What Kind of Looks Does Pinky Get When He Walks in a Room?

Shameless Hustling

Diablo Inc. now has a sister blog to Pinky Diablo and his Singing Grubworm. It is titled Pinky Diablo: Cheap Art for the Masses. Pinky will be selling his watercolor scenes of hell painted on bookcovers via this blog. The URL is www.pinkydiablo.blogspot.com or click HERE. So shop 'til you're overdrawn. New pieces added daily!

Let Pinky be Your John (the Baptist)

Diablo Inc. occaisonally searches the internet for copyright infringements against Pinky. But they have now found a site that takes the cake. Here are some words and phrases associated with the good name of Pinky Diablo on a porno site: dead bird fetish, a man whose head had been pierced in one side and out the other injun arrow style by a weasel, Jack Nicholson, dunce cap, cartoon rats, hand job in a hot tub, Pinky's john, and the list goes on. The Diablo Inc. legal dept. is looking into closing this confusing internet site on which Pinky is not so subtly accused of prostitution. TO see this bizarre mishmash mention of odd characters and Pinky click HERE. (For credible information on hiring Pinky, please leave requests in comment area below.)

Pinky's Art is Every Librarian's Nightmare

Pinky is Leaving the Zoo

Zoo officials have entered into a contractual arrangement with Pinky for neither party to release the details of Pinky's resignation (Take it from Pinky, it would make both the seals and the zoo officials look bad--not Pinky!) Pinky has agreed to this, not for his sake but for the future employment opportunities of the seals. Now that Pinky is no longer working at the zoo, he is available as your personal sage. Please call the Diablo Inc. offshore feline call center to inquire further. (For $100 plus travel and a nice lunch, Pinky will come to your home and paint skeleton or animal watercolors all day--These typically retail from $22-$48, and Pinky can easily create 25-50 in a day--you do the math. Perfect for Hallmark shop franchise owners, sex shop boutiques, or ordinary folks trying to get their Xmas shopping done in one fell swoop!)

Thanks to Pinky's Rhino Pals

Just when Pinky was feeling that his animal ministry was going nowhere, the Gilmer-Metcalves pooled their lunch money and put a big smile on Pinky's face. The rhinos will have a hot bowl of soup and a bedtime story tonight! (actually, Pinky has raised almost $3000 for his zoo keeper association fundraiser, thanks to generous contributions from his brick and mortar friends. The Gilmer-Metcalves are the only folks who have donated via this blog, so hats off to them. By the way, G-M's, who is the member who signs his/her name with an enigmatic "X"?)

Uncle Poot had one Unfortunate Indescretion with a Possum

See Pinky in the Flesh

Thursday, May 22, is a rare opportunity to see Pinky D in the flesh. From 5:30-9:30 PM at Gray Matters Gallery, 113 N. Haskell Ave in Dallas, TX, Pinky and Miss Love will be hosting a gala art exhibition benefiting Pinky's zoo keeper association and rhino conservation. Required donation of $5. Free beer while it lasts. Animal fabric art by the Tom and Judy Show. Watercolors galore by Pinky himself, and photos by Ken Craft of Pinky as Darwin. (Hey you GilmerMetcalves, this sounds like a roadtrip! Bring the band and a bag of kazoos and serenade the zoo keepers of America.)

Unnatural Attraction

Shameless Promotion

April 23, 2008

Dear Friend of Pinky,

Firstly, you are way out of the loop if you don’t know that I have an alter-ego named Pinky Diablo. This started out rather tongue and cheek, but has evolved into something quite out of my hands. Pinky has been in the art and preaching business going on 5 years now. While this may sound frivolous and ridiculous to some of you more literal folks, Pinky has provided artistic and spiritual guidance to countless creative people in need. He has married fourteen couples (all still married), presided over countless funerals where families would otherwise have had to rely on preachers unfamiliar with the needs of FOP’s (friends of Pinky), and brought humor to some of the darkest places on the map (like San Antonio, Pilot Point, Houston and Galveston).

The Pinky side of me has been less active now that I quit my teaching career of twenty years and have taken a job at the Dallas Zoo as a zoo keeper. The pay is low—the hours long—the piles high, but I wouldn’t trade it for all the bananas in the world!

I have joined the American Association of Zoo Keepers and have decided to let Pinky help me with some fundraising. The Dallas chapter of AAZK has an annual event to support rhino conservation around the world. (Heaven knows the native North Central Texas Suburban Rhinoceros has all but disappeared thanks to urban sprawl!)

If Pinky has touched your life in some way, please consider helping Pinky and me raise money for the AAZK June Bowling for Rhinos event. Here are some ways you can help:

Send a check of any amount made out to Dallas AAZK to: Tom Sale, 327 Krajca Rd., Ennis, Texas 75119. I have received checks from $2 to $500! This donation is tax deductible, and who knows, if you or your organization gives enough, you could adopt a zoo keeper (for real-- if anyone has ties to corporate donors, I would be happy to come give a presentation about my work as a zoo keeper!)

If shucking out bucks for nothing isn’t your cup of tea—may Pinky and I appeal to your literary side? My kind Trilobite Press owning father has published a 45 page story of mine entitled The Sad and Lovely Life of Mr. Loomis. For a donation to rhino conservation in the amount of $10 or more, a signed copy of this book will be delivered by return post to your very own mailbox.

Maybe you need liquor. On Thursday evening, May 22, 2008, from 5:30-9 PM, Pinky is hosting an exhibit of works by himself, Ken Craft (who has created a series of drawings of Charles Darwin’s life using Pinky as a model), and fabric artist to the stars, Miss Judy Vetter. This event will take place at Gray Matters Gallery, 113 N. Haskell Ave, Dallas, Texas. Admittance will be a $5 donation to The Cause, but you can recoup your investment with the free alcoholic refreshments. Come meet some zoo keepers and art collectors.

Pass this invitation on to friends and colleagues who might have a soft spot for some good old-fashioned rhino conservation (or maybe who has met Pinky in his travels around the state.)

Pray for rhinos. No money is necessary for this approach and Pinky somewhat firmly believes in the power of prayer and meditation, especially when it is not focused on your own person gain—monetary or otherwise. (Pinky’s personal pet prayer project is praying for all the dead birds in the word.)

Pinky believes that a little humor and compassion go a long way to healing the ills of the world (so please bear with his quirkiness). You can see by all of Pinky’s activities and projects that he is a busy little monkey and quite serious about this effort. Help out a down and out rhino today.

Sincerely,Pinky Diablo

Tom can be contacted at tomfsale@hughes.net or at 214 244 9551 if you need more info or a personal counseling session. Pinky’s antics can be followed at www.oneandonlypinky.blogspot.com