And you may ask yourself... why is there a coffee table on this blog?

Well, I guess it's on here because I built it. There was a time when we bought our first home (just married and putting my wife through college) that we were so poor we couldn't really afford furniture. We didn't even really have the money to buy lumber so I'd go get the broken palettes from dumpsters behind local stores. I'd then build all kinds of furniture out of the scrap wood found in these dumpsters. I've always been fond of the pieces, but my wife has been happy to slowly replace them over the years. Anywho, this is one of those pieces. I just recently refinished it to match the new house.

Floating guy with teeth. Oh, and trees on his back.

It just sort of rolls off the tongue. This is one of my most recent paintings. As I start this blog I figure I should have a little content going before sending it out to anyone. This painting was done with pencils, inks, and paint on a board I found at a property. It may be somewhat of a self-portrait... metaphorically (although not done intentionally). I usually don't know what a painting is about until I'm done with it. I like painting from the subconscious. If I set out with a theme in mind the piece will seem forced and a cliche when done (to me anyway).

The new Salomon Rocker2

These just came in. Super cool looking ski both in terms of dimensions and graphics. The tip and tail are really unique. It actually doesn't have any metal edge for probably 8-10 inches in the tip and tail. I guess it's actually honeycombed in the tip and tail reduce swing weight as well. The portions of the metal edge just before and after the gap are heavily de-tuned. Flex feels really lively in both tip and tail, but super solid under foot. I think it would be just about impossible to hook an edge on these things. I'm beyond stoked to take these out for a spin.

Big Cliff. Small Skier.

Shot by my brother Michael R. Allen.

Dirty Filthy Robots and Their Genital Abnormalities

You may not want to watch these in church: