Calvin and Hobbes' take on the Bailout

Growing up I loved Calvin and Hobbes(as pictured above). I am dyslexic and struggled to learn to read. Calvin and Hobbes' writing was easy enough for me to decipher yet sophisticated enough keep me interested. From age nine until eleven, i amassed the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection.

I admire Calvin's rebelliousness and independence. I love Bill Watterson's sarcastic style and his allusions to real world issues and conflicts. Here is a cartoon i found particularly relevant...

Picking A Background for your Computer

Picking the right image for your background is a complicated and underrated task. A computer's background offers subtle yet important insight into the ego, interests and values of its owner. People take their image selection too seriously.

I pick very tongue in cheek images that allude to my interests. For example, I am into the outdoors and woods lore so a lot of my backgrounds relate to animals or landscapes. Instead of picking a serious landscape of Yosemite from Flickr, I prefer romanticized paintings of an Indian bow hunting or an excessive assortment of taxidermy animals. Here is an assortment of photos that meet the criteria.

Here are some others I liked.

Filson Store and their Art work

Filson has everything I am looking for in an American brand: heritage, US made quality, innovative products, timeless design, and a great story. Their wide assortment of vintage paraphernalia in their Portland store sheds light on the inspiration behind one of the most important brands in the Resurgence Movement (the recent popularity of American heritage brands). After my visit to their store and multiple perusals on their website, one thing is clear: Filson perfectly captures their heritage appeal and defines their story. If only their fits were a little better...



This is my favorite muse piece. Note the Field and Stream from 1925 (I think)

Edge's Landrover Defender 90

Few cars on the road today are as badass as the Land Rover Defender. The Defender has a certain purity and anachronism about it. The car itself could not be more minimal. Land Rover has made few changes to it since they introduced the new model in 1983. It is still assembled by hand in England. The Defender is one of those rare cars that seems to be at home no matter where it goes. The Defender is the car of choice in many of the problem spots around the world. It represents a symbol of colonialism, mainly because of the introduction of the earlier Series I and Series II models in East Africa by the British. Land Rover imported only about a thousand Defenders into the United States between 1993 and 1997. One of their appeals is the fact that they are very hard to find on American streets. Like a good dog, the Defender is an extension of a lifestyle.