Not Big Bird just a big bird.
I am having a little difficulty coming to terms with the fact that Jay... Jay who has commented on this blog for yoinks, actual yoinks... did not know I have a logo. Made it myself when I was 41. So this is it. Jay: 'Hello, Mr. Logo." Mr. Logo (with a deeper voice): "Hello, Jay". There. That's done.
- The "They Were After My Town" Update: "And the third bomb would go off at a military base somewhere along Highway 401, between Toronto and Ottawa." Where else is a military base along the 401? Well, Trenton I suppose.
- "What Country!" Update: unemployment dropping. Said it before - amazing economy we have... mainly by the luck of geography and importing the most 'fraidy cat of business cultures through 300 plus years of immigration.
- It started when I was in high school and was called "the yuppie flu" as it sapped the will of baby boomers. Now they figured it out.
- I had no idea that I could pick up high school radio at work until the other day. Plenty of hits of the 80s. Teacher's oversight committees are gold.
- Just in time for Gourmet magazine's demise, I learn that not reusing the paper coffee filter is a crime against nature. Who knew these things were more J-cloth than Kleenex?
- Did you know algae only took a few years to rebound after the comet slammed into the Earth? It's all about stunning and amazing facts this week.
- Less charming is the fact that we are governed by consultants whose salaries flow from who knows where: "Asked Monday if he ever worked at the hospital network, which includes Toronto General, MacLeod replied, "No."" Excellent. Note the extra "a" in MacLeod.
- I don't know what to make of this. I am not of the "Obama = Satan" school that is out there but I still don't know where he is heading. Peace prize? For just not being in a telephone pals relationship with Dick Cheney? Maybe.
Friday beckons. A three day weekend beckons. Plans for the weekend? Dump run. Wooooooot!
Comments
Hans - October 9, 2009 10:56 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
(a) Its that logo that keeps me coming back! The power of branding, indeed!
(b) Why ever would you pay that much for advice on climate change? Is that really all this MAcLeod character does? Its very fishy, escpecially since Dalton isn't really doing very much about climate change.
(c) "By comparison, Premier Dalton McGuinty earned $207,427 and Health Minister David Caplan made $164,623 last year." Well, unless they are getting paid extra cash funnelled through some other vague Crown agency. Who knws? This is really rotten. I think Ontario better get a Royal Commission to look into this. This could really be just the tip of a rather disgusting iceberg.
(d) The peace prize is a little premature although it speaks volumes about the power of his message of hope. But what do you do for an encore? What do you do for him if he achieves even some of the expectations?
PofK. - October 9, 2009 2:07 PM
You had better not post any dump run photos in case the IOC wants to make it an olympic event. They would have your arse.
Jay Currie - October 11, 2009 7:35 PM
Dear Lord...that's your logo???
All this time I had been wondering to myself, "Hmmm, I wonder what that funny looking cross with stuff on it is. I wonder why Alan doesn't get rid of it?" But Knowing that you are a sub-whiz at HTML I assumed one of your meaner friends had stuck it on and you didn't actually know how to get ride of it...
Well. I'll be darned.
And you are quite right, not a serif to be seen.
But, er, Alan...keep that day job.
Alan - October 11, 2009 8:36 PM
That is a beautiful 2003 era logo that I would never deny. Got to be what you are, baby.