http://www.glyphjockey.com/2007/02/happy-valentimes.html


http://www.glyphjockey.com/2006/03/valentimes-updated.html


http://www.glyphjockey.com/2006/02/valentimes.html

Nobody ever gave me a Valentine until I got married.

Labels: glyphjockey, love, valentines

.....1/5/08 was the 2nd anniversary of GlyphJockey. Fewer posts, but what the hey. Just hope you'll keep checking in and that I haven't lost you during the recent lull.
Year 2=
6.5 Million hits (more than double year one)
240K Visits (2.5 times that of year one)
164K unique visitors (10 times that of year one)
this translates roughly into $1.43 (yes, 143 cents) earned at my Amazon store and zero Dollar store celebrity hoochie calendars sold - so uh, it's not about monetizing, huh?

I also had a recent wedding anniversary, (a milestone one) and concluded that I had such messed up relationships when I was single because I was supposed to be with Mrs. Lex10.

Now if you're an Atheist (notice I capitalized- nice, huh?) it was probably because I was f-ing them up psychologically because I really wanted her or a reasonable facsimile (because at the time I thought I didn't have a shot).

If you're Spiritually inclined, it was because I was destined to be with her.

On that note, a quick question: What do Richard Dawkins and Penn Jillette do when they hear a song like "Into the Mystic"? Do they go, "Meh."? Believe me, I know there's no Santy Claus, but I still get moved. Only now I feel guilty about it. I don't want to be meat on a rock, and intellectual gyrations that justify it aren't helping me feel any better. Religion however is clearly just bogus self hypnosis conducted by closet egomaniacs. Screw it, where's my Alan Watts .mp3s ?!?!?

New business: The "Yow" post was me sending the wallpaper that I made for my phone to Blogger to test it. Y'see I was unable to Moblog because Blogger sends back a confirmation email with an address that is, like, 97 characters long, and the phone just aborts. They've replaced it twice, and were very nice about it, but they just don't understand mobile blogging - it's as if I lapsed into French when I tried to explain it. Blogger meanwhile, well, you're on your own, ain't ya? So, I've blocked those mails from coming to my phone, and that should work. Expect to enjoy more shit I see in real time, kids.

By the way, my phone is the same one shown in pictures of Britney Spears driving through a red light while texting. It's famous!

One friend had 5" of his colon cut out, another got fired, and then The Perfect American had a heart attack. Bummer for all of them.

The Perfect American (where I contributed, during his computerless hiatus and will still)seems to be back thanks to Cleveland Public Library, a venerable institution, with really nice architecture (at least at downtown central). I found contributing there very liberating, and now it's back to it's Zen experience of ...uh, not reading it, but letting it wash over me.

I still continue to be comforted by the fact that I can also contribute to PCL LinkDump, with the likes of Percy, Ange, Johnny, Goof, Martin, Sebastian (who I thought was The Perfect American - Mr. Jyn - get it - SebasJYN?!? ) and the others. They're a bunch of clever M.F.s - I'm often in awe.

I also, in keeping it "85% Fresh" find it sometimes difficult to post stuff when it's an assload of work. Believe me I know you're looking, so I might (shudder) do some referring in the mix that compromises my "85% Fresh" claim.

I also promise more original videos in the coming months but hey, I got a job & family.

So, much love and on with the show.

Labels: anniversary, atheism, chez lex10, genius, glyphjockey, god, Mr Dante Fontana, mrjyn, posts, practicality, pragmatic, pragmatist, stats, visitors, visits

Go here & listen to Green Eggs and Ham.

and yes; I'm referring something, aren't I? Hard work from clever strangers. Right down to the pops on the vinyl


link@pic

Labels: 33 1/3rpm, 60, children, glyphjockey, hippie, history, rock, rock n' roll, rolling stone, vinyl

My son gave me Helter Skelter for Christmas (I know, I know, we're like the Addams Family)

Anyhoo, I'm reading it & then, the universe, being what it is, sends me Neil Young's Revolution Blues:

NEIL YOUNG - Revolution Blues
Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town
You never see us 'cause we don't come around.
We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down.

But we need you now, and that's why I'm hangin' 'round.

So you be good to me
and I'll be good to you,

And in this land of conditions
I'm not above suspicion

I won't attack you,
but I won't back you.

Well, it's so good to be here, asleep on your lawn.
Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm afraid that he's gone.
It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long.

Yes, that was me with the doves, setting them free near the factory
Where you built your computer, love.

I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take the rejection

I won't deceive you,
I just don't believe you.

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs,
with my carbine on

I keep 'em hoppin', till my ammunition's gone.

But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong.

I got the revolution blues,
I see bloody fountains,

And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains.
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars.

Now- did I tell ya Lex10 met Bugliosi? 25 years ago.
Absolutely like being in the presence of a saint.....

Labels: bugliosi, dune buggy, glyphjockey, helter skelter, killers, manson, music, neil young, psycho, revolution, stars

Yo! Bananas! Get your recipes here!

Bananas - How to Serve Them (HERE, and at cover pic below:)

in its entirety - no publisher - no date - just bananas, bananas, bananas.

Bananas with anxiety


General tips:


Bananas showing extreme intelligence:


Bananas goin' stag:


Bananas goin' drag:


And a surprise ambient wallpaper at the link of the painting banana below:


Yeah! Friggin' BANANAS!

Want higher res? email me.

Labels: 50's, banana, bananas, cookbook, food, friggin, glyphjockey, recipe

One year today. My sincere gratitude.



217 posts or .59 posts per day.

I've got two differing sets of stats so I'll be approximate, but in no way am I rounding up.
Looky:
greater than 3 Million Hits
greater than 1 Hundred Thousand Visits
greater than 15 Thousand Unique Visitors

Approximate percentages of people who favorited the site went from less than 10% to greater than 40% (mirroring the volume growth)- thanks, favoriters! Ctrl+D is your friend!

Top referrers (in no particular order):
RYP at Twilightzone
COOP!'s Positive Ape Index
Those Rascals at PCL Link Dump bringers of gourmet everything.
Mr. Bali Hai at Eye of the Goof
The BoingBoingers
Mr. X from the much hunted Xtabay's World
The Compelling Visual Library that is Martin Klasch
Schmutzie - 2nd best damn blog in Canada
PK's Bibliodyssey
the above is purely stats based so if I love ya but you're not listed - feel it.

Some posts:
1st post (skip it, actually)
Smashed Nokia
The King Cake Baby
The Heritage Village Map
Bend me, Shape Me
My Mexican Lobby Card
Forbidden 1984
Matts & Zippy
Architecture & Ornament
Early Warhol
Peeni Walli
How to Drown
Lex10 in L.A.
Birds of NZ
Decals
Mark Ryden Vids
Sparky Watts
Pompeiiopticon
Saucy Accupressure
How to Draw a Circle
Who is Lex10?
Yard Haiku
Robot Theatre - Royale With Cheese
Revisiting the Greatest Nancy Panel Ever Drawn
Alan Vega
Origami QTVR
Crispy Masks
Joseph Laux Wallpaper
Bowie on Extras
Nancy 1
Uncle Wiggily
205 Serial Killer Names
Man Eats Dogs
Magic Wand
Through The Viewfinder
Sad Thanksgiving Cards
Champagne Muzzles
Chard
Nancy 2
La Virgen de Xtabay
Ali Baba
Xmas Robot Theatre Message
Katamari Earrings
WET Magazine


and let's not forget items from Today's Sunbeam - yes, that's actually the name and yes- it's a real daily newspaper:
Hog Maws
Windowless Shopping
Procto-advice
She's cheap - but she can act

Labels: anniversary, art, color, cool, fun, funny, glyphjockey, gratitude, history, hits, January 5th, music, New Year's Day, posts, referrers, stats, thanksgiving, Today's Sunbeam, visitors, visits

I feel I should add that the original B&W image came from BBC's Top of the Pops wallpaper page - wow. It's worth a visit just to see a giant version of this Jimmy Saville photo:

Labels: BBC, glyphjockey, Godfather of Soul, greatness, Hot Pants, James Brown, RIP, Top of the Pops

Be one of the first three to solve all of these correctly, and win a free GlyphJockey t-shirt when I finally get around to making them. All legal rights my decision - reserved by me as regards the winners & fulfillment, so if I do nothing, I'm off the hook.

Labels: contest, glyphjockey, hangover, New Year's Day, overindulge, puzzle, rebus, t-shirt

We had a spectacular tree- a pendulous pine about forty feet high.



It was killed by drought, root compression, carpenter ants and shot borer.



The crew I hired brought a giant bucket truck



The operator had to avoid hiiting the powerlines to the house.




The cutting began.



They brought a chipper - or as I call it-


a "widowermaker" to consolidate the fallen branches.



I don't know why it was clled Chuck, but they explained to me they had to pay a competitor to chip the bigger logs, and then the competitor sold the chips as mulch, making money twice off the deal.



Here's the tree stump frowning - so sad. I fed this tree, watered it and pursued the invading insects as best I could. One day, there were zero needles anymore.



They gound the stump as part of the deal. I dunno why but the stump grinder was named after a 17th century Dutch painter - Jan Vermeer


Carpenter ant damage:



Feats of strength were performed by the crew.

Labels: branches, carpenter ant, crew, damage, glyphjockey, pine, removal, shot borer, stump, tree, wood chipper

Jules 047 returns with a special Christmas message for GlyphJockey fans from the book of Ezekiel.




Merry Christmas - consider this my card to you!!

Labels: Christmas, ezekiel, glyphjockey, ho, Jules, robot, tarantino, theatre, xmas

Saw this in Spanish years ago in the middle of the night, & wondered what the hell was going on. Ultra-compelling imagery - couldn't stop watching. We've talked about it every Christmas since. Now I'll be able to find out what's the deal.



Really wicked looking devil, machines with human lips, resourceful kids, and wild sets. I cannot friggin' wait!

Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 666:
Part 7:
Part 8:
Part 9:

Labels: boys, Christmas, devil, funny, girls, glyphjockey, kids, Mexican, mexico, moreno, santa, satanists, wonder

I swear I really have no interest in poop, other than it's successful exit from my person regularly.

However when Mrs. Lex10 pointed this out to me, I knew I had that type of hard-hitting blog reporting that everyone who stops in thirsts for.

This first image shows my little pond out back (taken last night) home to ~2+ frogs along with several goldfish who managed to mature and/or reproduce before they were to big to eat.

The red arrow points to a broken half planter that is meant to look like a submerged ruin, and serves as a perch for the frogs and a hiding place (underneath) for both the frogs and the fish. It is surrounded by water 360 degrees.



Next images: the poop in question. From the looks of it, mammalian. Size appropriate for a large cat or medium dog.


HOW DID IT GET THERE?
Did the animal perch at the edge of the pond making a direct hit on the planter? If a kitty, did it climb onto the planter, seeking to evacuate? What?!?! How?!?!

And more importantly, why in such an improbable location? Why?

Next image: Doodle bugs, wood lice or pill bugs - I don't care what you call them - why are THEY there?!?! Do they eat poop? Do they swim? Why aren't they buried under something? Again I say: What?!?! How?!?! Why?!?!



OK- Wikipedia says they have gills- but I've never seen one swim. They eat decaying matter - but they don't appear to be swarming the poop - more like just coincidentally there......

Sharing=caring.

Labels: Armadillidium, cat, evacuate, glyphjockey, hot dogs, how, mystery, night, pill bug, planter, pond, poop, what, why

at 3

17 years later - the birthday boy

Why is he the way he is?

Also a brief history of him thumbs-upping

now


His cool girlfriend gave him this incongruous piece of modern ephemera-


Happy Birthday, lad.

Labels: 20, 3, birthday, bread man, ephemera, glyphjockey, lex11, lighting frame, puke, son, thumbs up

A: They're all in the December 14th Issue of Rolling Stone!



Yes I AM bragging........sorry.
Thanks to everybody who came to visit.

Labels: animation, glyphjockey, magazine, press, print, pulp fiction, robot, rolling stone, snoop dogg, tarantino, tenacious d, theatre, video

Here's what I want to say about this:

I live near a flea market called Cowtown (Previous posts here, here and here) which also hosts from May-Sept the only regular rodeo in NJ, complete with PETA protesters, a Grand Parade, and 12-pack drinkin' divorcee' dads.

Anyway, Cowtown is a flea market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. On Saturdays, it's less of an antique/collectable venue and more of a crap/knockoff sale. There are a lot of Korean and Chinese vendors, but the most interesting are the Andean vendors. I say Andean because they can be from multiple locations in S.A., but they inevitably sell really rustic knitted gear, and handicrafts from that region (like pan pipes and bracelets that say stuff like "Quito"). On spring days Andean musicians will play, and the atmosphere becomes really prosaic, with catfish frying across from tacos mojados and boxes upon boxes of items that look like they came from a parallel universe.

Well, as it turns out, many of these vendors sell, by virtue of a common language to the Mexican members of the community, providing them with stuff they want, often emblazoned with the Virgin of Guadalupe - a potent symbol of Mexican faith & pride.

It was this juxtaposition of Andeans selling la Virgen on (sometimes really plush two-ply) blankets alongside their native designs that made me put this video together. Music is Yma Sumac's (herself a Peruvian) Voice of The Xtabay- a Yucatan legend. The stuff juxtaposes itself - no?

Enjoy.



UPDATE: English language bonus track below:
Kinda bogus, but go for it....

Labels: blanket, central america, color, espanol, flea market, glyphjockey, mexico, music, south america, spanish, statuette, virgin mary, xtabay, yma sumac

Now, get this: Even I haven't heard this yet !!
We'll be experiencing it for the first time together.

An expensive gift from Mrs. Lex10 about 10 years ago:


PROOF that it was SEALED


Link to larger @ pic below


Side 1






Side 2






Link to larger @ pic below


Made by Peter Pan Records, where my Dad was a security guard between the time he stopped being an executive and the discovery of his Alzheimers

Labels: 33 1/3rpm, album, Christmas, glyphjockey, lee majors, peter pan, six million dollar man

From 1001 Christmas Facts and Fancies - 1937 - published by the A.T. De La Mare Company.

Bigger image in link at pic

Tip for Satanists: turn em' upside down for Candlemas Eve decorations...

Labels: Christmas, decorations, glyphjockey, invert, origami, paper folding, satanists, stars

Courtesy Huffington Post. Reminds me of the Physics of Santa (warning - spoiler alert)

Labels: atheism, belief, bible, christians, freedom, glyphjockey, god, liberation

From the GlyphJockey Collection:

Sad one:

What- is he in the slammer?

"I hope I see you nex year My Dear wife my love to you try to come with John please!
From your loving husband J. Sidaris xxxxxxxxxxx"

Fancy #1

Note REAL feather !!

certification of fancyness from back of card:


Fancy #2

note metallic plastic bow

Ruth Ratby had style


Baseball-card-style Xmas Greeting

obverse of same


4 Santas in a row:




That last one courtesy of THE SUNSHINE CLUB - (what are they? nudists, maybe?)



Happy Greetings?!? Use this one in summer, I guess...



Cartes Postales





Die Cut



and a nauseating kitty



OK pretty much blew out that resource - one can only hope it has POSITIVELY affected your MOOD...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Labels: cards, Christmas, Christmas Tree, gifts, glyphjockey, greetings, kitty, presents, santa, santaclaus, snow

I'm always lookin' for that je ne sais quoi- that lagniappe from my Xmas lights. It's one thing to put up a bunch, but I needed to modify to achieve certain effects:
First:

I took gold strands and electrical taped together every 10th and 11th bulb.

and hit each one with a coupla coats Candy Apple Flake Red, to achieve this effect:

Effectively randomizing a larger brighter different citrus color for this pine.

Second:

scrape the green off every 10th bulb from 6 strands of green bulbs. (Picture shows scraped halfway.) Want to use the same knife I did? see my Amazon store.

Then affix chili pepper bulb covers over the freshly cleared bulbs and wrap the tree. This is how it looks:

and achieves this effect - leaves and fruits - at night


Lastly I custom painted the bottom strand of red bulbs on this cherry to get a somewhat gradient effect in order to suggest... spring cherry.

Labels: bulbs, Christmas, cold, electric, glyphjockey, kustom kulture, lights, trees, xmas

fun 4 u



fun 4 u 2

Labels: ads, Aunt Fritzi, canada, comics, fritzi Ritz, glyphjockey, Gordo, nancy, sluggo

From MAD (EC era)



"Charred" furniture - get it? Get it!?!?!




Reference photo for control group:



The laughs just keep comin' - no?

Labels: chair, chard, charred, furniture, genius, glyphjockey, humor, mad magazine, olive oyl, photography, poopeye, popeye, wimpy

Syd Barret's Bike: 4 sale

lnk@pic


wallpaper:

Labels: animation, art, auction, bicycle, bike, estate, glyphjockey, hand painted, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, wallpaper

Labels: bacon, chitlins, chitterlings, funny, glyphjockey, hot dogs, humor, maws, meat, pigs