Ohio for Christmas

No, I didn’t actually spend the holiday in Ohio, but it was close. On Sunday the 21st, I flew to Youngstown, Ohio to work with Steve Chaszeyka (aka, Wizard Paint) on some pinstriping sequences. And I have to say watching him stripe is like watching Brett Favre on a good day. The art appears effortless, like anyone and everyone should be able to do this.

From Rat-Fink style cartoons to pinstripes on choppers, Baggers, and F350 trucks, there isn’t a hell of a lot that Steve can’t do. We worked through Monday and Tuesday, and well into Wednesday morning.

The scary part came on Wednesday, as a big storm was forecast for Minnesota, predicted to start late in the afternoon. My plane touched down at 3:30 PM, and by the time I found my truck and scraped the crud off the windows, it was 4:00 PM and snowing steady.

The storm was just getting started however, so the traffic was slow and steady. Not only did I make it back to Stillwater in reasonably good time, I also I made it under the wire for happy hour at the local pub. The cut off is 5:30 so life was good.