There will be coffee and cookies in the Gandhi Room after the revolution.

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Sister Spikey Mace of Enlightenment.

Get yours.

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Unknown said…
Leave it to the SF Chronicle...How did you get those cool pollinated spots on your blog??
11:36 PM
teletypeturtle said…
I made it in Photoshop --- a few samples out of Van Gogh's Starry Night to start with, plus a few more blobs and spots, all shrunk down tiny and spread out over a 514x514 area. The background is transparent so the file size
stays small (only 2k) even though it covers a large area. So then all I have to do is use the background with a dark blue color. Like :

background:#123 url("http://photos5.flickr.com/9273756_c2cf05b785_o.gif");

The colors in the header are sampled out of Starry Night too, although it didn't really come out the way I wanted it. Yet. I can just keep fooling with it....
11:22 AM
The Doombot Express said…
Greetings Sister! I am Brother Neutron Bomb of Mild Reason. For the uninitiated, we'll soon be invading their pot-luck dinners. I for one believe there may be many gods, and their weekly poker game is getting really exciting! Viva la Unitarian Jihad!
4:34 PM
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