2008

Aug

This really does say a lot about our contemporary lifestyle,...

Well, it was free, so I shouldn’t complain. But I was...

We call it the Helvetica House.

secretcorndog: Some crazy driver is taking pictures of me from his car on the highway…

Kayleigh and I were briefly driving buddies this morning.

Loyal lil’ cowdog.

Gearheads Don't Get It

“These paintings, these poems and these demonstrations which...”
— Francis Schaeffer, The God Who...

Just one short step away from the Failbus.

I know I have mentioned Tycho a whole bunch of times at this...

So

Not only should I have started out as a graphic artist, but I should have started my journey into...

101 More Things I Have Come To...

102 I always get myself into more than I should, but am always better for it.103 A life...

And speaking of things I want but will likely never...

I really, really need to live here. Anybody want to be my...

Pat Robertson And Al Sharpton Have "Come...

Modern Alchemy Candles by D.L. & Co. are possibly the...

Yves Saint Laurent’s Autumn/Winter 2008 collection in motion. Truly brilliant film.

Zaha Hadid: The First Great Female Architect

Satellite Tracking In Visual Form

“Every honest question must be given an honest answer. It is...”
— Francis Schaeffer, The God Who...

This is what happens to the places we leave behind.

Photographer's Lament #4

When you are a photographer, and that fact is well known, everyone wants you to photograph something...

This is the second or third of these I’ve caught, so I...

“Frankly, I don’t want that version of America to survive —...”
— James Howard Kunstler

Jul

Lightroom 2 Released

Studio shoot today!

“Out at sea for seven years I got your letter in Tangier I...”
— Josh Ritter,...

“The current style sets a high but not impossible standard...”
— Henry-Russell Hitchcock and...

TR2N! It’s not only officially happening, but now we have a teaser that debuted at Comic-Con...

Photographer's Assistant Guidelines

IBM shows us the future, according to 1975, in this series...

Smart vs. Aptera

101 Things I Have Come To Understand

001 Most of the time, when someone asks me to do something, my initial reaction is to complain...

This what the image is really telling us. It relates back...

Why, You Hipsters, Why?

So there have been some trends amongst the hipster crowd that have become very noticeable in the...

I’ve seen some bad driving. I’ve done some bad driving. And it’s true, I can...

And That Is Why There Are 600 Starbucks...

Amanda, with whom I am collaborating for a fashion shoot: Starbucks?
Me: Yes.
Amanda: Sounds good, I'll meet you there. Wait, the one on I-45, right?
Me: Um, yeah.
Amanda: Okay, just making sure there wasn't, like, another one.
Me: Yeah, there are 601 Starbucks stores in Huntsville. That's why they have announced the closing of 600 stores. The company decided one was enough.
Amanda: Hey, don't be mean. On my street at home there are two that face each other.

Photographer's Lament #3

You know what? Photography is expensive. It’s very hard to get good equipment for cheap. ...

“Comfort is not a function of beauty.”
— Philip Johnson

The Five Minute Chocolate Cake

I’ve gotten a lot of comments in the past few months...

The Best Possible Information?

“My plans are to retire on my one-hundredth birthday. Then I...”
— Philip Johnson in 1987, at age...

Photographer's Lament #2

Everyone seems think that they are a photographer these days, but very few truly are. Especially...

“He loved his [heart] operation, judging from the many times...”
— Philip Johnson in 1976, after...

This woman has the biggest hair I’ve ever seen on a...

“Perpetually restless, utterly mysterious and so very...”
— Monica Hesse, “Baby...

The Modern House Estate Agents

As opposed to energy-deficient calories? Honestly! Why...

Photographer's Lament #1

So I have discovered that I have three semi-realistic options when it comes to fashion models: Find...

“But please don’t mistake miles traveled, and money earned,...”
— Patton Oswalt, surprisingly,...

Amazingly, the organizers of the TED Conference had Billy Graham to speak back in 1998.

“The idea of permanence has always been associated with...”
— Henry-Russell Hitchcock and...

A short video about Gregory Crewdson, a brilliant photographer and one of my major influences. ...

Iconic Logo Designers

Free Coffee

I just realized that amidst all the usual commotion of my local Starbucks, in conjunction with a...

“In 1776, the entirety of the United States had a population...”
— Jason Smith And in response to...

In Soviet Russia, shark jump you!

Mark Cuban Buys Sports

Dog

One of the best things about having a dog has to be the lack of cleaning up after food spills. ...

Too good not to show. This is the growth of Wal-Mart over time since 1962. Unpleasant, to say the...

For some reason, I keep telling myself that mountains will...

If Michael Bay Had Written "The Dark Knight"

New Twin Towers?

What happens when you try, but not hard enough? You get the...

Kayleigh's Guide To Job Hunting In...

This evening, Kayleigh set out for me the steps to her job hunting process. I search job...

Why it was ever acceptable to produce professional equipment...

Self-Replicating Machines

Hancock

I really don’t care what the majority of critics and (certain) friends say: I enjoyed Hancock...

This really does represent everything wrong with...

The Oldest Companies

Jun

Now I know what I’ll be doing the evening of November sixth.

Not only are we all going to die, but the genocide will now be set to music.

They forgot the “no fun” sign. Fun causes...

The Best Wikipedia Entry Of All Time

The New Nation Of Forvik

For those of you who think you’re okay with your poor...

Living Life On Sleepless Nights

Before I post my potentially incoherent and likely ridiculous rambling session, I want to apologize...

TaylorMade must mean solid platinum.

The new Weezer video to “Pork and Beans” is basically YouTube: The Movie. I am in awe.

Power And Politics

“The average U.S. citizen completely ignores the regularity...”
— Paul O’Neil, “The...

Whoa! Hands! I have a hip, too!

Good ol’ summer school.

The new twenty dollar bills?

“I like hippies. Hippies are awesome, except they invented a...”
— A little girl at a Texas camp,...

I’ve got this tree growing along the back of my house,...

The Return Of Zeppelins

Undoubtedly my favorite moments in any photoshoot. One of...

Checkout

As per the usual, I chose the slowest lane at the store. That’s what I get for going against...

Refacing Government Tender

Excuses for my house to be as dirty as it is: 1.

Mr. Clean now cleans sidewalks!

Chi Alpha Tonight

Eric: Did you go to Chi Alpha tonight?
Me: Sure did.
Eric: How was it?
Me: Awesome. You should have been there.
Eric: Prove it.
Me: Three people ascended into Heaven and we all become apostles. You missed out.
Eric: Any levitations?
Me: Only with the ascensions.

A night at the all-new Casa de Jackson!

May

This is where I’m going to work someday. And...

The Old Starbucks Logo

Think you had an awkward childhood? Just remember, it could have been worse.

From the studio art building at James Madison University. I...

“Happy Birthday Plywood”
— Marquee Sign in Lyndhurst,...

They won’t just save your life, they’ll freshen...

If you aren’t as pissed off as I am by the end of this, you clearly weren’t paying...

The Emperor Has No Clothes

squashed: The circulating 60 minutes segment on “millenials” has drawn a host of negative...

Doing What I Do Best

Mom: You could not do a better job of irritating me right now.
Me: You mean I'm succeeding at something?!

If only this product were what it sounds like.

One of the world’s only two acceptable cats. Mostly...

International Style Parents.

Canada Dry

It occured to me as I drank my ginger ale on the plane today that planes are the only place that I...

Not surprisingly, he came back out of the theater...

Jason with his favorite doll.

Currently my least favorite new building in Houston. Not...

It’s one of my illusions!

Oh mandolin, soon you will be mine.

Who wouldn’t want this puzzle? It goes great with...

Here’s Michael unleashing mind-blowing muscle growth.

“Expressways ruin everyone’s life along the way and...”
— Philip Johnson

This is a photograph that sums up all things ten in the...

“My favorite Roman emperor, Augustus, used to boast that he...”
— Philip Johnson, in a...

Stephen Colbert debates Lucifer with Dr. Philip Zimbardo. An interesting clip, to say the least.

“Art has nothing to do with intellectual pursuit - it...”
— Philip Johnson, in an address...

“Why yes, I do have a lion in my sidecar while driving...

On Nikon And Houston

Michael: You fag. Your camera brand is endorsed by Ashton Kutcher.
Me: Well, the city you are moving to is built by oil companies. Why don't you head on over to the country club, Karl?

It shouldn’t be this funny, but somehow, it is.

An excerpt from a piece by a fellow art student here at Sam...

“I could put my burgers on your street!”
— Jake Berry, after seeing...

On Jawsh Pumping The Gas

Me: Awesome, full service!
Jawsh: Wait, what is "full service?"
Me: You are.

It has been too long.

I want this on a shirt. Badly.

I don’t really care to explain why this is so funny. ...

Newspaper Blackout Poetry

Mark Shockley's Small Group

Me: I'm going to go to Starbucks in a little bit.
Mark: I was thinking about going there but I have small group in a little while. And then I thought about inviting my small group there, but none of them drink coffee.
Me: They don't drink coffee? What are you teaching them?!
Mark: I'm sorry. They just haven't...accepted the gospel yet.