DIY Postcard Hack #1
You know that phenomenon whereby you’re looking through the greeting card aisle and you break out with a spontaneous explosion of, for lack of better word, “guffaw”? That’s me. I got that gene from my mom. Cutest thing ever when she did it. I just get stares. But, my preferred venue is not Rite-Aid but the antique /vintage shop and instead of pouring over Hallmark cards I prefer pawing […]
Americana :: Waiting for the Parade
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. and a good day to reflect on the sacrifices and service of men and women down through the decades who put themselves in harm’s way. I purposely avoid politics on Foolish Fire but occasionally I’m struck by images that may be construed that way, although what I like about this particular image is not only its equal measure of amusing and poignant […]
In honor of Oklahoma tornado victims :: The Oklahoma Standard
By James Ketsdever Ran across this quote by Brad Henry after seeing a number of TV interviews with tornado victims. I originally posted it on the Sara Waters Design Group blog as a visual tribute to that amazing level of courage.
“I Want to be Bob G.” now available on Amazon
Boy Meets Bob It’s the late 70’s. A six-year old boy finds some Penthouse magazines in his neighbors trash and after reading a story about the infamous Penthouse photographer and publisher Bob Guccione, decides his mission in life is to be “Bob G.”, in spite of his parents’ attempts to point him down a more respectable career path. This hilarious, touching short story is from the pen of Archer […]
Travels Through Europe :: Concert poster
I don’t often post work from my day job on Foolish Fire, preferring more illustrative pieces that contain hand lettering, but I thought for a change of tone I’d share this recent Danville Community Band concert poster. For any design deets geeks out there, it was executed in Illustrator CS4, the font is Brandon Grotesque.
An ode to the joy of self propulsion
I’m a little wistful tonight. As I sit in my living room recovering from a short, hilly ride on a quiet Monday morning in late April, I’m thinking of past rides out to Tilden, and missing the cycling from years past, especially with my two nephews and my brother-in-law. It was a period when our lives and schedules miraculously converged and 50+ miles was considered an average distance for […]
So I missed Hairball Awareness Day…but really…isn’t…every day…?
There I was minding my own business reading Mary Roach’s new book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, when during a chapter about digestive disorders she just casually mentions in a footnote that Hairball Awareness Day is rapidly approaching. In fact it’s every year on the last Friday of April. Who knew? By the way, (and you might want your kids to leave the room for this), did you […]
Think you know how to buy eggs? Get ova yourself.
This piece has a two-fold purpose: A humble attempt to “eggucate” those, who like me, are often confounded by the act of food shopping, and more specifically the buying of eggs. To introduce my new food blog, Munch Ado About Something: Advocating the Peaceful Overthrow of the American Diet. In this most recent post, you’ll learn how the idea for this infographic was hatched (sorry) and a maybe a […]
Maybe the only good thing about those annoying little fruit stickers
So I’ve been thinking a lot lately about food. No, not because I’m hungry, well maybe a little, but more because I’m intrigued by the whole subject of food, as a thing, a human activity, a cause celebre, an addictive substance, a political movement, and the subject of eleventy-billion blogs. You know…that food. And in the course of my reading up on it, pondering it, eating it and engaging […]
You Are What You Eat Eats :: Michael Pollan
I’ve always loved Michael Pollan’s take on the quote, “You are what you eat,” made famous by cookbook author and early proponent of the organic food movement Adelle Davis in the 60’s. The quote probably had even earlier roots going back to 1826 where it was coined by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin—rough translation, “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.”