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Sorry, but 2016 was not one of my better years.I lost my job on my old product line of 20 years, which wasn't unexpected but still hurt all the same.I did get a new job, but in my efforts to prove myself capable I didn't keep myself properly hydrated and gave myself another round of kidney stones. I had a health scare in November when I thought I might be developing diabetes, but it turned out to be an interaction between refined sugars and a medicine I was taking. As a final insult, I am experiencing an outbreak of shingles to finish off the year.So, good riddance to A.D./C.E. 2016. May it never come back.In other news, I've been having p...

I apologize for not being around for quite some time, but the past few months have been rather eventful:- In December 2015 I completed the Physics class sequence and was awareded my Associates in Chemistry.- On March 2nd 2016 my position was finally cut and I became unemployed.- In late March 2016 I started volunteering at a local museum.- On April 24th 2016 I started a new job working in a local biological testing laboratory.- On May 9th 2016 I will attend my community college's commencement ceremony.Although I wasn't working during my unemployment, my search for a new job required my full attention, so I wasn't able to work much on drawi...

I crashed and burned in my attempt to brush up on Calculus I this past summer, so I had to take Calculus I for the third time in my life. Calculus II starts tomorrow, so I won't be uploading much of anything until Spring Break in March 2014. I did manage to post a couple of cartoons, a piece of fan art and a cartoon of my characters in Junior High chemistry class. It also appears that I can no longer change the "mood", "listening to", "reading", etc. items anymore, just as I am required to listen to constant advertisements whenever I look at a submission here on DA, unless I purchase a premium membership. DA has become so large that I unde...