My wife ordered a Wacom Bamboo tablet for my birthday. I’ve had my eye on a tablet for 6 or so years, but could never justify the cost. Fortunately, the price came down to something close to reasonable for a refurbished. In conjunction with that my niece and mother would like a nice picture of Elmo-gone-Emo. It must be that Elmo has a bad sunburn and so it HURTS to smile. So here is my first completely digital drawing with the Bamboo. My review: It is everything I dreamed it would be.

Tonight I ate the home-cured gravlax that I made following the recipe I found at I Eat You. It was delicious. Unbelievably good. If I don’t die of food poisoning, I will call it a success.

This being my first foray into the world of self-prepared-uncooked fish, (…okay, that isn’t quite true – I once dried some catfish in our food dehydrator, effectively ruining it, but I didn’t eat that…) I went ahead and photographed it for your viewing pleasure. Please note that my photography is almost as amateurish as my cheffery. And wordsmithery.

Now that you have a picture, if it kills me, you know what to go after. Avenge my death!