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No one’s ever going to tag me with this thing, but I’m doing it anyway. How narcissistic of me.
Four jobs I’ve had:

Automation Manager for the Retail Lending division of a bank (the youngest manager in their nearly 170-year history, I might add)
Video Store Manager
In-house Graphic and Web Designer for a chain of video stores […]

If you’re here reading this, then you’ve probably been here before. And if you’re here now after having been here before, it must be pretty obvious that something’s going on. Some information has moved. Some is gone. Some doesn’t make any sense. The colors are different. It just plain […]

My 2005 Top 10 (updated 2/11/2006):
1. Millions
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Sin City
4. Syriana
5. Good Night, and Good Luck.
6. Match Point
7. Munich
8. Batman Begins
9. Jarhead
10. The Constant Gardener
Take this with a grain of salt, though. I’ve still got some films to see. King Kong and Revenge of the Thithhhhh don’t really belong on this list, […]

Even more fun than actually going to the annual Xmas Movie, is the months-long nomination and selection process of said Xmas Movie. Normally. This year—the fourteenth year of the Xmas Movie, by the way—was a different story. Not that there’s a lack of good movies in theatres right now, but the three […]

We never wrote about Annie. She is my dog. She is 3/4 Bassett Hound and 1/4 Beagle. She is so cute. She is such a good girl, too. She has lost about 9 pounds since she has been with us. Everyone thought she was fat, but she is slim now and so cute. Her face […]

I really just can’t take this. And, to be honest with you, I’m sort of sick of it. For a few years there (1998, ‘99, and, to an extent, 2000), watching the Yankees was fun because they just flat out won. Except that that’s mostly untrue, too. The ‘98 and ‘99 […]

Okay, so, the guy’s my hero, at least in my chosen field (as he is for a lot of people who do what I do). He’s the most famous graphic designer in the world. USA Today called him “the closest thing to a rock star” in the industry. He’s written a novel […]

This is, of course, the first iteration of this year’s template, and this is definitely a proprietary image, but I wanted to show it off anyway, ’cause I like it:

UDPATE
Here’re two more, Cinderella (1950) and King Kong (1933):

In the interest of covering all my bases, these gift card designs are owned by and © TJV […]

from Guardian Unlimited:
Fox News slammed over ‘callous’ line
Julian Borger in Washington
Saturday July 9, 2005
The Guardian
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News channel was under fire yesterday for comments by some of its leading journalists in response to the London bombs.
Speaking about the reaction of the financial markets, Brit Hume, the channel’s Washington managing editor, said: “Just on a […]

from Guardian Unlimited:
Canada approves gay marriage
Associated Press
Wednesday June 29, 2005
Canada last night became the third country in the world to approve gay marriages when MPs passed a historic bill granting same-sex couples equal rights to those in traditional marriages.
The bill was passed by the Canadian House of Commons despite strong opposition from religious leaders and […]

Okay, kids, so, the big news: we’re buying a house. It’s located at 69 Hughes Street in East Haven (ugh—it seems that all the things that make East Haven the armpit of the east coast also work to make it a cost effective place to buy a house… dammit—it’s okay, though, ’cause we’re gonna […]

The Directors Label returns on September 13th 2005 with simultaneous releases from four more of the world’s most acclaimed directors: Mark Romanek, Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer & Stéphane Sednaoui, once again produced by Richard Brown for Palm Pictures.
Palm Pictures launched the directors label in October 2003 with a groundbreaking format showcasing the individual creative talents […]

from IMDb.com’s Studio Briefing:
University of Minnesota researchers have concluded that TV shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Will & Grace, and Six Feet Under have had the effect of reducing prejudice against homosexuals among viewers. Some 150 students participated in the study, conducted by communications professors Edward Schiappa and Dean Hewes and graduate […]

Okay, a couple quick things:
1. The Yankees freaking stink. I guess that’s pretty apparent, however.

2. Gary Sheffield should a.) have been ejected from that game in Boston and b.) definitely be suspended. It appears as though neither of those things are going to happen, however. Here’s the thing: Sheffield’s job in that […]

Just me saying. . .

The 21 drafted players on the beanies roster:
C  J. Kendall, OAK
1B A. Pujols, StL
1B D. Ortiz, BOS
2B M. Giles, ATL
3B A. Béltre, SEA
SS D. Jeter, NYY
OF C. Figgins, LAA
OF H. Matsui, NYY
OF S. Green, LAD
OF J. Drew, LAD
OF S. Finley, LAA
SP T. Hudson, ATL
SP C. Zambrano, CHC
SP B. Radke, MIN
SP F. García, SEA
SP G. Maddux, […]

That’s it.
That’s the spirit.
Thank you for your honesty.
Now fuck off and die,
You fucked up slag.

Okay, tonight was the live draft. Eight teams in the league this year. Small leagues make for tougher competition.
Here’re the 21 players on the preseason Scottish Bugs roster:
C  J. Varitek, BOS
1B J. Thome, PHI
2B J. Kent, LAD
3B D. Wright, NYM
SS K. Matsui, NYM
OF B. Abreu, PHI
OF J. Edmonds, StL
OF C. Lee, MIL
OF B. […]

Our driveway being plowed at 4:20am on Thursday.
Unless you can afford to pay someone to plow, don’t buy a house…

Okay, here’s the thing: Easter is not a real holiday. It just isn’t. I could leave it at that, but, just for fun, let’s prove the theorem…
First, we’ll need to establish the criteria by which real holidays distinguish themselves from the others. Here are the three I’ve come up with:

1. The holiday […]

I thought it might be semi-interesting to post the photo from which our header image was snipped:

That’s Ruben James, the most photogenic of our fish.

Okay, kids, here it finally is. This site has been aching for the assistance of a content management system for, literally, years longer than there has been such a thing. So, now it has one.
Welcome, officially, to greybean.com v4.5 lite. I’m leaving the ‘lite’ moniker attached despite the fact that this site […]

Read this article from MSNBC.com:
Calif. judge strikes down gay marriage ban
Ruling says there is ‘no rational purpose’ for limiting unions
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:39 p.m. ET March 14, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge ruled Monday that California can no longer justify limiting marriage to a man and a woman, a legal milestone that if upheld on […]

As you may have seen, the cover art for Criterion’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou DVDs hit the internet this week, and I found myself terribly disappointed with it. And that got me thinking about just how good Criterion’s covers always are.
The Criterion Collection covers are consistently hands down the best in the industry. […]

All right… So, welcome to the new, much stripped-down greybean.com: version 4.0 lite. You’ll notice a few things. First, this is the only real page of the site. As I put together other pages (a page of photos and some downloadables’ll probably first, if anything ever is), I’ll add them. You’ll also notice that the, […]

Okay, here’s a quick rundown of what’s happened since my last update: 1. I started school full-time at Paier College of Art in Hamden, 2. I quit my job (sort of), 3. my dad’s been in and out of the hospital (he’s out right now), 4. I got married (twice) and 5. I had my […]

As if to make up for the last two weeks, it’s a Monday night and it just started pouring while I was taking out the trash.
Updates have been made to the ‘recent views’ and ’scottish bugs’ sections to the right. Also, check out trailers for Open Water and Danny Deckchair (which are showing before Fahrenheit […]

I have a few movie trailers for you: Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator is an early favorite for this year’s Xmas movie. The Hunting of the President definitely looks like an interesting documentary that I’m gonna want to see once I get into Bill Clinton’s My Life (which hits stores next Tuesday). And there’s a new […]

This might be two Monday nights in a row without rain. I haven’t gone out there yet, though, so I could be wrong. It did rain this morning, however.
A couple things: 1. Ocean’s Twelve has a website and a teaser trailer (if you can call it that). The teaser has a pretty awesome look to […]

Three quick bits of info:
1. A day after I picked him up for the ‘Bugs, Anaheim relief pitcher Francisco Rodríguez gave up more runs (3) than he had the entire season to date (2) while blowing both the hold and the save and earning the loss against the Indians tonight. Incredible.
2. Have you guys seen […]

Some quick ‘Bugs updates: we went 5-4-1 last week against Elliott’s team, the Juiced Team Heros (sic). That’s three weeks in a row with a 5-4-1 record. But, the tough part of the schedule is now over. I’ve made a couple moves in the last week and a half as well: Mark Bellhorn has come […]

I really don’t even need to say this anymore. It’s Monday. It rained.
Rained on us for three hours or so at the Cutters’ home-opener, in fact. In case you care, the New Haven County Cutters are the new team playing at Yale Field this year. Filling the vacancy left by the departed New Haven Ravens, […]

Can I just mention that it’s Monday night and it rained?? With thunder and lightning, no less.
Also, I should mention for those of you who are paying attention (and who exactly is that, by the way?) that my fantasy baseball team, the Scottish Bugs, completed its first trade this past Sunday. Silvestre’s Team received Atlanta […]

So, here it is, the new site, much stripped down, much simplified. The ‘photography’ and ‘downloads’ pages will be up shortly. The old site is still online for now, if you want to look at it for some strange reason.
Now, this is a good article from The New York Times:
Michael Moore’s Candid Camera
by FRANK RICH
Published: […]