I have to pay out for this year, as well as getting a letter slamming me with over 3 grand in back taxes for last year.  That is pretty much a shit ton of money, and I am someone who is far from rich.  Ive been a bitter and angry person for the past month knowing I have to pay over 4 thousand in taxes total.  I cant imagine the things I can do with that money, and it all just going nowhere.  I spend it, and nothing will happen, …

You are thinking one of four things:

What is Stop and Shop?
I already knew the logo changed
Really, I didnt know the log changed
or
Why do I care?

Well, you dont have to care…because I do. I grew up on Stop and Shop and the “old reliable Red” and Green circles. I saw them through the 80’s and into the mid 90’s. Sure going food shopping in really boring when youre a little kid, but I was there every week with my mommy. Stop and Shop provided food for all those …

After about a year of freelancing, I realize that freelancing isnt the best thing for me. Im glad I tried it, and Im a better designer for having tried. But I know I could not make a living freelancing. I like to go to work everyday. I like that there is work to do everyday, I think I function better with steady employment. Though I was freelancing by going to three “steady” jobs a week, that can be exhausting with all the running around, …

And thats not just me talking.
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Ive been thinking lately, and I think I dont want to be a freelance web designer anymore. I see now that its really difficult to freelance, and I would like to work for a design firm. Last year I didnt think I could handle it (a full time job) for some reason, but now working for someone else feels like a good thing to do.
I dont make as much as most people, I cant afford any kind of health insurance, dental insurance, renters insurance, I dont get any raises or …

I found this blog post about how crappy MySpace is. But this person has better reasons than I do. But I love the statement:
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“Let me begin by saying: MYSPACE IS A BAD IDEA TO BEGIN WITH. BY USING IT YOU ARE ASSOCIATING YOURSELF WITH 90% IDIOTS, 5% BOTS, AND 5% INTELLIGENT USERS. You don’t get voted the number 1 worst site (PC Magazine) ever for nothing.
http://blog.tylerm.info/2007/04/huge-myspace-scam-exposed.html

I am a MySpace hater, and I refuse to get a MS account, I dont want to have anything to do with MS. Mainly because it has singly handily brought back the shitty Internet design of the late 90s. MS pages are a visual offence to me, with all the flashing images, music playing, background patterns…its all one big ugly mess, and if it looks like a mess to me, I cant follow it and then I dont care. Crappy, slap-assed together designs bug me. Now I have …

I happened to have stumbled across this website about a mans evolution through the years with his homes Christmas Light Displays. I love that he took the photos to keep a record of the additions to the decorations that happened. I think its adorable. And by 2005, the house has become quite fantasticle spectacle of lights.
(BTW: I love over the top Xmas light displays.)
http://members.csolutions.net/mpenrod/Alittleboy.html

At my job, they use this company/program to get their video clips online: Instant Video Generator.
This seems very odd to me. First of all, the home page forces a user to enter in their information in order to get more information about the company. That comes off as shadey to me, and personally I find it to be a horrible idea…but this is what people think is a good thing to do, so they will most likely never change. Second, the company only accepts .flv files. That …