Well we’re another year older as a country and what better way to celebrate than blowing a few fingers off?!

Black Cat Fireworks Recalls Fireworks Due to Injury Hazard - This is a funny one to me, I got this in the governments official recall email. Haven’t Black Cat fireworks and fireworks in general always posed a risk of injury?! I’m not sure if people know this but they get that cool exploding look and sounds from gun powder.

Gonna go see Wall-e this weekend, hopefully my daughter can make it the whole hour and a half.

More FREE design swag. These are a few sheets of ink splatters I made years ago. They’re great for background textures and “trendy” design. Gotta listen to what the clients want right even if it is a cliche.

Here you go, below and in the Free Swag section.

Ink Spots 1

Ink Spots 2

Ink Spots 3

All Ink Spots

Lately my wife and I just can’t catch a brake on the movies we rent from Netflix, which is hardly their fault. Is it me or is just about 99% of the material coming out of hollywood these days a steamy pile?

There’s been a few exceptions: Iron Man, Horton Hears A Who (even though I never saw the ending, my 2 year old couldn’t last), and maybe a few others here and there, but mostly all junk.

So my list below got me thinking about all the recent movies I’ve rented (since we only get out to a max of 2 or 3 a year now) and absolutely hated, wished for your time and money back. The list is in no particular order except for how I remember them as I type:

1. 10,000 BS, I mean BC. - WOW, nothing can save this pile of crap.
2. Pathfinder - Who funds these things?!
3. Jumper - couldn’t get through, fell asleep
4. Cloverfield - This movie blew so badly, I thought I was going to puke from the camera style or have a seizure! I lasted about 10 minutes before we turned it off, o.k. I lied about 5 minutes.
5. Lions for Lambs - Do i really need another reason to hate Tom Cruise more?!
6. Smiley Face - Unwatchable, sounded like a good idea until the movie started.
7. Knocked Up - Why did people think this movie was funny? Horrible writing!
8. Children of Men - Sorry people, this one sucked as well.
9. Smokin’ Aces - One of the worst movies of all time.
10. The Break-Up - Enough said.
11. Fun with Dick and Jane
12. Good Night, and Good Luck - Great to fall asleep to
13. The Assassination of Richard Nixon - Ugggghhhhh
14. Superman Returns - Snore fest
15. Shooter - Absolute garbage
16. Cellular - mmmmmmm no!
17. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - Craptastic!

There’s a ton more and I’ll be updating this list as well as I think of more, and see more unfortunately.

I have a running list of movies that I will go to my grave never having viewed. I refuse to ever watch these movies, AIN’T gonna happen!

Without further ado, here’s the list:

1. Titanic - Leo Decrapprio
2. Steel Magnolias - A gaggle of annoying women
3. The Notebook - Who knows, who cares
4. Pursuit of Happiness - Will Smith
5. Sense and Sensibility - old Timey nonsense

I’ll keep updating this list as I think of more movies destined to never be viewed by my eyes.

Wow, yesterday I paid the most I’ve ever paid for gasoline. $4.12/gallon in my Jeep Grand Cherokee for a total fill up costing $69.08!

Now I know what you’re all saying, Waaaaa you have an SUV and Waaaa we are paying way more. Yup I know sorry about your luck, my luck and the world’s luck. I blame the damn oil traders and speculators, oh well what can we do, we’re all doomed!

What is everyone else out there paying for gas right now?

In late March I was laid off from the advertising agency I worked at for three and a half years. It was a decent job, especially creatively, but like every job not without it’s fair share of issues. I was looking to establish my freelance base right before it happened, being that I was going to leave the company soon anyway to go freelance and raise my daughter at home full time.

Fortunately for me I’ve established some great relationships since then and the level of creativity has actually gone way up. I’ve designed more web sites in the past 2.5 months than I did over the entire 3.5 years at my previous employer, so that’s a very positive thing.

I’ll be posting links and screenshots soon of some of my recent work for you all to see.

And another little friendly reminder, I’m open for business! If you need help with any print & web design projects, please don’t hesitate get a hold of me right away, thanks! paul@pmdcreative.com

Just upgraded, so far so good. New interface is very sleek, I’m liking it.