Nothing says, “Happy Friday!” like Christopher Walken being his typical awesome self.
In case you didn’t notice on your way in, this blog moved ever-so-slightly to it’s new home at www.joshuablankenship.com/blog today.
The main page will become something more useful quite soon; a landing page of sorts where you can access subpages of content and work and other things that are still twinkling in my creative eyes. I hope it will be better for everyone involved, especially for my mother, who asks me with some regularity, “Now, where are those videos again? And where is your portfolio? And what about…” You get the picture. (In most cases, just tag a /whatever on the end of the .com and you should be golden. Mostly.)
So, please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds, and if you’re one of those lovely people who have seen fit to link my blog somewhere on your site, I’d appreciate it if you’d update your links so as not to confuse anyone. (Least of all me.)
Consider this slight move the butterfly flapping its wings in Asia, and thereby setting off a chain-reaction of events culminating in a tsunami of creative endeavors and content flooding your computer in a (hopefully) welcomed way (hopefully) soon. Or something. Thanks for caring enough about what I’m doing to stop by. I do appreciate it.
The Ditty Bops manage to mix bluegrass, vaudeville, tight harmonies, and clever songwriting into a fun little package of musical delight. Small doses are the key, but honestly, how can you not like a duo that embarks on a Bicycle Tour and uses phrases like “We shall ride under a black flag and call the streets our empire.” with such charm?
Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have made significant advances in research to develop a vaccine against cavities. In the U.S. alone, more than $70 billion is spent on dental treatment. (I blame soft drinks… I’m on a mission.)
Plastic business cards are nothing new, but using video to show them off is a great sales tool. I’d like to see more comapnies using web video in unique ways to display/demonstrate their product’s real world uses.
Remember, soft drinks kill. I wish I didn’t like Coca-Cola Classic so much. At least I’ve managed to cut way back. (A little vice, but a vice nonetheless.)
I know that you were just sitting at your computer thinking, “I wish more body builders did pop-and-lock style dancing during their pose routine at competitions.” Thank me later. (And for more pop-and-lock goodness, visit Rippin’ Richie.)
I am amazed by the way they have continued to crisscross so many storylines without losing much dramatic steam. It keeps morphing into new genres (and almost a completely new show with every major revelation.) I love LOST more now than I did when I started watching it a few episodes into season 1.
Do you live in an apartment? Do you ever think what might happen if your neighbor accidentally put a .44 Magnum round though the wall and it missed your head by inches?
If there’s two things I love, it’s food and style, so when you add photography to the mix, you get food styling. Specifically, you get Tami Hardeman, Food Stylist, who I found via the comments. Do your business cards say Food Stylist? Because that would rule.
Ryan Hale has been posting some of the most hysterical photos on Moustache May lately. Flying hatchet? Flying CAT? I am giddy with glee.
Getty Images’ 10 ways campaign is extremely well put-together, but this infinite zoom photo mosaic is amazing use of a Shockwave Flash interface.
Why Americans should never be allowed to travel (I love the implication that only Americans have the capacity for rampant idocy.) It’s a shame there aren’t more of these travel agent submitted anecdotes. (thanks Richard)
The teaser trailer for Ghostrider is online. I’m torn. On the one hand, it’s a movie based on a comic book about a flaming-skull-headed, flaming-motorcycle-riding, demon-possessed fighter of evil. On the other hand, it’s Nicholas Cage with a bad haircut, it’s directed by the guy who managed to DESTROY the Daredevil adaptation, and the CGI looks… funny. I’m torn. And by “torn” I mean “100% sure it will suck.”
Reverend Rainbow has a temporary site up to get ready for a big relaunch which means all their shirts are only $8 while they clear out the old inventory. Go support the Reverend.
El Chupacabra! And, perhaps more notably, the El Chupacabra Macarena, which has had 999,511 visitors since January 1, 2000. I’d like to think that you, being the internet savvy folks that you are, can push that visitor benchmark well above a cool million today. It’ll be a fun little community project.
About The Author
I'm a graphic designer and sometimes writer living in Anderson, South Carolina. I serve as the Design Director for NewSpring Church. I love Jesus, my wife, Levi's Jeans, good Tex-Mex, and 8oz glass bottle Coca-Cola Classic. On good days I love them roughly in that order. Email me.