Obamanation

Good Heavens! You know, we heard about all the crap this dude was going to do, but who would have thought it would have happened so stinking fast?! Taxes and taxes, oh and taxes. Ah, you rich people, you need to pay even more taxes. How many jobs do POOR people create? Oh, that's right... NONE! I am ticked about another thing he just did- he is going to affect philanthropists, making donations even harder for them and that will screw us over at work because a number of people buy sculptures to donate. Someone said that the government is making sure that you won't be able to donate, but the government has millions of dollars as grants for the arts, hence making even more people looking to the government for everything, even for gifts and donations. USSA.
And how in the heck can Harry Reed claim to be LDS? The church teaches continually about self reliance and here he is all for making sure that we are to look to the government for all our support. Numb nut. Didn't a famous, god-like (to the democrats) president once say, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"? Our current liberal idiots have probably gone over to the JFK grave and blown out the Eternal Flame.
Here is an illustration I did years ago that seems to be even more appropriate today.
OK, I think I need some cake. MMMMMMM Magleby's cake!

One More

I finished a drawing of my sister-in-law's mother this morning. I have put this one off for years, sorry Ivette! A while ago I tried painting it and I just couldn't get it looking good. So after drawing my brother John I needed something else to do. When Carl and his family were last over a couple weeks ago Ivette suggested I draw her mom. Well, I did. I don't know why but it has been a hard one to do. I hope Ivette likes it. Now I have to do a painting of Sally, our cat, for my niece.
I am excited to do a portrait of my daughter Chelsea. I have a fun idea for it, so we'll see if it works out.

Pants, How Tough Can It Be?!

Back in the days when we were young, way back, we would go to the Gap, when the Gap pretty much was all about Levi's, and buy 501's and start the tortuous ordeal of "shrink-to-fit". Man, 501's were like wearing armor for the first little while, but then they became your best friend as they fir so perfect, and they would last and last, well, sometimes they would even be past where they should be lasting. I don't know how many pairs I wore until they were nothing but holes and shreds. My mom would yell at me to chuck them and get a new pair. Such was the Jr High into High School days. (I last recall getting 27 inch waists and probably a 26 length. It was always that guessing game because of gauging the shrinkage, and not from the pool- Seinfeld reference).
Fast forward a few decades and what has happened to pants? In the 90's they had 550's- relaxed fit and a tapered leg. I really enjoyed the fit of those pants, but one day some idiot in New York decided that bell-bottoms would look cool again and the next thing you know, pants are all big and flow all over the floor! So, I left my Levi's behind and for the first time in my life bought other brand named jeans. I found that H.I.S. Jeans fit and felt real comfortable! The length was great, too. Even Brittania Jeans fit nice. Heck, I was set. Until stupid Kathy Lee Gifford got in trouble by having some sweat shops in Thailand or somewhere making her gear. Well the whole world got uppitty and the next thing I know, no more pants! (I am obviously against child labor camps to make clothes, etc. but could someone still make some blasted pants?! For the love!)
Now one thing I don't get... why do all the stores think that no one has a shorter inseam than 30? Every pair of pants I try on are about 5 inches too long. Hey, I'm 5' 6". I have asked at stores and have had referred me a number of times to go to the boys section and look at the "husky" sizes.
Jayton even took me out to the mall to his favorite stores to look. And we must have looked pretty gay together. As I mentioned before, no man should hear another man say, "I want to see you in these".
Throw in the weight loss from throughout the year and it's getting desperate.
Well, I was at Target last week and decided to try on the Authentic Levi label jeans. 30 x 30. I was happy that they fit through the waist and butt and all, but they were a wee bit long. I bought them anyways. I have washed them in hot water a couple times and dried them in the dryer. I wore them today for the first time and was pleasantly surprised to have them fit. My wife said they don't look too long, but she is probably just saying that because I have only one pair of jeans that are getting a titch shabby.
All of this to say.... I finally have a pair of jeans that fit! Newman!
And just in time for spring and the shift back to shorts.