That's right, a periodic table with photos or representations of each element. I could've memorized it so much more easily, if I'd had this poster. This is fantastic design, right here.
Read Morewhat my saturdays look like
A shot of my easel, palette, and chair, from Saturday, at the end of class.... I badly need to get a little folding table for my palette, and a chair, so I can sit more comfortably when painting at home. Check out the bucket with my painting gear in it -- handiest damn thing ever.
Read MoreCoffee in space
And I can barely manage to drink it here on Earth without spilling it on myself. Reason I'm not an astronaut, #723.
Read MoreGraphic designer test, and a thank you
From the 5th Annual World Graphic Design Foosball Championship at Pentagram: Paul Sahre challenges suspected non-designers Big Spaceship (2) with the 'Are you a graphic designer?'... An acquaintance of some renown managed to find 10 seconds to wish me luck and safety while being horribly busy in Africa, while people I'd known for years, who lived less than 25 miles away, were totally silent. One friend's efforts resulted in offers of help from total strangers pouring in. As I said to that friend this morning: There were people I'd known well for years, decades, even, who didn't bother to call and see how I was, because, they said, they knew I'd handle it and I'd call them if I needed anything.
Read MoreSmoke Signals
At 2:30 last night, I finally called it quits and went to bed, after a night of refreshing the news, to try to see if the mandatory evacuation area was moving northwest at all.
Checked the LA Times site this morning, and their map shows a new, larger evacuation area:
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But I don't see anything different from my place. Looks like it's going to be another day of waiting,