December 2010
1 post
discouraged.
Everyone in my department got everyone else in the department a Christmas gift. Except for me, because I can’t even buy my own family Christmas presents for the second year in a row.
We discovered last night in the mail just how shitty my health insurance is, by way of a bill that left me shaking for an hour and barely able to sleep (resulting in my 8 day and counting headache extending to...
October 2010
3 posts
rant.
So, Michael and I spent Saturday afternoon with one of my coworkers and his wife and new baby girl. I was more than a little apprehensive, and after we left his house I realized why. I’m not used to having friends and hanging out with people in a normal environment.
I’m not entirely sure what happened over the past few years. I think it’s been a combination of things.
When I...
Boagworld Uncut: This has been festering in me and... →
boagworld:
Religion is dogmatic, unsympathetic, uncaring and condescending. Religion says that I am better than you. That I have all of the answers. Religion leaves no room for doubt and certainly no room for mistakes.
I love this. I wish I had written it. Thanks for writing it for me, Paul. I wish people at my previous university understood this.
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
4 posts
Black Eye... →
I’m missing BJU like crazy right now. Mostly my art/design classes and teachers. And old roommates. And the campus. And Greenville. And almost everything. BUT I SWEAR I DON’T HAVE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME*.
*Actually, I’m pretty sure I do sometimes. I waver between absolute fondness/defending decisions and practices, and decrying the cult-like nature of the institution. -sigh-
Critical Thinking for Christians and of... →
Agreed, 100%. I really should take time to write more often instead of finding stuff like this and saying, “Yeah, me too.”
freyahearn:
Read the article I posted first. Okay, done? Good. Then let’s begin.
Put shortly, this article makes me angry. Put the long way, there are several reasons why it makes me angry. No, I haven’t seen this movie. I really don’t want to. I have seen my...
Michael and I got a little bored tonight and...
July 2010
10 posts
Design is a Love/Hate Relationship
This stuff is ace. I wish I had written this article. It was in my head. For serious.
viafrank:
There’s a good story a friend of mine has a hard time telling. A few years ago she was asked to work on the website of a large, public institution, and they approached her to see if she could come up with something that would last the organization 2 to 3 years. The budget was $7,000 dollars. She...
Learn Your @#$% Homophones →
For SERIOUS, people.
Capturing Ideas in the Shower →
Two sizes of dive slates, as displayed in my shower.
I written before about showering as an ideal model for creative pause—minimal distraction, mental freedom, and a change of scenery. What I haven’t written about is how to capture what comes of the pause. Inspiration is elusive and…
WANT.
June 2010
10 posts
“This spring we were blessed when our oldest daughter, Lindsay, was married. It...”
– Raising Homemakers
This is terrifying.
(via lelizabethr)
“It’s real for us,” said Snape. “Not for her. But we’ll get the letter, you and...”
– Chapter 33, The Prince’s Tale (via fuckyeahdh) (via laksjdhfg09) (via everythingharrypotter)
My favorite chapter in the history of chapters. (via imacrawdad) (via lelizabethr)
You're Pronouncing It Wrong →
Ah, Helvetica, that typeface, that subject of idle modernist worship, the most generic thing to ever elicit such strong emotional responses. Typographic tofu! All heil Max Miedinger! Pray towards Switzerland! Thank you, Helvetica!
Then came Helvetica Neue, son of Helvetica, the sequel to the…
I learned to pronounce it from my amazingly awesome Typography I professor, Jay Bopp.
“Client: I talked to God for a couple hours last night, and he agreed that I...”
– omg. Sad thing, I can see where people who would want me to work for them would do this…
(via clientsfromhell)
May 2010
3 posts
Why Creatives Are Always Confused →
cameronmoll:
Bob Hoffman, CEO of Hoffman/Lewis Advertising:
When their friends like it, their clients hate it. When their clients like it, their friends hate it. They are encouraged to be collaborative. But the more people touch their work, the worse it gets. They are counseled against becoming prima donnas. But they see that the people who get good jobs are often disagreeable monsters.
If...
April 2010
9 posts
Library of Congress to House Your Tweets →
cameronmoll:
Kent German, writing for CNET’s Crave Gadget Blog:
The Library of Congress announced today—via Twitter, no less—that is acquiring the Twitter’s entire archive through donation…. Though the whole idea may sound bizarre, the Library already holds more than 167 terabytes of Web-based information, including legal blogs and Web sites for political candidates and current lawmakers.
We...
An anti-feminist drinking game - Feministing →
lelizabethr:
I choke.
I feel like if a certain previous university I attended got ahold of this video, it would be required viewing for all students. Man. Ugh.
Helveticards. →
“Helveticards is a modern, minimalist alternative to the traditional deck of playing cards. A great gift for the graphic designer and poker player alike.”
DO WANT.
March 2010
5 posts
February 2010
2 posts
Watch“Using most unfriendly words that the village children had not yet heard…” Love it.
January 2010
9 posts
