McNugget

My youngest is now the proud owner of a Leopard Gecko. She named it “McNugget”. McNugget eats meal worms which, apparently, are just larvae….

…it took less than one month of Kaylee caring for McNugget for us to “learn” this.

Jodie and I have joked that we’ll need to rip Kaylee’s bedroom down to the studs and rebuild when she goes off to college. I’m not sure if I’m joking anymore…

Live life. Take care. Don’t keep live bait in your bedroom.

-Scott

#familypet #reptilelover #leopardgecko #familycomic #drawnandcoded

Rubber Band Summer Kickoff

The Rubber Band shook the dust off of our guitars, drums, and mics to perform at the Westwood Club on June 12th. We played for a couple of hours to a crowd made up of our neighbors, friends, and families in a pergola overlooking a shaded grassy field. It was the perfect summer kickoff.

Here are some pictures from the event.

And here are some video clips for the newer songs in our lineup.

Schools Out

Here Comes Your Man

The Man Who Sold the World

Corduroy

I Got Mine

Just What I Needed

Creep

Self Esteem

More videos are available on YouTube if you’re interested.

Thank you to Nora and Steve for allowing us to play. I hope you’ll invite us back, because we’d love to play for you again soon.

Please follow The Rubber Band on Instagram or Facebook.

Take care. Live life. Make some music.

-Scott

#livemusic #westwoodclub #ranchobernardo #coverband #dadband #therubbetband

I make her nervous…

There’s something about having a new driver in the house that …. well, it inspires me to embarrass her, I guess. Truth be told, Ashley’s become a very good driver. She started her first job this week ( summer jobs, remember those? ) and we’ve been carpooling with her behind the wheel. Everything was going great until I took her car out ( we’ve started calling her “Turbo Smurf” ) for lunch and triggered the dash to light up like a Christmas Tree. Technically, I “broke” her car and have been getting just the tiniest of stink eyes ever sense.

Live live. Stay healthy. Don’t drive your daughters’ car

-Scott

#mini #studentdriver #summerjob #familycomic #drawnandcoded

Triggered

Yes…..I did stand in the Costco vitamin aisle for longer than I’d like to admit scratching my head and pondering this particular dilemma. It shook me more than I thought it would. Fortunately, I’m just 50, not “plus” yet….

Live life. Stay Healthy. Take your vitamins.

-Scott

#vitamins #costco #centrumvitamins #overthehill

With or Without Me

I took a hiatus on drawing and started writing some original music, and then something unexpected happened – I wanted to start drawing again. Fortunately, my family has been on a roll as far as providing me with material.

As far as music this song is called, “With or Without Me.”

It’s about being a Dad ( or Mom ) with kids that are growing up just a little too fast. Yes, it still needs some polish ( starting with a nice kick drum ), but I’m trying.

Live life. Stay Healthy. Go make something.

-Scott

#comic #singersongwriter #illustrator #raisingdaughters #ranchbernardo

Mario Kart

We added a Mini Cooper to our stable for our newest driver.

Thing is? Now I want one, too!

They’re like little Go-Karts. Coming from a Honda Pilot ( and before that, a minivan ), I forgot how much fun smaller cars are. For starters? You can park em’ anywhere. But, I also like the smaller confines of the interior, too. I swear I can hear my own echo in mine, sometimes, when I am driving alone.

Still Undetectable

In other news – if there is any cancer in my body, it’s behaving. I have been in remission for just over four years now. My anxiety still goes through the roof every single time I get blood work done, though, You would think I’d be more relaxed the further out I am from treatment, but no. It’s taken four years to get back to living and every time I get tested I feel like everything could just fall apart again. I hear the 5-year and 10-year marks are monumental, but I still find myself celebrating ( just a little ) every day.

Live life. Stay healthy. Create something!

-Scott

#minicooper #newdriver #ranchobernardo #comic #drawnandcoded

It’s not what it looks like…

I take care of all the house plants in my house, so yeah, I feel a little guilty being a vegan when eating in front of them.

I’ve been a vegan for a few years now – since being diagnosed with prostate cancer. I can’t prove that it’s helped keep the disease at bay, but it has helped my well-being tremendously. It took a while to “find my stride” – find adequate recipes and all, but I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t miss the foods I left behind anymore. I just wish my house plants would stop giving me the stink eye..,

Live life. Stay healthy.

-Scott

#vegan #houseplants #illustration #greenthumb #ranchobernardo #sandiego #drawnandcoded

She likes driving…

Yup. Ashley is driving. She loves it, too. Last night she even drove us on the highway so we could go shopping at Costco.

The benefits are two-fold.

First, it’ll take some of the responsibility off of Mom and Dad during next school year as she’ll be able to drive her sister and herself to school. Second, I have a whole new muse for comics!

I do worry, though. There’s more distractions and traffic than when I was her age. I guess part of her growing up though is trusting her not be that person playing Wordle on their mobile phone while weaving through traffic.

Oh, wait. Thats me…

Stay healthy. Live life. Put the mobile phone down.

-Scott

#NewDriver #Sixteen #DistractedDriver #WorriedParent

Questionable Restaurant Choices

This is real, folks.

I don’t know what property management company approved of this, but it definitely made me stop in my tracks before following my ravenous family into the restaurant for dinner.

The sushi was actually pretty good ( although the restaurant closed a few months later ). I imagine the bait was even better because that shop is still in business.

Live live. Stay Healthy
– Scott

#powayrestaurants #baitandsushishop #sushirestaurants #sushi #familydining #poway #cityofpoway

Swish

The gig that never happened ( sniff, sniff )

Well, the good news is that my daughter, Ashley, got Rancho Bernardo High School to invite The Rubber Band back to play for a Basketball Fanfest. The bad news is that ticket sales weren’t enough to justify the cost of having us play.

… and we’re free, so, yeah – that was a gut punch.

But, I get it.

No hard feelings.

It takes a lot of coordination and sweat to get everything set up. Heck, I was amazed when the band were all able to commit.

So, it was the gig that never happened and all I have to show for it is a cool flyer that made.

Live life and stay healthy

-Scott

#dadband #ranchobernardohighschool #rbhs #therubberband #illustration