Wednesday Series: Scaredy Cat (#4 of 4)

... and the final piece for this series. I'll do a wrap up next week...

(#1, #2, #3)

"The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination"**

I'm sure this is all over the blogosphere by now... I can't even remember who spoke at my college graduation. What a treat this must have been!

Apparently not everyone was thrilled. Like this guy, "...They should have picked a leader to speak at commencement. Not a children's writer. What does that say to the class of 2008? Are we the joke class?"

Hmmm... so children's books are a joke? Perhaps he'd rather they just watch more TV. It sounds to me as if this guy could use a little bit more imagination in his life. As could many leaders. Given the state the of the world today, wouldn't more imagination be a good thing for everyone?

(**–J.K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address 2008)

Monday Map: ¡Hola a Mis Amigos Mexicanos!

Another older map. I wonder how hot it is in Mexico now?

Today there's a heat advisory here in the Northeast-- between the temperature and the humidity the heat index will make it feel like it's about 104. The schools are even on early dismissal.

And, silly us, we don't have air conditioning.

But truly, I love it. For 8 or 9 months of the year (while trying to stay warm) I dream about opening the windows and hearing the birds and the crickets and the peaceful outside noises. So I don't complain about hot weather.

Friday Fun: The Waldo Ultimatum

I don't remember where I saw this-- it's been going around a bunch of blogs. Pretty funny!

Football in B & W

Ahh, now this is what we call football in our household... you know, the real kind that you play with a foot and a ball... tee hee!

Wednesday Series: Scaredy Cat (#3 of 4)

Cross-hatching sure becomes addictive. It's actually quite relaxing, so much so that I was afraid I wouldn't know when to stop. But I wanted to show a difference between the black & white line samples and the ones with wash, while still having levels of gray. 'Cause, as y'all know, I love them interesting gray areas of life...

Here's #1 and #2 in this series.

Black and White and Shades of Gray

Ahh, would that life were as easy as black and white. But alas, there are many shades of gray. Though for sure that makes it more interesting...

Just playing around here with more new samples... feel free to ignore my silly musings!

Monday Map: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

A spot map from a few years ago. The client added the type afterwards.