http://www.joelschou.com smarter blogging, finer art, both ears Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:48:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just under a year ago, Medora said “Yes, of course!” We’re now counting down the days to July 17 and I can’t really explain how giddy we are. There’s a wedding website (just a splash page at the moment) up, the invites are being designed, and all the big plans ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2010/04/save-the-date Pretty obvious, no? http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2009/02/sold 12 Feb: Home Sweet Home …complications & delays… 14 Jan: Hom Furniture 13 Jan: Where thou art, that is home 12 Jan: There is no place like home 11 Jan: Be ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2009/01/countdown This site has clearly run its course, for more than a few reasons. Here are a few… I obviously can’t keep up the blogging thing. I put a “For Sale” notice up on my car and never bothered to show off my new one. ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2008/02/its-time-to-blow-this-thing-up I’m in the process of selling my 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS. It’s been a wonderful car for me, but I’m ready to move up to a sweet new ride (there will be a post when that arrives). So, if you would like a fun little compact car that has been ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2007/06/for-sale I saw Helvetica Thursday night at the Walker Art Center. More than just a movie about a font (really!), it is an insightful look into the world of typography and graphic design, yet it is also accessible to and interesting for those who have little to no design background whatsoever. ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2007/06/helvetica http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2007/04/the-web-design-survey-2007 No, I guess not. I’ll just take this one in stride like the last one. Hm, now that I reread that post, I can see that I was far more ambitious in regards to this web site a year ago. Whoops. I guess I’m just getting to old for this ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2006/04/hb2me As a young boy growing up in Twins Country, no one embodied baseball for me quite like Kirby Puckett. From the smile to the high leg kick to the superhuman performances in center field, everyone with a glove, bat, and ball wanted to be Kirby. We bounced off chain-link fences ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2006/03/a-hero-departs As far as I am concerned, there isn’t a place on earth nicer than my mom’s parents’ cottage on Lake Avalon in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula in Michigan. Grammy and Papa bought the little log cabin almost 30 years ago and they, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren ... http://www.joelschou.com/journal/writings/2005/07/a-week-with-family