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Another site that I check out pretty often for reading material is The 9rules Network which is basically a portal site for well designed sites with interesting content. The sites listed are usually a safe bet and keep me entertained for awhile.
There are so many sites on the net with a killer [...]

Veer is a hub for designers from every walk of life. They provide art, photos, typefaces, motion clips and much, much more. They also have one hell of an eye for design.
Keeping with the festive spirit of the day, Veer now has 3 new Halloween themed desktop wallpapers.
Check them out, I’m sporting the [...]

3 Things is another one of those “get to know you” survey things. For some reason, these things are addictive to me. I love reading other people’s responses, it’s like a crash course on who they are. I have a suggestion, though. I have the base set of questions here, right? [...]

One of my favorite Oklahoma Bloggers has redesigned her site.
Sleeping Mommy has followed the path of many blog enthusiasts before her — she’s left Blogger to host her own site using Wordpress.
While it’s good to see more people exploring the benefits of PHP and open source software, I have to say [...]

Jeffrey Veen found an interesting glitch in Banana Republic’s new site design It doesn’t work with Safari. You can see a screenshot of the error he received here. This just goes to show that web standards are still not given their proper respect — even by major corporations.
You’d think that Banana Republic, [...]

Volkswagen challenged 21 up and coming artist and designers and 40 architects to redecorate the Volkswagen Asia Hotel Fox to celebrate the launch of their vehicle, the Fox (which isn’t available stateside yet).
I didn’t realize that VW actually has an entire program aimed at promoting undiscovered artists and talent. [...]

For those you unaware, George Takei of Star Trek fame has officially come out. You can read the interview here.
Here’s a quote from George I found interesting:
I mean, it’s changed incredibly from the time I was a teenager to today, both in terms of Asian-Americans in the theater and television [...]

I found this site and it quickly ate up a couple hours of my time. The StripGenerator lets you create your own comic strip and bring it to life — no artistic flair required! But a quick warning — this site is addictive! I had to pull myself away with a crow [...]

Oh my! This surely did make me laugh. The Dysfunctional Family Letter Generator is a great little site that is very practical. Here’s what the site says:
If you are from a dysfunctional family, you have either received or written a letter like this. Don’t waste any more of your valuable time digging [...]

I decided in my switch to Movable Type that I would also try out the magnificently designed photo templates from Douglas Bowman. Douglas, from StopDesign, has done an absolutely splendid job with the setup and documentation — not to mention the fact that the design is bloody perfect. But, since I am [...]

Just one last post for the evening. I took this picture of Charlie this evening before dinner. She’s such a cutie pie. She also is one of the most photogenic animals I have ever seen. She stares right into the camera until you are done. It’s generally a nightmare [...]

Okay, I know I’ve already written about Wicked today but I just found out about this new book that was released on Wednesday. Those who have read the novel know that the Grimmerie is the magical book that Elphaba stumbles upon and carries with her.
Wicked: The Grimmerie is the same thing [...]

Ever wondered what the atomic weight of Snicker? Well, Dr, Chinese’s Periodic Table of Candy puts that very question, along with others, to rest.

I’ve been out of the loop on local news lately with everything that has been going on. I’ve been browsing the Tulsa Vision 2025 Website today. I think they did a great job with it. Most government sites look crappy. My favorite part is the slideshow for the new arena. [...]

Wicked is the smash-hit musical based off of Gregory Maguire’s novel of the same name.
In addition to being a funny and charming tale, the music from this show is enchanting. The Original Cast Recording features Joel Gray, Kristin Chenoweth and the incomparable Idina Menzel. This CD quickly became a classic in my eyes [...]

Netdiver is a compilation site for all things design. Found this site via Kitty. Excellent design with top-notch content.

If you’ve bookmarked this page, please note a recent change. RYANarrowsmith’s blog is now located at: http://www.ryanarrowsmith.com/theblog/.

The archives listed here will remain intact.

Thought this was cute:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing.

He concludes by saying: “Yesterday

RYANarrowsmith.com has officially made the switch from Textpattern 4.0 to Movable Type 3.2. Don’t worry, though — the archives are still intact. Why the switch you ask? Well, step inside and let me tell you all about it.
Textpattern is amazing, I can’t say a single negative word about it - I absolutely [...]

Best weekend ever!
Brian and I had a hoot. We went to the mall and walked around on Saturday and then went to see Wallace and Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. That movie was just great! Probably the best film I’ve seen since Batman Begins. We chuckled all of the way [...]

Well, if you can’t tell or it’s your first time visiting, I’ve re-skinned the site. Version 3.0. I’m still tinkering with the CSS and Textpattern so it’s a work in progress but I wanted more white space and wanted to incorporate my favorite colors.
I’m getting over a cold that’s been hanging on for [...]

Life is good. We all have our blue days and today, Bri is a little down in the dumps. He knows how much I love him…but I thought I’d tell the whole world why I love him. And what better way to do it than on my blog?
So, here it is. [...]

I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails asking if I’m alive - I am. Just been busy at work and at home. Thanks for the concern, though.
Not much going on to talk about. Feeling sorta…off…..today. Unfulfilled. Ever have one of those days? It’ll pass.
Well, I’ll write more when I [...]

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I was sitting at work on Wednesday when I started feeling funny. I thought it was a migraine at first but then I was sitting at my desk and I felt all of the energy drain from my body.
I told my boss I needed to leave after trying to get over it for about [...]

It’s official: I love the Autumn. It’s been rainy and cool here for the past couple and days and I’ve been in hog heaven. How much do I loe the autumn? So much I made this little picture of a tree to use as my desktop wallpaper.
That’s all I wanted [...]