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You guys, it is cold as cold-ass balls out there. And that's pretty cold.

Unrelatedly, however, I have icons for all. These are free for use or to alter; credit is nice but not required. Under the cut you'll find coyotes, bats, werewolves, video game heroes, people in wreaths, and three White Collar icons. Enjoy.

SAMPLES:


( There's also a god damned Polar Bear. )

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BossBoss sent me an email this morning saying he'd been told to "spend some money" -- I imagine for budget reasons, I didn't ask. He said, email me a wish list by 10:30.

I don't do well asking for things under pressure, but I sent him back a wishlist. As I had already been given the bottle of hand sanitiser I've always wanted, my wishlist was:

-- A new collapsible handtruck (I think Coworker Fail thieved our old one)
-- Funding for a Notary's licence
-- Some candy for my desk candy dish
-- Some post-it notes that are all glued at the same end (as opposed to the dispenser kind they keep giving me, which are glued at opposite ends to each other)
-- A box of Pilot V5 rollerball pens
-- A new fob for my keycard

I feel ridiculous even putting the post-it notes on there but really, having functional post-it notes would make my day. My needs are few and simple. It's possible I am close to achieving Office Nirvana.

First person who tells me to dream a little bigger gets a ding round the ear.

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I prefer to think of this mushroom as "charmingly rustic" and not THE SADDEST MUSHROOM EVER.

Folding instructions here (now in English!). The mushroom the calendar wanted me to fold was too easy.

I read the following today in a book on art forgery:

Pathological liars are sometimes referred to as "folded," emotionally "enveloped" by their imagined selves, and thus "origamists," from the Japanese word for folded paper birds and animals. The origamists reflects a childhood deficit, say psychologists.

NOW I'M "WORRIED".

And also wondering if Jeff Eastin has read more pop psych theory than is good for him.

Book Review: Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

I mentioned in my last post that I was reading a book on art forgery. I've been dreadful at actually reviewing the books I've read lately, so I am determined to give you guys at least a glimpse of this one.

The book is "Provenance", by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo. It's subtitled "How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art", and its main focus is the real life story of John Drewe, aka John Cockett, the Con Man of the duo.

( I picked up Provenance on a whim... )

Final Verdict: Provenance is a fast read and a light read; it doesn't overtax the brain too much, except when one tries to remember the fairly large cast of characters (there's a dramatis personae in the front to help out). It's a concise history of a major scam, and especially for someone who had never heard of John Drewe, it was entertaining and informative. It's a nifty look inside the world of fine art collectors (and forgers) as well.