Friday, October 31, 2003

Two Can Play: Self-Portrait



I was feeling fragile and somewhat invisible tonite, stuck at home after surgery on one of the few holidays I enjoy. So I made a self-portrait.



Now I'm an artist too, mothafuckas.

Hardcore Portraits Part 2



Something weird inspired me to make a portrait of Cher. Anyone want a t-shirt of this?



Happy Halloween!

Thursday, October 30, 2003

Hardcore Portraits

My newest thing is making portraits. For $475 USD and I'll make a large (approx 30"x40") original acrylic on canvas portrait of you (or anyone else). He's a sample:


Send photos to me: email.

Here's some more samples for you viewing pleasure:

Popeye Doyle

Beastie Boy Mike D.

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Google Search...continued



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Do the Grumpty Grump


Man, Freshmilk sure has been grumpy lately. OK I stand corrected in reference to Curbed Enthusiasm and will not take it personally that I was not invited to participate. I suppose Lowbar is all about the creative synergy of disparate pursuits.




HARK, AN IMPOSTER!!! I too did a google search on "Captain Heinous" and found an imposter posing with his wimpy Mercedes. However, he has a typo in his name so he may be off the hook (Captain's Heinous). I will continue to investigate.

Friday, October 24, 2003

Aes

Quoth Jim Caple on ESPN.com: "I feel for Giambi, who was an engaging, entertaining free-spirit during his days in Oakland. He never should have signed with the Yankees. First they made him shave and get a haircut, and then they erased the personality from his hard-drive. He looks like a lion trapped in a zoo. He's the Stepford Slugger."

Fuken das Yanken.

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Heinously Googled


A search for "Captain Heinous" on Google yields the following:


"Why don't you lard-ass complainers get out there and go see what the client wants! If you wouldn't sit in the office all day, maybe you wouldn't need a $700 chair. [No disrespect for the physically disabled]."


-not sure what that means but interesting anyway.

Captain, Lay Off the Crack

1) How is Curbed Enthusiasm not to be considered original Lowbar content? Written, produced, and directed by Lowbar patriarch Tim Moynihan, and starring fellow Lowbarbarians Howie H and BK F, it is Lowbar Entertainments's first foray into the film world. As an official selection to the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and headline feature at the Oakland Embassy, it's been a real hit for the gang. Plus, two different Lowbar t-shirts are featured in the film, exactly two more than you could get into USA Today when they did that story on your defunct beach house.

2) Aesfanzen does not belong to Freshmilk. It is as much, if not more, the brainchild of ApeRobot...but it belongs to the people of Eichenlandd, and AesFanzen the world over.

Re: Re: Lottery Advice...OY!


I've decided not to buy up all the combinations and try my luck with the lottery ticket forensic experts should I win. The ticket is in so-so shape and I think they would be able to trace it back to the store.


By the way, I've just spent the last hour getting aquainted with Friendster. I've heard about it from multiple places and finally decided to take the plundge. Friendster is a perfect example of a what Seth Godin would call an Idea Virus.


BTW, if I win the $96 Mil I plan on building a bar called "Low" .

Re: Lottery Advice...OY!


Howie, I've gotsta go with BK on this one, give it up man, save it for when no one wins that one and then it goes to 200M+. However, you could try to run what the Aussies did for the DC lottery several years ago where they had investors put in a few million smackeroos, ran a list of all the possible combinations of numbers, and hired a bunch of "stooges" to buy up tickets and this is what they did. At the second after the last drawing, the stooges, with their assigned lists of numbers to buy, lined up and flooded every lottery ticket vendor they could find, buying EVERY number comination possible (this is before MegaMillions where at that time there were only 15 million or so combos). They did not buy all numbers (not enough time between drawings), but they got more than 50 or 60%. It apparantly worked because they hit it! Got busted though, for fraud somehow. Time for a cold one mate! OY!

Well BLOW Me Down!!!


I tried out Freshmilk's aesfanzen in Google and the Lowbar site actually hit #1 on the search no problemo. Then I tried Lowbar in Google to see what would happen and KABLAM, #1 result again, albeit with a Curbed Enthusiasm reference (not original LB material). Funny thing is, the #2 hit was LowBar, which oddly enough is some sort of weird something or other. I am not sure, but I think I will have to buy a new computer after going to that sight. And to think it even says "anti drug!"

Lottery Advice

I've always viewed the lottery as a chance for hopeless people to buy a glimmer of hope, albeit short-lived, for a buck. If you go buy 27 more tickets, you're going to lose $27. So don't bother.

Plus, if somehow you do match the first 5 numbers, you'll be all over the news.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

I'm in a bit of a quandry



Last night as I was trying to sleep my mind raced. The California Lottery is up to $95 mil now and I purchased a ticket two nights ago. I usually just purchase one ticket. It is my way of participating in the great proletariat dream and also contribute to the idiot tax at the same time. So I forgot about the whereabouts of the ticket and decided to do some laundry. Lo and behold the ticket was in my jeans and become slightly damaged as a result. I can still read the numbers except the last one (the "Mega" number). Now I'm thinking that if I match all five numbers I may have a winner and if the lottery commission can acertain that the ticket was purchased at the convenience store where I bought my ticket then I'm probably holding a winning ticket. It would then be my hope then that the commission would grant me a win.

Since I don't know what the "mega" number was, it was a random draw, I could do is buy up all the same numbers and choose a different "mega" number. This would cost me $27, since there are 27 combinations. I don't think I will do this. However I also want to sleep and I have the kind of crazy luck where just this kind of thing happens, I win but it'll take a team of forensic scientists a month to come up with a ruling.

The lottery is held on Wednesday night. Any suggestions?

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Soon be featured at CaptainMorganHouse.com

Bombthreat.com



This past week a 19 year old male was arrested in San Francisco for making bomb threats against various public buildings like the Marcone Center and a crowded movie theater. He was disgruntled because he was denied entrance to an OracleWorld event for which he was registered (quite possibly the dumbest reason ever to make a bomb threat). He used an ingenious method for placing his bomb threat calls. He would go to ip-relay.com and type his threat in. This website is set up to help the deaf community place calls that they normally would have to place over TTY machines. The interesting thing is, anyone can use the service (deaf or not) and the content is confidential. Apparently even bomb threats can be made. So, at the risk of contributing tools to the Devil's workshop, I give you, the readers of Lowbar IP-Relay.com.

Think AIDS is a Problem in America?

I'm not saying it isn't, but this might give you an idea of what it's doing in Africa. Frightening shit. Thankfully, since George W. Bush has mandated that 1/3 of our budget to support AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa must go to preaching abstinence prior to marriage, we can be sure there's hope on the horizon! (Hope = someone else in '04)

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Pr. William, Va. Beach Have Much in Common



According to a Washington Post article that appeared today, Prince William and Virginia Beach have much in common. Of course they are talking about Prince William County and not Di's oldest son but it does cause the mind to wander a bit and try to see just how similar the Prince and the popular beach resort are.












Prince William

Virginia Beach

A camera shy, "somebody"
The last city in America to scan the faces of passing "nobodies" in hopes of capturing vacationing terrorists
Likes to hang out in barsDue to Hurricane Isabel, experienced shortage of Nutri-Grain bars

Spends nights with 19-year old models
After a murder last Thursday, has police spending nights searching for two black males driving a late model Nissan
Attends St. Andrews University, one of the finest universities in the worldThe finest drunken idiots attend Virginia Beach during the annual Spring Break from thier universities
May someday inherit the throne, thus becoming one of the richest men in the worldAfter inheriting the sniper trial may have to hire up to 10 sherrifs thus costing the city well over $1 million
Has officially declared he does not have a girlfriendDungeon and Dragons afecionado, Quasadu has offically declared that "the nachos are tasty" at the Guadalajara Grill in Virginia Beach while visiting with his attractive girlfriend, Rachel
Has a constant police escort whenever he drivesAlso provides each vistor with their own police escort since the city boasts more officers than any other jurisdiction in Virginia





Sunday, October 12, 2003

Airborne



Wednesday, October 08, 2003

Joy to the Hurled




I run to keep in shape, but I do like to drink Lite Beer. Now I have fairly accurately figured out that I nned to run approximately .8 miles to burn off 1 Lite beer, so because I run quite a bit each week, I get to drink a lot of Lite beer. Now running is not always fun and in fact, quite often, it flat out sucks ass. For instance, I ran the Army 10 miler in a relatively impressive 79:40 (minutes jackass, and with no training) but my legs are still killing me! Apparently I am not the only one with these views because I saw this lady at the race, literally within 50 feet of the finish line, stop suddenly, and almost keel over with her hands on her knees. A guy running in front of me ran by her and asked, "Are you OK?" At that very moment she barfed what looked like three Dannon Vanilla yogurts onto her new ASICS shoes, YUCK! Well, at least I beat her.

Seven Six Two Millimiter

I couldn't sleep last night so I flipped on Full Metal Jacket, which has been playing about 6 times a day on InHD. Good quote from that movie: "The dead know only one thing: It is better to be alive." Good flick.

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

TOTAL RECALL

Why wait? Sign up to recall Arnold at www.trekkelly.com.

Election Day


Biggest surprise on the big day... A college kid was the first name on the ballot. Hats off to Daniel Watts, who I hope by some fluke of voter laziness becomes the next Governor of the world's sixth largest economy. I'm a bit bummed that I just noticed that Kurt E. "Tachikaze" Rightmyer, a middleweight sumo wrestler and Bruce Margolin, a marijuana legalization attorney also ran. I loath Arnold Schwarzenneger for running. He ruined a really cool election. I mean we could have had some really interesting guy/gal as governor and he had to wipe them all out, forcing me to vote for Bustamante.

A couple of names also caught my eye as vote worthy just due to the uniqueness of their name (this afterall would have been the chief and only reason to vote for me had I come up with the three grand to register as a candidate --Howie "Hardcore" Bag-a-donuts): Nathan Whitecloud Walton, David Laughing Horse Robinson, Reva Renee Renz, Dick Lane, Edward "Ed" Kennedy, Trek Thunder Kelly, Michael Jackson, S. Issa, Ivan A. Hall, Rich Gosse, Lorraine (Abner Zurd) Fontanes, Cheryl Bly-Chester, Vip Bhola, Badi Badiozamani, Mary "Mary Carey" Cook and Iris Adam.


Absentee voting should be ruled unconstitutional. If you can't get your fat cargo to the polls, taking part in the truly American institution of election day, then you shouldn't be allowed to vote. If a US Senator can't make it to the Floor then they don't get to vote, why should you? If you're currently residing in Guam or Florida but still want to vote in California, then get here, pay taxes and vote. It's that simple. Arnold already has the election won by the two million absentee voters. If those voters had waited until today and had seen all the negative press around Arnold's groping charges and his refusal to answer any questions until after the election (he knows he already won), I doubt they (the absentee voters) would have voted him in.

Still Alive

I can't do anything right.

Monday, October 06, 2003

BIG



Tomorrow is the big big BIG election here in California. I am a bit torn on what to do. Frankly I don't care too much for Gray Davis. Jobs (mine) have left the state, car registration fees have skyrocketed and the whole energy crisis happened on his watch. I don't think he's a good leader. I also don't like Arnold. He seems draconian, primative and I hate how he says "Sacramento fat cats". Under normal circumstances, like if Gary Coleman or Gallagher had a shot at winning I would vote to oust Davis and vote one of those fine gentlemen in. But it looks like Arnold is going to win so I must a) vote to keep Davis and b) vote for Bustamante. These are two things that I really don't want to do but oh well.


What will California be like under Arnold? My prediction: it'll be boring. We'll be bored before the inaugeration. I'm already bored. zzzzzzzzzz


I'm more interested in what happens to Prop 54. Prop 54 is basically a feel good piece of legislation that will prevent the state from collecting information on ethnic backgrounds, something that the French have been doing for years. The medical community is against it but I think it'll be interesting to see how the voters react since the language of it seems so nice and harmless.


In other news... Renegade Tiger Takes Stage, Life (BK joke, not mine) and the best damn collision in baseball happened tonight. I was asked if I felt bad for the guy. Hells no! I say, he gets paid bazillions to get knocked unconscious. What's with the cowboy hats on the Boston fans? I hope that one doesn't catch on like the rally monkey did. Why do people have to invent things like that? Somebody is actually buring the midnight oil right now, mass producing those things in hopes that they do catch on.