Life in a Box Chapter 17

Bug-Eyed Monster is my favorite rock art character — they run $9.95 each.

This bug-eyed monster is the easiest thing in the world to produce. I drive over to the garden supply place and load up on bags of rocks — I run into NOBODY in the rock dump, and I pay $1 a bag, and I’m home-free.

So now I dig out my glue gun and glue this guy together, then paint the black lines and then the white filler, sign the back with a black Posca pen, and I’m done.

If wanted, a small stand can be included — just glue him or her onto the piece of wood you’ve selected as a base.

I’ve done a number of workshops on this, and there are videos, or you can join one of my ZOOM two-way workshops and I’ll help you develop a style and a group of rock paintings that will SELL.

The real secret is learning how to sell something online, so back to ZOOM and learn some more, sell some more, practice selling, selling, selling, and also practice delivering a good productive workshop, which will in the end bring in more than the selling. Continue reading

Life in a Box Chapter 13

cover screen from my latest action video game from GoddGames.

If you stop to think about it, now that you have a little thinking time on your hands, this is the greatest opportunity to be of service if you have ANY online or digital skills.

You don’t have to go to the rock face and start digging. You’re not laying rail or logging or digging or anything that requires your personal presence at the scene.

The Coronavirus has changed all that, and now, you’re limited to what you can do at your desktop, laptop or smartphone.

Well, Hell, for a game developer, it’s total Heaven.

I developed this “Greatest Witch-Hunt Ever” from Trump’s whining and bitching about him being a total victim of everybody all the time, and in particular, his great enemy, the Media.

It’s because they insist on fact-checking the old fat bastard, and he hates that, because he lies, but only when his lips are moving, and some of us wish they didn’t — make of that what you will.

Speaking of LIPS, I’ll be resurrecting “Killer Lips from Outer Space” as a videogame in the new engine, which means a LOT of changes in the levels, because Claude and Dick have come up with some killer smart bots that will drive the average gamer nuts — a short drive at best. Continue reading

A New Use For Old Coins

Grading thousands of coins every night to make my Quantum Boxes.

Yeah, I’ve got a whole new product in my hands tonight — A guaranteed authentic 100-year-old VERY VINTAGE U.S. 1920 Lincoln Penny sealed into a protective acrylic capsule which is then mounted on a tiny papier-mache box to make a small and intricately designed “Trinkets & Treasures Box” or what is commonly called a “Memory Box”.

You’d keep small personal items that belonged to a person, place or time in there, which creates a powerful bond with the space-time config that is the source of the memorabilia. Continue reading

Which is the Darkest Hour of the Night?

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Deeply Sculptured Enamelware can be achieved through advanced techniques.

Which is the Darkest Hour of the Night? It’s always the one you’re in. How will you get through this Dark Hour? It’s not a question of what you do, but where you are at the time. Most of the issues in the Dark Hour revolve around what you’re going to do to get through it, and here’s one solution that works when all other solutions fail. Continue reading