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Typhoid Steve, originally uploaded by The Searcher.

Based on an actual "Missed Connections" ad from Craigslist. Julia Wertz of the FartParty put the idea out there for a comic/cartoon book: illustrate an ad from the "I Saw U" in Craigslist.

Even if I don't get in the book, the idea is priceless. It's.. it's gold, gold I tell you. Those ads practically draw themselves!

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 12:47 AM

Tree. Rust. Faith. Hope., originally uploaded by The Searcher.

I saw this tree, and like its sickly branches and stubborn bilge-drunk roots, it grew on me. It dug in and grew, and like the rust and decay that surrounded it, somehow stayed alive in my cynical, rusty head.

I was struck, when I saw this tree, at that little sadness for losing that child's belief in magical things. And then happy again, at getting to see this small, impossible, magic thing. It's an impossible tree, trying to do an impossible thing. live.

I can only hope I find a way, through my own rust and decay, to do that even half as gracefully.

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 11:44 AM

Beginner's Bible Coloring Book!, originally uploaded by The Searcher.

Dad, did dinosaurs really exist?
Sure they did, son. The Bible says so. They didn't call them "dinosaurs" back then, but instead they were known as "leviathans" or "behemoths".
But, my science teacher says dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Is that true?
Of course not, son.
Then how old are they?
Well, let's see. The Bible tells us [from Adam and Eve's family tree] that the Universe is only a few thousand years old. So dinosaurs had to have lived within the past few thousand years. That's simple logic, son.
Oh. So that means they were on Noah's Ark?
Absolutely! The Bible says two of every animal were brought [by God] to the ark. Dinosaurs were animals. So, using your logic again son, dinosaurs had to be on the ark.
Huh. So how come scientists say they're older than that? and died way before Jesus?
Well, son, they just make that up. Dinosaur bones don't have labels on them to tell how old they are. In fact, there is no proof whatsoever that the world and its fossil layers are millions of years old. No scientist saw dinosaurs die-
Dad!
No I'm serious. Scientists only find the bones in the here and now, and because many of them are evolutionists, they try to fit the story of the dinosaurs into their view.
That's sad. But I thought scientists were smart?
Sure, but they don't know everything. So they have to make stuff up to fit their beliefs. While you and I, we have the facts, straight from the Bible.
I don't want to be a scientist!
Ha! That's ok, son. It's better to be right, than smart. C'mon, wanna learn how to flip burgers like your Dad?
Yeah!

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 5:36 PM