New Yorker Satire Cover

Here is a cover you will never see because it only happened in my imagination.

Art at Work

I recently visited an old friend of mine in Laurel, MD. who is the proprietor of a sign shop called " Art at Work ".  I love the name of his business, it's catchy, contemporary and says it all. 

When a bunch of sign guys get together, we usually trade stories about the crazy requests we get from customers wishing to order signs. 

This actually happened to me when I had my sign shop in Falls Church, VA, back in the late 70's.  I just recalled the incident and thought it would make a neat gag.  So I drew it up and mailed my friend in Laurel a copy.

Paul Meyer Remembered

" It is your ATTITUDE, more than your APTITUDE, that is the chief determining factor of your success. "

Paul Meyer

Founder and CEO of Success Motivation International, Waco Texas.  ( Recently passed away in 2009 ) was one of my mentors. 

Influenced and taught thousands of people by showing them the way.

His most famous quotation I have ingrained in my brain is:

" Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon will inevitably come to pass. " 

This is a truism.  I don't know exactly why or how . . but I KNOW it is true . . it always works . . . .   it NEVER doesn't work . .  Wow . . Think about that.

Have a nice forever . .  

Cartoon of the day

Wisdom ( Write this one down )

" You better be careful - ( And while your at it, double-check ) in what you believe. "

 -ROY DELGADO

American visual communication advisor and designer, artist, signpainter, cartoonist, writer, entrepreneur, businessman, philosopher.

Wisdom on Decisions

" Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success. "

- Burt Lawlor

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You are the one who must choose your place. "

 - James Allen

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" Life is the sum of all our choices. "

- Albert Camus

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Starting the year right ?

Can you picture yourself dying and then just try to visualize yourself in front of the Big Fella . . I mean, what else IS there to say . . ? ( You WANT to ask him but you refrain from asking: " Did YOU understand ALL of the New Yorker cartoons . . now don't lie . . Scouts honor . . did you ? " ) 

But you KNOW, you just KNOW it's not a good idea . . so you drop the stupid plan . .  right there, in just that one fleeting moment, you know you may never have that chance again, but it's gone forever . . forever . . eternity is a long time. 

You had your chance and you blew it , Roy . As Marlon Brando, in the character of Terry Malloy ( the washed up punch-drunk ex-prizefighter ) in " On the Waterfront " told his brother Charlie, played by Rod Steiger, while riding in the back of the cab . . After Rod was telling Terry he did all right . . . in the long scheme of things . .  And that it was that stupid manager's fault he had, because he brought him up too fast . . 

Brando shot back . . " That manager's fault ?  It was YOU, Charlie . . it was YOU . . you were my big brother, you shoulda watched out for me . . it was YOU . . Remember that night in the Garden ? ( Madison Square Garden ) . . You came into my dressing room 'n said: " This ain't your night, we're going for the price on Wilson . . . . This ain't my NIGHT ? ! . . I coulda taken Wilson apart . . it was YOU, Charlie . . What does HE get . . A title shot in the ball park . . and what do I get ? . . A one-way ticket to Palookaville . . It was YOU, Charlie . . "

Marlon continues . . " I coulda had CLASS, I coulda been a CONTENDER . . I coulda been SOMEbody . . instead of a BUM, which is what I am, let's face it . .   It was YOU, Charlie . . "