It was McQuarrie's concept art that twigged me onto Star Wars in the first place (Lucas? isn't he the guy that did American Graffitti?  What makes him think he can do Science Fiction?) because the visualizations were waaay above the curve...

Always looked for his work whenever I had the chance.  Even went out and bought the Ralph McQuarrie Star Wars action figs.  You're only dead when you are forgotten, he'll be remembered!

my deepest thanks in selecting my photo... I am honoured to be included in this album.

again.... thank you!

 snerk... giggle...haw..

 aaawww... puppy was just playing...doing more damage to the police car than a group of gangstas could...she's lucky to have such a protective animal on her side...and you did notice that puppy was wagging it's tail the whole time, like tearing the bumper off of a car was playtime...
maybe the police should start carrying bags of Kibble with them...

 hah  snerk   giggle.. some of these are new to me.....come naked.... hehehe  classic!

 Rayraz
listening to Afro Celt is a guilty pleasure... try also Great Big Sea and **Rawlins Cross , **more guilty pleasures...

 The Box... Closer Together, Crying out Loud for Love
Emerson Lake and Palmer, greatest hits
Kraftwerk... Trans Europe Express
Steve Earle
The Be Good Tanyas
Jan Arden
Sass Jordan
Afro Celt Sound System
Ashley MacIsaac

reading 
Tech Manuals, Poser Bryce
3D World
Farley Mowat
David Suzuki  (because Global Warming IS man made)

damn fine piece of work.... take a raise outa petty cash!

nice work, and all hose cops milling around the police van looked fairly natural in thir movements... all they needed were some Tim Horton's boxes (J/K)

that's... that's just.... wrong... :-D

snerk... hah!

when I heard it... my first reaction was "no, that can't be right..."  sail on...

John-boy Walton in space.... loved it.... weird take off of 7 Samurai.  Roger Corman's best movie ever, so good in fact, that he used the space ship battles in subsequent (unrelated) movies... cool flashbacks (like the android with an 8 Track in it's chest!

Sergio Aragones did a short piece on Star Wars for Mad Magazine (back in the day when it was good) of Luke Skywalker going into  the "Mens" room, and finding all sorts of bizarre devices for toiletry uses, that fit a wide variety of alien ... uh.... parts.  That's why they don't have toilets in Skiffy, the variety of nozzles would take up half the ship....... I think the idea is that you just,... uh... do your business and then Phaser it away.
in the series Firefly... they used toilets.... but not showers.

I use both (and occasionally some of my old Amigas as well), and I can say for certanty, my next big computer will be a Mac..... Currently my big computer is a Lenovo,  with all the bells and whistles...
PC... stress, strain, pain, reboot, reload, de-virus, de-bug, de-zombie, change from Internet Exploder to Firefox rebuild.... scream, yell, resist urge to toss into the river, because that would be environmentally unsound....
Mac.... graphics, animation, edit video, sound design.... but try and find gaming software for it...
Macs aren't for snobs.... snobs only think they are.
buying another used Mac this week... a G4.... if you can't afford new, go used... dealers always have trade ins that they have to get rid of.