and I quote

Joe Frank died yesterday . May he rest in peace.

Toast

Poor Man
watching the grandkids
Kids say
Grandpa -can we play with the toys
Grandpa says
I don't have any toys
Kids say
Grandpa
-can we play with the animals
Sorry kids
I dont have any animals
kids are dejected
Wait ...says grandpa
You can play with the slices of bread
but don't name them

Cause grandpa did not want them to have an existential crisis
over the BLT he was planning to fix them for breakfast

if Mom and Dad found out, Grandpa would be toast

Mark Burkenbine  2018

Happy New Years

I have nothing, and it is all mine.

Turns out "my fork broke" also means "we need better silverware" and " I need a knife".   No need to say the last two at all.

Going to be cold tonight.  I turned on the heater for the first time this season, just to make sure it worked.  Then I turned if off.  It was around zero last night, and it was 72 in the apartment. Going to be -5 in the morning, we shall see.

My resolution this year will be to improve on my decisive ambiguity.

If I ever have to have hemorrhoid surgery , I hope I will be able to play the piano afterwards.

Happy New Year from the Burkenbines.  

support

Hard to believe nobody got me a megaphone for Christmas. 

painting darkness

the unknown is a dark canvas
    throw questions at it
til you have an answer
    here and there
like a big etch a sketch
and slowly but surely
a picture will form
....do it again...
 ...never stop...

Mark Burkenbine, 2017

Successfully blurred lines

Character.

Good ones move things.

Bad ones get moved.

Been working on this one for 50 years.