Explain your avatar

My avatar changes from time to time. It currently is a picture of two brushes I made from a wild cherry limb from a tree in my back yard.

 

The wife and I conducting an experiment.

 

You would probably like my Bride's Gmail avatar.

 

I've had more than one (although not the quantity of Jim!)…
The winking shaver to my left is from an old black & white Gillette promotional piece.
Originally, he was holding a safety razor. When I made the switch over to straight razors, my avatar agreed to also make the switch.

 

Mine is my great great great grandpa. His name escapes me at the moment, my mom has all of this researched.

Explain? His mustache is the epitome of manliness.

 

My go-to for most forums, though it doesn't often match the name. Most of my undergrad work was dedicated to the man and his works.

 

Back hair. Sad but true. Even laser treatment couldn't tame it.

 

Long story. When I was a kid I hated art class. I was so bad at it and couldn't draw anything. So a long time later I did drawings for my daughter, she started telling how good she thought they were. So I bought some art supplies got some books from the library and started drawing. Turns out I wasn't as bad as I thought.
The drawing in my avatar is James Dean. I know it is probably hard to tell. But I like that drawing. It was fun to do and it looks like a human being .
The name Slow Joe is because i was part of an art forum. I noticed I was a lot slower to produce a new work of art than everybody else.
Hence the name Slow Joe.

 

Me.

(in Beijing)

 

Just another day at work, prior to retirement.

 

Self explanatory I hope. A friend sent it to me, and I thought it was quite apparent, and made me smile.

Love some of the reasons people are using.

 

Its My L'occitane cade shave soap. Great performer and a really cool metal container.

I wanted something relevant to shaving and this was my first top notch soap =D

 

Bogart was the epitome of manly cool in his day, the original president of the Rat Pack, and a straight razor shaver, so he seemed appropriate for a shaving forum.

 

One of the best!
Side note of related interest: In the early 1900s, my grandfather purchased, what was to be the eventual home I was born, two doors down from the Steinbeck residence. I lived there until the mid-1960s.
The Steinbeck home looked much different in my childhood—it was a simple painted white house, small lawn & no garden, before they (the city) made it a landmark and restaurant, and dressed it up nicely. Two blocks down the street, close to downtown, the city built the Steinbeck museum.

The Steinbeck House/Restaurant as it appears today:


Our old home, two doors down, on Central Ave, Salinas, CA. Built circa 1885.


Steinbeck is gone, but Cal's Central Liquors is still going strong….In the early 60's, my brother and I used to walk down the street to Cal's, past the Steinbeck house (the rooftop can be seen in this photo), to satisfy our sweet tooths with licorice (2 for a penny) or pick up a box of cigarettes for my grandparents… Different times.

 

My Grandfather.

 

Kemo Sabe, enough said.

 

Self explanatory I do believe!

 

The Red Pony is not a children's book.

 

It's just me.