2 Weeks, $200

As most people know, I dabble in the art of "Photochopping," a hobby which has kept me occupied on those nocturnal nights, (Read: every night), and which, just recently, has started actually paying off. Thanks to good old Woot.com, I am now $200 richer, or at least I will be when their budgeting department realizes they're obligated to pay me.

In any case, due to the demands of those I've mentioned it to already, I am posting the winning images here, along with the contest guidelines that generated them:

Contest #196: Show us a Halloween costume made of past or current Woot products.

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Contest #197: Show us the secret role played by one or more Woot products, past or present, in the 2008 election.

Photoshop Chopfest

So I have been known to dabble in a little Photoshopping now and again. Nothing serious, I know how to control it, but I do like to keep my chopping muscles in shape. Also, the wonderful woot.com has a casual chop contest every weekend, so I have a weekly supply of chopping themes.

Along those lines, it seems that a blog wherein I record the haphazard results of the garbled mess sloshing around in my brain is the perfect place to share these little distractions. Also, if you have any ideas on a given theme -- and by "you" I mean, of course, all zero (0) people who read/comment on this blog with any frequency -- then you can help me out! Hooray for communism!

This week's theme: "Branding Irony": Put a corporate logo on a natural or man-made wonder. And make it funny somehow.

The results:

Liberty Bell Atlantic Full size: 550x550.	Great Wal-Mart of China Full size: 400x300.
Little Caesar's Acropolis Full size: 450x390.	Taipei Jenga Tower Full size: 465x585.
Tut's Tupperware Tomb Full size: 475x355.	The Leaning Tower is in Good Hands Full size: 545x405.
St. Peter's Basilica Kisses Full size: 400x585.	Inappropriate Vatican Ads Full size: 385x585.
Giant, Green Liberty Full size: 495x585.	Apple Of Eden Full size: 585x300.
Creation of Man's Modesty Full size: 585x300.	Victoria Fall's Secret Full size: 450x340.
[Note: I'm aware that some of these images may be copyrighted, or based on work that was not originally my own. I've already had several images deleted from my hosting site without explanation. They have been rehosted elsewhere. While I did not get the artists' consent, (though I doubt Michaelangelo would mind), these images are being used for entertainment purposes ONLY. If you are an artist/photog who is offended that I made humorous chops of your work, please let me know and I will remove your image from my blog, hard drive, short-term memory, etc. Harumph.]