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brain-food: Bureau of Bettermentin col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fifty-Four Forty The 54 – 40 pack­ag­ing project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between two sole pro­pri­etors: Mette Hornung Rankin of the Bureau of Betterment and Greg Jones of Fifty-Four Forty. Greg had the idea to cre­ate a set of magnetic-backed US states made out of laser cut wood that show the topog­ra­phy of America.  The pack­ag­ing struc­ture was inspired by the jig used to assem­ble each state. A piece of char­coal col­ored chip­board is sand­wiched between lay­ers of thick card­board that mimic the topo­graphic nature of the prod­uct and show off the rich birch color. The front of the pack­ag­ing is laser cut with the pat­tern of sur­round­ing states while prod­uct infor­ma­tion is shown on the back panel. The prod­uct is eas­ily nes­tled into its’ own shape with a small fin­ger hole on the back to help pop it out for use. The pack­ag­ing dou­bles as a free-standing dis­play for the state. To high­light each state’s unique attrib­utes, a small pam­phlet with state facts was cre­ated with images and notable geo­graphic land­marks. The pam­phlet folds in 3 each way and slides into a recessed slit on the back side of the pack­ag­ing struc­ture, mak­ing the prod­uct and pack­ag­ing a fully inte­grated solution. This is very frosty!
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brain-food: Bureau of Bettermentin col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fifty-Four Forty The 54 – 40 pack­ag­ing project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between two sole pro­pri­etors: Mette Hornung Rankin of the Bureau of Betterment and Greg Jones of Fifty-Four Forty. Greg had the idea to cre­ate a set of magnetic-backed US states made out of laser cut wood that show the topog­ra­phy of America.  The pack­ag­ing struc­ture was inspired by the jig used to assem­ble each state. A piece of char­coal col­ored chip­board is sand­wiched between lay­ers of thick card­board that mimic the topo­graphic nature of the prod­uct and show off the rich birch color. The front of the pack­ag­ing is laser cut with the pat­tern of sur­round­ing states while prod­uct infor­ma­tion is shown on the back panel. The prod­uct is eas­ily nes­tled into its’ own shape with a small fin­ger hole on the back to help pop it out for use. The pack­ag­ing dou­bles as a free-standing dis­play for the state. To high­light each state’s unique attrib­utes, a small pam­phlet with state facts was cre­ated with images and notable geo­graphic land­marks. The pam­phlet folds in 3 each way and slides into a recessed slit on the back side of the pack­ag­ing struc­ture, mak­ing the prod­uct and pack­ag­ing a fully inte­grated solution. This is very frosty!
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brain-food: Bureau of Bettermentin col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fifty-Four Forty The 54 – 40 pack­ag­ing project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between two sole pro­pri­etors: Mette Hornung Rankin of the Bureau of Betterment and Greg Jones of Fifty-Four Forty. Greg had the idea to cre­ate a set of magnetic-backed US states made out of laser cut wood that show the topog­ra­phy of America.  The pack­ag­ing struc­ture was inspired by the jig used to assem­ble each state. A piece of char­coal col­ored chip­board is sand­wiched between lay­ers of thick card­board that mimic the topo­graphic nature of the prod­uct and show off the rich birch color. The front of the pack­ag­ing is laser cut with the pat­tern of sur­round­ing states while prod­uct infor­ma­tion is shown on the back panel. The prod­uct is eas­ily nes­tled into its’ own shape with a small fin­ger hole on the back to help pop it out for use. The pack­ag­ing dou­bles as a free-standing dis­play for the state. To high­light each state’s unique attrib­utes, a small pam­phlet with state facts was cre­ated with images and notable geo­graphic land­marks. The pam­phlet folds in 3 each way and slides into a recessed slit on the back side of the pack­ag­ing struc­ture, mak­ing the prod­uct and pack­ag­ing a fully inte­grated solution. This is very frosty!
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brain-food: Bureau of Bettermentin col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fifty-Four Forty The 54 – 40 pack­ag­ing project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between two sole pro­pri­etors: Mette Hornung Rankin of the Bureau of Betterment and Greg Jones of Fifty-Four Forty. Greg had the idea to cre­ate a set of magnetic-backed US states made out of laser cut wood that show the topog­ra­phy of America.  The pack­ag­ing struc­ture was inspired by the jig used to assem­ble each state. A piece of char­coal col­ored chip­board is sand­wiched between lay­ers of thick card­board that mimic the topo­graphic nature of the prod­uct and show off the rich birch color. The front of the pack­ag­ing is laser cut with the pat­tern of sur­round­ing states while prod­uct infor­ma­tion is shown on the back panel. The prod­uct is eas­ily nes­tled into its’ own shape with a small fin­ger hole on the back to help pop it out for use. The pack­ag­ing dou­bles as a free-standing dis­play for the state. To high­light each state’s unique attrib­utes, a small pam­phlet with state facts was cre­ated with images and notable geo­graphic land­marks. The pam­phlet folds in 3 each way and slides into a recessed slit on the back side of the pack­ag­ing struc­ture, mak­ing the prod­uct and pack­ag­ing a fully inte­grated solution. This is very frosty!
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Bureau of Betterment
in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fifty-Four Forty

The 54 – 40 pack­ag­ing project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between two sole pro­pri­etors: Mette Hornung Rankin of the Bureau of Betterment and Greg Jones of Fifty-Four Forty. Greg had the idea to cre­ate a set of magnetic-backed US states made out of laser cut wood that show the topog­ra­phy of America. 

The pack­ag­ing struc­ture was inspired by the jig used to assem­ble each state. A piece of char­coal col­ored chip­board is sand­wiched between lay­ers of thick card­board that mimic the topo­graphic nature of the prod­uct and show off the rich birch color. The front of the pack­ag­ing is laser cut with the pat­tern of sur­round­ing states while prod­uct infor­ma­tion is shown on the back panel. The prod­uct is eas­ily nes­tled into its’ own shape with a small fin­ger hole on the back to help pop it out for use. The pack­ag­ing dou­bles as a free-standing dis­play for the state.

To high­light each state’s unique attrib­utes, a small pam­phlet with state facts was cre­ated with images and notable geo­graphic land­marks. The pam­phlet folds in 3 each way and slides into a recessed slit on the back side of the pack­ag­ing struc­ture, mak­ing the prod­uct and pack­ag­ing a fully inte­grated solution.

This is very frosty!

Sing a superpower

So, someone posted a line from a TMBG song, and it got me thinking. Several odd leaps later, and I came up with this little game: Make a superhero/villain with powers based off a song. 

I’ll start with mine based off of the thing that started it all …. a man able to create birds made of energy that can help him fight crime or heal or other abilities based on the type of energy bird he generates. These birds exit from a glowing birdhouse in the chest area of his costume. His name, Aviary. 

So, what are your songs/superpowers?

Don’t hate the love, hate what binds it.

As I said elsewhere - it is the institution of marriage itself that I am cyncical of …. I guess this best sums it up : 

“Marriage has become less of a comittment of one’s love and soul to another person, and more of a legal agreement. Too often we find that we “must” marry in order to convey certain rights and priveleges onto one’s self, one’s partner and one’s child(ren). People get married for tax breaks and ease of lifestyle. Too often, people see this contract the way they see any other contract - short term and comfortable with it as long as it suits their needs; willing to break it or find a loophole once it becomes inconvenient. It is this concept that I oppose, because it is so often mecurial and temperamental. I will always support the merging of 2 loves into a new and wonderful entity, but I will always be wary that it is in fact just another civil contract.”

10knotes: “I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.” -Iggy Pop Iggy pop is such a bad ass. There’s an interview I watched where his manager talked about having to bail him out of jail. The manager shows up and Iggy is drunk, disorderly, and wearing a dress. His manager asked “Ig, why are you wearing a womans dress?” and Iggy replied “I beg to differ, this is a mans dress.” ^ It’s like Eddie Izzard says - ‘They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.’ Follow this blog, you will love it on your dashboard
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10knotes:

“I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.” -Iggy Pop

Iggy pop is such a bad ass. There’s an interview I watched where his manager talked about having to bail him out of jail. The manager shows up and Iggy is drunk, disorderly, and wearing a dress. His manager asked “Ig, why are you wearing a womans dress?” and Iggy replied “I beg to differ, this is a mans dress.”

^ It’s like Eddie Izzard says - ‘They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.’


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From The Archives: On March 16th, 2012, The Star Trek: TNG episode “The Outcast” marked the 20th anniversary of its initial airing.

The episode is particularly notable for being a bold, thinly veiled allegory for homosexual discrimination.

The J’naii, an androgynous humanoid race, once had two sexes, but has since “evolved” beyond genders. However, a small portion of the J’naii is still born with a “gender alignment.” These individuals subsequently develop an attraction to those who align with the opposite sex.

In “The Outcast,” Soren, a female-identifying J’naii born with an attraction to males, falls for Commander Riker, and he for her. When this is discovered, Soren is charged with perversion and brought before a J’naii tribunal where she (unsuccessfully) tries to defend herself and those like her.

Despite being penned a generation ago, the passionate, poignant excoriation uttered by Soren at her trial is, sadly, as necessary today as ever:

What we do is no different from what you do. We talk and laugh. We complain about work. And we wonder about growing old. We talk about our families and we worry about the future. And we cry with each other when things seem hopeless. All of the loving things that you do with each other - that is what we do. And for that we are called misfits, and deviants and criminals. What right do you have to punish us? What right do you have to change us? What makes you think you can dictate how people love each other?

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agentmlovestacos: THE CUTEST LITTLE DOCTOR WHO EVER!!!!  We just finished David Tennant’s run. So sad. I hope this Matt Smith character is at least as awesome as this little baby girl Doctor. via carnivaloftherandom: mazarin221b: saathi1013: travelsbytardis: ELEVEN aka GREATEST BABY EVER  VS The Dalek (the aka link has a LOT more pics and excellent anecdotes.  Also, this wee bb is female*, and I am kind of loving the fact that her* parents weren’t like “all right, guess it’s companions for her.”  NO.  She’s the mothereffing Doctor.  And she gets to meet the actors she’s dressing up as! …no, I’m not at all jealous of this wee little bit.  Nope.  *snif* (*as far as we know now) OMG, that is awesome! We still haven’t let our guy watch any Doctor Who, because franky, they’re too scary for him and fairly adult in concept these days. We might start him off in a year or so on some Four, see how he likes that. This. So much. WOW. Carmen, I think you’d get a kick outta this ..
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agentmlovestacos: THE CUTEST LITTLE DOCTOR WHO EVER!!!!  We just finished David Tennant’s run. So sad. I hope this Matt Smith character is at least as awesome as this little baby girl Doctor. via carnivaloftherandom: mazarin221b: saathi1013: travelsbytardis: ELEVEN aka GREATEST BABY EVER  VS The Dalek (the aka link has a LOT more pics and excellent anecdotes.  Also, this wee bb is female*, and I am kind of loving the fact that her* parents weren’t like “all right, guess it’s companions for her.”  NO.  She’s the mothereffing Doctor.  And she gets to meet the actors she’s dressing up as! …no, I’m not at all jealous of this wee little bit.  Nope.  *snif* (*as far as we know now) OMG, that is awesome! We still haven’t let our guy watch any Doctor Who, because franky, they’re too scary for him and fairly adult in concept these days. We might start him off in a year or so on some Four, see how he likes that. This. So much. WOW. Carmen, I think you’d get a kick outta this ..
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agentmlovestacos:

THE CUTEST LITTLE DOCTOR WHO EVER!!!! 

We just finished David Tennant’s run. So sad. I hope this Matt Smith character is at least as awesome as this little baby girl Doctor.

via carnivaloftherandom:

mazarin221b:

saathi1013:

travelsbytardis:

ELEVEN aka GREATEST BABY EVER 

VS

The Dalek

(the aka link has a LOT more pics and excellent anecdotes.  Also, this wee bb is female*, and I am kind of loving the fact that her* parents weren’t like “all right, guess it’s companions for her.”  NO.  She’s the mothereffing Doctor.  And she gets to meet the actors she’s dressing up as!

…no, I’m not at all jealous of this wee little bit.  Nope.  *snif*

(*as far as we know now)

OMG, that is awesome!

We still haven’t let our guy watch any Doctor Who, because franky, they’re too scary for him and fairly adult in concept these days. We might start him off in a year or so on some Four, see how he likes that.

This. So much. WOW.

Carmen, I think you’d get a kick outta this ..

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