Lisa Mertins’ Life Illustrated » 2007 » November

Holy Cow, Two Sparts In A Row!

I know! Crazy. I just couldn’t help myself. Wacky spam subject lines aren’t the only things the robots send me. I’ve also collected some great names like this one. Can’t you just picture a whole Halfpop clan? Kongsy’s the oddball, preferring American to the traditional European football. When our kids were younger, we’d entertain them [...]

A Rocky Spart

I’ll get to the spam art momentarily and in the end, the post comes together, I promise. So, I have this thing for rocks. I know I’m not supposed to covet them, but I can’t help myself. When I see a perfect round one, I put it in my pocket. I was in Tucson for [...]

Signs

I love old signs. These two are from a recent trip. Tucson Blyth

One Wish

It’s useless trying to ignore the specter of “the holidays.” So today, instead I embrace it with this quick sketch of what my dream for Christmas is. And this quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. goes with it perfectly: “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”

I Dream Of Jeannie

This was a cinch-y solution to the Katherine Nguyen story running in today’s Register. I hope she and her boyfriend don’t mind this depiction of them (tee hee!). P.S. Kat has a fun food blog and one of my favorite fashion blogs.