In regards to the above beer label, Matt writes;

"Greetings from Minneapolis,

Here's a beer that I saw in the latest Beer Advocate that I knew a hexakosioihexekontahexaphile like yourself needed to know about.

Something to look for the next time you find yourself in Toronto.

-Matt"

I told Matt I figured it probably tastes like blood.

And then Peter writes with something totally unrelated;

"I have no idea what this has to do with anything other than greasiness, but noteworthy nonetheless.

We, being myself and the studio folks, where having our weekly grubdown on the salty goodness, yet nutritionally void, unnamed pizza and wings.

Upon looking at one of the boxes it was revealed that unnamed pizza place had licensed out the batman trademark. Apparently someone on their creative team thought it would be a great idea to make batman suite "collect them all" kind of pieces that you can cut away from boxes. Great idea in theory... (the pictures will show the poor idea in execution. don't forget to read the warning)

Unfortunately, I was unable to coax any of my studiomates to wear piece #1, the mask of course.

As if this shit didn't give people a bad enough complexion already!

Anyway, as they say at such fine dining establishments, "Enjoy!"

When warnings such as 'dont make a mask out of this till theres no pizza in it' start appearing, I tend to blame the lawers, and the pansy ass victims who insist on suing over such nonsense.
But then again, if you were gonna try and sue somebody for all that theyre worth, this 'unnamed eatery' probably wouldnt be a bad place to start.

Maybe you could even end up with enough dough out of the deal to afford a home here.
Just dont forget to buy your condoms elsewhere.

...And one from Hambone;

"White Ninja Comics....

this one is topical, but they all rule. Get in on it.

Off to ride.

Hambone"

If I was a betting man, Id say that particular strip was inspired by Ed, cause you all know what I say about people who ride bikes..
Ed was most definitely both.

But you know, now that i think about it, you rarely ever see any fat poor and/or crazy people...

Landon also wrote to us;

"A sweet intersection of many, many good things."

That intersection should most likely be marked by this street sign that Joe sent a shot to us of;

Now then, did everybody have a good weekend? Most likely it was too short as always, I figure.
Life around these parts was none too shabby.

I eked out some time on the bike with Blacksocks, but primarily I hunkered down in the studio and got rad. At some point recently I realized that outside of work, bikes, eating, sleeping and brushing my teeth, I end up with about 15 minutes of genuine free time a week, so I gotta use it wisely.

And while were close to the topic of wasting time, Colin writes;

"Dear Stevil,

I've never played one of these things before, but I might have to start. Here's the article from the New York Times.

I'm not sure if that's a lot or a little, but seems like the Times just wanted to print something with 666 in the title.

-Colin

Say, it was pointed out to me after I posted it, but that Times article about the InBev buyout had a word count of six hundred and sixty six.
I thought that was awesome.
Anyway Colin, stay the hell away from those things. I went to a party at a friends house some time ago, and they had just gotten one. Like I always say, 'try everything at least once', which I did.
For about a minute.

Basically I think video games are lame, whether theyre interactive or not, and unless you happen to be in prison, are a huge waste of time and money.

One thing I dont think is a huge waste of time and money however is sending a black metal band to the playground.

Jack writes;

"Stevil,

Not sure if this was covered before on HTATBL, and if so, I apologize in advance. But, if not, you're in for a real treat -- after all, what goes better with bacon than demonic black metal? I present to you "Morbid Anal Fog" and their video for "Nokturnal Bacon Throne":

Lovin' your site -- many work hours are spent giggling maniacally at the myriad delights contained within.

Jack Sweeney
"Ghost Rider"
Tampa, Florida"

That reminds me of the old days when the guys from Big Brother Magazine would dress up like black metal kids and go take cooking classes and such.
Never before have spiked wrist bands and white face paint been so much fun.

You know what else would be fun?
This;

"Hey Stevil,
The local antique/"architectural ornament" shop had this in their showroom and called us to tune it up for them. Pretty rad. My favorite part is the wooden number plate w/ the star. So pimp! Moto-fork....coaster brake for about 1000lb fully-loaded? (yikes!) Enjoy.
Ghostship Matt"

I swear- all of my friends and I would have so much fun on that thing..
You know.. if I only had four more friends....

We havent showcased any art that doesnt suck for a while, so today seems to be as good a day as any to do just that. Shortly after my most recent trip to Minneapolis, I put up a photo I shot of one of Evan Pennys hyper realistic sculptures. Heres a clip of Mr. Penny discussing the process and the impetus of his work;

If you like that, perhaps youd like to check out the follow up clips in the series.
Part two,
and
part three.

Heyho, Its Monday. Ive got my thinking cap back on and all of my pencils sharpened...
I guess that means its time to find a breakfast burrito and a cup of coffee...
I mean I cant work brilliantly if I dont eat brilliantly first.