Stick a fork in him

So it looks like Pastor Tom Estes, King of the Martyrs has not only jumped the shark, but dived straight into it's gullet. In short, he's become a ridiculous bore by doing what he thinks is a good idea: banning comments by people who disagree with him (who he collectively calls "atheists").

If you're not familiar with the Creationist propaganda-monger in question, he's the fellow who appeared out of nowhere on PZ Myers' blog (link on the sidebar) right before the big visit to Ken Ham's Hebrew Mythology Theme Park, acting all chummy and offering not only to show PZ around the place, but inviting "atheists" back to his blog to debate.

Well, after soundly getting kicked around the playground by the not-insane, and actively hiding from PZ at the "Museum", he's gotten increasingly passive-aggressive to his commenters finally wrapping up in an orgy of Waaaaaaahhhhh, where he loudly claims he was never interested in PZ in the first place, didn't know he was a "god-hater", and doesn't want these vile, lying atheists dirtying up the place. So while watching Tom's continued descent into madness is fun and all, the main reason for reading his blog was to see the much smarter commenters repeatedly pwn him. So this will be the last he appears here, since in the end he's just another idiot.

So to counteract all that, here's something cute drawn from Preston Blair. Sorry there's no nekkid ladeez, I'll definitely post some tomorrow. Promise!

Things continue to be fun at Pastor Tom's All Night Whackaloon Warehouse and House of Pancakes, what with him generally melting down and tossing personal insults at anyone who ever looked at him funny, then bragging about how great Christianity is doing. Watching the clowns is always a fun pastime, but sometimes it's interesting to see what the adults are up to.

The adult this time is rather an interesting one. The Thomas Society, one of the rarest of rare breeds, an evangelical Christian who embraces doubt and actually interacts honestly with the world around him. He's well worth a read, so go check him out.

Oh, and Honest Tom hates him, so what better recommendation you gonna get?

Drawing today is a mixed bag. First is a couple of pages from last night's Sketch Night, drawn from any number of sources. The only one I remember for sure is some of the Dan Weagle sketchbooks, but who knows what all else is in there.



Next are studies from a couple of pages from Preston Blair's book, Cartoon Animation. Expect to see a lot like this over the next few days.


And finally, two pages from tonight's life drawing session at Sandy Hill. Haven't drawn a male model in ages, so it was a bit of a treat. I was a bit scared last week's successes were a fluke or something, but apparently I actually am getting better. Who knew?

Foodgasm

It's not ready yet, but I can smell it from here (not much of a trick, since it's only about five metres). Crockpot shepherd's pie. With a few minor revisions of course. But in the end you've got lean beef, mushrooms, mushroom soup, garlic, Montreal steak spice, a little wasabi, a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce, peas, corn and cheese, topped with mashed potatoes with the skins on, all simmering away for the past several hours.

The smell is fair to drive one mad. I can only hope it'll taste nearly as nice.



I also see that Martyr Tom managed to, at least briefly, meet up with PZ Myers at the Ken Ham Hebrew Mythology Theme Park. Knowing Honest Tom, he's fibbed just a little tiny bit, given that the atheist crowd was something on the close order of 300. PZ posted photos of the group that greeted them (assumedly Tom's), and it didn't really look too impressive.

Speaking of Tom, things have calmed down a bit since he went on a banning spree, all in the name of being "civil". Which means you're not allowed to call him a liar when he lies, but he's allowed to call "atheists" (which he seems to think means "scientists" and "not crazy people") insane and deluded, and make up all sorts of wacky shit. Here's a hint for you, Tommy, if you don't want people to call you a liar, STOP LYING ALL THE TIME.