bfrancesi http://bfrancesi.com/blog The blog of a graphic designer with a penchant for the quirky Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Can’t touch Suburgatory http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/04/cant-touch-suburgatory/ http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/04/cant-touch-suburgatory/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:01 +0000 brooke http://bfrancesi.com/blog/?p=3459 It was a moment of weakness.

Can't touch this

I just listen to her

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(This one is dedicated to M.C.)

My friends are my estate. Emily Dickinson

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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope

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Cause sometimes you've just gotta ride in a taxi

]]> http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/taxi-time/feed/ 0 Don’t just do something, stand there. http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/dont-just-do-something-stand-there/ http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/dont-just-do-something-stand-there/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:26:44 +0000 brooke http://bfrancesi.com/blog/?p=3421 Because I’m always more interested in the art than the article.
Beautiful type in Vanity Fair by Marion Deuchars.

Don't just do something, stand there.

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Our fondness for stuff affects almost every aspect of our lives. Housing size, for example, has ballooned in the last 60 years. The average size of a new American home in 1950 was 983 square feet; by 2011, the average new home was 2,480 square feet.

Our fondness for stuff affects almost every aspect of our lives. Housing size, for example, has ballooned in the last 60 years. The average size of a new American home in 1950 was 983 square feet; by 2011, the average new home was 2,480 square feet. Full article can be found on the NY Times website

]]> http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/garbage/feed/ 1 Words of wisdom from Joan http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/words-of-wisdom-from-joan/ http://bfrancesi.com/blog/2013/03/words-of-wisdom-from-joan/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:57:43 +0000 brooke http://bfrancesi.com/blog/?p=3403 Watch your foot.

One minute you're on top of the world and the next minute some secretary is running you over with a lawnmower

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Only boring people get bored

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Coulda Woulda Shoulda Whatever

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Now you see it

Now you don't

Two faced glamour

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