Corn Dogs

I need to speak for a moment on the subject of corn dogs. The fact is I believe them to be one of man's greater accomplishments. That is why I have begun a revolution. That, and because I have always wanted followers and women who will throw themselves at my feet to be close to a powerful man.

So, to all my loyal followers, we will soon see the corn dog make its way across this globe. No mouth shall ever have to go without tasting this treat... so go forth and let them hear our cry "What the world needs is more meat on a stick!"

Jamie Seperation 2

A try at another version.

Oh god...

For those who are unaware the movie adaptation of my favorite book (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) is being released later this month (April 29th). Because of this there have been quite a few people who went to advanced screenings of the film. One of them was MJ Simpson. Unauthorized biographer of Douglas Adams (the author of The Hitchhikers Guide) and all around self-absorbed ass.

After his screening he wrote a "review" of the film. While he had a few notes on things that could be considered legitimate problems with the film, for the most part it was a 10,000 word list of things that were in the source material, and not in the movie. Beyond this he has made it a point to insult all those who DID enjoy the movie. Apparently it was not enough to just write his review. So today I find this update on his site.

"Birmingham event banned by Disney!
At the invitation of my mate Tom, who runs the Electric Cinema in Birmingham, I was scheduled to do a Q&A and book signing at a screening of the film on opening night. BVI have now informed Tom that he will not be allowed to screen the film if my Q&A goes ahead. I was invited in order to boost the opening weekend take and, let's face it, I wasn't going to stand there and criticise the audience for liking the film, was I? In any case, by that point the Electric would have the ticket money and BVI would have their rental fee. Still, it's Disney's football and they get to say who plays with it."

"There will still be a Q&A on 28th April at the Electric but the speaker will be Robbie Stamp. Robbie is a good guy, knows his stuff and will give a good talk. I hope that the Brummie Hitchhiker fans will still go along and support Tom and the staff of the Electric who have put a lot of effort into organising this event. It's just sad that BVI feel so threatened by one person's review of the film."

Apparently this little man threatens a company like Disney. In his estimation apparently it is not possible that they don’t want him to act as their spokesman at this screening when he has no affiliation with their company or this film. So of course there is no other reason that they would not want him to use this screening as his own little book sale and soap box than they are threatened by him.

My favorite part is that he was being invited to boost sales. I hate to tell him the only people that even know who he is are Hitchhikers fans, and most of them are going regardless of his being there or not. Outside of fans, nobody else cares if he is there or not. "I wasn't going to stand there and criticise the audience for liking the film, was I?" Apparently he also forgot about all of the people who did enjoy the film that he felt the need to insult.

So now I am off to go act as an MGM representative, I don't work for them, but who cares. They should appreciate I am offering my brilliance to them free of charge, and using their products to sell my own stuff. WOO HOO!!!

My most recent poster.

Jamie Seperation

This is the most recent poster I have created. It is about two feet wide. I was happy with this one.

Hands

One of my favorite pieces I have done.

Knock knock knockin on my door

I awoke this morning after working late last night to the sound of banging on my door. As usual on a Saturday morning it was the Christians come to inspire me to follow Jesus. This time it was the Baptists. Last week it was the Mormons. To top it off, this time it was a couple of kids.

My usual response to this is smile and as politely as possible say “No thank you, I am an atheist.” They usually hand me a pamphlet, let me know I am welcome at their church, and they walk away. Of course this time the kids had to go tell the adults that there was an evil bloodthirsty atheist prowling the streets of their community just waiting to snatch up their children as they sleep.

So, ten minutes later I have a rather large man in a stark white shirt, black leather vest and a cowboy hat standing in my doorway asking why I don’t believe in God. I was prepared, as always, my standard reply to this is “Why don’t you believe in Santa Clause?” Seeing as he had a very young boy with him who I was sure DID believe in Santa I decided to change up my response.

Why don’t you believe in Buddha (I know it doesn’t work like that, but he doesn’t so play along.) As usual he had no response to this, they never do. This is usually the part where they walk away shaking their heads. Still, this guy didn’t let up.

He presumed to assert that without Jesus it was impossible to raise children with any kind of morals or ethics. This is where I went off. I will not repeat the entire conversation here, as it did take a while. My point is that this seems to be the prevailing attitude in this country. We atheists are bad people and you cannot produce a decent, kind and moral human being without their particular religion. The most annoying part about this is they cannot even agree on what it is their religion says.

Frankly I am tired of it. I am really getting fed up with trying to live a good honest life and being told that I can’t because I don’t have an invisible friend that lives in the sky. I am tired of people trying to convince my kids that they need to tell me I am evil. I am tired of the public school system trying to pass off religion as part of their curriculum. But most of all, I am tired of these people interrupting my damn cartoons!