t stop me from trying on occasion. I actually really enjoy doing the “group painting nights”. If you’ve never done these… Everyone gets drunk and attempts to follow along with what the instructor is telling you to do. The results are always entertaining.
Read moreCUSTOM CHECKERS
Some good friends of ours have a young daughter. We’ll call her “Mel” (not her real name). Anyway, she loves playing games. All kinds of game actually. Her dad has done an incredible job of introducing her to both board games and video games. She’s a really, really smart kid. Anyway, he found his old Connect 4 set from when he was a child and wanted to share it with her. The problem is that it was missing one of the checkers.
Read moreHANDMADE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
So every year the wife and I make each other a Christmas ornament. We don’t buy each other gifts, so this ornament is a Big Deal™. Throughout the years I’ve done different stuff. Early on I put in… Less effort than I should have. She did, at one point, receive a pine cone with pom-poms glued all over it. I should remind you that I was a grown man of 34 years old at the time.
Read moreWELCOME TO MAKERINATOR
Welcome to the awkward first blog post. Usually these just end up as orphans. Someone creates a blog, writes up a first blog post, and promptly forgets the thing exists. I suspect this will be no different, but who knows? The truth is I enjoy making stuff. Sometimes it comes out good, sometimes it’s hot garbage. Either way, I don’t have a lot of people IRL that I can share it with. Hence the blog and social media accounts.
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