Hope in Fresno

This painting is from one of the holiday cards I received this year. It's called "Capitán América vela por nosotros" (Captain America watches over us), and it's by Puerto Rican artist María Dolores Rodríguez. It's an homage to those traditional votive painting thanking a particular saint such as the Virgin of Guadalupe. The translation of the inscription is "Thanks to the vigilante Captain America our party has peace and harmony". It's nice to think of a superhero watching over us like a patron saint!

Should we call him Judas instead of Jesus now?!

Knitters like me often end up with items that didn't really work out. These women have come up with a solution -- knitted graffiti! Here are some photos of their "tagging". Looks like a way to use up odd bits of yarn left over from various projects too!

Yet another brush with showbiz: my husband, who works at the local library, met the screenwriter for the a forthcoming Tiny Tim biopic, with Jeff Goldblum signed to star as the eccentric singer. This afternoon, we made her a CD of our copy of "God Bless Tiny Tim" -- maybe we'll get a screen credit!

From Ray's brother Rich, who emailed me after in response to a comment I left in another blog:

I have tried to persuade Ray to get a legitimate fan site going. He wants me to do it, but I don't work for free. I recently found out that my neighbor loves the show, but can't stand Ray. I figured if I could manage to get a simple email address going - he could get a feel for who his fan base is.

Consider this Ray's unofficial fan site!

Email Ray at loveorhateray@yahoo.com