As some of you might have noticed, my avatar has changed a number of times over the last half year. Why? Well why not? My reason was that I get tired of staring at the same of image week after week -- and you probably did too. It’s not like it is your trademark or an identification sign. If it were then why aren’t you placing it, instead of that illegible squiggle of a signature, on your submitted artworks?

1. This was an avatar largely designed for the Christmas-Holday season with a leaning towards the fantasy with the elf crown.
2. Spring was in the air and so a backwards baseball or skate rat’s cap. Besides, with that red it was colorful.
3. Royalty struck me and, like Napoleon did in real life, I crowned my self.
4. Being a history buff I donned the cap of a 4-star general and led my bomber squadrons over enemy territory (note none of he bombs actually hurt anyone, just made very loud and scary noises).
5. A return to my hippy days with a red bandana, dude.
6. I took the plunge and donned scuba gear for this avatar. A perverse part of me wanted to have the dim outline of Bruce, the mammoth shark from the movie “Jaws” in the background, but my sanity triumphed and Bruce did not make an appearance.
7. My tribute to a very brave man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who made an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and end the Nazi Party’s power in Germany.
8. Not decided yet. Distinguishing hats that mean something to most people and are fun to look at (without ridicule) are a little difficult to imagine up. Stay tuned.