In honor of my recent absence, I received this the other day...

Hi,

I realize this is a little late but i wanted to celebrate your one month anniversary of not updating your site!!! Every day that I check your site and see the same post I think to myself, "Alright! One more day to the illustrious one month mark!" Thanks for not letting me down, Steve.

As a token of my appreciation I've created a new header for you. I hope you like it!

Thanks for all the great work,
Aaron

Thanks, Aaron! (I had to shrink it a little to make it fit here. The full-size original is here.)

"Has anyone seen my piccolo?"

"Looks like a tiny flute...?"

"Small... silver... not at all effeminate... No?"

"Dammit! Where the hell is my piccolo?!!"

"All right, where was I the last time I was playing my piccolo? Think, think..."

"Seriously. If you're done giggling, can you help me find my piccolo?"

"PICCOLO, WHERE ARE YOUUUU??! No, not you Piccolo the Dog! You go outside and play. I'm busy!"

"How's a guy supposed to make shrill, high-pitched whistle sounds without his damn piccolo?!!!"

"C'mon Steve, think, if you were a wee woodwind instrument, where would you be?!"

"YES!!! MY PICCOLO!!! Thank God! Oh. That's just my piccolo-shaped cheese-grater. Shit!"

"Son of a bitch!!!"

"Note to self: Team up with LoJack to create a Piccolo Recovery System. Possible name: "Picco-Lojack". What am I doing?!! I'm wasting precious time!!!"

"This is a nightmare."

"Mother, does this look like a piccolo to you?! THIS IS A FIFE!!! Now keep looking!"

_{I don't really have a piccolo.}

Next Saturday night, Dec. 2nd, good ol' robot-painting pal of The Sneeze, Eric Joyner, will be having a kick-ass gallery opening here in Los Angeles. (I got a sneak peek of it and it's some of his best work ever!)

The reception will be from 7-10 pm at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City where Eric will be unveiling a whole slew of cool new stuff.

I'll be there hanging out with Eric and my wife and trying not to spend all my money on robot paintings, so come on down and say hi. (If you've never been to an art opening before, here's a rare chance for you to look at cool robots and monsters while feeling fancy at the same time.)

Here is the sweet promo poster I received in the mail...

(Click here for a larger view of the poster. Or here for the gallery's official site. And finally here for Eric's official site.

Oh, and also here to witness the birth of Eric's Rock 'Em Sock 'Em masterpiece, The Final Blow.)