Saint Paddy’s Day T-shirt

March 17 marks the celebration of St Patrick’s Day. So to celebrate, I thought I would finally work on my St. Paddy’s t-shirt design that has been running in my head. Gone are my green beer days and feeling the need to stand in a crowd of 400 in a bar that usually holds 20. I guess when you are single, these things are more tempting.

Astute readers will notice something that I purposefully did wrong in my design. Can you point it out??

Do you celebrate the holiday and if so what do you do??

Bearman Cartoon: Daylight Savings Time

This cartoon was inspired by Jill at Elemental, My Dear Blog.  She asked people to capture the phrase “march comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” in words or pictures.  I of course think of March as the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring and of course Daylight Savings Time.

Not only does it mean I lose an hour in my day but it also means that it will stay lighter longer.  All of which makes sense to me even though we aren’t farmers who need the extra light anymore.  What kills me is actually in the winter when we push back the clocks an hour.  All that means to me is that it is dark when I go to work and gets darker that much earlier so I come home in the dark too.

What’s even crazier is that some locales in the States honor DST and others don’t.  So some cities that part of the year are an hour behind are now the same time.  I always forget when which makes it fun for when I visit those cities for work.  I am either on time or an hour late.

What are your thoughts?  Any benefit to it anymore or should we dump the whole system?

Bearman Cartoon: Cash for Caulkers

I am not going to go into the entire explanation of this because my better half said she didn’t get it until I explained it to her.  I want to know if it makes sense as is without an explanation.  Anyone??

The only reference I will give is for all my non US visitors and non news reading US visitors is to define what Cash for Caulkers means.  It is a new government funded program.  Essentially it gives on the spot rebate for people who buy energy saving equipment for their homes.

****UPDATE****

Ok so some get it and some don’t.  Here is the background.  The wife says that I tend not to pronounce the “L” in certain words yet I swear I say it but it comes out so fast that she misses it.  Case in point “Cole Slaw” she claims I say “Co Slaw”.  So as this new government program came out, many newscasters have been rolling fast over their “L” too.  So indeed it sounds like they are saying “Cockers” versus “Caulkers”.  An industrious hooker might want to take advantage of the situation claiming that as a professional service.

HOWEVER, Jill’s husband, The York’s simple explanation that she simply misunderstood it as “Cash for Call Girls” is even better so I am going with that from now on in my explanation.

Hey what do you want from a Hack Cartoonist?  But even if it sucks, I am going to get a nice search engine life from those looking for Hookers.

Cartoon: International Womens Day

So it seems yesterday was International Women’s Day.   And while some women support the day as a way to highlight the struggles and oppression women face all over the world, other women are saying WTF.  Only one day??

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