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Project Within The Project

heard about the Topps Project 2020?  the gold standard trading card company picked 20 of their own iconic rookie baseball cards, which run the gamut from Jackie Robinson to Mike Trout, and currently have 20 artists you’ve probably never heard of, and neither had we either (my favorites being Ermsy and Efdot) putting their own creative spin on them.  400 cards in total.  insane!

the cards are printed by demand within a 2-day sales window, so the total print runs are what they are.  at first no one really knew about the project, and the print runs were low (some under 2K), making the cards instantly in-demand for those who wanted them and valuable to those who owned them 

then more and more collectors and card flippers (people looking to score a quick profit buying them and then turning right around and re-selling them) jumped in, the print runs ran WAY too high, and the market crashed.  the project is still going, but outside of the early cards, it’s hard to tell what the future value of the cards will be

the boom and bust can all be linked to one card – the 88th in the series – Keith Shore’s take on Ken Griffey Jr’s 1989 rookie card

he took this card…

and turned it into this…

and 99,177 card sales later, the Project would never be the same

but that’s OK.  the Project soldiers on, and while we marvel at the new cards dropping daily, we do so with more artistic appreciation of them, and less on hoping for them to appreciate monetarily

so a lot of us (I’m in it for both the collecting and the $$$) are left with plenty extra cards on hand that are less in value than what we paid Topps for them

Griffey Shores (as they’re known) are basically fancy paperweights and a in-joke wink for all who got swallowed up by the gold rush of these Project 2020 cards

But after seeing what some people were doing on eBay, making their own custom 2020 cards, I decided to join the fray, throw my hat in the ring and turn someone else’s art into my own (and try to at least make my money back OR MORE!)

(and doing it for cards beyond Griffey Shore, as I have several other cool looking ‘paperweights’)

so yes, I’m making art, but using someone else’s to make my own

and now YOU can own it for yourself!

but act fast – there’s only 1 of EACH of what you see below in existence!

bid!

bid!

bid!

bid!

  

bid!

  

bid!

go get em kids!

and there’ll be more where these came from, so keep an eye and a thigh out!

#ProjectWithinTheProject

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Monroe County Thanks

they and we used to say ‘Monroe County Dank‘, but now we say ‘Monroe County Thanks’.  thank you Monroe County, for giving us a place to escape after a wild week of American head-shaking and denial.  if there was ever a weekend to get away and disappear into a fuzz of farts and beer, then this was the one  

Monroe County was one of four blue counties in the entire state of Indiana red
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but my blood bleeds blue AND red for the city seat of the county – Bloomington

ahhhhhhhhhhhh Bloomington – the home of my ‘education’ from 1995-1999, and the home of an annual weekend trip where a bunch of dudes I truly love get together and party like it’s (1995-)1999

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except our bodies can’t really handle it

but who cares – cause we will ALWAYS give it the old college try!

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once again – LOVE THESE FCUKING GUYS!!!

(and the ones who couldn’t make the trip this time)

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and we were there to get our game on

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football vs Penn State live, with an outcome leaving us half empty… like the stadium holding the event

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and got to watch the bball Hoosier boys play in Hawaii at our favorite bar

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beer me

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onion rings him

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sometimes we juss had to wing it

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and sometimes we REALLY needed to wing it (our mothers and wives are so proud)

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and coat our stomachs with something that looks like glue, but tastes like heaven

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and occasionally, add a few ‘greens’ into our weekend diet

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and then eat incredible cheesy and breaded foods from that bear with boobs!

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and of course – dig in on one of America’s best non-chain hamburgers

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on Veteran’s Day no less – and you can’t get more American than this…

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and you can’t get more delicious than this – as we tried out a NEW place (a very rare thing to do – try something new)!

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and said goodbye to some old places (who have moved to a nearby location, but this building was kinda an institution to us)

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and we even branched out on more new stuff… like antiquing!

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and something I’ve wanted to do since I left…

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ATTEND A CLASS!!!

and especially this class – which I always got shut out of when registering for in the 90s – but better late than never…

The Music of Beatles by Glenn Gass!!!!

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learning never ends

and sometimes lines never end either…

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shout out to the IU Art Museum and their awesome Vik Muniz exhibit!

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what a lovely fcuking city/town/place Bloomington is

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and even as the world feels like its upside down – the world still turns

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and I’m thankful to be alive, and to have such amazing friendships, that were forged in such an amazing place

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life is beautiful

I could go on and on, and spin some more yarns…

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but methinks you’d rather wear these NFL tie-dyes than hear more

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RANCH FARTS ÃœBER ALLES!!!!!!!!

previously…

2015 - Diana, In

2014 – The Union Forever

2013 – Thighwalker Ranch Farts

2012 – Unhidden Valley Ranch Farts

2011 – Ranch DuBois

2011 – #RanchFarts2011

2009 – Herman B. Wells That Ends Well

2008 – Ranch Sauce Farts Part 6 Meets Police Academy Part 6

2008 – Bloomingtales

2007 – Village (Pantry) Idiot

2006 – College of Arts & SciencesCollage of Farts & Appliances

bonus…

the trip actually began briefly with a night stay over in Chicago!

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where having an Italian beef sammy at 11pm wasn’t nearly enuff to quench my burst

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also had to have hot dogs covered in fries – to begin the stomach stretching the weekend required!

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and on the way down south – stopped off in Gary, Indiana, and paid love and respect to the Jackson family home

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and if you aren’t following us on Instagram, you may not have known that the Mrs and I were in Indiana (and Michigan) 10 days earlier!

where we…

paid respect to the Rebel

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said goodbye to a Moose

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and fell for the fall leaves

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big time!

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btw – an amazing time to be on any college campus is Halloween!!

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although there were not as many slutty cats as you’d think there’d be!

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looks like today’s kids are more into slutty zombies

love you so much B-town

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5ever

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cheers!

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and cheers to you MSU campus!

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and even to you Michigan fans!

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Big Ten = Big Friends!

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Diana, In

for the annual Bloomington, Indiana trip, the crew tried something a little different – visit at a time when our ballz won’t freeze, and lemme tell you, it was MARVVVVELOUS!!!!!!!

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and empty!!! (I actually played ball there!)

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and scenic with a ‘K’, like skenik! (don’t tell anyone we were on the roof)

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and there were signs!

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in neon too!

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and cheap fried things!

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and learning!

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and 80s Star Wars – in German!!

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and dudes with snakes on their neck!!

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and MUST-staches!!!!

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and dudes juss as cool w/o staches!!!

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and bears with boobs that are hot, and off-putting at the same time

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and great times, and even greater food

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can you smell the farts?

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CAN YOU???

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you can’t do better than this America!

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yep, I filled them holes

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and yep, grease is the word, and grease poured out of my butt

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bacon anyone?

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and Long Island Iced Tea anyone?  warning – you should not drink this, unless you’re a college student and looking to black out in 10 minutes

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and yep, the Nats represent everywhere

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and Mark Cuban never forgets life before sharks and tanks and being a rich douche

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you’re #1, we’re all #1!!

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like what you see?

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and so concludes #RanchFarts2015

previously…

2014 – The Union Forever

2013 - Thighwalker Ranch Farts

2012 - Unhidden Valley Ranch Farts

2011 - Ranch DuBois

2011 - #RanchFarts2011

2009 - Herman B. Wells That Ends Well

2008 - Ranch Sauce Farts Part 6 Meets Police Academy Part 6

2008 - Bloomingtales

2007 - Village (Pantry) Idiot

2006 - College of Arts & SciencesCollage of Farts & Appliances

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The Union Forever

another year, another bout of Ranch Farts

you know the drill – eat, drink, eat, fart, repeat…

 

state your case

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more like ‘Whitest State Ever’

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since we’re all old and billionaires, we stepped up our game
and stayed at the Union

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where the views are to die for
but not to diet for

the carpets scream redrum

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and the eating made for red-bums

oh ranch sauce 

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men want to be you
and women want you inside of them

and oh divine swine

btown divine swine

how you make us sin, even though we brought a rabbi with us

speaking of
the Rabbi thinks I should do
a gallery show of our ranch sauce pics

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fart art?

the owner of BuffaLouies is my hero

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literally, a larger than life
personality – with the wings
to back it up

he’s like the second greatest man behind Neon Jesus 

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Bobby Knight’s in white ranch sauce

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 want to know what lonely is?

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this pencil shapener, sitting at the bottom of a stairwell, probably barely used or ever noticed

each trip back to Bloomington brings back old memories but sometimes provides new ones

like these amazing headshots of ‘talent’ from the 80s that played Bear’s Place

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ah, M&Mc – the dynamic duo to end all dynamic duos

btown this guy

I’d choose this guy’s
‘stache in a pinch!

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more like jester.  off with his head!

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who, me???

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uh, um, uh?

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btown banks

Banks, so money!!!

btowbn weird al

Weird Yal Ankovic?

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btown youuu

me?

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btown dj 2

yes, me – DJ Tanner of the Mike & Jonah & Terry Milk Show! it’s like 1997/98 all over again!! big ups to BFinx for the tour!!

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I’m a slow starter / fast farter

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but I won a super amazing hat (not pictured) from this crane-game thing

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btown juggles

can’t wait for #RanchFarts2015!!!!
the year we juggle!!!

 

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Thighwalker Ranch Farts

another year passes
another year of gas passing
college still stays the same
but we get olders
but not wisers

man, are we really old


but man, them young chix these days be wearing like nothing more than a bra and nothing

Indiana, home to the whitest people you don’t know

theys peoples is
the salt of the pepper

and home to the lamest bestest football players ever – EVER!!!
football players
(2 dem being Redskins)

and this guy

I signed him to a 9 picture deal to play Howard Taft and the Monopoly Guy and every awesome fatty guy with a mustache

and now we enter
the farty food section

ZA and WINGS!!!!!!!!

together at last/gas

PESTO CHEESE STIXXXXXXXX!!!

at Mother Bear’s!

+ onion rings as big as Greeny

and they didn’t even taste good, but they was SO BIGGGG

THESE

MIGHT juss be the world’s bestest wings. MIGHT.  no, seriously.
no, 5reals.  no, 9reals

YOU’VE BEEN RANCHED

DEAL WITH IT

hot sh!ts, only $3!!

personally, I don’t like
to spend more than $2

but THIS is where I really
want to go one day


and that negative review is actually the glowingest glowing review ever cause fat people know where to get damn good food that keeps them fat

oh college

never change

NEVER

and we’ll keep coming back

and maybe, juss maybe

we’ll retire in you!
not even jokings
17reals

 

oh, want to relive old ranch fart memories?  CLICK ME!

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