Holiday Wishes 2009

Wish all of you loyal readers a green Xmas! -Figus

re Tin Windmill Sighting

In the window at Private Screening inFremont

re spatter says it best

If only there was a book devoted to spatter fonts....it would have to use this latest poster designed by Robynne Raye as a primo example. Although Robynne and her cohorts at Modern Dog have produced a good many graphic pieces using drips and runs and splashes....this one takes the prize.
It navigates that marvelous territory between legibility and illegibility which means it grabs the mind and holds on until you wipe the tears from your eyes with the back of your hand.

Plastic Spoon Sighting

On a recent walk around Greenlake, I was dismayed to see a discarded white plastic spoon resting on the lake bottom ( Less than 6 feet from shore and at a depth of no more than 3.7 feet). One can only speculate the half-life of such trash, but there is also the hope that this monumental afront to nature will gradually disappear into the lake sediment. If you are interested in a more positive spoon story, please visit:
Plastic Spoon Sightings

re Welcome Mat

Most WELCOME mats do not make such good use of the opportunity to set the tone for a visitor. There is more to life than just cleaning your feet.

re Suicide Gimmick

This discarded sign offers a new tack on the challenge of panhandling in the cynical Fremont neighborhood. The full presentation involves lying along a heavily traveled bike path, curling up in the fetal position and draping the cardboard sandwich board style message over the shoulders. A rain soaked hat is placed nearby for whatever funds might be forthcoming. This is the third sign that has surfaced in as many weeks, making it easier to separate the posers from serious players. Makes one wonder how many times this ploy will work. Even the vernacular lettering fails the sincerity test.

Xmas Past

These Xmas cards from Xmas past might explain why the friends who received them have removed me from their address books.