New PPP T-shirt for 2011 available for April Fool's Day

Here is the first notice of our design for the 2011 PPP T-shirt and there will be a special hat with it also as an add on. In the Jan. issue there will be the order form and special size ordering will be until March 1st, 2011. After that date we will be placing the production order and then there will only be limited sizes available. Items will be mailed in time for April Fool's Day use. The sample art shown will be the image on the back and there will be a small size Porky Logo on the front. The Hanes T-shirt will have a pocket. We will also have more info here soon on pricing as we get the final package set.

Get ready for a Level Playing Field

How Santa handled having a really BAD DAY

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum.
When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

....Not a lot of people know this.

Can an Old Dog Learn NEW Tricks

So much to learn and no teenagers in the house. I have been learning to post on Facebook and how to delete the mess that showed up. My Lady Robin says someday I might be able to catch on to this simple Facebook thing. So the other day it was new camera time for Robin to take super photos for our publications. To make my life easier I got two of them, so when she learns how to use hers, she can show me. I tried almost the same thing by getting her an I-Pad . . . just got one to see how she was able to work with it.  So far she has not been real happy with it and I am glad I only got one of them. I am happy I am still banging the keys on my MacBook Pro and to be honest, I am still learning new things on what this thing can do.

Time flies and things change, but one thing is certain, you have to keep learning new things just to be able to stay in the flow of life. Back when the Porcupine Press first started up, in 1989, we took pictures and either developed the film in our dark room or ran into the city to a one hour photo place. That first eight years we were publishing weekly, with a publication with about one fourth the number of pages per issue. Developing that film was not all that easy in our shack in the back with wood heat. In the cold winter Rodd Desjardins, now mayor of Munising, was then on our editorial staff, heated up the chemicals on top of a toaster in the dark room.  Those were the days.

Even today, it seems like we just learn how to appear smart with the software we have in the computer and they come out with something new and better. This puts us back in the learning stage again. The worst part, for me at least, is the more I learn, the more I discover that I don't know.