Monthly Archives: March 2012

Ahhh, another use for the sign! I’ll try to put up words that are obscure, useful, or beautiful. And, of course, they have to fit on the sign. Should there be parentheses around the N? Whatever. This sign was suggested … Continue reading →

Yup, back to this idea. Crime is a bit harsh maybe but-oh man, look at this daffodils-the idea is solid. Trying and failing is many times better than not trying at all. I’m not sure how I feel about visiting … Continue reading →

Now the idea of this one is that what you get paid seems small after you’ve spent it, no matter how much you make. The wealthy have high bills so they don’t really think that they’re any better off than … Continue reading →

OK, this one. Simple message: think about your consequences. Why I chose it, however, is that the wording is confusing and has two instances of a word being repeated–that’s poetry, man! The wiseacre colleague didn’t like it and feared for … Continue reading →

If you ever find yourself writing an essay on the thematic elements of a dystopian novel and find that you haven’t actually read the book (I hear some people, not me of course, have nightmares like this), just put this … Continue reading →

It’s true. And it’s not acted upon with enough frequency. Yet I feel like it’s corny. Coworkers liked it, though, and I’m glad that I put it up. It’s a fitting quote coming from Dostoevsky, who saw the universe as … Continue reading →

One of my colleagues, who mostly has wiseacre things to say about the sign (I do so enjoy the word wiseacre and am glad that Chrome recognizes it as a word), really liked this one. This is another that I … Continue reading →

OK so this is a little close in meaning to the Eugene Hutz sign but it’s a little more eloquent and quotable. The original, by Somerset Maughan, is “Only a mediocre person is always at his best.” Did I change it … Continue reading →

This is an idea that I’ve always lived by so when I saw it in a longer form somewhere (I can’t recall where or by whom or what the longer form was), I knew it belonged on the sign. My … Continue reading →

Numbers! I have numbers! This quote came from a safety meeting we had. A safety meeting that comes from a series so full of ridiculous hypotheticals and admonitions that anything sensible stands out as brilliance. It is a pretty sensible … Continue reading →