I live quite literally next to the library and qualify this with an entire bookshelf reserved for rented books. Currently looks over shoulder, it is pushing max capacity. I can pound back the written word faster than most people can drink, hence this new subcategory for industry appropriate reads and reviews.
Quitter by Jon Acuff is a simultaneously hilarious and poignant read from cover to cover. ...
Read MoreThis special post-holiday post is dedicated to thoughtful design and hand crafting the holidays. I use the word 'crafted' with special cringing quotations, as all things coming to mind were floral, frilly and feline. If I could say without totally betraying the English language that I 'built' a pillow, I would. I'm not that manly. Give & Get will always endeavor to be reasonable in price, should any readers be tempted to procure a self gift. ...
Read MoreAlong with carols and shiny plastic, the holidays bring a particular kind of desperation to otherwise upstanding human beings. The result of such pressures is unfortunately theft, or copyright infringement. The practice is infuriating, the chagrin of small time creative operations. Many, therefore, do what they fear is the only option: whistle blow.
My social networks and creative forums have been lit up like a Christmas tree for weeks as artists lament everything from, "Ha, guess I do coffee cups now..." to "These assholes stole my shit!!" There is no right way to steal, but is there a wrong way to be victimized?
If you are the victim of a theft, consider a few key points to handling the situation with grace: ...
Dan Gneiding of Gray Hood just released a typeface for Lost Type Co, perhaps the most exhaustive font I've ever seen, at 12 type iterations per character. As if mere volume were enough room for praise, Lost Type rallied a gorgeous release video, rife with hand painted signs in hardy technicolor. ...
Read MoreI can drag the fifth tally along a pen's edge for the number of blogs and websites I've attempted, the most notable of which being my old xanga with its unintended euphemism. Thankfully, I have graduated to a new phase of web presence, though there is ample time to 'eff that up. This is post number one, after all.
I want to be extremely clear in my intentions for this virtual space, for my own piece of mind. As a "free spirit", I recognize being on task at all moments is not a strength of mine, and like the kid with golf ball arms on the free weights, I must deliberately carve a path from the start. ....
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