What the–?!?

Granted, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I honestly don’t get what this sign, on the corner of Sprague and Post, is trying to tell me. Has the City of Spokane generously set aside an entire district for “entertainment parking,” whatever that is? (Though, to be fair, watching certain individuals try to parallel park their ginormous SUVs does, in fact, qualify as entertainment…perhaps that’s what they mean.)

If, on the other hand, the City is trying to convince us that there is, in fact, a thriving entertainment district in the downtown area, and that this is the place to park if you’re going to partake of its many wonders, shouldn’t the sign read, “Entertainment District Parking”?

Then there’s the scary “TOW-AWAY ZONE” sign below. Kudos to whoever in the planning department remembered that compound modifiers generally require a hyphen, but still.

Somebody please explain this to me.

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 14, 2010

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New Logo, Website Launched

Integrus Architecture launched its new website and brand identity today—both of which were created by the brilliant minds at AMD. Take a look.

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 13, 2010

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Now Here’s a Specimen of Vigorous Masculinity…

God bless the Internet! Here’s a collection of early-20th-century travel posters—some doubling as calendars—advertising steamship companies from Japan, China, and Korea. Who do you suppose the target audience is?

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 12, 2010

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Bonus Post!

The wailing, rending of garments, and gnashing of teeth continues at length over the dearth of posting of late. I blame CK; the truth is, we’ve all been busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.

Or is it simply another sign that the apocalypse is upon us?

Either way, it’s the first time we here at AMD Headquarters have offered two blog posts in one day. So you’ve got that going for you. Which is nice.

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 11, 2010

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Frank Frazetta, RIP

The illustrator of many a Conan paperback—and, it turns out, comic books and movie posters—has died at the age of 82. I devoured these books as a kid (much to my mother’s chagrin), and Mr. Frazetta’s art is, for me anyway, one of the defining characteristics of the franchise.

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 11, 2010

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Nobody’s Prefect

Joseph Epstein writes about one of my favorite pastimes: finding typos in published work.

Apart from the smug self-satisfaction that comes when I catch the vaunted copy editors at The New Yorker asleep at their style guides, it’s a sobering reminder that mistakes often do, in fact, get printed—despite the best efforts of people a lot smarter than I. (Or is it “me”?)

posted by Aaron Bragg
May 4, 2010

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