Recently, I took up painting. Well, I painted once, and it came out really well. You can read those exploits by clicking here. I then did a follow up painting with some friends that you can read about by clicking here. People were very complimentary, but I did not understand why.

I decided the other day to paint something by picking it out of a Bob Ross book. I thought "I have one under my belt, what can go wrong"? The short version of the story is simple. A lot can go wrong. The painting started bad, and got worse pretty quickly. I decided to at least try to practice, but even that did not work.

Frustrated, I decided to go outside and make a nice fire in the new fire pit/tower/whatever. I tossed the painting on top. It made me feel better.

I now understand why everyone was so complimentary. Let me take this moment to say thanks.