Shibboleth

A new fun word, Shibboleth; a word that distinguishes us from them. Example, the name "Oregon"

"Or-e-GON" or "Or-e-GUN"

It appears that "Or-e-GON" is the correct pronunciation,
-Merriam-Webster

Santa's New Reindeer

Ma Pooches, Sailor & Canton.

Playlist of the Week (12.26.05)

1. In the Deep—Bird York
2. I Can't Take it In—Imogen Heap
3. Spin the Bottle— Juliana Hatfield
4. Jackson—Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
5. The Sound of Settling—Death Cab for Cutie
6. I Feel Like Myself Again—Brendan Benson
7. Bye Bye Blackbird—Martha Wainwright
8. Maybe Tomorrow—Stereophonics
9. I Like It—Moby
10. Knock Yourself Out—Jon Brion

Icksnay on the 'histmasay usicmay... for now.

Did You Know?
Joy Division to record new material.
NME.com

Sofia...

Makes my world a better place,
Marie Antoinette Trailer, Fall 2006

A Mist of Fragrance, New Sampling Technology.

Yes, they've done again. Estée Lauder to debut a new sample technology.

"The Estée Lauder Companies has collaborated with Valois of America to develop Imagin, a single-use atomizer that can be inserted into magazines, providing consumers with a true representation of the fragrance experience.

Imagin's design can be presented flat for magazine inserts. Once the package is opened, air enters, allowing the consumer to squeeze the Imagin sample to emit a mist of fragrance. The Estée Lauder Companies has obtained an exclusive one year deal for distribution in magazines. The company debuted the technology in the December 5 issue of Us Weekly. More information: www.valois.com."

-Beauty Packaging

Color-Correct Glossary

Out of Gamut:
Color-Correct Vocabulary

You Can Do It

Sunday, I saw The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, which also happens to have been my favorite book as a child. Last year, travelling abroad, I was fortunate enough to have a pint at the pub, The Eagle and the Child in Oxford, where CS Lewis sat down with J. R. R. Tolkien and The Inklings while visiting my good friend, Beverly. The pub kept a pair of slippers at the bar for Lewis on those late nights. Now, just how cool would it of been to be a fly on the wall during those conversations...been on my mind this week with all the Disney chatter in regards to the Christian allegories as it relates to the plot in this paticular book.

Watching the movie (which I loved) Peter's personal journey really stuck a note with me, I related it to my own life at present—being responsible and taking charge just as you realize there's so much more to know, and being able to find that thread of confidence and run with it to accomplish your goal. Simply put, having faith in yourself.

If you believe you can do it, you will. And I think I will embrace that as my 2006 resolution, to stop doubting myself so much (being my worst critic) —just believing that I can do it.

Hmmmm....what deep message am I going to get from King Kong this week? I don't know, but I'm really excited to see this film, too~!

Oh yes, my new favorite song—'I Can't Take it In', someone was very wise over at Disney and had Imogen Heap write a track for the Soundtrack. It play's as the credits roll on screen, and fades out into the last scene, after some credits have rolled—so stick around for that part.
*Love her*

Did You Know?
CS Lewis is renowned for his many books and writings on Christian apologetics.

"An eminent academic in the field of English literature at Oxford University (1925-1954) and later Cambridge University (1954-1966), he was baptised into the Church of Ireland, but became an atheist while still at school.

He rediscovered his belief in God when he was 31, citing as a contributing factor, the parallels between Christianity and pagan myth in recurring cycles of "dying and reviving" gods. This led him to consider the extent to which these myths prefigured the person of Jesus Christ and he later claimed "my conversion very largely depended on recognising Christianity as the completion, the actualisation, the entelechy [bringing to perfection] of something that has never been wholly absent from the mind of man."

With acknowledgement to 'The Irish Catholic'

O Christmas Tree

2005 — 8' Noble Fir

Happy Holidays

Wee Bit of the Irish Humor

My mother wanted me to be a priest.
Can you imagine giving up your sex life and then once a week people come in to tell you the details and highlights of theirs?

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Finnegin:
My wife has a terrible habit of staying up 'til two o'clock in the morning. I can't break her of it.
Keenan:
What on earth is she doin ' at that time?
Finnegin:
Waitin' for me to come home.

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Father Guffy roared from the pulpit to his parishioners:
"The drink has killed millions—it rots their stomachs and they die in agony. Smoking has killed millions—it coats your lungs and you die in agony. Overeating and consorting with loose women have also killed millions.."

" 'Scuse me, Father," hollered Reagan from the back, "but what is it that kills the people who live right?"

The Beauty of Simplicity

Excerpt:
"Here is how Mayer thinks about the tension between complexity of
function and simplicity of design: "Google has the functionality of a
really complicated Swiss Army knife, but the home page is our way of
approaching it closed. It's simple, it's elegant, you can slip it in
your pocket, but it's got the great doodad when you need it. A lot of
our competitors are like a Swiss Army knife open--and that can be
intimidating and occasionally harmful."

"That, says Joe Duffy, founder of the award-winning Minneapolis design firm Duffy & Partners and author of Brand Apart, is a pretty good definition of good design. He quotes a famous line from the eminent designer Milton Glaser: "Less isn't more; just enough is more." Just enough, says Duffy, contains an aesthetic component that differentiates one experience from another."

Source:
Fast Company

"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, while adding the meaningful." - John Maeda

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."