I'll probably be deemed a traitor to our nation one day for my opinions but I have to agree with this. The United States IS manipulating Iraq and pulling off a national level of blackmail. There is no way Iraq can get out of this weapons inspection situation positively... Dubya's not going to let that happen. I still think it'd be a great idea to have some other country come in and weapons inspect the US - just to see exactly how many UN rules we're breaking (probably more than Iraq). I will stop now but I could rant on this for awhile... I refuse to believe these actions represent the will of the people...

Ripped from the world of CMikesell is the Visual Thesaurus. It reminds me of that site that shows how all the big business's tie-in to each other, but I cant' remember the URL of it for the life of me and you probably don't even remember what I'm talking about. So, enjoy the Visual Thesaurus.

New works from ACRYLICK. The [Snp]Shots section in the Acrobatics section of the site makes my day. The opening animation sequence is pretty smooth too...

Get your silkscreen poster on at the programmable press. Great work comin outta the Middle Tennessee area.

Nice work to 75 or Less for making the Yahoo 2002 Top 25 Sites of the year. There's some kitschy useless sites listed in there and it's definetly more about content than design but it's worth a look.

New work from the "long lost member" Presstube Robbie Cameron. Very similar illustration style to rest of the Presstube catalog, so it makes sense that he's a member. The Receipt Drawings project has some very nice drawings and compositions.. I like the fourth from the end alot for some reason.

It's official, Black and White photography is the stuff. Check Silvano Eurepi. The contrast on the images is great.. something so simple about the composition of the photos but almost elegant as well.

Dope. Vector Stains. Love the milkcrate and "Vomitguy and Bird." Really inventive design I think.. great effective use of dirty, but not over the top.

Woah woah woah. I can't even say that I was THAT interested in the content but I had to visit every section of Neostream Interactive.. amazing animation. Lots of fun but without losing good design.

Some say Bigfoot was fake. Who knew?

What? A new ON record?! Is this fo' real? Why is it copyright 2000 but yet mentions Year Of The Rabbit (Ken Andrews current band that formed in 2002).

The web is a strange place indeed. My friend Mike proved this with the site Seven Peas. No explanation - just 7 Pea's.

I gave myself some pre-Christmas presents today. I picked up a new cell phone and the previously mentioned drooled-over Rygar.

Dbox showed me the NOMAD Jukebox Zen - the PC cousin to the iPod.

I know someone who is going to spend some time browsing the Puma Thrift catalog. New shoes made from 600 lbs of thrift store clothing... there's certainly alot of interesting combo's.

We were discussing at lunch what the nerdiest thing ever is.. and then a commercial for the new Rygar came on and I got rather excited. So, despite thinking Dungeons and Dragons takes the cake, my excitement over an overhauled 8-bit classic Nintendo game may rank right up there.

If you haven't added Speak Up to your bookmarks yet, you're going to now (that is, if you're a designer). Check out the latest thread on compiling the Top 100 Examples of Graphic Design. Alot of great stuff has been posted already and I'm sure there is more to come. What would YOU say is in the top 100? (Dolan I know you got a few submissions in mind already).

Mmmmm... Zakka Corp sells lovely design books. An overwhelming amount actually...

Mr. franK shared a link to this article entitled "Nothing's Shocking" and it's pretty dead on. I'm surprised at the lack of mention of Marilyn Manson but he makes enough other valid points that I'll let it slide...

You know, there's something surprisingly unshocking about the fact that Kevin Smith will write Scary Movie 3. Thinking about "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back" it seems amazingly appropriate.