It's the "formative years" that count!

July is the month that I get to renew my licenses plates in the great state of Indiana.  For the past few years, I've been sporting the environmental plate.  However, this year I decided to go with something different.  I wasn't sure what to get.  I had considered the arts plate, but then something caught my eye...

Is that a young Lincoln with an axe tossed casually over his shoulder?  It is!  And guess what?  You can get it on your licenses plate!  See, here.  How badass is that?  In you face Kentucky and Illinois!  We celebrate the formative years around these parts.

It's only a matter of days before I can fasten this baby to Protege!

It's a start, but there's a long road ahead.

At the beginning of this summer, I started growing my Johnny Depp facial hair again.  At some point, I decided it would be awesome to have a handlebar mustache.

I really have no idea what I'm doing, and there are surprisingly (or not) few resources on the interwebs that discuss this topic.  I realize that at some point I will need to regularly use mustache wax, and I need to comb it to get the hair going in the right direction.  Other than that, I'm just winging it.  Some guy online said that he had been growing his for a year and a half!  I'm not sure I have that dedication, but I'd say things are promising.  Tonight I tried using a little wax to form some points.  I was pleasantly surprised at the results.  I believe I'll fix it up for work tomorrow.

On a side note, I'd like to thank whoever took this beautiful picture with my camera.  A picture really can say a thousand words...

Three links. Hours of fun.

OK, so maybe not hours, but definitely tens of minutes worth of enjoyment.

Link #1:

Wizard World Chicago 2008

As promised to some of you, above is the link to the pictures we took at this years Wizard World Chicago.  They're spectacular!

 

Link #2:

MANJOHN!

I created a MySpace page for our band.  I figure it's the easiest way to get our five original songs to you guys and gals.  Feel free to download them, rate them, and/or share them with your friends and neighbors.

 

Link #3:

Those of you who are in the cool kids club, and have access to the GCPA web site, can download the five songs featured above, plus a remix version of each of those songs.