Twenty-one months ago, I made a programming shift from a sad-sack personal gallery site/portfolio to a sad-sack personal blog site/portfolio. Over that period I’ve written and ranted about work, politics and design and my personal life. If nothing else, this blog has made me adapt the discipline of posting at least once per day (and [...]
Nixon, despite his frequent assertions to the contrary, was a crook. Paranoia and megalomania led him to fall into the old “coverup is worse than the crime” trap. To say the least, Nixon wasn’t very popular during Watergate – the American public put him at a low 39% approval rating. That’s pretty bad, but not [...]
Bwah ha ha. Check out this McSweeney’s list for poorly selling t-shirts. Specifically the fourth one made me laugh out loud! (hint for those of you who don’t know me personally – it’s my home town)
Last night as I was walking to the gym around 8:30, it was the tiniest bit chilly. I realized that it’s almost time for things to cool down. Sure, we’ll have a bunch of hot days yet, but as the sun sets earlier and earlier the nights will be cooler and before you know it [...]
I suppose that in this enlightened age, nothing should surprise me. But then, of course, that would be ultimate pronouncement of ego. Of course I will see something that wigs me out, or read something that makes me remember stuff that I would really rather have forgotten for good. Unfortunately, even if you have forgotten [...]
I’ve been talking a lot about the ridiculous anti-science theory of Intelligent Design here on the site. Over the past few weeks there have been several amusing articles and rebuttals to this assumption that if something cannot be proved then it must be the work of god. This has been brought to center stage again [...]
Check out these really cool notecards from Basic French. I love the illustrations. They kind of remind me of Nick Bantock. Basic French has all sorts of cool stuff from notebooks to toys. Link via Design*Sponge
There is a junk filled “garden” a few blocks from my house. The paths in the garden are covered with old welcome mats and old carpet samples, and there are all manner of stuffed animals, ceramic statues, Catholic and Botanica style artifacts and the occastional car part sitting around amongst some scrawny looking flowers and [...]
Jonathan Gayman is a St. Louis photographer who specializes in corporate, commercial and food photography. Exhibit5a was Jonathan's first blogging adventure but is largely dormant at this stage. For more recent postings check out Jonathan's new St. Louis food blog called Shoot To Cook