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hope his partner has a small 'shnozz'.

proboscoidal

How about Frigid Fuji.

Large cock and balls penetrating the mountain.

Word verification: pesgi (sounds like pesky, dunnit?)

this would've been an excellent illustration for a story that mr p wrote many years ago about a bodyless man and a headless woman, one of his best, ask him about it.

speechless

Funnie, I like a lot the tecnique also.
ciao

wish we had a bath that large...i love my bath!

Nadler, does Mr Judah know your blog has turned into a love-poem to his beardy features?

I notice he isn't returning the favour on his website. Though it would probably be hard to render you in paint the way he likes to render, I guess.

I think you should get Gerry to help you build your next Impossible Machine.

I've also realised that Gerry Judah is in fact my therapist. The man's becoming positively Malkovichian in his cultural iconicity, innit?

Your illustrations are always amuzing!! Love it!

Always a delight!

This reminds me of a few people I know who want to control everything and everyone around them.

SNEEZE UPSET GIRLS' SCHOOL; Sounded Like Man's and Police Were Called in to Find Him.


February 5, 1908, Wednesday


One Police Sergeant, four patrolmen, and one night watchman had an exciting time early yesterday morning at the Benjamin-Deane School for Girls, 144 Riverside Drive, trying to find a big bass sneeze, presumably with a burglar attached. At last reports neither had been found.

New York Times Archive

EXCERPT

The Death of a Clerk by Anton Chekov

One fine evening the no less fine office manager Ivan Dmitrich Cherviakov1 was sitting in the second row of the stalls, watching The Bells of Corneville2 through opera glasses. He watched and felt himself at the height of bliss. But suddenly . . . This "but suddenly" occurs often in stories. The authors are right: life is so full of the unexpected! But suddenly his face wrinkled, his eyes rolled, his breath stopped . . . he put down the opera glasses, bent forward, and . . . ah-choo!!! As you see, he sneezed. Sneezing is not prohibited to anyone anywhere. Peasants sneeze, police chiefs sneeze, sometimes even privy councillors sneeze. Everybody sneezes. Cherviakov, not embarrassed in the least, wiped his nose with his handkerchief and, being a polite man, looked around to see whether his sneezing had disturbed anyone. And now he did become embarrassed. He saw that the little old man sitting in front of him in the first row of the stalls was carefully wiping his bald head and neck with his glove and muttering something. Cherviakov recognized the little old man as General Brizzhalov,3 who served in the Department of Transportation.

"I sprayed him!" thought Cherviakov. "He's not my superior, he serves elsewhere, but still it's awkward. I must apologize."

Cherviakov coughed, leaned forward, and whispered in the general's ear:

"Excuse me, Yr'xcellency, I sprayed you . . . I accidentally . . ."

"Never mind, never mind . . ."

"For God's sake, excuse me. I . . . I didn't mean it!"

"Ah, do sit down, please! Let me listen!"

Cherviakov became embarrassed, smiled stupidly, and began looking at the stage. He looked, but felt no more bliss. Anxiety began to torment him. In the intermission he went up to Brizzhalov, walked around him, and, overcoming his timidity, murmured:

"I sprayed you, Yr'xcellency . . . Forgive me . . . I . . . it's not that I . . ."

"Ah, come now . . . I've already forgotten, and you keep at it!" said the general, impatiently twitching his lower lip.

"Forgotten, but there's malice in his eyes," thought Cherviakov, glancing suspiciously at the general. "He doesn't even want to talk. I must explain to him that I really didn't mean it . . . that it's a law of nature, otherwise he'll think I wanted to spit. If he doesn't think so now, he will later! . . ."

On returning home, Cherviakov told his wife about his rudeness. His wife, it seemed to him, treated the incident much too lightly. She merely got frightened, but then, on learning that Brizzhalov served "elsewhere," she calmed down.

"But all the same you should go and apologize," she said. "He might think you don't know how to behave in public!"

"That's just it! I apologized, but he was somehow strange . . . Didn't say a single sensible word. And then there was no time to talk."

The next day Cherviakov put on a new uniform, had his hair cut, and went to Brizzhalov to explain . . . Going into the general's reception room, he saw many petitioners there, and among them was the general himself, who had already begun to receive petitions. Having questioned several petitioners, the general raised his eyes to Cherviakov.

"Yesterday, in the Arcadia, if you recall, Yr'xcellency," the office manager began, "I sneezed, sir, and . . . accidentally sprayed you . . . Forg . . ."

"Such trifles . . . God knows! Can I be of help to you?" the general addressed the next petitioner.

"He doesn't want to talk!" thought Cherviakov, turning pale. "That means he's angry . . . No, it can't be left like this . . . I'll explain to him . . ."

When the general finished his discussion with the last petitioner and headed for the inner rooms, Cherviakov followed him and murmured:

"Yr'xcellency! If I venture to trouble Yr'xcellency, it's precisely, I might say, from a feeling of repentance! . . . It wasn't on purpose, you know that yourself, sir!"

The general made a tearful face and waved his hand.

"You must be joking, my dear sir!" he said, disappearing behind the door.

"What kind of joke is it?" thought Cherviakov. "This is no kind of joke at all! A general, yet he can't understand! If that's the way it is, I won't apologize to the swaggerer any more! Devil take him! I'll write him a letter, but I won't come myself! By God, I won't!"

So Cherviakov thought, walking home. He wrote no letter to the general. He thought and thought, and simply could not think up that letter. So the next day he had to go himself and explain.

"I came yesterday to trouble Yr'xcellency," he began to murmur, when the general raised his questioning eyes to him, "not for a joke, as you were pleased to say. I was apologizing for having sneezed and sprayed you, sir . . . and I never even thought of joking. Would I dare joke with you? If we start joking, soon there won't be any respect for persons . . . left . . ."

"Get out!!" barked the general, suddenly turning blue and shaking.

"What, sir?" Cherviakov asked in a whisper, sinking with terror.

"Get out!!" the general repeated, stamping his feet.

Something in Cherviakov's stomach snapped. Seeing nothing, hearing nothing, he backed his way to the door, went out, and plodded off . . . Reaching home mechanically, without taking off his uniform, he lay down on the sofa and . . . died.

July 1883

China is trying to ban spitting for the Olympics...it seems to be a common practice to hock n' shoot every couple of seconds and confuses the pigeons as they look for clean spots to hit...

Such educational, such scholarly comment!

I shudder to think what kind of bullets that thing fires.

Nice. Great commentary and imagery. It is always great to see your view of the world through your art. I agree with Rico's comment.

i love your wit ellis! nice work

Singapore is known for their odd little laws.....takes the "f" out of "fun", doesn't it?

I like this image a lot. Clean and EXTREME, very vivid.

Indeterminate size? As in, changes shape everytime you look at it?

Awesome image, very powerful. That'd be one more country I could never go to, if they pass that law. I'm a world champion speed sneezer

claire, this is so incredibly beautiful and inspiring. you sure did pack a wallop into a small space. i so love the blue and green...perfect. happy crafting!

Wow, what a beautiful space and so inspiring! You can only make beautiful things while you are sitting there - and that slipcover is adorable :)

So organized! Very impressive! And love the blues.

Claire, it is gorgeous! I love it in every way...the color, the patterns, the baskets. Very inspiring as I will have a craft area in our next house this summer. *making mental notes*

Amazing! I love this space!!!

Everything is so pretty! And your painting on the wastepaper bin is just amazing. I wish I could paint! *sigh* :)

this looks beyond fabulous! i love the tips about the shelves. and i so want a chair cover like yours. beautiful!

holy smokes you are sooo talented! I love the blue color scheme and all the little details...the scalloped edge machine mat..yikes! So pretty. Very inspiring...!!

I love your space. It just invites creativity! The chair slipcover is amazing. I have never attempted a project like that. You did a great job.

The details are amazing... it's all so wonderfully put together!!
Love that blue as well!

hey, that looks lovely! the blue is such a lovely calm organised kind of colour. enjoy your space!

This is so wonderful...the woolen mat, the colors, the baskets, the organization! I've never had a 'craft room' or even 'craft space' before except for now. And the present area is so disheveled that I don't want to be in there. Your ideas are inspiring.

Your room is so beautiful. I love all of the little containers and the chair slipcover.

claire- you got this done so quickly. i am very impressed not only with the beauty but, also with the wonderful organization and inspiring details.
btw- my order arrived safely and i love everything. thanks again.
now, how can i convince you to plan a trip here to organize my space?

me again. might i ask where you got the little boxes and metal boxes above the patterned paper ikea box? hope that makes sense

thank you everyone for all the nice comments!
The two metal boxes are vintage - I found one at the Antiques at the St. Lawrence market and the other was given to me by a friend. They come like that with the clear plastic fitted drawers. I think you can buy something similar at hardware type stores - they're generally used for sorting nails and screws etc.

I found that the drawers are the perfect size for a few spools of thread so I have my thread sorted by colours.

thanks!

what a lovely craft corner! and i love the slipcover - i agree it looks japanese. it must have taken so much time to get every little detail perfect but it was all worth it!
By the way, thank you again for my new needlebook - getting it in the mail was one of the highlights of my week!

wow, it looks lovely claire. i love all the blue and the way it brings out the color of your beautiful sewing baskets.
and that slipcover for your chair is fabulous. I would LOVE to learn how to slipcover my furniture. I have some amazing fabric from my grandmother that I'm saving for just the right chair.

Oh my goodness. It's so amazing! I am totally in awe of the gorgeousness. So, uh . . . when are you coming over to do MY place?

Wow your craft corner looks great! So organised and inspiring, and your sewing machine is gorgeous!

wowzers!
this is magazine worthy!
it turned out wonderful...
:)

It is so beautiful! I love all the little details. Enjoy your new space!

sweet set up! I was wondering if you have problems with your portable Singer 'sticking' where the needle doesn't want to go down. I can't seem to figure it out- if its the bobbin or a gear.

That turned out great! I fancy that color blue too. My favorite part is the shelving. Thanks for including the tips!

Wow, you've been working so hard, but isn't it worth it?! I love your bird paper bin.

Wow, it looks great! I just finished cleaning my studio/office, now it's time to make it not just organized, but pretty, and you've given me such inspiration!

How lovely this all is ... Even your sewing machine is gorgeous!

I love love love your craft space!! You chose some of my favorite colors and I love the way everything is so neatly organized - just gorgeous!

This space turned out so pretty! You put a lot of thought and work into it. I love the blue sewing desk best!

That looks so great! Really inspiring. I immediately started running around our house (in my mind) to see if I could fit in such a lovely space. ;-) (but I'll have to do a lot of rearranging and move things around for that to happen)

Brilliant looking studio space.. I hope you have many happy hours of creating there!

That is very awesome. Your slip cover is perfect and I love the wastepaper basket. Now I'm looking around my own office and saying "hmmmm..."

Your crafts corner looks gorgeous! I love the slipcover. Was it hard to make? I have an old chair that's in good condition, but not so pleasing to look at. A pretty slipcover would be the perfect solution. Is there a pattern you used that you would recommend?

I didn't use a pattern, the general idea is to measure the surfaces of your chair then add a seam allowance.

If you make a test version with old fabric (an old sheet maybe?) then you can fine tune your pattern. I put the test slipcover on the chair then drew the outlines with a black marker and then cut it apart again to use as a pattern. Every chair is different, so if you'd like a fitted cover you need to customize it to your chair.

Hope that helps!

how pretty and organized! :)

It looks amazing!I love the blue white combination it's just so fresh.

gorgeous! I love all of the blue...so sweet and serene! What a lovely sewing machine, as well. So much nicer than my beaten up singer from high school...:)
I am sure your new space will inspire you to create many a beautiful thing.

I cannot believe how much you are able to fit into your space (I know how small it actually is)! You are a decore whiz! The colours and the configuration are so soothing and eye-pleasing. Really, really lovely.

Oh, I love it so much! I really need to finish mine. You've inspired me! You've really done a lot with the space you have and I really like how you organized it. Good job!

Hello from Italy:
Wow.....what a beatiful craft room.
I need something like this urgently!!!
Your are so organized!
Very inspiring, thank you indeed!
Arrivederci!
Cata.

That is just beautiful! and very inspiring to see how nicely ones crafty things can be organised (mine are on a puddle on my desk)... :)

It's all so organized and pretty! I feel like I need to go up and tidy up my sewing room now.LOL

i am so jealous! this is beautiful... the chair cover is wonderful.