I know a lot of people who don’t like t-shirts with words on them. I’ve always felt those people were missing out, and I think Wordboner is a good example of why.
I especially dig the notion embodied in every design that message and presentation are not individual elements, but inseparable, co-dependent components; skimping on one invariable erodes the impact of the other.
![Filibuster Mathematics - When is a majority not a majority?
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So we all saw what happened in Massachusetts earlier this week. And the reaction was that this pretty much kills anything related to the Democratic agenda.
But the opinion of the Philly Metro aside, the Dems still have an 8-seat-majority—pretty sizable as these things go. With a friendly President, you’d think passing laws would be no big deal.
The filibuster changes that. According to the senate’s own rules (which, oddly, it has the power to change at its own discretion) a speaker who has the floor may hold it as long as he (or she) feels like, unless 60 senators vote to shut him (or her) up.
Thus, 58 seats just isn’t what it used to be.
Of note: there’s a small, increasingly vocal group saying that unlimited debate violates the Constitutional role of the Vice President as a tie-breaking vote.
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Filibuster Mathematics - When is a majority not a majority?
So we all saw what happened in Massachusetts earlier this week. And the reaction was that this pretty much kills anything related to the Democratic agenda.
But the opinion of the Philly Metro aside, the Dems still have an 8-seat-majority—pretty sizable as these things go. With a friendly President, you’d think passing laws would be no big deal.
The filibuster changes that. According to the senate’s own rules (which, oddly, it has the power to change at its own discretion) a speaker who has the floor may hold it as long as he (or she) feels like, unless 60 senators vote to shut him (or her) up.
Thus, 58 seats just isn’t what it used to be.
Of note: there’s a small, increasingly vocal group saying that unlimited debate violates the Constitutional role of the Vice President as a tie-breaking vote.
Comic Sans Appreciation #1
I’ve always wanted a shirt like this. Busted Tees (those hacks) have something similar, except that it says “Helvetica” and is set in Comic Sans. To me, that’s dumb; Helvetica is nice to look at, Comic Sans is not.
The shirt is similarly unpleasant in non-aesthetic terms. What’s the point? Trolling designers? Combining Helv’s stylish, over-commercialized brand with CS’ vapid and just as over-commercialized appearance isn’t exactly a daring or innovative stroke.
Comic Sans is indeed homely, but it suffers way too much derision. Like all attempts at corporatizing fun, its inevitable failure is only partial; there’s something about the painfully square awkwardly attempting to be cool that will put a smile on almost anyone’s face.
Setting “Comic Sans” in Helvetica creates a positive dissonance—the pretty lines encourage the viewer to look more closely. Separating the words from the surrounding shirt with a box and white background furthers the impression that the very idea of Comic Sans has been placed on display for reconsideration.
Plus it just plain looks better.
Two-color flex print on an American Apparel cotton tee. Standard and heavyweight also available. Want it on a different garment? Just ask.
This is why Better Shirts exists. It’s not the message that bothers me. Yes, I tend to lean left, but there’s plenty of room for clever shirts on either side of the aisle. Heck, the Texas of New England shirt lends itself to Conservative celebration as much as Liberal dismay. But man—digital print, black on white, clip art graphic, and what the hell font is that anyway? The visual presentation has zero connection to the message. At a glance—and that’s all most shirts get—it looks like a homemade Olympic Games knockoff, and a bad one at that. (via @universalhub)
Massachusetts: The Texas of New England
Who’d have ever thought we’d see the day, eh? Certainly not Ted Kennedy, rest his soul. A couple of over-populated suburbs and a pickup truck was all it took to convert the bluest of states back over to red.
Three-color flex print on a heavyweight cotton tee. Standard weight also available. Want it on a different garment? Just ask.
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