The Hats

 While this was not the occasion, I have indeed drawn blue tattoos on my face.

 Another recording of a spill on the counter.

 This is what I look like in a dark bar wearing a friend's glasses.

 Treacle Farls are just not a very Wisconsin food.  Had to have someone track down what they were.  To do so, I employed to use of a Press Hat.  Thus begins drawing hats.

 I am a surly looking Rudolph.

 I actually own this hat!  I stole it from a bear.

  Once again I try to set customer expectations at a reasonable level.  The later you eat, the less food is available.

Sweaty Cthulhu

As you can see, I'm just trying to keep people in-the-know.

Customers can be learned from.

A cat on my chest while I nap with a hat on.

You know him.  You love him.  It's the Black Dragon.

There was spilled coffee on the counter that looked suspiciously like a nervously sweating Cthulhu.

In my opinion, my forehead is not this ginormous.

 Hear we see a complete lack of evidence that I've taken a year's worth of life drawing classes.

It is not uncommon for a lack oatmeal to be received as if it is a sign of the Apocalypse.

    Starting to find a groove, I feel.  Still primarily in announcements mode, with scatterings of sketches.

All Out Of Order

    These are all out of order!  My intricate plot lines, thrown into chaos!  Really, the important takeaway is that Peppermint Robot & The Americanos should totally be a band name.

The Introduction Of Talking Head Rob

    Tah dah!  Next batch.  Now you see Talking Head Rob.
    Talking Head Rob was originally created while I was working for a paint-your-own pottery studio.  The staff was so small, and overlapped so little, that communication was handled via notebook.  My notes were occasionally said by Talking Head Rob.  It seemed fitting to use him again during my first couple of weeks at the new job.

Dusting off the blog

     Hello!  Welcome to the very first post in the Barista Powers blog.  I have no idea what to do right now; hopefully we will learn together in a comedic and memorable fashion.

     For you first timers, Barista Powers is a collection of drawings and comics I've made at or for my workplace.  I'm a barista / cashier / popcorn popper, along with various other jobs as they arise.  As you read thru, you'll see that the first notes were just doodles of what I could see, and drawings of myself talking about how I didn't know what was going.  I felt it helped set customer expectations appropriately.  As time goes, the notes became an expectation of my customers. Oops.  And so feedback and demand slowly shaped my notes into a comic, with recurring characters and themes.

   This first round is of the doodling variety.  They stuck me on Register Four, unknown to many customers, and so I sat watched.  A group of guys regularly sat nearby and talked about programming and video games.  As I drew them, I'd record their more entertaining phrases.