All right – so let the madness end. I shall now reveal the much-awaited answers to what appeared to be overly difficult mystery photos.
Door #1
Okay, so even in the bigger picture it’s still a bit hard to tell – they’re just ordinary staples. No, Nat, they’re not gold-plated. The light just hit them that way. I mean, I do lead a flashy lifestyle, but c’mon! Gold-plated staples? Who do you think I am – Sir Mix-a-Lot? I wish.
Door #2
This one seemed pretty easy for a lot of you. iPod, uPod, we all Pod for iPod!
Door #3
Clearly the most difficult of the three, I will readily admit. Mainly because none of you ever thought I left my house, so the idea that I might have a nature photo was, I’m sure, inconceivable. I did find it interesting that one commenter immediately recognized this picture as phallic in nature. I’m not going to analyze that.
And now for prizes. I know, I said there wouldn’t be prizes, but what’s a game without prizes? Not a game I want to play, that’s for sure. No one got all three photos correct, but we had quite a few correct answers on #2, and a dark horse entry from Natasha on #1. First let me say that you’re all winners in my book. Of course, the title of my book is, “People Who Didn’t Really Win,” but that’s beside the point. You all participated and made people laugh with your creative, unusual, and downright vulgar responses (you know who you are), and that deserves to be rewarded.
For tax purposes, however, my accountant has advised me that I can only give gifts with sentimental value. This led me to think back to what I would do when I was a kid and didn’t have any money to buy my mom the expensive jewelry and cigarillos she always liked for her birthday. But since I wasn’t sure logistically how to send each of you a coupon “Good for one free hug,” I instead switched to Plan B, which is a series of original artworks.
The first one is called: On the Wings of Love
The second one is called: Run Jenny Run
So far there are only two pieces in this series, but I suspect I will be inspired to create more. Thanks again everyone for playing along – it was great fun!

Filed under: General on September 7th, 2005