1,000 Years of Dracula

AI-generated nightmare inspired by a child's spontaneous prophetic 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 presented me with this badass card, which I love.

Text inside reads, "You're Awesome!"

Yes!

Thank you, Kitten!

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 picture. I tried using A.I. to approximate what it might have looked like to see me crashing through the ceiling of a high school restroom.

1.) The first attempt looks like a young Gary Numan spider crawling up a bathroom stall. It misses some important details: the falling debris that should be raining down around me and the suit jacket I was wearing at the time.

2.) The next image is more like it. It includes the bits of broken ceiling that accompanied my descent as well as my suit jacket. It also depicts me coming down on top of a toilet, which was an integral part of the experience. Also, I resemble Ryan in this image.

3.) In this one, I resemble Brother Todd - kick the door open! 

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.

Bless This Dress

Anikka up in Ericka's dress like a spooky ghost.

Baby Announcements

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

Anikka Kathalyn; July, 2020.

Llyr Liev; March 2022.

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, eating "Black Hole Sun" ice cream on the occasion of the solar eclipse).

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. Caught a weird muzzle shaped reverse sunburn. County employees were traditionally tapped to assist with social emergencies, so we had the option of working at COVID vaccination sites, but at some point we were discouraged since our regular work sites were so understaffed.

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.

Avatar Vault: 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.