If Jer Was an Angry School Marm

As part of his drama camp, The Boy studied different art movements–cubism, expressionism, mannerism, etc.  They used these different styles as inspiration for their sets & costumes and spent part of their days devoted to painting and sculpting (and bedazzling fabric!).
Here are two pieces my son painted:
The second is my favorite.  I keep telling Jer [...]

My First Woot Entry

I patronize this site called www.woot.com and its subsite shirt.woot.com.  For those of you that don’t know the site, it is dedicated to selling one thing per day and selling it very cheaply.  They also sell one t-shirt per day, and hold a weekly t-shirt contest (the derby) to determine the 3 shirts that will [...]

Starring John McCain

To be fair, the John McCain poster is also horrible.  Lynn says “church bulletin,” but I say cheesy movie poster.  In fact, I think it stole elements from several movie posters over the last decade or two.

Same font and line-star-line divider as The American President (just different spacing)
Same big-head and devoted thirds (1/3 head, 1/3 [...]

Obey la Revolución de HOPE

All politics aside, I can’t help but laugh whenever I see one of those Obama HOPE posters.  The design is horrible, the imagery all wrong, and the colors just lend themselves to all the wrong subliminal conclusions. (As Lynn put it during our online discussion today, “the red/blue imagery is a bit like a trout-slap – [...]

NAMING CONTEST (prizes negotiable)

I’ve been pouring all my creative energy into a booklet that will be a parent guide to our kindergarten program.  I was given several samples from other school districts;  One was teddy bears and hearts (*gag*) and another was ABCs & 123s (BOOOORRRING).  I was also given the book we’ve used for the last 5 [...]