What's a Last Supper without butter

 

I found this "The Last Supper" butter dish at Dessert Industries Thrift Store on Friday. The Tiara Indiana Glass "The Last Supper" butter dish and tray is a collectible piece, produced by Indiana Glass Company under its Tiara Exclusives line. Tiara Exclusives specialized in glassware that was sold through home parties in the 1970s and 1980s, much like Tupperware parties. All I could think of when I found it was whether or not they had butter at the Last Supper. 

I also wondered how much I could get from it on eBay. I'm hoping for $18. Considering I only paid $1.50 for it, that would be a pretty good deal.

Jesus. See how low I've sunk.

Looking glass onion

 

I am still working my way through my designs to load on Zazzle. I'm being very sensitive to accusations of violating intellectual property. So I am loading the questionable ones here instead of on Zazzle. I figured glass onion would trigger their intellectual property consultant who objected to my Albert Camoo design. Though I posted this on Teepublic and they didn't seem to have a problem with it. The Beatles don't seem to care so much. I'm assuming they have so much money that losing the $2 to a t-shirt designer isn't a threat.

Still, not using this glass onion design makes me tear up.

Seriously

 

That's the way the cookie grumbles

 

Yes, it is National Cookie Day.   It was a toss up between National Dice Day (no dice), National Sock Day (which sucks) and National Cookie Day. So I made the crummy choice.

I posted it on Blue Sky because I have been super successful selling my stuff there!

Not. But it beats X.

Random crap

 

I bought this at Goodwill yesterday. It was only $1.99. I didn't have a clue what it was. I still don't. Gemini had this to say about it:

It's possible that the metal sphere could be considered a minimalist or Brutalist sculpture.

Brutalist design is characterized by raw, exposed materials, bold geometric forms, and a focus on function over form. The sphere's simple, geometric shape and the use of raw, unfinished metal align with some of the principles of Brutalist design.

However, it's also important to note that this style of design has evolved over time, and contemporary interpretations of Brutalism may incorporate more refined and elegant elements.

Without more information about the specific artist or design movement associated with the sphere, it's difficult to definitively categorize it as Brutalist. It could simply be a modern, minimalist sculpture.

So I put it on eBay as a minimalist or Brutalist sculpture. I'm trying to get at least $20 out of it. Who knows, maybe someone out there is into Brutalist sculpture. 

Sticking my neck out

 

No it isn't National Stick Your Neck Out Day or National Giraffe Day. I just have worked my way up to the "G's" in uploading designs to Zazzle. I think I only have 1200 or so to go and I'll be caught up to what I had on Tee-screw-independent-artists-Public.

Easy as Pi

 

Yes, you guessed it, today is National Pie Day.  I shouldn't have to enumerate it for you. 

It is also Day Without Art day. So I used my censorship image to tweak the bastards at teepublic again on Blue Sky.

But they still aren't on Blue Sky. Serves them right. They belong on X with the rest of the people who spit on art, democracy and rights. I'll dance on your bankruptcy notice teepublic.

Staying the distance

 

It's National Personal Space Day.  And as an introvert, I can totally relate to it. 

It's probably the only thing I miss about the pandemic. You could keep people at a distance without offending them (unless they were right wing nut jobs who thought the whole thing was a hoax, but who gives a fig if you offended them). 

Ironically it is also National Mississippi Day. And it is one of those southern states where I want to distance myself from anyway.

In addition, it is Stay Home Because You're Well Day. Also ironic since this is Saturday. 

The National Day people need to think these things through a bit better.

Oh the shark bites

 

After god knows how long, I finally sold a couple of t-shirts on Zazzle.  Both were this design. It is a simplistic design. It's not one I would have chosen. I like this version better.

It is one of the ironies of my life that people prefer the simple to what I view as more sophisticated and edgy. I love the realistic shark and its cold unblinking eyes. This is a shark that could easily bluff an hand. This is a Las Vegas shark. The other one is a more Reno, let's go to the buffet type shark.

Regardless, I broke through the long, dark coffee break of my soul imposed upon me by those bastards at Teepublic.

I'll show you yet Teepublic, you and your little dog Toto.

Thanksgiving and Mourning Glory

 

It's National Turkey Free Thanksgiving Day! I guess I got confused and thought it meant you could give away turkey so I roasted one. Actually I bought two and roasted one. We bought a frozen one a couple of weeks ago and thawed it out in the refrigerator thinking it would keep until Thanksgiving. Then I read they only keep up to four days once you thaw them. And since I didn't want to poison everyone in the house and spend Thanksgiving hunched over (or on) the toilet being violently ill, I bought another turkey a couple of days ago. I did feel bad about the other turkey and I toyed with giving it a proper burial in the back yard, but I eventually just put in in the trash that hopefully they will pick up tomorrow.

Anyway, I brined the second turkey overnight and used a spice rub on it and popped it in the oven, basted it every 40 minutes 

Finally I tested it with a meat thermometer and boom, free turkey. Though technically its feet were bound together so it wasn't really free. But it tasted pretty darned good and so no one has thrown up. I am thankful for that (as you should be on Thanksgiving).

And randomly, the phrase "mourning glory" popped into my head (not morning glory, like the flower, but "mourning glory" as in expressing grief and sorrow following a loss...in this case of glory).  It took awhile coaxing Gemini and ChatGPT for images. At first ChatGPT gave me stuff like this.

Finally Gemini gave me this.

Not really t-shirt material, but I like it. But I may not in the morning.

Get it?

I could have said no

 

This is a paraphrase of a quote from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. The full quote is "There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said — no. But somehow we missed it." To me it was the genius of the entire play. According to ChatGPT, 

"This line reflects the existential theme of the play, highlighting the lack of control the characters feel over their lives and destinies. They grapple with the idea that they are merely following a script, unable to escape their roles in the larger narrative of Hamlet. This is emblematic of the play's exploration of free will versus determinism."

I read the play in an English class when I was a sophomore in college.  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters in Shakespeare's Hamle. Again ChatGPT describes them this way:

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are fictional characters from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. They are two courtiers and childhood friends of Prince Hamlet, summoned by King Claudius and Queen Gertrude to spy on Hamlet and uncover the cause of his apparent madness. Although initially loyal to Hamlet, they become pawns in Claudius's schemes and meet an untimely death when Hamlet outmaneuvers them."

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent off with Hamlet with a note from Claudius to a neighboring kingdom. The note says Hamlet should be executed. Hamlet figures it out and switches the note with one saying Rosencrantz and Guildenstern should be executed. And they are.

"In Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), the characters are reimagined as protagonists. Stoppard's play portrays them as bewildered individuals struggling to make sense of their existence and their role in the larger story. It explores themes of free will, fate, and the absurd, often blending dark humor with existential philosophy. The pair are depicted as interchangeable and confused, symbolizing humanity's struggle with purpose and meaning."

I loved the play because it portrayed Hamlet as really being crazy and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern get screwed by fate. It's when they are in prison awaiting their execution that the quote about a time when they could have said no comes from. I love that quote because to me it sums up life. When we are bemoaning where we end up, it is important to remind ourselves that there was always a time when we could have or should have said no.

You know? 

 

It's National I Sell Things I Find in Thrift Stores on eBay Day!

 

It isn't really National I Sell Things I Find in Thrift Stores on eBay Day.  Technically it is National Cake Day. And I didn't have a t-shirt design that has anything about cakes and I didn't feel like creating on. That takes the cake, I know. 

Tomorrow is National Craft Jerky Day, National Bavarian Cream Pie Day, National Tie One on Day and National Jukebox Day. None of those particularly inspire me either. So F it. I choose it to be National I Sell Things I Find in Thrift Stores on eBay Day! And I find it pretty damned satisfying. I sold six things yesterday and three this afternoon.  The problem is that I have exceeded my supply of boxes which mainly come from Amazon purchases (which is pretty amazing considering the amount of shit my wife buys on Amazon). And often times the items people are buying are either too big or too small for the boxes I have. So I have been building boxes out of other boxes. I also have been repurposing other boxes that aren't really intended for packing and shipping things (like soda boxes and tissue boxes).

I have become quite adept at crafting boxes to fit the items I sell, but they are rarely pretty. So I wrap them in brown paper recycled from grocery bags (which the bastards at the grocery store charge us for anyway). So it is sort of a win, win situation. I imagine the people receiving the shit I sell in these boxes that look like Dr. Frankenstein created are a bit baffled. But I pack the stuff I sell really well so nothing is damaged. That is why I am rated as a top seller by eBay. That and the fact that they profit from me and haven't had to deal with any complaints or other stuff they don't want to deal with.

Maybe I will make tomorrow National I am a Top Seller on eBay Day since I have this new found power to create National days anytime I feel like it.

I am giddy with the power. IAY ebayay!