“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” I’m stuck in the Phoenix airport with D. Mnky and this quote from Kurt Vonnegut comes to mind.
Yearly Archive
for: ‘2010’
Art & Commerce
This advertising campaign from Levis has been following me around for the last few weeks. Produced by Wieden + Kennedy, the nostalgic Americana advertising campaign is entering it’s second year. The campaign grew to include a segment focused on Braddock Pennsylvania. Braddock is the kind of middle American town that has suffered greatly in the current economic climate, but also struggled greatly with the post industrial turn of the American economy since the mid 80s. The campaign has caused quite the uproar in both the ad and social justice communities. It seems they both hate it, but for different reasons.
Jack
I was taking my dog for a run yesterday, when we stumbled on Jack the Schnauzer. He was wondering around lost. After scouring the neighborhood for 2 hours, I ended up bringing him home. We were able to track down his owner through his rabies tag, so he left us this afternoon. Cute little bugger …
Saying Goodbye to Sal Paradise
We all want to dream rocketships and jazz trumpet. We all want to walk out the door and drive 1800 miles cross country at 90 miles an hour tasting the sweaty salt lick air of Big Sur scream by. We all want big impossible things. We dream about these things, but rarely do we chase …
Build a DIY Contemporary Farmhouse Table for $40
We’ve been living with a teeny dining room table for the last few years. I sit there most days while I work, and was in constant competition with the cat for table top real estate. Dee & I were randomly perusing the scratch and dent section at IKEA, and happened on some slick stainless steel …
Bearded Lady
I made it down to Bearded Lady in NE Minneapolis this weekend. It was ungodly hot, but that didn’t stop the throngs of people from filling the streets infront of the Ritz Theatre and taking in a lot of two wheeled art work. The painted face cigarette girls looked amazing, as did the tattooed bottled …
What to do when it stops being fun?
My dad would look at the situation and say, “You get paid good money to do your little computer doodles. Who gives a shit if you’re having fun? Cowboy up son.”
