My little sloth…

So, this little idea spawned from a walk with my friend, Mary, after I vented to her about how slow my daughters are in the morning before school.

“You should draw them as sloths!”, she said.

Great idea, Mary! I’ll do that and my kids will think it’s hee-larious. I’ll even write a little poem, too. They’ll love it!

You can probably guess how it played out.

So, yeah – it fell flat as a ton of bricks. But, don’t blame me – blame, Mary, okay?

Live life. Stay healthy. Be weird…

-Scott

#badpoetry #parentingfail #drawnandcoded #sandiego #ranchobernardo

Eighteen

I thought I knew everything when I was 18. Turns out I know even less at 50.

This is a song I wrote about being thrown into adulthood ( “18” ) and everyone expecting you to do the right thing, but you’re really still just a kid.

Live life. Stay Healthy. Create something.

-Scott

#singersongwriter #drawnandcoded #ranchobernardo #sandiego

Brit Floyd

Ash and I joined a couple of friends to see “Brit Floyd”, a Pink Floyd cover band at SDSU. They were absolutely amazing.

One of my favorite albums of all time is their “Pulse” album ( 1994 ), a live recording from one of their concerts. It was unique in that they decided to mount a pulsing red LED in the case. That light blinked throughout my 4ish years of college and got a lot of play time.

I can’t wait to see them again next year!

Live live, stay healthy, support live music

-Scott

#britfloyd #pinkfloyd #sdsu #sandiego #drawnandcoded

Oh, Mexico…

Damn! Missed my self-imposed “Hump”-day comic deadline. I’ve been busy working on a new song, a Rubber Band Flyer, covers, and ….. BOOM … picking up the family at the border after a weeklong jaunt in Cabo.

I’ll give you one guess where we stopped off immediately after crossing the border – and it ain’t McDonalds.

Happy Hump-(uh)…Thursday…..

-Scott

#Cabo #FamilyVacation #TacoBell #drawnandcoded #comic

My Own Awesomeness

Every night’s a concert.

Which no one asked for.

I know my family loves em’

So I always crack my door.

My kids and dogs always howl along.

I know they can’t get enough.

I don’t want to disappoint my fans

So I’ll just turn it up.

The door will shut behind me.

My wife snuck in and left.

Leaving me to the badass sounds.

Of my own awesomeness.

Live life. Stay Healthy. Go be awesome …

-Scott

#drawnandcoded #singersongwriter #ranchobernardo #therubberband

It’s what’s for dinner…

I’ve been trying to publish a weekly comic every Wednesday. There’s nothing like breathing down your own neck to meet a self-imposed arbitrary deadline, right?

I used to love the dailies back when newspapers ( and comics ? ) were a thing. I have no idea how “they” did it back then. My favorites were Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side, Bloom County, Fox Trot, Garfield, and ( of course ) Peanuts. What were yours?

Live life. Stay healthy. Set a self-imposed deadline.

-Scott

#newspapercomics #westwood #sandiego #drawnandcoded #steakfordinner

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

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