Rational thought has gone to the dogs!
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I went to a #140conf Meet Up with Jeff Pulver in Dayton this afternoon (more stuff about that later) and afterwards, we headed out to dinner at the Olive Garden to celebrate my son’s birthday. He ordered a plate of something that was on the menu, but had no price. “How much is that,” I [...]
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I was watching The Rachel Maddow Show tonight and the segment about Blago came on. I could not believe what I was seeing! The horror, the carnage of typography on my screen. Here is what was shown: Notice that they used a single quote when it should have been an apostrophe to indicate a contraction [...]
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A challenge to define “successful design” was lobbed by @Modenus to several of us rather cantankerous voices in response to her post on “bad design.” Not ones to back away from a challenge, we all agreed to write a blog post on each of our sites defining successful design. Mine is here; please read the [...]
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Today is Nate Berkus Day, declared by Joy and Janet @moggitgirls. For those who don’t know, Nate is (was) Oprah’s designer and is now going to host his own design show on NBC in September. Whoopie. Another celebrity interior designer with his own show. But wait! This guy has dogs! This is an interesting twist [...]
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We stopped at the JD Custard in Englewood, next to the Oinkadoodlemoo BBQ and they had a sign in the window for some Dogwiches, .39 each or 4.50 for a barkers dozen (clever, right?) They are two dog biscuits sandwiched with vanilla custard. Me and Sallie could not wait to gobble them up. Love this [...]
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I watched The Marriage Ref on NBC last night party because I couldn’t find the remote after 30Rock was done and party because I really wanted to understand what bothers me about this show. I had already ruled out the concept, graphics and personalities because all of that is Jerry Seinfeld top-notch. There was something [...]
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Take a good look at the photo above. What do you see? Most of us see a dandelion, a vile weed that should be ripped up, poisoned and killed, stomped out and cursed at. And I did too until just the other day when it occurred to me that I have been looking at dandelions [...]
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Fans of the show Ace of Cakes will know what I’m talking about when I say that the Hershey bar cake Duff and crew made earlier last year was a bit of a puzzler as the wrapper was right-side up with Hershey, but the bar pieces inside were upside-down. So, the cake was made with [...]
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I ran across this video by Tom Peters. Watch it. Peters makes some powerful points about education, but I don’t entirely agree with everything he says. Creativity is not a refusal to color inside the lines. It is a conscious decision to color outside the lines, knowing what the lines mean and why they are [...]
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I found a cool new band. It’s not rock, it ain’t Hank, but it ain’t bad! Actually, Megan and Millie of Don’t Tell Darlings are pretty darn good. Harmonies are enchanting. I hope you enjoy the video and click onto their MySpace page for more. Their CD drops on CD Baby Jan 1, 2010. Enjoy.
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John Nese is the proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lovers destination. About 500 pops line the shelves, sourced lovingly by John from around the world. John [...]
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“He’ll keep calling me, he’ll keep calling me until I come over. He’ll make me feel guilty. This is uh… This is ridiculous, ok I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go. What – I’LL GO. Shit.” – Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Seth Godin posted up a blog entry about businesses [...]
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Exactitude in small matters is the very soul of discipline. I didn’t say it, Joseph Conrad did in perhaps his most obscure work, The Secret Sharer. If you haven’t read yet, go ahead; I’ll wait. I just finished mowing the lawn. I hate how much time I spend beating back nature, but since I live [...]
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Sharpie is at Fashion Week in New York. I just wish I was there. I really don’t care too much about fashion, but life in Dayton, Ohio is just dead boring. I’ve also set a new random challenge to get an invite to a fashion show in 2010. Anyone want a dog to attend a [...]
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I had a hair cut appointment on Saturday morning. The rules are simple and unwritten. 1. Arrive on time, never late. 2. Chat with Jerry about social issues 3. Never touch your hair during the cutting/styling process. 4. Never touch your hair during the cutting/styling process. (Not a repeat, just a lot of emphasis.) For [...]
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