High Five Day

Apparently, it's National High Five Day in the US, which is a good excuse to raise money for cancer research. If you'd like to follow suit on this side of the border, the Canadian Cancer Society is here.

Things for which I have earned a high five this week include successfully making machines talk to me, figuring out how to get the water account switched to our names at the new house without sliping into a coma while on hold, and convincing financial institutions to shift my money around (to make the downpayment) without having my BC driver's license (since that was confiscated when I returned to Ontario and requested an Ontario driver's license). Catch-22 avoided, red tape defeated, digital insubordination outfoxed - yay!

In totally unrelated news, I am amused that The Olympics Daily (which must use a bot to gather tweets and be an aggregator) has mistaken my mentioning the The Handmade Olympics for a 'top story' about the 2012 London Games.

You still have some time to vote, by the way, and you can find Event 2 here and Event 6 here.

Hard-headed Euoplocephalus to fight cancer

I'm really pleased to be donating this print to The D.A.D. Project (Drawing A Day). Two sisters, Serena and Emily, who are both illustrators, here in Toronto, and in Ottawa, decided to use their skills to make art to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. They didn't want to feel helpless as their father fought cancer, and now, they run the project as a tribute to his memory. They sell their art, and donations from other artists, through theDADproject etsy shop. It's always great to be able to do something I enjoy and put it to good use. You should check out their shop - lots of fun, whimsical illustrations from this talented family. And if you're a local artist, please consider donating some work.