I was just followed by an author who not only has a completely AI generated portfolio, but they themselves appear to be completely invented. I would have so much more respect for someone who openly admitted they generated their work than someone CREATING A FAKE PERSON to claim credit.

I know it’s borderline conspiracy theory thinking, but has anyone else been feeling like cell phone reception is just… getting worse? I feel like I’m in “a bad spot” like 40% of the time I’m out of the house and that number keeps ticking upward.

Look maybe it’s been a long and tiring day, but I simply don’t remember Spider-Man 2 making me cry THIS much.

We’re living in a real hat renaissance right now.

Hey I read a second book this year! Hooray for Agatha Christie!

Dramatic night for a ballgame

I appear once again to remind myself that I write and illustrate kids books. Take another peek at the book I’m working on!

Four-year-old got her first dental X-rays with a super slick machine and it’s taking everything I have to not say: “When I was your age I had to bite down on a wire care thing that hung out my mouth while they pointed a radiation laser at my jaw!”

I might like this photo enough to actually change my profile picture from “cartoon dog” to my actual face.

Slow me a picture that captures your essence. And YES this is my senior portrait and YES my yearbook quote underneath simply said “You found me!”

Listen. Why put outlook on the cloud PC desktop if it doesn’t work and I HAVE to use outlook classic?! Also I am aware that I am one demand for chocolate away from becoming a living Cathy cartoon.

This is my bat signal.

Limiting screen time is worthless. Teaching them to have healthy screen time is more useful, realistic, and helps build fuller humans.

Fatherhood.

Repost with the Russian agent that spies on your posts

Okay should I buy this hat

I think this one was real though

I respect the written word. That is hopefully obvious. I love and appreciate the care that goes into creating a good language puzzle. Amazing talent and hard work there. And yet. AND YET. I get IRRATIONALLY annoyed whenever I remember that the NYT Wordle has a full time editor.

Waiting until @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social was near the host of a Halloween party we were attending so that she would see me leave and give me a non awkward chance to say I’d like to talk to her again. I walked her to her car and well… here we are 14 years and two kids later

Finally finished my first book of the year. I really, really love Mac Barnett’s books—EXTRA YARN is a heavy favorite—and I found this book to be insightful and validating, and I can’t wait to see how my picture books improve from reading it.

Deep in a Reddit argument right now about reading women authors and I just have to say… If your argument is that you are in no way obligated to read books by women then you SHOULD be obligated to look in the mirror every morning and say that out loud three times.

Muahahahhaa, the millions I poured into the bike lobby paid off! Finally I can make BILLIONS selling helmets and reflector vests! THE POWER!!!!!

Help my convince @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social that this should be her next sticker design

Hey yeah! Take a look at the sticker I made! Was it for a poster contest I forgot to submit to? Possibly! But now you can put it on stuff.

Hey I just want to warn everyone that the Wright Brothers are going to be my entire personality for a little while. I’m getting REAL into this stuff.

George Miller’s Babe: Pig In The City Hold on wait—

I forgot that I brushed my teeth twenty minutes ago and just ate two Oreos. And dang it I’d do it again.

It’s like Bittersweet Symphony means nothing to you people

Today is everyone’s first day in old town, apparently.

Me: “Look, @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social, I just grabbed the latest Pulitzer winning novel!” Kayla: “what’s it about?” Me: “It’s one long run-on sentence stream of conscious present tense story about a WWI soldier finding a literal angel shot down over a battlefield!” Kayla: “that sounds awful.” 😤

One beef paddle, please!

Had the most Dad moment yet this week when we took our children to the Wright Brothers Memorial to see where they first took flight. I also insisted on climbing this hill alone to look at the tower up close, cried a little bit, then bought the David McCullough book at the museum shop.

Nothing against this initiative in the slightest and I know we have bigger fish to fry - but as a designer/illustrator in the area who’s worth is already constantly under the chopping block, it can be discouraging to see the city officially putting out AI art.

Listen, I’m not just looking for beef jerky. I’m looking for something bigger, something more. I’m looking for a…

In the past, if my son was crying in his car seat I would say, “maybe he’s bored,” or “he’s probably tired of being in the car.” But after the experience gained today, I will be asking myself: “is he sitting on a banana?”

Listen; I love y’all but I’d be okay here for a thousand years

Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only: Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Murder She Wrote Frasier

Just had my daughter’s half eaten bagel from yesterday and a bag of frozen peas for lunch in case you’re curious where I’m at mentally

Nothing like spending literal WEEKS working on a client video to promote their big event only to find out the event went ahead and happened while I was waiting for their edits to come in.

I think folks should know that I absolutely did order a Diet Coke from Spice Kraft.

You should be so lucky.

Our four-year-old keeps telling me to eat more vegetables “before you get dead,” and like… Dude I know? Get off my back.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

It’s true! Let’s make something crazy together!

After a wonderfully active and social day, it’s finally time to unwind with two and a half sentences of a novella I’ve been trying to get through for three years. Hope I don’t fall asle—

Look, honestly? I’m convinced. I’m on my way.

Wearing @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social ‘s hat while being an official poll worker this morning. It’s the height of fashion in this community room.

I understand why people don’t but I will never apologize for LOVING IN-N-OUT fries.

Just saw someone on Reddit describe RoboCop as a brutal movie with no subtle messaging and reader let me tell you—it activated me. Listen you could argue that the messaging in that movie isn’t SUBTLE but buddy, it’s there. I’d buy that for a dollar.

Without stating your age, post your favorite film released the year you turned 18.