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Nudibranch Birthday

One of my very best friends is turning 27 today. I decided to make her a collage / illustration card to accompany her gift. I find this nudibranch gentleman very charming. It was also a fun excuse to work on some typography skillz. Happy birthday,…

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A sad poem about earthquakes and then a silly one.

By Mari Collins   Under the rubble My room exploded tuesday night. Bummer. I’m buried and burning and busted and bruised My brain’s been bleeding and I got no shoes I had a bucket of bubbles but now they’re burst Somebody better tell me this…

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The most embarrassing moment. For someone else.

Warning, this is another old post. Sorry. Back in 2008, I was headed to a friend’s pizza party at Pauline’s Pizza when my date and I noticed a well-dressed young woman talking to herself.  It was pretty odd, since she was clearly neither on the…

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Remembering BullyCat

Okay. Disclaimer: my first blog post is actually an old post from 2008.  But it’s a good story so I don’t want it to get lost in the internet archives somewhere. So enjoy the epic saga of… Mari vs. BullyCat So I’ve been running in…

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