January 13, 2012 Tags: metapost

Ceci n'est-ce pas un blog (yet)

Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It has been two years since my last blog entry. I realize that's hardly the most egregious sin. But a lot's happened since then. Let's bring you up to speed.

• I took a trip to London in January 2010, and while I was there the entire country was almost shut down by some relatively mild winter weather. Jesus, UK, time to cowboy up. There were severe ice storms during my trip to France in 2007 and they coped just fine. The trains weren't even delayed at all.
• I learned to knit. Took up yoga. Started making my own yogurt.
• I wore a different shirt every day for a year (and then some).
• I lost 30 pounds. Then put 40 back on. And then started losing it again.
• I was the best man in my brother's wedding. I also designed my his wedding invitations, which wound up featured prominently in a big article on the Washington Post's style page.
• I posted a decent finish in a 32-mile bike race with occasional breaks for donuts.
• I dumped my smartphone when I realized that I am rarely more than 100 feet from a computer, and on rare occasion when I am reaching for a phone would also be rude. And also when I crunched the numbers and realized operating a smartphone had cost me a small fortune that I could spend on more important things. Like bacon and cupcakes.
• I designed a couple of t-shirts and CD covers and book covers.. And they were all actually relased! Amazing, I know.
• Oh, and I also fell in love with the most amazing woman in the world. (I should have probably mentioned this first.)

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've been busy to blog. But that's over now! Or almost over. Because this isn't a real blog post. It's a placeholder that's being shoved far too early out to shame me into finishing the latest revision of my content management system. Because shame is apparently the only thing that motivates me these days. So, to distract you from the unfinished edges, here's a selection of my favorite t-shirts from the last year. Enjoy.