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How Others See Me
Postcards From the Edge
Dad
He sent me a postcard when he was visiting Italy. It is a picture of a painting entitled "Adolescent Bacchus." Gee, Dad, I'm 40!
Mom
This is a portrait my mother painted of me in 1994. You can see our house in the upper left corner. The palm trees represent California, where I was moving to. The Egyptian-type eye over my left shoulder represents the "crazy ideas" I have. I am holding my cat, Mercury.
Grandma
How could I be anything but 5 years old to my grandma?
Computer
The unflinching eye of the computer records every flaw and flab. This image comes from my camera page.
Bank
Ah, the joys of employment... especially when you are a teenager. This was my first ever paycheck.
IRS
And, of course, with that first paycheck, the hungry claws of the IRS swooped down and ate most of it.
Marcus
This is a postcard Marcus gave me. Matthew the Raven is a character in the graphic novel Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
Lynn
She thought I was a very strange person and gave me this postcard. What's weird; if you knew her husband you wouldn't think I was strange at all.
Non-Smoker
I swiped this from Warner Witt. By the way, the Smoking Monkey really does smoke!
Me - Ten Years Ago
This is how I like to remember myself as I was ten years ago: strange looking and lots of hair. Unfortunately, I'm getting old so the hair is going. Suddenly, being strange looking is losing it appeal, too. (This image was made by Allen Toney, surreal artist extraordinaire.)
Me - Five Years Ago
The hair is going, the eyes are getting worse, and the midriff begins to bulge. Hey! I know: I'll get married - that way I won't have to worry anymore about how I look. (This image was made rotating my head on a scanner.)
Current Girlfriend/Wife
Oh yeah, they start out thinking I'm their super brilliant savior, then they get to know me... (This image comes from the Talking Moose and his Cartoon Carnival.)
Ex Girlfriend/Wife
...and after they leave they decide I was being an idiot on purpose! (This image is also from the Talking Moose and his Cartoon Carnival.)
Pederastputin
He assume that nothing good is going to come of me. He's one to talk, eh?
Doctor
Prognosis average. Most men in my family live to be about 70. This is the gravestone of my great-grandfather in Atlanta, Georgia. (Yes, he was the WRC Smith.)