The Misadventures of Jason

Third Wave of Spring Illos

NY Times, has the internet grown a heart? When the Cyber Bully Is You, by Nick Bilton http://t.co/i7VWoMAwNi

Changing our view of person's with disabilities for Emory Alumni Magazine

The fall of the American dream in Sunday’s Boston Globe

Two spots for New Orleans magazine. New Orleans governor Bobby Jindal up to no good again with his common core education antics.

Wearable health products will become useful for more than just fitness tracking. They’ll be able to send your vitals and more to your doctor amongst other things.

Map of Portland bike shops and 4 bike shop archetype spots for Bicycling magazine. This was a fun job and the first map i’ve ever done. I gave them a ton of cropping room. Too bad the airplane got cropped out. As for the bike shop people, moving clockwise from top left:

The Hopeful Pro: Identified by a team-replica cyclingcap and bulging calves, this aspir- ing racer looks for any advantage to cheat the wind, defy gravity, and eke out one more watt. Best Quality Will gladly inform you why your bike, riding position, and donut consumption are holding you back, then suggest (often with- out solicitation) ways to fix it.

The True Believer: You can tell the true believers by their righteous tatoos and punk- rock attitude. Their cargo bike probably has a guitar lashed to it and a sticker that reads: One less car, bitch. Best Quality Fund- raising for nonprofits, organizing rides, and taking on all the noble projects you don’t have time to sup- port because you’re too busy riding.

The Kid: Clad in skinny jeans, a vintage T, a studded belt, and a flat-brim trucker hat, this youngster just landed a dream job. Any lack of experience is made up for with happy-as-a pup enthusiasm. Best Quality This minimum- wage earner knows how to scrimp for bike parts and will steer you toward the best value every time.

The Retrogrouch: These crusty shop hands lust after blue-anodized cranks, tubular tires, and 8-speed Campy cassettes. From behind a thick beard and tattered apron, they will wax poetic about the days before Di2. Best Qual- ity The only person in town will- ing to help you find parts for your 1980s Japanese steel samurai sword of a bike.

And on the opposite page they featured Maglia Rosa, the bike shop a few doors down from me in Brooklyn.

Monster subway. kids art promotional sample. I like the Dr. Zitzmore ad (spoof on the infamous NYC subway ads by Dr. Zizmor)

Bob's Back - Part 3

a final round of Bob this time'round NYC

may 5th is children's day in Japan and they fly these carp wind socks. I got a whole awesome set of these from Fumika's grandma. This one's a 16 footer. This is the first time i've been able to fly it. The only person who knew what was going on was the girl that lives upstairs and to my knowledge no children were delighted so trying to spread culture and joy was a failure.

Bob and Steven are both "nerds" so they wanted to try out the Brooklyn Strategist on court street which is doing so well they just expanded their space. It's a place mainly for playing board games. Board games like Settlers of Catan have caught on as well as "nerd" culture in general. Here in this room is something so nerdy that even bob won't get down with it and Steven is ashamed to have done it in his teens. Warhammer, it's a game of fantasy miniatures that you buy blank and white and you then paint. I think it's turn based where you roll tons of dice. These guys had like 20 dice on the table and steven said that probably wasn't even enough.

we played Ticket to Ride: Europe. It was pretty simple and i suppose it was fun. It also is cool that it's BYOB

here is a star wars rebel alliance version of war hammer. All of these are played on big surfaces and I saw them getting out rulers and stuff for some reason.

I'm sure Warhammer ends up consuming your whole life. These guys were really going at it with the painting table too. A younger Jason would say something snarky and pass judgement but the older Jason you see before you today will just let them have their thing.

I like this lady i've seen walk by a few times she reminds me of this nursing home lady character in the movie Ponyo.

Brooklyn Crab in Red Hook is like peter pan's playhouse with beer and seafood.

they have mini golf!

and 3 corn hole set ups.

the atlantic king crab roll was $24 and small :( Definitely not satisfying. Their special of the day, a trout bahn mi sandwhich was good though.

yes ma'am I will go do your bidding.

This wisteria in the backyard is taking over everyone's back yard and looks beautiful now but I wonder what it's gonna look like when the flowers are gone.

Bob's Back - Part 2

If you're around in the afternoons on court street in Carroll Gardens you'll see Green Lady and her golden retriever. She is friends with tall army style cap lady that stands in front of the Carroll Street subway station. I know this because they passed on the sidewalk in front of Abiline one day and were like old pals. Crazy pals

Red Hook exploration. Photo by bob. he really liked these cats

a red hook in Red Hook

after beers and frito pies at the Icehouse we saw this place and went to peep through the gate and this guy jumped up on the gate barking and scared us! we was so scared! he done got us goods

roasting coffee and D'Amico on court street.

Gowanus Canal

Steven is in a Bocce ball league here at Union Hall and these newbie girls we played didn't like that very much. Also dude on left was wearing vibrim 5 fingers shoes that are like gloves for your feet for running in the "barefoot style". Wearing them for anything other than fitness makes you a tool or a tech startup employee or a hippee. It's hard to tell judging from his whole appearance and dancing around to the music but the common denominator here is: a tool.

The next day we went clothes shopping on 5th ave in the upper teens. We scored some new threads and took a break at City Bakery on 18th st for food and what Jen said is the best cookie. Food is expensive and the cookie is pretty good. I don't know if it's the best though. But can I tell you the best cookie i've ever had? no. so there you go.

most agree that this 2nd haircut touch up I gave bob was good and needed.

there have been about 3 waves of flowers going from magnolias to cherry blossoms to dog woods and lilacs and whatever these pink super dense flowers are that make a crazy canopy. Also Bob is wearing some of his new dudz