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Employee of the Year – Winter

Winter’s been clockin’ some serious overtime lately filling in for that lazy, good-for-nothing, slacker of a season Spring. So instead of dreaming of BBQs and baseball we get to shovel and scrape windows for a while longer. I have to give the Old Man some credit though – I mean it really looks like December […]

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So Long, Sailors!

I was fortunate enough to be there for the final night of Legacy Kids’ Vacation Bible School. Earlier this week, my wife cast off with her crew of over 50 volunteers for a ‘High Seas Adventure’ while I was away. Watching her close tonight made me realize how lucky I am and how gifted she […]

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Perserverance

The office packing is starting to take its toll on me. For the past couple days I’ve really hit it pretty hard and I think I’ve filled at least a full dumpster and a half with old paperwork. The worst part is, though I hadn’t touched much of any of it over the past ten […]

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Packing

This week the faculty of my program have the unenviable task of packing up almost 40 years of history in preparation for our big move in August to a new facility. The challenge is we only have until June 1 to get it done because the space we currently occupy will need to undergo some […]

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Random Memories

I realize I’m putting myself out there as a computer geek with this post, so for those of you not inclined to talk megs and gigs, I apologize. Over the past 20 years I’ve relied on a great many forms of saving digital work. The true 5.25″ ‘floppy’ disk dates back to my junior year […]

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design work

Perpetual Logomotion

We’ve been fortunate to have Identity Engineer Jeff Fisher of Jeff Fisher Logomotives visiting campus this week. Last night he delivered his keynote on Planning, Packaging and Promoting Yourself to a full audience of students and professionals within the local community at the BSC NECE Auditorium. Jeff was incredible to work with and in the […]

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kids parenting work

Cubicles

It’s good that kids have dreams and aspirations. As parents I feel it’s very important to encourage a child to pursue his/her goals. Sometimes their sights are set a bit high and other times… well, not so much. Our seven-year-old expressed a future desire of his just the other day. “Mom, when I get older […]

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Balance

Some days it can be a real challenge to find the balance I need in my life. There are only so many hours in a day and a lot that I’d like to accomplish, so naturally devoting the amount of time I’d like to some things will steal time away from others. I’d like to […]

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Salespeople

In my experience there is no more strained relationship than that of a salesperson and a creative. With some rare exceptions the two rarely see eye-to-eye which almost guarantees communication problems. I view the salesperson as a privileged liaison – the deliverer of the client’s wishes to the designer and the designer’s solution to the […]

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Puddin’ Head

I think it’s safe to say that grading projects and finals has turned my brain to mush. I wish I was done doing everything necessary to close out the year, but there’s still a few things left. My job may be trying at times, but the fact that there is extended respites on the horizon […]