Hurricane Charity Auctions

Hello,

We'd like to encourage everyone to give what they can to help those affected by hurricane Katrina. You can give to organizations such as the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, the Salvation Army, or a number of other relief organizations. Give.org has a larger list of charitible organizations involved in hurricane releif.

There are some specifically LEGO-ish opportunities to give. For instance, there are several auctions that have been set up with proceeds going to relief efforts. More will come up in the days and weeks to come, and we'll note them here as they do.

Lest we forget . . .

We pause this weekend to reflect on the events of four years ago. A while ago Alan Findlay made this 9-11 Memorial.

Name That Vig! winner

A few days ago I posted about Nelson's great Surfin' USA--twelve vignettes based on beach music that fit together to make a beach scene. If you check this thread you'll see that Ben Ellerman won by completing the list of identifications. Congratulations, Ben! Here's the list:

Walk Don’t Run - The Ventures
Misirlou - Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
Surfin’ Safari - The Beach Boys
Surf City - Jan and Dean
Girls on the Beach - The Beach Boys
Surfer Joe - Surfaris
Let’s Go Trippin’ - Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
Ride the Wild Surf - Jan and Dean or Shoot the Curl - The Honeys
Wipeout - The Surfaris
Pipeline - The Chantays

the whole thing

Characters

Misterzumbi has created some great characters, including Gardener and Rambo.

My precious ...

Steve Bishop gives us the scene that set up the events of the Lord of the Rings. On his birthday, Smeagol commits murder to get the Ring.

Elementary, my dear Watson

Steve Bishop illustrates two new Holmes tales: The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Speckled Band.

Begone, foul dwimmerlaik!

Ed Southerland illustrates the confrontation between Eowyn and the Witch King in Lord of the Rings.

After the Storm

Elroy Davis shows a familiar winter scene in After the Storm.

The Case Comes to a Head

Another Sherlock Holmes scene! Chris Malloy shows his interpretation of the Red-Headed League in The Case Comes to a Head.

On Cloud Nine

In Heaven, not only are the streets paved with gold, but the popcorn vendors are really friendly. At least that's Nathan Cunninham's take in On Cloud Nine.

Bad Time to Invent Flying Submarines

There aren't enough space-themed vigs out there. Here, ElephantKnight presents BTTIFS.

Castle scenes

Some new castle scenes from Steve Bishop, Cyclonis, and Tiger0207, respectively: Dragon, Training, Civalric.

Uh-Oh

Bomcadillac cautions us to always look before we leap or exit a sewer in Uh-Oh.

Tiki bar

Bill Vollbrecht has a great Vignette-Like Creation. Come have a drink at the Tiki bar.

Surfin' USA

Nelson Yrizarry poses a quiz for us. He's created twelve vignettes that are each based upon beach music and challenges people to identify the songs. These all fit together to make Surfin' USA.

"The Best and Wisest Man I Have Ever Known."

Series king Steve Bishop starts another series of Sherlock Holmes scenes with an illustration from the Final Problem.

Train vignette

Betakaroten presents a Train vignette.

AFOL Chronicles

Chris Malloy tells of the life of the AFOL in four acts:

The AFOL takes advantage of LEGO sales in Clearanced.



He's always worn out after one of his Late Night Builds.



New shades of gray are an upsetting discovery in Colour Woes.



His world is rocked when there is a glitch with his favorite webiste in Brickshelf Troubles.

Fireworks

Oooh! Ah! Oh! It's Moko's Fireworks.

Cheers

Swoosh Factor invites you to a place Where Everybody Knows Your Name.