I’m going to have to start writing more than once a week. The football. It was good. It was also beastly hot, nasty enough that everyone in our group had bailed by the end of the third quarter. But what we did get to see was reassuring. Boeckman seems to have a good thing going… Read More late.
I continue to be impressed with the ability of the internet to A) be incredibly helpful or B) be an enormous pain in the ass, depending on the circumstances. Here’s one of the helpful stories, from today’s Columbus Dispatch. It’s about Kevin and Noah John, who drove from Shelby to Columbus for the Youngstown State… Read More not a toy.
It doesn’t get much better than that. Friday: After a semi-productive day off, I drove into town to see Helvetica, a documentary film about the typeface of the same name. Yes. A movie about a font. Expect that it’s actually a movie about a small piece of modern design, the widespread acceptance of Helvetica and… Read More best weekend ever.
The PG ran a story about bacn today, taking the time to identify the term and discuss some of its ramifications. The reporter spoke with two people — a PR guy and an author from New York, a woman who works for a software firm in Florida, a representative of Best Buy based in Minneapolis,… Read More homegrown.
If you want to see Uncle Crappy make an ass out of himself, I’d advise you to go to that YouTube page I mentioned before. If you don’t remember where to look — or if you’re just curious, and I know who you are — send me an email, and I’ll point you in the… Read More oh god.
Briefly, because it’s been a long few days: All the stuff surrounding Uncle Tony’s passing went very well, I thought. Nice service today, lots of time with family all weekend. Tony was a completely unique guy, and all the stuff that went on today really reflected his singular place in the world. I’ll miss him… Read More week. ended.
