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Like many Americans I'm overweight. I've been dieting and have lost ten pounds so far but still have a long way to go. It's funny how dieting has led me to think about food and food issues even more than normal. We've become a nation of fatties which is both encouraging ("At least I'm not alone in this struggle") and...

Experimenting with Kyle Webster's "Wet & Wild" watercolor brush that I bought on Gumroad. You have to press lightly to get the right buildup but if you do that it works very nicely. I've always liked the look of watercolor but could never master it because it's so hard to fix mistakes. Now that I can watercolor digitally that shouldn't be an...

I was hired by KSTP-TV to do some courtroom sketching today in St. Paul. Quick background: In 1989 eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman and has never been seen since. Whatever became of Jacob remains a mystery. Since then Wetterling has become something of a poster child for abducted children and his parents have become high-profile advocates for children's safety. Everyone Minnesotan who...