"WTF?" a new entry from "J.E."

He also included a trail of post-it notes that formed a letter, but WTF ever, I'm not scanning all that, the picture will do to show I received it.

I really don't know what to make of this, why he's wearing mouse-ears, or who he is, but it's a thought provoking picture for those very same reasons.

Pamdelion's Postcard

So this chick (I think) named Pamdelion decided to mail me a postcard seeing as how I like getting things through the mail, like it says to the right on your screen.

She's inviting me to participate in her graveyard art project. I think I might just respond!

Though she titled her postcard "The Pen is Mightier" This is the first thing that came to mind:

Sean Connery: I've got to ask you about the Penis Mightier.

Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.

Sean Connery: Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?

Alex Trebek: It's not a product, Mr. Connery.

Sean Connery: Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Penis Mightier works, I'll order a dozen.

Alex Trebek: It's not a Penis Mightier, Mr. Connery. There's no such thing!

Nicholas Cage: Wait, wait, wait.. are you selling Penis Mightiers?

Alex Trebek: No! No, I'm not.

Sean Connery: Well, you're sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!

Response from Frip

This was Frip's Thank You card for the art that I sent him. I was pleased.

My new best friend- Rick Gush of Rapallo, Italy

Saving the absolute best and weirdest for last, my new best friend Rick Gush had a huge package waiting for me when I got back. It apparently cost him 8.70 Euros to mail it here, not including all the assortment of things inside. Some of the things not pictured:

-A Wooden Pen carved and painted to be a Rooster

-A Kinder Egg with an intact toy

-Some kind of sticker, in a triangle form, white, with a red cross bisecting it, and 1,9,8,and 3 in the corners surrounding the cross.

-Some form of key, to what I have no clue.

-A box of matches with an Aztecan Astrological sign for Pisces

-A ziploc bag witha sealed plastic glove

-3 pins (The kind you'd put on a coat lapel)

-a Tuning Fork (Which I CHERISH)

-and some form of carved wooden doo-hicky.

There's probably more, but I'm tired, and can't be bothered adding any more for today.

Return Visitor

Jeremy Jams has replied with yet another of his watercolor postcards. I agree that Voodoo is purple, without a doubt.

However, I'd like to point out that "Fresh" Shane usually contains more pigment, and not so much squiggle in the middle. Actually, scratch that, it's spot on.

Andrea Jay: Hilarious Assistant Principal

Oh dear god, this one strikes very close to home.

The content of this one is a little disturbing to many, but really quite funny to me.

What are you teaching the kids Andrea? I hope it's that killing mice and rats are a healthy and civic minded hobby, preventing another Black Plague and whatnot.

Project Brain Cell

Something awesome this way comes.

Unfortunately, it's too big to scan, so I'll only be able to share the envelope it arrived in.

Ryosuke Cohen's Brain Cell project is one of the larger mail art projects today.

Obviously I can't share it with you, but inside was a larger poster-sized sheet of paper with a collection of what I assume are artist's stamps from other people, along with the artwork they've sent along in a collage form. Either way, it's pretty cool, and you should check it out.

A return!

Before I posted my Free for All Mail Call, I sent out some of my own mail art to various people's addresses that I found on the internet, as well as a few mail art projects. This was the return from one such project called "Big Questions."

In return, I've received some neat-o stamps, a laminated trading card of the artist, and a postcard that I found quite interesting.

Body Parts......

Someone sent me a nipple. That's right, a human nipple. Not made out of flesh, but of yarn, and with a bell attached. It must be fate that a stranger answering a call for mail of any type would send me a nipple with a bell attached, it matches my other two.

So this "Koco" as she calls herself, knits nipples as part of her art installations which she tells me take place in ladies's bathrooms, and asks people to name their nipple, and send her a photo of them together. I'll be mailing her a topless photo, with my new third nipple, whom I've named "Gimpy's significant other" Since my left nipple, "Gimpy" has been lonely these last few years.

To see her site, visit http://www.misskoco.com/nippleplay

Shanti Parise's bribes

I've been away for awhile on vacation and now trying to get back into the swing of things, but while I've been gone my mail box got full!

This was part of the total package I received from Shanti Parise of Sante Fe, NM.

She sent the nice card and friendly message, along with a shark's tooth necklace, and what appears to be a fairly fancy silvery type necklace that I'll probably give to my wife and pass off as an act of my own generosity.

Unfortunately, the package ripped during shipping, so it came in a USPS "We Care" bag, which essentially means they care, but not enough to replace whatever may have been lost by the tearing of the envelope.