by Marty Coleman | Jul 30, 2010 | Penn Jillette, The Internet - 2010 |
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I now have a Slide Show page. This month’s drawings can be seen all at one time here:
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Day #5 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
Perhaps your first thought after reading this is imagining a sexual creep. And no doubt, there are plenty of those. But what I think about more are the ones that are the most perverse, the creepiest, the ones that put a shiver down my spine. they aren’t the sexual ones, they are the violent ones.
The ones who promote violence against women, children, immigrants, african-americans, government representatives, corporate officers, police, spiritual systems not their own and more. There might be a sexual sadism to some of these creeps, but in it’s essence the perversity is about violence.
They have rage that is disconnected from reality, reason, civility, morality. They aren’t interested in understanding anything. They just want to attack, and attack they do. I have come across pages where the level of vehemence is so high I can only imagine the toxic ‘smell’ in the place those words are being typed.
There is only one simple antidote to this, and it is your own goodness. Fighting against violence is good and important, but not all of us can do that first hand. What we can do is make sure we never contribute to it with time, money, encouragement or tacit agreement. Don’t let that happen.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Penn Jillette, 1955- not dead yet, American entertainer
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 29, 2010 | Esther Dyson, The Internet - 2010 |
Day #4 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
I hadn’t thought about it before but this quote is so frickin’ accurate it’s scary.
- The mean-spirited get drunk in their maliciousness.
- The loner becomes the lurker.
- The sarcastic become world famous snarkers.
- The sweet hearted become boundary breaking encouragers and supporters.
- The pretentious intellectual becomes a know-it-all bore.
- The funny thinker becomes the life of the chat room party.
The distance from consequences of a real relationship and the safety from physical violence are the main chemicals that replace the alcohol molecule but the effect is the same. You say and do things that would usually remain in check, would remain more subtle.
Sometimes these things are good. Just as sometimes a person comes out of their shell a bit if they have a drink or two, so it is on the internet. But it’s also filled with weboholics, those who go too far, talking and acting in ways they never would in real life or if they were sober.
Who are you on the internet?
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman
Quote by Esther Dyson, 1951-not dead yet, Swiss born journalist, venture capitalist and commentator on digital technology. Read up on her at her website or in a bio on the Huffington Post. She sounds like an amazing person!
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 28, 2010 | The Internet - 2010, Tim May |
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Day #3 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
When I first went online, about 1993, I talked to people in the USA, that’s it. When I started using AOL and Compuserve in the mid 90s I would occasionally meet people from other English speaking countries. When I started posting photos and drawings on Flickr around 2005 I made friends with Icelanders, Swedes, Chinese, Japanese, Brazilians, French, Spaniards, Mexicans, Brits and more.
I had blog visitors from 34 countries last month. That includes a visitor from Windhoek, in Namibia, Africa. Have you ever seen a the google map locating Windhoek in Namibia? It’s an isolated city.
Some stats:
- 847 miles – distance to Johannesburg, South Africa, the closest large city
- 8,376 miles – from Oklahoma, US. (my home)
- 7,167 miles – distance over the waters of the north and south Atlantic.
- $3,223.00 – cost to travel there (cheapest flight, about 200 connections it seems)
- 37 hours – Time to get there (if lucky)
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This month someone in Windhoek looked at my blog. They spent 11 minutes reading it. If they wanted to talk to me they could email, chat, skype, blog, FB or tweet with me. They could video conference with me and show me live feeds of themselves, home, dogs, shoes, lunch, car, office, husband or wife, storms, or garden or a million other things.
What a great world we live in. I am grateful for these things and I thank those who invented, produced, financed, sold, implemented and distributed these things so I can have them in my life.
Where are you in the world? Tell me about it in the comments, ok? I love geography and finding out about where people live, whether near or far.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Tim May, Software Engineer
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 27, 2010 | The Internet - 2010 |
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Day #2 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
Much of my life is on the internet. I blog, I chat, I email, I store, I sell, I buy, I befriend, I advise, I listen, I enjoy.
But I also tend to disappear into it. I forget I need to go out to brick and mortar stores to try to drum up business. I need to meet people. I need to actually go out and fish.
It has it’s place, and it’s a good place overall. But it isn’t the only place, nor is it the most important place.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by anonymous. If you happen to know whose quote this is, contact me. Thanks.
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 26, 2010 | The Internet - 2010 |
Day #1 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily. Unless I can’t find anything else on the internet, then it will be day #1 of Peeing Week I guess.
I help run the Tulsa Digital Photography Group. We had a photo shoot last year with models dressed up very nice, as if they were going out for a night on the town. We photographed them in a urban atmosphere, metal walls, rusted backgrounds, brick, graffiti, etc. The resulting photos were really quite cool.
I had one that showed a women kneeling down and another bending over holding her skirt. I titled it ‘Drunk Girls Looking For It’ since they both looked drunk, reaching for something off camera. I thought of it as a funny title. I wrote below it that it was actually two models from a fashion shoot. The photo was in a set that showed it wasn’t really a photo of drunk girls.
I posted it on my flickr site along with all the other photos from that shoot and lo and behold, almost a year later it is my most popular photo. Why? Because the title. People search all the time for ‘drunk girls’ apparently. The photo isn’t bad or show them in compromising positions. I kept the title the way it was.
But if you see the other photos of drunk girls that come up in that search, it will definitely give you warning to not let yourself get in that situation for sure. Some are just funny, but some are downright mean, with the girls (and plenty of guys if you search for them) drawn on or put in very embarrassing situations. That is malicious and hurtful, not just silly.
You can’t control everything on the internet or in real life. But you can be smart about what you let out into the world.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by anonymous. If you know of the quote author, please let me know.
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 25, 2010 | Sketchbook History Tour, Sunday |
Sketchbook History Tour – 1973.
I have sketchbooks dating back to 1971. Each Sunday I will post a drawing, going through the years.
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| Sunbather at a Country Club, 1973 |
During the summer after I graduated from High School I got blown up in a boat explosion. My recuperation took place at my parent’s home in Virginia. I got a job life guarding at a local pool inside a country club. I used my off time to continue drawing. A frequent visitor to the pool allowed me to draw her sunbathing. Sunbathers are great models for artists of course since they sit still for long periods of time. She was no exception.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 22, 2010 | Encyclopedia of Characters |
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Wormy Worm goes WAY back. When I first moved to Tulsa in 1994 I joined a company making educational software for kids. We had to come up with games and projects as part of the overall design of the CDs. One of the games included a worm character and thus was born Wormy Worm.
Wormy Worm is a great observer of the world around him. He witnesses the foibles and eccentricities of people and animals and has wise things to say about what they mean. I think Wormy Worm is one of the wisest characters in The Napkin World.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 21, 2010 | Encyclopedia of Characters, Heat |
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It’s summer and it’s hot so it’s time for Sunny Sun to enter the Pantheon of Characters in the Napkin Dad’s Encyclopedia.
Sunny Sun is positive and happy, a natural life giver. She can get angry though, and sometimes burns people who don’t pay attention to her.
She shows up in the napkins frequently, often representing the idea of persistence. Keep on keepin’ on and Sunny Sun will show up again eventually, no matter how she tries to hide behind her friend, the sweet Puffy Cloud or his scarier cousins T. Hunder and Tory Nado.
Sometimes S. Sun can be seen multiple times in the same sky. That is a mystery how that happens.
You can’t go wrong following Sunny, she will never let you down.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 20, 2010 | Heat, William Penn |
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Day #2 of Heat Week at The Napkin Dad Daily. It’s 97ºƒ (108º heat index) / 37ºc (42.2º) Here in Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA) again today.
“It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.”
Have you ever heard that line spoken to you? I have. They didn’t like my way of talking and that kept them from being able to hear what I was saying. In most cases it was my fault. I was saying things in a way that obscured rather than clarified. It’s like a graphic design advertisement that is so wild and over the top that you can’t read any of the words on it. That isn’t a good strategy if you are trying to communicate.
The same goes for arguments regarding ‘truth’. The overheated blowhards who rant and rave against whatever their flavor of the week is aren’t doing their cause any favors. The hot air they put out is entertainment for their minions but it doesn’t build a foundation of intelligent and thoughtful argument. It’s simply the scorching wind of heat without light.
The antidote is to be cool and thoughtful in your response. It may not seem to be the most entertaining and often doesn’t have that satisfying adrenalin rush that an angry rant has, but in the long run it is the most effective way to put your argument forward.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by William Penn, 1644-1718, founder of the state of Pennsylvania
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by Marty Coleman | Jul 19, 2010 | Caroline Schroeder, Heat |
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Someone told me I should do a series on heat since it has been so hot this summer around the entire North American continent (and parts of Europe I hear). So, it’s Heat Week at The Napkin Dad Daily!
One of the easiest things to do is change your mind due to being intellectually enlightened. But changing behavior from your heart, your core, that is very hard to do by cool intellectual thought. Of course eventually if you change your mind about something you might find yourself changing your attitudes or behaviors down the road, incrementally. And it’s likely they will be long lasting as a result. But a sudden transformation? Not as likely.
Heat on the other hand will cause changes faster than you can say ‘fire truck’. That is why AA and other addiction programs talk about a person having to hit rock bottom before they will change. They have to feel the heat of their life falling down all around them. Maybe they lose everything, are at the end of their rope. That sort of heat leads to change. You see it often in religious conversions as well as behavior changes.
The problem with heat related changes is they can often be short-lived. The emotion, the danger, the fear all lead to a promise to change, and will to change, but once the heat has passed, it takes a cool light to continue to lead the way, to make a change permanent. That is why threats of hell or damnation or some other fear based idea aren’t good. They make people feel heat, but they don’t help them see the light.
So, whether with yourself, family, friends or your children always be ready to supply the light when the heat has died down, which it eventually will.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Caroline Schoeder, no information available. If you find any, forward it to me please, thank you.
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