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I’d posted previously about using the Reinvigorate WordPress Plug-In and recently learned that it relies on an “onLoad” function in the Javascript. As a result, any onLoads that you have running in your WordPress Page Template will break. Thanks to Mike‘s keen eye, the rotating random spotlight photo at the top of Donline was breaking on some internal pages (specifically, the ones that incorporated the Reinvigorate WordPress Plug-In. What a shame. As a result, I’m going back to just using Statcounter and Google Analytics.

I’m not sure if this is a mural or a print, but it still gets the point across. Word on the street is that this is one of the original concepts for Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel’s smoker’s lounge.

Many thanks to my mom for sending along a forward about Mr. Grohe. I’m blown away by this guy’s talent.
Eric Alan Grohe was born in New York City in 1944. He moved to the West Coast when he was young, currently residing just north of Seattle, Washington. His professional career as a graphic designer and illustrator began in Seattle in 1961, briefly interrupted by a tour of duty in Vietnam. Back at home, Eric was hired as a graphic designer by Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson, a national architectural firm. Later he worked with the Cambridge University archaeology dept., illustrating digs in France, Greece, Israel and England. Returning stateside, Eric worked in New York City as a freelance illustrator.

In 1973, he was asked to design graphics for Expo’74 in Spokane, Washington. At this time, he began receiving commissions for his artwork, which have continued to grow in scope and size, leading to today’s large-scale trompe l’oeil murals. Throughout his 43-year career as a professional artist, Grohe has received national recognition for his work, which is now focused on painting figurative and architectural murals for clients throughout the country.

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I just finished a new original crossword puzzle called “Good Eets! (PDF). It’s about a “Monday” in terms of the New York Times Difficulty Rating System (read: easy). I hope you like it. Comments are always welcome.

Maybe I’m just cynical because I woke up with a head-cold this week and I’m feeling miserable, but I’ve noticed a trend that’s occuring a lot lately in television advertising: companies are treating their customers like idiots.

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