2016 has claimed yet another celebrity as Jerry Doyle, radio talk show host and Babylon 5's security chief, Mr. Girabaldi, joins Anton Yelchin, David Bowie, Prince, Alan Young and many others who have passed away in the previous seven months. I was never fortunate enough to meet Mr. Doyle at a convention and hadn't been able to hear his radio program for years but I will miss his Facebook posts and some of the wry, sly and funny comments he would add while sharing a link to some interesting or political article. At least I can still revist his B5 years thanks to the DVDs. Seriously 2016, what the hell is wrong with you anyway?

In more personally better news, and I sure can use some, given all of the other tedious crap I've been having to deal with, my knee has bounced back from the popping incident that happened over a week ago. Before my knee popped, I had pain just below the joint that would get worse while I was sitting. Since I do a lot of computer work, I do a lot of sitting, so there was a lot of pain - not as much as immediately after the knee popped but it was definitely there and having an effect on how I would walk. I guess keeping the knee wrapped in Ace bandages and icing it several times, plus having to get around on my own for virtually everything, has cleared up the problem and my knee feels better than it has for several weeks.

I've also been at work on my latest illustration. Because I had to put it on the light table to fix a few things, I've ended up shading it like the "Domestic Violence" piece but thankfully not anywhere near the detai. It's about 2/3rds of the way done but it might be a couple of days yet to finish it as life circumstances keep playing havoc with my drawing schedule. I'd like to keep whatever momentum I can going because I might have to resort to commissions at some point as several unexpected charges and expenses keep popping up to play havoc with my budget and I'm limited in my capabilty of earning much more at work.