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I didn’t want to send a regular email today. If you are feeling anything like I am feeling, you probably have enough on your mind.

So I decided to just do something completely and totally random. I created some stream of conscience cartoons and a little cartoon story. Not my usual, but not politics either.

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If there were no conferences how would you know which of your favorite theorists curse a lot?
I think I could be happy just calling myself a designer if I could just not give a shit about accountability.
My first job was in fast food. You quickly learn, if you do a good job cleaning the bathroom, you will keep getting asked to clean it. Better to not do a good job. I always did a good job.
I read a lot of Mad Magazine as a kid.
When I doodled in high school and college, I drew eyes like this (surrounded in big circles)
There are a lot of brilliant people who are just no good at the web
By sharing these weird cartoons, at least one or two people will likely unsubscribe. I shouldn't care. But I do.
I don't know who the world wants me to be. I don't know who I want me to be.
I wish I was better at reading books.
I wish I could sing. But not enough to try.
Sometimes I draw a character just to look into her eyes.

Throwing Stones

Imagine tossing a stone.
You just picked it up and threw it. Why? Who knows.
And then you turned and left.
But what happened to the stone?
Maybe it landed in a puddle with a big splash.
Maybe it struck someone in the head.
Most likely it will just bounce across the ground and skid to a stop.
But you didn't look. So you'll never know.

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  2. This was everything I needed today, this week, this year. Always love and follow your work. To hell with unsubscribers!

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  3. Thank you for bringing some levity to my day, and inspiring me to think about the way things and people work, rather than all of the things that are not working right now.
    I relate to your restroom cleaning story, and had a similar plight while working at a grocer in High School. I could not bring myself to do it poorly, which certainly resulted in having to clean them most frequently. I did not work there long – Just because someone does a good job regardless of task, does not mean they should be exploited to do the jobs nobody wants to do. Responsibility should not be something one has to beg and plead an individual to consider.
    Off to find the brilliance in the world, and I will remember that while finding brilliance via what is in front of me (the computer) is easier, there is so much value in looking for those brilliant minds in my own milieu. Thank you!

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  4. I don’t know who the world wants me to be either. My particular set of skills is hard to understand, communicate, and monetize. As a Girl Scout, I always chose scrubbing the latrine because it didn’t take very long. As a grown up, I don’t like cleaning bathrooms. I am good at reading books. I will read one for you and send you my notes. What do you want me to read?

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    • Luckily for me, I have found join a world of audio books!
      But actually, if you read books that don’t have audio book versions, and find certain ideas personally inspiring. I’ll always take those notes 🙂

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