I haven't done icons in quite a while; here's a set from Pixar's Inside Out:


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A financial theme today:


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The carpet team is here, to replace the carpeting in all of the common areas and hallways (but not, thank goodness, the individual offices). So, my morning workload is currently being accompanied by the sound of drills & brooms, clouds of dust, workmen's conversations, and general hubbub. Such fun ( Read more... )

For noble deeds,
And daring done,
We all salute
Leif Erikson!
HURRAH! HURRAH! HURRAH!

I wonder what it says about me, that I saw this phrase:Twitter API rate
and my brain parsed it as:Twitter a Pirate

;-)

Apologies for inflicting bad poety upon the flist, but words just needed to come out today, when I looked out my office window:Birds alight on the Rowan tree;
Its branches shake merrily at their touch,
As though it laughs for joy,
Its bright berries nodding their assent.
Crimson fruit, and crimson breast:
Dancing for the feast of it all.

Fred and I like to frequent the Book Swap Shed at our municipal recycling center -- you never know what odd items are going to turn up. A couple of weeks ago, I came across a 1944 edition of The Newspaper Institute of America Handbook for Writers; it's in rotten shape, but I thought it might have some bearing on the Letters Project given my ( Read more... )

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

The first of my nephews has graduated from college into the world, and the next is close behind him, with a third just starting the adventure. I've been contemplating this a lot, of late, and looking back at my own college experience; it's far enough behind me now to be able to view it without nostalgia, if I try. These are the things I wish I'd ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, e11en! Hope it's a lovely one!