Publications of Note - HI-Fructose #4

The new issue of Hi-Fructose is out and even though I helped out a tiny bit with the magazine, I can't praise it enough. There are articles about Fawn Gehweiler, Ray Caesar, Ragnar, Gary Taxali, Lesley Reppeteaux and Saurkids. But the thing that makes the magazine great are all the little featurettes thoughout the magazine on toys, artists and fun culture. The magazine continues to be image driven and wallows in the goodness of the active art scene that is going on right now. You can order it from HI-FRUCTOSE but do it before they sell out....

Mr Toast USA Tour buttons

To commemorate the Tour, I had these buttons made. Everyone of the hosts will get a set. I had extras made and they can be bought in my Etsy store.

I do still need hosts in a few states - Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming. So if you are in one of those states and want to host (and get the buttons) let me know.

Tropical Paradise

Missin' Hat

The Tour Begins

On Monday, Mr Toast left on his Tour of the USA. He arrived safely in San Diego, CA for his stay with Kate. She has a big week planned for him with photos of their adventures to come.

I am still looking for hosts in the following states - Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming - any help would be appreciated.

Candy Cavalcade

This one has been sitting in the painting studio (kitchen) for about a month. So I had to finish it because I need to start work on more stuff ofr the show in May. Time is running out....

Hill's Chopped Frozen Horse Meat

Some products you just can't get in stores anymore. I am sure the dogs loved this stuff.

A&W Great Root Bear

Mr Toast Tours the USA

On Monday, Mr Toast is starting his historic Tour of the USA. Over the next year, he will travel from state to state and enjoy the hospitality of local residents. Right now I have hosts for Mr Toast in 35 states plus Washington DC. If you would like to play host and live in one of these following states -

Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming

just send me an email at grickily@yahoo.com. And thanks to all the cool people who have already signed on for this kooky project.

Kellogg's Fun Zodiac Stickers

Mr Toast Tours the USA

Well Mr Toast wants to take a "Tour of the USA". Over the next year he would like to visit each and every state in the union. To do this he needs your help, I need to find 50 people, 1 from each state to take Mr Toast in and show him the town you live in. Hopefully you will have time to take some pictures with him which can be shared here on the blog. After you have shown him around for a week, you will send him along to the next state. So over the course of a year, Mr Toast will have seen ever state from Alaska to Maine.

To participate, all you need to do is send me an email at grickily@yahoo.com and tell me the name of your city and state before March 10th, 2007, first come first served. I will then pick a starting point and ship off Mr Toast to the host. They will keep Mr Toast for about a week and then ship him onward. Each host will then get a little somethign special from me in the mail to show my thanks for taking the time to entertain Mr Toast.

So there it is. If you have any questions or want to play host email me at grickily@yahoo.com.

UPDATE - I have been getting a lot of great invites and these are the states Mr Toast has a host for - Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Washington DC. That is 25 states (and DC), 25 to go...lets hear from someone in those other 25.....

Jerk Bus