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Art
AI & Hand-Drawn
Original artwork, experiments, AI-generated images, sketches, graphics, and whatever else escapes from the creative side of the Menace.
About the menace
Tom. Retired. Apparently still unsupervised.
I’ve been around enough to know that the brochure version of almost anything is usually missing the interesting bits.
I travel, I take pictures, I remember things selectively, and I occasionally form opinions before anyone has had the good sense to stop me.
I’m Spike’s best friend, which is probably the most reliable character reference on this entire website.
There are stories here from Canada and a fair chunk of everywhere else — some beautiful, some ridiculous, some involving questionable judgement, and a few that may improve with distance.
Places I’ve been
A small map. The stories are bigger.
A few miles later
Canada first. Then the road kept going.
Cuba and Israel/Syria are already part of the archive, and the rest of the map will fill in as I work through old photographs, old trips and the parts I’m still willing to admit happened.
Explore the mapChoose your poison
What I write about
8 posts
Opinions
My take on whatever happens to be worth talking about. News, politics, culture, technology, people, and the general circus.
11 posts
Rock and Roll
Music, bands, concerts, Canadian rock, old favourites, deep dives, and the soundtrack that followed me around.
11 posts
Strains
Notes, reviews, observations, and personal thoughts on different strains and related experiences.
5 posts
Life & Stories
Ramblings of an Old Man’s past.
Photo galleries
Pictures get their own pages.
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“I can smell bullshit sooner than I can see it.
— Tom, The Retired Menace