http://blamb.net/stories Wondrous Tales of Things That Happened, Are Yet to Happen, or Never Will Happen Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:13:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been talking about starting a blog for awhile, and lo! The day has come. This will be a place where I talk about design... story-telling... art... the creative process.... I'll probably post a lot of photos, and other images I make. I'll probably ramble a lot. And I'll probably make things ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/10/20/once-upon-a-time/ I stumbled across this news item showing that 7 of the top ten advertisers in the U.S. are spent less the first-half of this year than they did the first-half of last year. Of note: #1 Procter and Gamble spent nearly twice what #2 General Motors did in that period. Among all advertisers: ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/10/20/top-10-us-advertisers/ I didn't even know this house was there. The Brandes House, built in 1952 by Frank Lloyd Wright, is only 1600 sq. ft. but it sits on 3 wooded acres in the Sammamish Highlands (near Seattle) and still has the original furniture. They've even fixed the leaky roof! And now its ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/10/21/do-you-think-i-can-get-a-home-loan/ 13 days since the Red Sox beat the Rockies to win the World Series. Now.... how many days until opening day?? http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/09/downtime/ I stumbled across this photo of an ad on a bus that goes beyond the usual. This is the kind of creativity that makes me wish I had thought of it first! (click for a slightly larger version). http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/11/11/ 16 months ago a friend of mine (Megan) and I, who are both movie-buffs, decided that we wanted to watch every film on the AFI 100 Greatest American Films list. You can criticize the list for the films that are missing, but overall the films that are there are a ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/12/you-aint-seen-nuthin-yet/ Okay.... first of all, when I set this blog up, it wasn't really on my schedule and I wasn't really prepared to start blogging regularly. I have a client that wants a blog and I wanted to try see if Wordpress meets their needs. I have been sorta-kinda thinking I ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/12/lets-get-this-party-started/ If you can read you can help fight world hunger. Click the "Free Rice" button, spend a few minutes, learn something... maybe about yourself. It's a simple vocabulary game. The United Nations World Food Program will distribute 10 grains of rice where its needed for every word you get right. ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/12/free-rice/ I just finished a small website for a travel agency in Durant, Oklahoma (on referral from my brother): http://allseasonstravelok.com/. Go have a look and let me know what you think. If you are planning any travel, give them a call and tell them I sent you. I'll be starting work another ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/13/status-report/ I can't decide if I care less that OJ Simpson may have committed some kind of Armed Robbery or that Britney Spears is in a custody battle. How is this "News?" Argh! And how ridiculous is it that yesterday the big story was that Paris Hilton did not say she was concerned ... http://blamb.net/stories/2007/11/15/16/