For lunch today per Ben’s suggestion, a bunch of us (Jane, Chris, Ben, Bryan, TJ, Nick, Masha) went out for some Indian food, over at Klay Oven. This restaurant used to be an occassional treat for us, back when we used to work in the Merchandise Mart. I, for one, haven’t even been back near…
At the start of the month, I received a rather ominous letter letting me know that the photos I took documenting my Jury Duty experience were in violation of local court rules. More than that, the letter stated that my “willful actions could result in a Contempt of Court Citation.” Needless to say, I was…
Let me begin by saying that for the past few days, I’ve been barred from entering the kitchen pantry. No explanation, no reasons, just “don’t go in there.” The latch had been thrown. On the door, a note was posted, expressly prohibiting me from going inside. Now, fast forward to this morning. This is what…
Tonight Liz and I travelled down to Frankfort, to hang out with her family. And actually, it was also for my birthday too (I’m having quite the weekend). For dinner, Liz’s mom cooked up some fantastic food – meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, asparagus and brussel sprouts (which I’m discovering that I really, really like). The…
My birthday is this Sunday, but Liz had plans for us to go out and celebrate tonight. For the past few days I knew we were heading out… but didn’t know where. I only knew we were going out. I got home, was told to put on some nice clothes, and proceeded to wait around…
Cecropia is a company that specializes in what they call “Personality Video Games.” It’s a fantastically entertaining approach, and I’m awed at both how simple and intuitive it is. There’s a small little game on their home page, and a larger project entitled “The Act.” I’m reminded a lot of Dragon’s Lair, and how much…
As is the ritual at my workplace, everyone tries to throw a little birthday surprise for Rey/Deb when their day rolls around. Today was Rey’s birthday and we all gathered in the kitchen to help celebrate. While I wonder if we’ll ever top the surprise sushi cake, this design was entirely appropriate (check out the…
Photoshop Disasters is a small but growing collection of some pretty bad Photoshop work, found out in the wild. The design of the site isn’t anything to write home about (and in fact, it looks like someone just slapped these images up on a generic blogger template). But the “disasters” themselves are pretty awesome, despite…
Allison recently got a version of Battleship that I’ve never seen before – one where each side comes complete with a periscope that shoots torpedoes (tiny black marbles) under water, at the ships.
I raced up the steps at the California Blue Line stop, only to miss the doors by a second or two. After walking over to the railing, I noticed how incredibly bright and crisp the day looked. I felt compelled to take a few photos, mostly just because I haven’t really used the camera all…
Quite possibly NSFW due to language, but compelling reading nonetheless: Nerve has compiled a series of “my first time” stories, as told by celebrities. It’s quite the range, too – Joe Namath, Bertrand Russell, David Bowie, Sylvia Plath, Iggy Pop, Here’s a snippet from Marilyn Manson’s account: We ambled downhill to a baseball diamond and,…
Nick got one of his photos featured on Gapers Block today! You should definitely check out Nick’s photos on Flickr – lots of cool images there to peruse. All told, I believe that makes three of us in total who’ve had photos highlighted, from this office. Any more, and I think we’ll need to buy…
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil When Cleopatra received Antony on her cedarwood ship,she made sure he would smell her in advance across the sea:perfumed sails, nets sagging with rosehips and crocusdraped over her bed, her feet and hands rubbed in almond oil,cinnamon, and henna. I knew I had you when you told me you could not live…
My friend (and OSU MFA alum) Aimee Nezhukumatathil is going to be in town tomorrow for a reading over at Columbia College. She is the author of two books of poetry (Miracle Fruit and, most recently, At the Drive-In Volcano). Last year, she got some nice press from none other than Garrison Keillor, who read…
With all the recent traffic/activity lately, I decided to do a little housekeeping. Up until now, my older Flash projects were sitting on some pretty bare bones HTML pages. Today, I tweaked the stylesheet for this site and created a page layout that could better house all of my Flash projects. The hope is that…