Archive for 2006



Shoutout! 17 Comments

I happened to see 3 different interviews with President Clinton over the past week. He is promoting the Clinton Global Initiative which I happened to support coldheartedly. There was a scene in a movie called 'As Good As It Gets' in which a woman character comes to Jack Nicholson, who is playing an obsessive compulsive [...]

Please, No Black People! 14 Comments

As you presumably know, I am a print designer. The type of work I do is usually present in the marketing or sales department in any corporation. I design anything and everything printed on paper. Most print collateral is intentioned to promote, sale and or educate the audience. Graphic elements are used to support the [...]

Idiot's Idioms! 30 Comments

I find myself the odd man out at gatherings, be it at a wedding or the movies. Sometimes the odd man in, I chuckle at the times nobody else laughs. The icing on the cake is that most of the people look at me weird when I laugh. When I'm at a comedy club a [...]

Who is she? 175 Comments

When we were designing the concepts for the Bernos shirts, we had about twelve layouts to choosing from. After marketing research, meaning showing the concept designs to several people, we used the feedback to choose and print three. While I did the designs many people helped with ideas and critique. The collaboration effort brought about [...]

Abebayoosh! 38 Comments

I recall when I used to watch Space 1999, which I was my favorite show on TV after Girma Cheru’s program on Y’elijoch Gize. I used to follow his instructions to the T while doing the exercises in the living room carpet. Sewunetach’inin Enaftata, Dub Dub Ahnd, Hulet, Sost, Arat. 1999 came and passed in [...]