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Volunteering, part II

Posted on April 16, 2018October 16, 2019 By admin

Another evening on the logistics team at Divinum. This was the last evening of the salon, so things started out slowly but went crazy just after the doors closed, with all the glasses coming in for washing. Just a couple of thousand, really.

During my break, I went to spit check some of the wines that stood out from out 5 hour tasting session from yesterday. Some of them went from fantastic to meh, OK, but a few still stood out and deserve further attention.

At one point, near the end, all the exhibitors came in to empty their open bottles. We were aghast at seeing perfectly good wine being dumped down the drain, so we kindly asked them to… just leave the bottles on the table on their way out. In the end, all the volunteers had their pick of about 40 bottles.

I’m going to put my name in the hat to volunteer again next year :)

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Volunteering, part 1

Posted on April 14, 2018October 16, 2019 By admin

I volunteered to be part of the logistics team at Divinum. Spent 3 hours cleaning and polishing glasses,for a free meal and all the wine we could schmooze. Good evening!

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Kitties! Birdies! Doggies! 

Posted on April 13, 2018April 17, 2018 By admin

Lions, tigers, bears, lynx, pheasants, leopards, serval, wolves, emus…. oh my.

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I love my cat and my cat loves me

Posted on April 10, 2018 By admin

My jeans (or any discarded clothing) make a very good Pavel trap. 

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I is helping! 

Posted on April 10, 2018 By admin

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Stop the Internet 

Posted on April 8, 2018 By admin

I’ve now seen everything… 

“Sexy Sesame Street YipYip boudoir cosplay”


By Flaming Goddess Cosplay 

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A nice genteel day

Posted on April 7, 2018April 9, 2018 By admin

We all went out for a walk to see the potters at the tulip fest. The cold weather we had recently means that the tulips are a bit behind schedule for the flowering, but it was still a gorgeous day, if only slightly marred by the alternatively whiny and I-want-to-buy-this bean. We took a train to Lausanne to browse a few shops and then go to our favourite brasserie for dinner. Again, very civilised.

For the most part.

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My supermarket is better than yours

Posted on April 7, 2018April 9, 2018 By admin

Because it has a passive-aggressive furry handing out samples. 

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Future blackmail picture

Posted on April 5, 2018 By admin

I’m just leaving this here for myself, to use in years to come. We’ll have lots of things to talk about with Bean’s first partner.

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my take on a classic

Posted on April 3, 2018 By admin

I’ve been looking for this poster for years. I had it in my bedroom when I was a teenager and got rid of it years ago, after it got battered after several flat moves. Little did I know that it would become a fairly rare, limited edition poster. The only biggish picture that I’ve seen that could be used as a basis for cleanup and photomanip came from an ebay listing, and even that had cosmetic damage. So, here below, are some creative things I’ve done with it.


The toonified version.


The halftone version.

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