I’m proud to release my latest work in the ‘The art of series’
Introducing, the Birth of Venus
Visit the Art of Botticelli page to find out more about this amazing artist
Some of you might remember this cartoon from four years ago. I’ve always wanted to redraw it in my current vector drawing app to prevent pixilation and sell as a T-shirt on my online Cafepress store. I hope you like the new version; let me know.
Sorry for being corny, but it just had to be done, didn’t it?
You may recall some of my previous Tomato Soup cartoons (soup-ersauros, soup-ernova, soup-ernatural, soup-erman, soup-erficial). I think I have exhausted all possible ‘soup’ word gags… but over to you…
Any other ‘soup’ word gags? Let me know and I’ll give it a bash
Ever talked to yourself in the mirror?
Well I do…and perhaps I might have hesitated from sharing this with your lovely self, but now I feel confident to shout it out loud. You see, I’ve done a bit of research into the topic (Google, that is) and low and behold there have been numerous studies into this fine area. Studies conclude that
People Who Talk To Themselves Aren’t Crazy, They’re Actually Geniuses
So, there you have it! But as for the second sign of madness, well, the jury is still out. Now, that we are all a little bit wiser, you can tell me…
Do you ever talk to yourself in the mirror?
I love colourful phrases as they can be so visual in nature. The expression has only been around since the late 1800’s. It was made common place when an 1894 throat lozenges advertising campaign made the claim that “The Taylor Bros. say that ‘Frog in the Throat’ will cure hoarseness. 10 cents and box.”
What’s your favourite expression or phrase?
Thanks to Jen Martin of Espresso Science, I found new material for this week’s cartoon. Hyperthymesia, is the condition of possessing a superior autobiographical memory and is derived from the Greek, hyper, meaning excessive and thymesis, meaning remembering. Individuals are able to recall the vast majority of personal experiences and events in their life such as what day Easter Sunday fell on and what they wore and did on that particular day.
So, on the topic of memory,
Can you guess which occupation would have the hardest [memory] test in the world?
I would have guessed astronaut. What would you guess?
PS. The answer is in her most recent post What memories are made.
