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When I grow up I want to be a book designer

Check out some of these 2007 book cover designs. I particularly love The Worst Years of Your Life and Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance. I swear I would read all the books on this list based on their covers alone.

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A little Tuesday-afternoon Memphis typography nerdery

Today I took to Madison avenue to get my daily picture, since I had passed by the Camp Electric Company’s building a hundred times but had never had time to stop and capture their rather rusty and Spartan sign. Nestled just next door to Camp is Sam Phillips Recording, a legendary entity in music if ever there was one. Here’s the sign on the side of the building that faces Madison: It’s a nifty sign,…

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Midnight madness*

I just took the first of the last three sips of this glass of Italian skunkwine (can someone translate my mixed terminology, please?) and I caught a glimpse of an avalanche of sediment tumbling from the little reservoir atop the glass’s stem. Ew. Today I spent the day looking at pictures of dead dogs. Believe it or not, it’s a project I’m working on at work. And it’s pretty sad. Pit bulls bred for meanness…

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Sometimes I really like my job

Like when I get to put Stephen Colbert’s face on the front page. I mean, I always like my job, but everyone who works any type of job knows that sometimes there are little nuggets of nothingness that might seem meaningless to everyone else but, with careful attention, can be polished and kept and treasured. And putting Stephen Colbert on the front page is something I can treasure. Cuz I’m a freak. So, yeah. Not…

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