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Cosmos Quest Background

Just thought I'd share a little "promo pic" for my webcomic. Check it out by clicking the picture!

Doodle Day 1: Anything

(Almost) every day for 30 days I will be drawing a little doodle with a specific subject each time. Today's subject is "anything", and this is what I drew:

"Monolith worms, although fiercely protective of the constructs that spawn them, are actually quite adorable."

Autumn Brings Winter

I just finished making a music video with my friend, Jacob Goins. He's an awesome musician and it was a lot of fun working with him. Here's the result:

You can check out some more of his relaxing music at NoiseTrade.com here.

Hey guys! Remember Cosmos Quest from a while ago? Well it's finally ready! I've been neglecting the good old Curious Robot for over a month, getting this new comic series ready to share. So head on over to its very own website and check it out! You can read the prologue and the beginning of the first chapter already.

Enjoy!

Cosmos Quest

So, a while ago I posted about a new comic series I'm starting that was called Cosmos Creatures. Well, now it's called Cosmos Quest (for now). I drew a little group shot/promo thing of the main characters and thought you guys would like to see it.

Cosmos Quest will probably get it's own website and I hope to be able to update a few times a week. But for now, you can look at this.

From left to right, back to front: Ember, Pixel, Totem, Cosmos, Stella.

New Comic Book!

Hey everybody! I just thought I'd let you know that I've been stranded on Mars for the last few days and haven't been able to post anything. While I was there I was working on a new comic book/webcomic. Currently I'm working on the Prologue.

The story is about a band of ~~fearless~~ curious space explorers who are sent on a mission of discovery. Also, a mission to prove to alien species that Humans are an advanced race. On the way the meet new friends, see new things, eat new food, not to mention get caught up in an intergalactic war and then save Earth from... well, I'll tell you later.

Here are some pictures of the main characters that I drew (not to scale).

Cosmos - the main character

Squeaker - Cosmos's weird pet alien thing

Stella - the secondary character

Totem - an alien hitchhiker

Baby Bunny

Last week I found a baby rabbit in my yard. Although I was unable to keep it, I did manage to get a few close up shots of his very tiny and adorable face.

Random Featured Music of the Week!

Hey everyone! You have to check out an awesome mini-album of music composed over on Noise Trade! I have to say that the music is very impressive and relaxing. So head on over and listen to some awesome tunes.

Glowsticks at Night

Some friends and I had a lot of fun making this photos. I used a long exposure time on the camera while the others made shapes in the air with glow sticks. Done at night.

Light Painting

While I was at the beach a few weeks ago, some friends and I made these really cool photos. We set our cameras to a really long exposure time (15 seconds) and then waved flash lights in front of the camera during the picture. Personally, I think it turned out pretty cool.

Flickr!

Hey everybody! I finally got a Flickr page this week. If you happen to not know what Flickr is, it is an amazing photography website where people can create webpages for all their photos. So if you want to see some even more awesome photos than what's on this blog, head over to my Flickr page and check it out.

Word of the Week - Quatch

quatch - (noun)
a word or sound.

Ex: the aged rabbit uttered a last quatch, and then died.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Recusant

recusant - (noun)
a nonconformist, someone refusing to obey social or governmental laws.

Ex: the priest was displeased to discover his star pupil had become a recusant.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Unco

unco - (adj)
1. strange, odd, or awkward; out of the ordinary.

Ex: The unco dictionary was not a best-seller.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Absquatulate

absquatulate - (noun)
to flee or abscond; get away with.

Ex: After the thief was caught red-handed, he absquatulated with the money.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled.

Pepper Jack?

If you guys remember, I started a short story series several months ago detailing the adventures of the detective Pepper Jack, but half way through the story it trailed off. Hmm. Yeah, about that. Well, I totally forgot to mention this, but "Pepper Jack", at least in that form, is no longer with us. Over the past few months I've been plotting out a new story, coming up with characters, worlds, creatures, finding bad guys, assembling a side kick and much more.

In the end, 210 Words is getting scrapped and replaced with the Adventures of Pepper Jack. He'll be a character that is used in various short stories throughout time. The first installment will be a mystery story involving an ancient artifact heist, but he'll also pop up in the Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt, and the far future.

But there's also going to be WAY more to the story than just that. Duplicates. Time travel. Lost artifacts. Lost memories. Hi-Tech weaponry. Of course humor, because his name is Pepper Jack. And probably tossing in Whistlethrush Isle and some of the people from that world.

Coming early-mid 2015 to Curious Robots near you.

Inside a Rescue Helicopter

Last week my family and I visited or friends in Kentucky. Their dad works as a flight paramedic, and works on an emergency medical helicopter crew. He was kind enough to let us take a look at the helicopter. He gave us the grand tour and a quick run-through of a rescue operation. So cool!

Histomap - A Map of History

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To Kill a Mocking Bird

This is the essay I wrote after reading "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee. Personally, I thought the book was funny and enjoyable, even though everyone knows about it.

You should definitely read the book before you read this

The High Road

As the reader knows, the final chapters of Harper Lee's world renowned To Kill a Mocking Bird, left Atticus Finch and Heck Tate with a perplexing decision between legal justice and moral empathy. Providentially for Arthur Radley (Boo), the two men made the right choice. Rather that following classic protocol, they concluded that the reclusive Radley brothers should be left to live out their days in undisturbed tranquility.

The book so profoundly and concisely states that Arthur was not brought to court because it would be like killing a mocking bird to do so. Arthur had never hurt anyone, lied, stolen, or for that matter, interacted with any human besides his brother in decades. To drag him into court for defending the children he had watched grow up, seemed harsh to the two men. Mr. Finch and the sheriff didn't want Arthur's welcome into Maycomb's culture to be a unsettling court case full of staring eyes, pointing fingers, and deranged assumptions. Considering Arthur's rather odd behavior on the night of the incident, perhaps the two men thought it would be a shock to his system. if was nearly afraid of a little girl.

This is where another important aspect of the scenario comes into play. An illation can be drawn that Boo was mentally challenged or disabled. His abnormal behavior was, no doubt, one of the reasons for his lifelong seclusion. Atticus and Heck realized that such an straining occurrence of enduring a courtroom trial would destroy Arthur's carefully balanced and calm routine of life. This would have caused him severe trauma and possibly mental destabilization. Undoubtedly it was better to let the Radley's remain as they had been: quiet and solitary.

One final reason proving that two men were correct in their decision is the most convincing. On several occasions in the Bible, God has not condemned lying, but only in rare circumstances where an individual risked their lives by lying to save someone else's life. In the book of Joshua, Rahab risked her life for the Israelite spies by saying, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from... When it was time to close the gate, the men left. I don't know which way they went," (Joshua 2:4,5). Because she lied and spared God's servants, she was spared in Jericho's destruction. In the situation of Arthur Radley, Mr. Finch, and Heck Tate, the sheriff and lawyer decided to cloak Arthur's involvement in the crime scene in order to prevent him from becoming the central point of Maycomb's attention and public exposure.

Although many more conclusions can be drawn and ideas created from the thrilling novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, it is obvious that Finch and Tate compassionately swept Arthur under the rug on that fateful night, right where he was most content. This is because Arthur was mentally handicapped and couldn't handle a county full of eyes upon his back, because he had never been involved in public or private affairs before, and because it is sometimes right to lie if it is not a selfish lie and protects someone else. In conclusion, Atticus and Heck made a difficult decision, but chose the high road of moral empathy for a gentle soul in the community.

Homeschooling Infographic

A lot of complicated information, but its quite a rewarding read. (Click to enlarge)

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