Since I was first diagnosed with cancer in 2000, I’ve had several occasions when I wondered if I might die… If I’d be alive the next day, week, month, or year… But only one time did I actually think, “this is it.” It was around February, a very depressing time of year in northern Michigan… gray, cold, wet… I was …
To Own a Dragon
Donald Miller and I are so alike… I just love reading him because the way he says things, his sense of humor, and so much of his personality and feelings I can identify with so closely it is almost like he is my own personal ghost writer. In fact, the first time I read Blue Like Jazz, I was actually …
Why Root for Don Draper?
Don Draper a dirtbag. He only cares for himself. He disrespects his wife. His whole life is one big fat lie. So why do we all root for him?
Different Shade of You T-shirt Design
My most recent submission is up for voting on Design by Humans—“Different Shade of You” I feel good about the design… it is probably the most trendy thing I’ve done, but I still like it… and I think it’ll do well. I’ve kind of had a vision of this for years… the design is inspired by a HUM song called …
Leap of Faith
One of the most common illustrations used to teach kids about faith is the “chair.” You believe that chair will hold you when you sit down… trust… faith… it’s easy… Seems to me that faith is more like hurdling off a cliff into a pitch dark abyss… no idea what’s below… water? moon bounce? giant spikes? Or maybe it’s more …
Yipes!
Mascots freak me out man… Especially the cheap ones that you bump into at the county fair or the supermarket. Funny thing is… I’ve always thought that I’d make a great mascot. Like one of those NBA guys that you see launching off the mini-trampolines to the raucous cheers of thousands. I remember as a kid I saw that the …