If you’re in need of a good root-for-the-underdog moment, watch this.
John Mayer catches a lot of flack for his blog musings, but in the age of internet this proposed album production workflow graphic seems spot-on to me.
I’m sitting in a cheap, white plastic lawn chair in the middle of Mrs. Blankenship’s Aunt Carmen’s backyard, listening to music and playing chess on my phone (and now posting to WordPress—God bless technology).
A lot of the aforementioned Mrs.’s familia is here as well, getting ready to celebrate Easter together and eat copious amounts of authentic TexMex. The introvert in me is a tad overwhelmed by the influx of people, but resting has been wonderful.
Regularish posting will recommence on Saturday, when I return to the South sans Mrs. for a few days (during which I will likely de-evolve into a zombie movie watching, pizza eating sad, sad little man until she returns.)
Happy Good Friday, faithful readers.
Quote, “[Monster Cable does not] have a concern if a company is using the word ‘monster’ in a purely descriptive sense to describe actual monsters.” Oh, the joy of trademark disputes.
Here’s Peter Arnell, he of the ill-fated Tropicana rebrand that was so quickly pulled from the shelves after a reported 20% decline in sales in 7 weeks, talking about the rebrand and using lots of references to “love” and “emotion,” very uncommon design terms. Perhaps for a reason.
1. John Romita Jr. era Daredevil
2. Gustav Doré
3. Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
4. Shinobi
5. Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations in Stephen King’s The Stand
The amount of effort between complaining and creating is a ginormous chasm.
A friend recently commented, “I can make a website in 10 minutes and just complain, complain, complain. I’m done with all the complaining.” She’s right, it takes no effort to complain. You have the tools and the network of listeners to make your voice heard quickly and easily. But no matter how personally satisfying your complaint is, no matter how biting your sarcasm or eloquent your delivery, you’re still just whining.
I wonder what would happen if we took all the energy we spend complaining and put it into creating something?
My favorite April Fool’s Day jokes thus far go to Nine Inch Nails and Noah Stokes.
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.