The Strength of 10 Men!

Our tax dollars hard at work here in CO. Jeez, give me that dang shovel and let me show you how to use it! I wish I’d have been able to catch a video to film just how still they were standing. You don’t quite get the effect with a still shot. I think 4 of them were actually walking – to somewhere they didn’t need to be from somewhere they should have been.

Oh man! I almost forgot! Happy Earff Day!

I thought Limbaugh was making this kind of thing up. But these people actually exist. I think I've said, I'm all about being efficient and conserving(I'm a bit of a minimalist — even when it comes to design), but cm'on this is ridiculous. A buddy of mine wondered if "Man-made Global Warming/Climate Change" could be the biggest hoax since the Earth being considered flat?

Happy Earff Day!

Happy 420 Day! (Please, Nobody Go Psycho)

I'm no hippie – or druggie. I simply believe that the government should stay our of our lives. If someone wants to smoke "the marijuana", so what? What business is it of yours or mine? Now, if that person harms me, then it's my business. And if all that person is doing is getting brain damage, that's his/her choice. Just, don't make me pay for his MedicAid because that person is too stoned to get a job.

Conservative Design (I know, it's a new concept)

Do liberals have a corner on creativity?

I'm finding that not only are a lot of Conservative messages difficult to muddle through, a lot of design done for certain operations only reinforce the stereotype that they are out of touch and irrelevant. Don't be one of them.

When I compare organizations, I see a big difference in the area of creativity, communication(layout), professionalism, and most of all – branding.

I think in the coming generation that, unless you can clearly and succinctly state your case, you will fail. Get to the point fast. Use your branding elements; and if you don't have consistent branding elements established, get them!

"There are organizations doing great things, but they just don't know how to say it!"

Capitalism Screwing Capitalists

I never thought I'd hear myself(as someone who believes in capitalism) say this, but I think the competitive spirit might be getting in the way of Capitalism. Can we please unite already? Under the few causes we believe in? I know it's kind of Socialistic/Marxist and all but...Until we do this, do you think we might be duplicating our efforts here?

Take this Tea Party deal for instance. Why are there so many different websites up? It seems like everyone and their Native American buddy has thrown one up. Which one do I go to? Which one is the real deal? teapartyday.com? taxdayteaparty.com? And for crying out loud, those two were in the same article in World. And there's this one. Who knows how many more are out there. Tea Partiers, I wish you well.

Earff Hour

"We look forward to great things before it's done."

– Jim Leape
Director-General WWF Int'l

What? What kinds of "great things" is Jim talking about? Dang it, Jim. I'm only a designer. Woo a stadium turned its lights out. Looks to me like a lot of theses city lights don't need to be on in the first place, so it really wasn't as dramatic as I was thinking it was gonna be. The only "big thing" I can see happening is a bunch of hippies making babies for an hour (Please, Lord – I hope you all used condoms!) Oh, and our energy bills going up b/c the power companies lost $. Are you serious?