6-7, 6-7, 6-7

I'm hip.

We Mean Business

 A.I. generated business headshots of the Gilliom-Reeb family:

We're professionals: Jon, Ericka, Anikka, & Llyr.

Outtake:

Dong Hung

 All I want for Christmas is a Dong Hung t-shirt.

1,000 Years of Dracula

AI-generated nightmare inspired by a child's spontaneous utterance in a public library: "One-Thousand Years of Dracula!"

Horror!

Kilbuck Portrait

Amanda's portrait of Donald Kilbuck next to the man himself. Painted in Anchorage, AK, 1998.

Donald & his portrait.

Update: After decades of silence, I've learned the Kilbuck portrait lives! 25 years later (Oct. 2023), Donald sent me a photo of the portrait in its current location in Soldotna; specifically, "Funny River at Little Way's from the Small Plane Airport."

 

May it live forever!

Ice Cream or Nuke?

Ambiguous images that could be ice cream or nuclear explosions. Thanks, AI!

I'm Awesome

Ericka got me this awesome card. I love it.

Text inside reads, "You're Awesome!"

Yes!

Supplement to "My Experience Falling Through a Bathroom Ceiling"

Referring back to My Experience Falling Through a Bathroom Ceiling, I’ve always wished someone had taken a photo of the moment. I tried using A.I. to approximate an image of what it might have looked like to see me crashing through the ceiling of a high school restroom.

1.) First try - This first attempt could almost pass for a young Gary Numan plummeting from a high school restroom ceiling. Still, it misses a few key details—the falling debris that should be raining down around me, and, of course, the suit jacket I was actually wearing that day:

2.) This next image is more like it. The image includes the bits of broken ceiling that accompanied my descent. It also depicts me coming down on top of a toilet, which was an integral part of the experience. Bonus point: I kind of look like Ryan:

3.) In the next image, I look a bit like Brother Todd - kick open the door! -

4.) The last one captures my confusion pretty well, though the toilet is crazily halfway up the wall:

Anyway, I guess you would have had to have been there.

Dress Ghost

Anikka up in Ericka's dress.

Baby Announcements

Birth announcements for Anikka and Llyr, posted on social media:

Anikka Kathalyn.

Llyr Liev.

First Santa

Anikka’s first visit with Santa Claus; Dec 2021. 

Santa wasn’t actually being scary immediately. Anikka just started crying like crazy when he welcomed her. He did the scary pose real quickly and on the fly for the benefit of a photo when her back was turned to him. He just did that for a second and I’m glad Ericka was ready with the camera.

R.I.P. Jon L. Gilliom: Jan. 5, 1948 – Sep. 7, 2021

It’s been quite a week and I’m sad to say my father, Jon Sr, isn’t with us anymore. “Uncle Jon” was a lion-heart who loved adventure and family, and I know he will be missed by many.

(Photo: Columbia, MO; Aug. 2017).

Found: Marilyn

Found while browsing one of my mother's old yearbooks.

Marilyn was apparently hell on wheels at Lancaster (Indiana) High School in the late 1960s.

COVID Parking Control

Parking control in the sun’s glare. County employees working at COVID vaccination sites. Gonna have a weird muzzle shaped reverse sunburn.

Postscript:  My muzzle shaped reverse sunburn:

Happy New Year, 2021

Happy New Year from Ericka, Anikka, and Jon.

Curbside

Back to work: Reopening Library of the Canyons for curbside service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Like Father, Like Daughter

Hulk Hands run in the family.

Apple Dumpling!

In Colonial times, "Apple Dumpling," is what people would say when they would punch somebody in the nuts as a joke, according to a children's history show I watched.

"Apple Dumpling."

"Apple Dumpling."

The Golden Lion

I got this when we saw Dick the Bruiser wrestle for WWA at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in the late '70s or very early '80s. I've kept it for the next 40 years, so may it be preserved digitally forevermore.

Tim Golden

The Golden Lion

WWA

Drive Through Farmers Market

Visiting the drive through Farmers Market in Irvine during the COVID pandemic.

It felt great getting out of the house.

Former Avatars: Cat Man

Actually, still my current avatar (circa Nov. 2025):

Free Humanity

Sidewalk art, Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.

Free Humanity.

Live Forever!

Official logo of my 50th birthday, 2019. 

Six years later, still living.

Drawing by Kate. 

Former Avatars: Yelp

2019

My favorite Yelp review: 

Rodrigo's Mexican Grill, Mar. 21, 2020 - Great take-out! We eat at Rodrigo's pretty regularly. I have become a great fan of their seafood enchiladas in recent months. It's almost always a delightful experience dining there. Staff are often welcoming. The dining environment is stimulating: Lots of flowers, refills on chips and salsa from the comfort of your own table.
Tonight we ordered take-out for the first time and I was a little bit nervous I would not enjoy the food as much without the bottomless chips and salsa. The razzle dazzle of the dining experience always stays with me longer than anything else.
What a shocker to find the food is just as good, if not better at home! It just goes to show that Rodrigo's has a solid foundation in delicious menu items. The stimulating dining environment and refills on chips and salsa are just the icing on the cake. Rodrigo's take-out is a great choice any (or every) day of the week.

Harley!

Got to meet living legend Harley Flanagan from the Cro Mags. What an honor! I got to tell him I bought his biography, "Hard Core" for the Laguna Beach library!

Cat TV

Ericka and I put on this show that was developed for cats, mostly we put it on as a goof, but the cats were, in fact, very into it! It featured footage of various birds in a woodsy environment and it really brought out our little guys' predator natures! In terms of entertaining cats, I rate this show 5 out of 5, at least based on One-Stocking's, Wispurr's, and Trinket's reactions.

Bikini Kill

Nap Time

 

Comic Quest: Captain Marvels

Comic Quest window art, Lake Forest: