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...to my little corner in cyberspace, home to a collection of intentionally old-fashioned websites I've been building since 1995. Please pull up a chair and sit a spell: there are literally thousands of pages to explore covering a wide variety of topics.
- David Builds a Home presents the long, rocky saga of having built a house.
- DKS Modeling Journey details sixty years of model railroading adventures.
- End of the Line is my last stop on planet Earth.
- Grumpart is my contribution to the world of caricatures.
- Grumpictures is a gateway to numerous photo galleries.
- Grumpoetry includes works from my college days through this year.
- Grumpvids comprises content both useful and useless.
- Grumpy Old Fart's Film & TV Reviews covers nearly 900 titles.
- Kitties I Have Known has bios of every furball I've had.
- Talented Amateur offers music I've made in a wide variety of styles.
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This Week at Grump Central
27 May 2023
Having gotten Max Dumproom out of my system, I've moved on to something more substantial and satisfying. For quite a long time I'd wanted to produce an original animated series; I just needed a little nudge to finally get my butt in gear. The old saying goes, "write about what you know," and my new hood provided the ideal inspiration.
Thus was born Dicks Retirement Trailer Park, an exceedingly quirky series about an exceedingly quirky bunch of residents at an exceedingly quirky mobile home park. The one-minute episodes are produced in a very spare, simplistic style for the economy of both time and technical resources; indeed, I leveraged the style in certain aspects of the storytelling—such as it is. It's early days, and the series is admittedly less than satisfying. But I'm learning as I go, and hopefully it will improve over time.
Although it's a cartoon, it's definitely not for little kids; however, it's also not "excessively adult," so hopefully Dicks will find a broader audience than some of my other efforts.