Death by OatsCreme Busy times: deadlines, press checks, ferocious pixel pushing, coffee slurping and late night coding. I’m trying to deal with this lactose intolerance problem I seem to have acquired. The other night the misses, in a caring nice gesture, brought home a small tub of OatsCreme in the hopes that it would be …
Monthly Archives: March 2005
Slint by Buick Just got back from a surgical strike road trip to Chicago that included two amazing shows by Slint, gallons of good Sushi, greasy soul food breakfasts, and lots and lots of driving. Great weekend. The band was amazing and the sets were heavy. The venue for the Saturday show, the Park West, …
I Walk With The Zombies Suffering from a seriously debilitating head cold right now. Trying to see if I can get a little better before the big Duran Duran concert tonight. Lots of Sudafed, Kleenex, and grapefruit juice. Between terrible coughing fits and high pitched wheezing I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. It …
Jesus on the Dashboard In the last few days I haven’t traveled much further than my office chair. Work loads have risen to DEFCON 4, the Orange Goblin of productivity demands devout dedication to the tasks at hand. Lucky for me the UPS man delivered a sixer box of Soy Crisps bags two days ago. …
Solid, Interesting, Persistant According to the colorstrology site created by the good folks at Pantone, my birth color for May 13th is Piquant Green (Pantone 17-0235). As these things go, I kinda like the description (especially the attractive part): THERE IS something unusual and provocative about you. People find you interesting and attractive. You are …
Ornaments & Sounds My latest recreation comes from the digital gallery at the New York Public library. I could kill whole days browsing through these amazing images and illustrations. So much inspiration. The craftsmanship is impeccable. Here’s just a sampling of some of the keywords and collections I have been browsing: Design, Studies in Design, …
Shred It Folks familiar to these pages know that of all the helpful and strange pieces of technology that fill my office, my centerpiece, that little darling of destruction – The Shredder, is hands down the sweetheart of my collection. Although she kills and maims that which was once beautiful and full of purpose and …
Soy Crack Is anybody else as addicted to these things as I am? They need to start selling Soy Crisps by the 10 gallon barrel because I’m starting to feel guilty at how fast I can crush one of these little bags. I haven’t tried all the varieties yet. Currently I’m partial to the Deep …
Lesson From The Street Learned some deep wisdom the other day while standing outside a taqueria on the corner of Lake and Chicago. I was smoking a cigarette with JG after eating a fat meal at said taqueria. Lesson: If you are an aging and liquored up crotchety vietnam vet of the caucasian persuasion, with …