Sketchbook entries. Ideas for sculptures. Media: graph paper, pencil, tape, index cards.

We ate out for dinner.  My wife and I tried something called Butterburgers, the girls chose kids meals, and the twins drank their bottles.

The kids meals had coupons taped to them — one for ice cream, the other for prize tokens.  We were right beside the prize window too, so the girls debated on getting coloring books or collecting more coupons for the bigger prizes.  They decided on coloring books, and our younger daughter wanted one immediately.  But she hadn’t finished eating, and I told her to…

“Eat first,” I said.

“I want a coloring book NOW.”

“Finish your food, and you can have one,” I said.

“I WANT A COLORING BOOK NOW.”

The place got quiet.

“You can have your coupon back,” I said, “after you eat,” and I shoved the coupon into my pocket.

“Give me my COUPON.”

“Please be polite, or I’ll have to put your coupon in the trash,” I said.

“NO, DAD, KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS.”

Don’t take the vampires to your company picnic.  It never fails, they’ll overcompensate for the immortality thing:  pouring drinks, passing out napkins, and slicing dessert.

Your coworkers might swoon at their etiquette, we all might.  But then your boss will bite into a brownie and the residual glitter will poke a million holes in her throat.  She’ll grab for her glass but gulp down more glitter.  You’ll go for the napkins and shred through her skin with the sparkly stuff.

Angela from accounting will be saying: get a load of this mess, who invited the fiberglass fairies?  Then, the vampires, having no use for insulation, will miss the sarcasm and turn your last chance of schmoozing for a raise into a debate about heating and cooling techniques for the undead.

Your casserole will go cold and nobody will eat it.  Not even Edward Cullen.

(via Geekosystem)

David is a surgeon, and he rides his bicycle to work: 0ut his front door, down the driveway, into the streets, through the traffic, up to the hospital doors, through the lobby, onto the elevator, then down the hall and into his office, where he puts on scrubs and washes his hands.

Most people ride to parking garages.

Here’s an old video from grad school (apologies for the sound test in the beginning):

Just dug this up out of the vault for a friend, and thought I’d post it here…

A sculpture, erected June 1982, measuring 70 feet long by 20 feet high, had been moved by The Ohio State University and dismissed by the public. A vessel of loyal Vikings storms the campus to “reclaim its ground and bring honor to David Black, the creator.” (2003)

Camera Crew: Mindy McDaniels, Fernando Orellana, Jason Cho
Editing and Production: Jason Cho
Driver: Jonathan Danger Tepperman
Flag Wielder: Jesus Salvador De La Rosa
Shield Bearer: Philip Brou
Erik the Red: Chip Kohrman
Project Conceived by Philip Brou & Chip Kohrman