http://jrgould.net/blog The Personal and Professional site of Jeffrey R. Gould Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:23:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Reality TV execs that read obscure and rarely updated blogs, "AMERICAN SLUMLORD" Obviously, this would be a reality TV show in which 10 slumlords would compete for the title of AMERICA'S TOP SLUMLORD. Here are some challenges that slumlords could compete in to determine who "gets the rent" that week ("There ... http://jrgould.net/blog/2008/04/11/ill-take-my-5million-now-thanks/ Time is, in my view, the single most absurd theory that is widely accepted by sane people. It's probably more ridiculous than the Single Bullet and Trickle Down theories combined. Think about it. I mean, really take a few moments to consider that you are probably trying to quantify those ... http://jrgould.net/blog/2008/04/08/time-travel-and-other-daily-activities/ Brekurrito noun ( pl. -tos) - a burrito with breakfast inside "I would like a brekurrito with bacon, please hold the beans though; beans are not breakfast." I should do this more often :) that and combat blog spam... I just deleted like 30 spams! http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/12/27/word-of-the-moment-brekurrito/ Last week my buddy and temporary room mate, Vince, went out of town. He left a note on the counter telling us that he was leaving and asking if we could move his car for the street sweeper and then some other stuff that was mostly asinine. He signed the ... http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/06/28/beware-of-the-gears/ Beware of the gears... http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/06/28/49/ I have been going through The Union's archives and trying to dig up some examples of layout design that I have done, so I thought I'd share a few here as these are the ones that I have selected so far: http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/05/10/layout-design/ Lately I've been working on a lot of photography type stuff for the Union, I've shot the last 3 covers and took a bunch of photos for our "Best of Long Beach" issue. I'm really starting to like the idea of editorial photography, or photography as illustration and I'm going ... http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/04/23/union-work/ It's been too long since I have posted. I've been really trying to get some good content up here, even if it is mainly graphic. I've been really bogged down with things lately and not in the best of moods to go shooting, so that may be one factor. Also, ... http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/03/16/too-long/ The past remains hidden in clouds of memory. http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/03/10/44/ The drunkard drinks up While the Master savors life The sweet taste of truth The light in the glass Illuminates the Oneness That which is complete http://jrgould.net/blog/2007/03/06/the-artful-drunkard/