Nibbled to Death by Geese…
ByI love that phrase… it’s absolutely perfect for today. We’re finally wrapping up the new website(!), but now that all the high-level stuff’s been decided, it’s the really dull but important details that each have to be tracked down and pummeled into submission.
You know you’re really starting to go crosseyed when you sit and stare at a product photo for 10 minutes solid, mentally riffing on how it came to be. Really- consider: Somebody had to get these two gussied up. Had to decide that that…uh…tan (I guess?) looks good- or even worse, photoshop it in. They took the photos, somebody approved them, they were put on packaging, etc…HOURS of people’s lives went into this.
I really get this way when I see an advertisement with an obvious spelling/grammatical error. I guess it’s more of a judgement call with a photo, but see for yourself:


Granted, they do look like they’re genuinely having a good time, if slightly demented.
Maybe it’s time to knock off for the day…