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KGP highlights

I was so busy batting cleanup yesterday I did not have time to point out some highlights of the Ken Goldstein Project submissions and props.

First, the mask is available for download, with complete instructions right on the sheet. I designed the mask to also be hung as a street poster, so if you walk to work, consider copying a batch and putting them up.

Second, a big THANK YOU to everyone who attended Sabrina‘s PHO on Sunday, August 18 at Thanh Bros on Broadway. This picture is of that group. I hope that members of this gathering will become direct participants in the Ken Goldstein project.

Third, Ken’s ex-roommates Murph and Juli went well beyond the call of duty, supplying the Project with eight amusing and yet somehow disturbing images, notably including this one:

Which is of the actual original Illuminated Donkey which Ken named his blog after.

Additional participants whom I thank heartily are Frankenstein, le Petit Chou, and The Fat Guy.

Ya know what would be great? It would be great if someone went all around Ken’s neighborhood in Jersey City and hung the mask poster a bunch of times. That would be great.

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Stumpy's back!

Couple’s deformed pet squirrel safe at home after road trip

“MACHIAS — A squirrel with half a tail and no left hind foot is back with his caretakers after 10 days on the lam.

Stumpy the squirrel was found six miles from the residence of Steve and Marcia Carter, 52 and 51, who fought back tears when he was returned.”

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“When they arrived, Steve Carter lifted the plywood and Stumpy leaped onto his shoulder and uncorked a succession of squeaky barks, seemingly well-nourished and none the worse for wear except for a scratch on his shoulder and five ticks.”

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“The deformed squirrel took to walking on a rope leash, playing in the Carters’ front yard, sleeping at night in a cage in their house and riding on the dashboard of Steve Carter’s truck when he made his rounds as a contractor.”

Now this is the kind of quality news America needs in these troubled times. It’s got everthing: pet rodents, a deformed, plucky hero samed Stumpy who’s both cute and repellent (since he is a rodent), touching family values, and a burly he-man who nearly weeps with joy when reunited with the missing loved one. Yeah!