DuttonArt http://duttonart.net/main Words and Pictures by Mike Dutton Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 duttonart/journalhttp://feedburner.google.com “To a young heart, everything is fun.” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/duttonart/journal/~3/D5yn0XTGClc/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/charles-dickens/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:13 +0000 Duttonart http://duttonart.net/main/?p=960 Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday Doodle

Happy 200th, Charles Dickens, I had a lot of fun on this one. :)

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]]> http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/charles-dickens/feed/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/charles-dickens/ For Kyle, who loves fish, sharks, and whales http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/duttonart/journal/~3/QwQVAnHNEzE/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/for-kyle/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:59:52 +0000 Duttonart http://duttonart.net/main/?p=955 for_kyle1I mailed off my test kit today with high hopes that I (or anyone else out there) might be the match that helps save this little guy’s life. I’ve been following Kyle’s updates pretty closely, rooting for him to beat the medical condition he is dealing with at just four years of age. It’s not something anyone should have to go through. I’ve never met Kyle or his family, and perhaps it’s my new role as a father that is drawing me to this boy’s fight, but I just feel emotionally driven to help. For anyone else out there who wants to help, it is surprisingly easy:

  • Sign up at Be the Match
  • Receive a test kit two weeks later
  • Swab inside of cheeks for ten seconds (x4 swabs)
  • Place swabs and happy thoughts into prepaid envelope
  • Mail.

And that’s it. If you’re reading this I hope you will please, please, please consider helping as well.

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]]> http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/for-kyle/feed/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/02/for-kyle/ GBK #3 - About Thursday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/duttonart/journal/~3/JZ5lD15SDuA/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/01/gbk3thursday/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:24:21 +0000 Duttonart http://duttonart.net/main/?p=948 My favorite and least favorite things about this Thursday, and one kind act (which kinda felt like cheating since it was for my wife, but she’s just as eligible to receive kind acts, so we’re good!)

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That drawing in panel #1, by the way, is the doodle for Children’s Day. Thailand is the first country to celebrate:

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In case you’re wondering what’s going on in these comics, here’s the premise.

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]]> http://duttonart.net/main/2012/01/gbk-2-about-wednesday/feed/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/01/gbk-2-about-wednesday/ The Good, Bad, and the Kindly #1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/duttonart/journal/~3/mKy04i0nq_w/ http://duttonart.net/main/2012/01/the-good-bad-and-the-kindly-1/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:57:00 +0000 Duttonart http://duttonart.net/main/?p=938 Instead of asking,”How was your day?” when we get home, my wife and I ask three questions:

  • What was your favorite thing about today?
  • Least favorite?
  • What was something kind you did for someone?

It’s actually a useful method in early childhood development, but I think it’s good for us adults to practice as well, if not to shake up the mundane a little bit.  I mean, why should kids have all the fun, right? To shake things up even more, I’m going to try and answer these three questions in the form of daily cartoons throughout the week, at least until work cuts off my post-it note supply.

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