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How to Get Yourself Out of the Dumps

by Lindsey Anderson on March 12, 2008

There are some days when I want to just disappear, or die, or drive as far away as I can. Unfortunately, these things tend to be a little inconvenient. Here are some things that I do instead:
1. I look inside of my joy box. This is a round box that I painted using sponges back […]

How to Expand Your Vocabulary (and Know What Day It Is): The Desk Calendar

by Lindsey Anderson on March 10, 2008

Something happened at the end of 2007 that left me feeling lost and unfocused. My off-the-wall Far Side calendar that I kept on my desk at work ended. It was a fantastic calendar (and if you keep up with the Far Side, you’ll know that this calendar was a special edition for 2007 and that […]

How To Kick Butt in the Publishing World

by Edward Atkinson on March 7, 2008

Hire Snapshot Animations. That’s what we did, and we’ve just kicked butt. Check it out!

Snapshot Animations is a small stop-animation shop run by my brother Peter. We’re eternally grateful to Peter for his hard work and production.
The music is courtesy of Lane Gardner as Artey Kang. We chose his music for […]

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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