Holy, holy, holy

Up to the "h's" in my design uploading. Lots of holier than thou designs. This one, for example. I suppose I shouldn't have described it on Red Bubble as implying religion is for the birds. But if you are going to offend someone, it might as well be the religious nuts.

I consider it a feather in my cap.
 

A tale of one dog with two tails

 I'm not sure a dog with two tails would actually be that happy.  According to Gemini, "Tail wagging is a complex form of canine communication. While happiness is a common reason, it's important to consider the context and other body language cues to fully understand what a dog is trying to convey." Gemini is unfortunately a politically correct AI entity and has difficulty stating anything with conviction. If Gemini was a dog with two tails it would express a great deal of confusion as to what emotion it was feeling and suggest that you do a search on Google for "dog with two tails" and "does having two tails increase happiness." It would then urge you to compare all the answers before drawing your own conclusion. Gemini urges you to search Google a lot which is ironic because Gemini is made by Google and should already know all the answers.

I don't think Gemini would wag one or two tails at that observation.

Thou art what thou art through art...

One of the nice things about having to sift through all of my 1500 designs is that I find things I forgot I even created.  Like this art guitar, for example. Or GuitArt. 

It would make a great t-shirt, don't you think?

 

Happy as Larry

 

I have to say that the Red Bubble people are much quicker and nicer about flagging my stuff for review. They dinged two designs yesterday (the Gulf of Reason and Moby-Brick). Both were approved today and I'm as Happy as Larry. Though I still don't understand the rats reference. Or why Larry was happy, though I understand he was an Australian Boxer. I also don't profess to understand why either designs were reviewed.  Red Bubble, like Teepublic, doesn't ever explain. They just tell you to read their list of website standards and regulations about what you can't post. 

I have been painfully careful about what I post. I ask ChatGPT about most things and while it won't come right out and give me advice, it does make it pretty clear when  it thinks something could be construed as a copyright violation. I also check trademarks on the US Trademark website (which I assume the Orange Menace and Musk Rat will get rid of by Executive Order soon.  

Ironically, though I have survived all of the challenges by Red Bubble's legal team, I still haven't sold one frigging t-shirt or even a sticker. 

But this isn't the first time in my life I've felt like Vincent Van Goph and under appreciated for my genius. 

The Gulf of Reason

 

It boggles the mind that the Orange Menace wastes time demanding we call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. It serves no purpose. But then again nothing in the vast wasteland that is the MAGA brain makes sense.  Of course, I posted this t-shirt design and Red Bubble is reviewing it.  

But you can't fix stupid.

Everything comes with strings

 

I posted this design on Red Bubble yesterday and it was pulled for a review. I haven't a clue why it was pulled.  Though apparently Sony has a trademark for a computer game software called Strings Attached. Seems as though everybody wants to plant a flag on everything. 

Though since I am just using this image for a t-shirt and other sundry merch, I don't think Sony can claim copyright infringement.

I'll wait to see what the Red Bubble lawyers say. They may say the design already has strings attached.

Free, free, free

 

I am alphabetically in the "F's" with uploading my designs on Red Bubble.  I feel so free.

More hearts for Valentine's Day

 

Just something to get your heart going for Valentine's Day!

You've got to have heart

 

This is another one of those images I thought I couldn't use for t-shirt designs because they would say it violated the copyright or trademark for Heartbreak Hotel. But I search for trademarks and there were none. And it is Heartbreak Motel, not Hotel and it doesn't imply anything about the song. So I posted it on Red Bubble. I just think it was too cool not to run with it.

Now this one probably wouldn't fly. But I think it is super cool, too. It's good enough for a king.

I thought I saw a pudding tat

 

It is National Plum Pudding Day (which makes no sense since it is also know as Christmas Pudding). But none of the National Day days make much sense.  And I know that this tattoo of a bowl of pudding isn't plum pudding. I couldn't lead with my "proof is in the pudding" design because I'd already used that headline and image back in November.

Pudding made me think of Tweety Bird and Sylvester the cat and Tweety always saying "I thought I saw a puddy tat." So you get an image of a pudding tat.

But I suppose that doesn't mean much to you.

Things as they are

 

"Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar."

-- Wallace Stevens

 The poem, published in 1937, explores the transformative power of art and imagination, using the blue guitar as a metaphor for artistic interpretation. It was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s 1903 painting The Old Guitarist.  It's an appropriate image for National Guitar Day, because it expresses how I feel about my guitars...well, just about any guitar.

Pity this is also National Shut-in Visitation Day. Even a blue guitar can't make that cheery.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

 

It was all Green Tags $1.99 day at Goodwill today. I have learned that you can find some pretty great deals on the $1.99 day. A couple of months ago I found a brand new John Wayne Cast Iron Grill pan that Goodwill had been selling for $29 with the color of the day on sale for $1.99. So I got it for $1.99 and sold it on eBay for $32. 

Today I found an IBM Selectric II electric typewriter that Goodwill was trying to sell for $99. I bought it for...you guessed it...$1.99. And it works. Or at least it powers on. And why would I want a Selectric II electric typewriter? Because I only had to pay $1.99 for it. So if I can't resale it and have to take it back to Goodwill I'll only be out $1.99. 

Plus there was the nostalgia factor. I learned how to type on one of these when I was in high school. And when I was a Journalism major in college, that's what we typed stories on in the college newspaper offices. They were the precursors to word processors. They just had sheets of paper instead of screens. But they beat the hell out of writing something by hand. Oh sure, you made mistakes typing, but that was what white out was made for.

So what if it weighs a ton and there is no way in hell I'll be able to sell it on eBay because the shipping would be through the roof. There is always Facebook Marketplace. Who cares if there are ten or so of them already on there. Since I only paid $1.99, I don't have to get much for it to make profit. 

I am such a shrewd business person.