Tanner and Jessica @ theHellands.com

This was too awesome to not pass along (click for actual size):

For those unfamiliar with the Simpsons, the above picture is based off this poster:

And here’s the coolest part of this story!

The artist of this magnificent little piece of work originally uploaded the image to her deviantART page. (For those who don’t know, deviantART is one of the premiere user-generated art sites on the net - think of it as MySpace for artists.)  Within days the picture became so popular that it was featured on the deviantART homepage, then picked up on digg.  From there it inevitably spread across the internet and blogosphere until it ultimately landed on ABC News.

From there, the image eventually made it all the way to Matt Groening - as in Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons - and this previously unknown artist was offered a job with Bongo Comics, Groening’s comic book company.  Rumor has it that she is now working on the relaunched Futurama.

Moral of the story?  SHARE YOUR TALENTS!  You never know who might notice.

BTW, she has also done a fantastic Futurama-as-anime pic:

Check out more of spacecoyote’s impressive work at www.spacecoyote.com.

1. Like Jessica mentioned, we’re not students anymore.  There aren’t words strong enough to describe how much I DON’T miss school.

2. Sweet, sweet college football.  BYU 59, UCLA 0.  It doesn’t get much better than that.

3. American Idol, and not just because of the new season.  (Although having a 4th judge sounds like a good idea, provided the judges don’t talk as much as they have in past seasons.  One more incorrectly diagnosed “pitchy” comment from Randy and I’m gonna punch the TV.)  The AI winner from last year - David Cook, of course! - is releasing his debut album on November 18th.  I can’t wait to hear what he and Raine Maeda put together.

4. Other great fall TV (aka The Office and Heroes).  The season 4 finale of The Office was one of the funniest TV episodes I have ever seen.  (”You cheated on me? When I specifically asked you not to?”)  Will Jim finally propose?  Will Angela leave Andy for Dwight?  And as for Heroes - well, Jess and I recently watched all of season 1 and 2 in less then 72 hours.  That sums up how we feel about Heroes.

5. Beautiful fall weather.  Temperatures comfortably between 75 and 85, the occasional rainstorm, and no school to tarnish it.  Ahhhh.

6. My birthday!  I’ll be 25 this year.  I don’t know whether it’s better to think of that as “halfway to 50″ or “only a quarter of the way to 100.”  Both interpretations seem to suck.

7. I’ve finally finished a complete rewrite of my award-winning-ish novel manuscript.  After a couple finishing touches, I’m heading back into the horrible world of manuscript submission to agents and publishers.  Let’s pray for minimal rejections this time around (although Jessica stands by her comment that it’s good for me to get “a little rejection,” whatever THAT means…).

8. The end of this month marks 3 years since Jess and I first met.  Man, it’s gone by fast, and each year gets better then the last!  Yay for marrying your best friend!

9. Elections.  This will be the first presidential election I’ve voted in, and it’s turned out to be a surprisingly interesting little contest.  Though I’m not registered with either party, I’d have to say that my current vote is leaning towards the McCain/Palin ticket - but the upcoming debates could certainly play a role in adjusting this…

10. November will mark one year at my current job.  I really don’t mind my current work situation, and hopefully my one-year mark will translate into “big fat raise.”  Not likely, but I can certainly hope! 

Jess and I saw this license plate cover on the way home from work tonight.  It’s a little hard to read (sorry, only had my cell camera), but kudos to anyone geeky enough to get the joke…

It reads: “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1“

If you haven’t watched this before, you should. Hilarious!

Donny Osmond and Jimmy Kimmel: Dreams Do Come True

For those who have never heard of xkcd, you should take a moment to check it out:

http://xkcd.com/

It’s an absolutely bizarre webcomic that any non-liberal arts major should enjoy immensely.  :)  (My apologies to our BA friends…)

Here’s some of my favorites:

(That one goes out to my sister Elyse! Ha ha ha!)

Excellent site, support them if you can via http://store.xkcd.com/