I saw this movie over the weekend and I highly recommend it! I think it’s funny that it’s rated R (for bad language, especially in one scene). They released a PG-13 version on DVD by omitting this scene. I’m sure all the 13 year olds can’t wait to see it. (!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoUitM7vqa0

My apologies if any of these are inappropriate (but still funny).

A friend told me she had a part-time job at a restaurant when she was in college. They had a big, red, neon sign that read “Hoagie World and Pizza Heaven.” One day the last “n” burned out and the sign then read “Hoagie World and Pizza Heave.”

http://www.usbtypewriter.com/

Publishing to Mobile Devices Taught by the University of Oregon
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 1-2pm EST

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=35838&loc=en_us&trackingid=JICHK

http://www.lorizzle.nl/?feed=1

http://www.bureaubruneau.com/pro_traintype.html

This is a site I visit frequently: apartmenttherapy.com

I’m interested in all kinds of design: graphic design, interior design, even fashion design. This site has links to other related sites that are great, too. I especially like the house tours and kitchen tours.

On the B train this morning, I sat next to a woman who had a huge, droopy leather purse open on her lap. She pushed around its contents, retrieved a tiny tube of beige foundation and patted its liquid under each eye and onto her nose and chin. Then she dug deeper into the bag and pulled out an eyelash curler (a scary thing to use on the subway), followed by mascara, blush and lipstick. Throughout the entire procedure, she seemed oblivious to everything and everyone in the subway car. I could hear music leaking out of her ear buds, the soundtrack to her separate and solitary world.

I am really smart for forty-five minutes each day. This occurs in the morning, before 9:00. I think my best thoughts, get my best ideas, and feel my most confident. My brain works at top speed; my thoughts are clear, deep and far-reaching. This burst of creative energy fuels my work for the rest of the day.

It is no secret that the real world in which the designer functions is not the world of art, but the world of buying and selling. For sales, and not design are the raison d’etre of any business organization. Unlike the salesman, however, the designer’s overriding motivation is art: art in the service of business, art that enhances the quality of life and deepens appreciation of the familiar world.