Somewhere around my senior year of high school some dark and crazy stuff went down in the world of dietary fiber. Oat bran, long the standard bearer of the complex carbohydrates, came under attack for being overrated. The public had been hoodwinked, bamboozled even, into believing that oat bran helped to lower cholesterol, and a new study threatened to expose it for the uber-hyped source of fiber that it was. At last we would all be free from the tyranny of oat bran’s gastronomical austerity. Continue reading
One Dollar, One Vote
A friend of mine recently quipped that rather than occupy Wall Street protesters should occupy a voting booth. He then expanded on that by echoing a popular sentiment: if you don’t vote, then you forfeit your right to complain about the state of the public realm. And he’s right, inadvertently. Voting is indeed an extremely effective way to send a message in this country. However, the votes that send the loudest messages are the ones we cast with each dollar we spend—or don’t spend. Continue reading
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A Five Minute Poem with Brie Crostini
Yeah, yeah, I know. “Another poem? Sheesh! When is he going to break out the prose?” Well, I’m working on some knock-out stuff, I promise. But in the meantime, I’ve been looking back at the contents of my old notebooks, full of treasures written in what must have been another life, just to remind myself that I don’t suck at this. And I’m sharing some more here to see if you agree. Continue reading
Oh, Child
I used to write a lot. Knocked out a couple of books in my mid twenties, and wrote a decent bit of poetry as well. When I got married and had kids my writing took a back seat to other more pressing responsibilities. But recently I’ve realized that I miss it, and in addition to blogging I’ve started to revisit my old poetry to remind myself how much I enjoy the craft. I found this poem that I wrote 11 years ago for friends to commemorate the birth of their first child. Having recently welcomed another child to our family, it feels particularly poignant of late, and I thought I’d share it with you. Cheers! Continue reading
My First Ever Blog Post
Well, there you have it. I’m blogging. But not about design.
What?! He’s a designer, and this is his design site. He should blog about design. That’s how the world works, right? If you sell widgets, then you blog about widgets. You HAVE TO blog about widgets. That’s the American Way, the ONLY way to promote your business. What do you mean, you don’t blog about design? That’s just crazy talk. Continue reading
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