I just realized right now that yesterday, while talking to a customer, I completely screwed up.

We were talking about Photoshop books, and he asked about Photoshop CS, and I told him no, that wasn't the one he wanted-- Photoshop 7 was the full professional program, and CS was the light version for people who just got their digital cameras for Christmas.

Wrong.

Photoshop Elements is the namby pamby version. CS is the latest full version. I feel like an idiot. I haven't done this since... 1996, when I worked at Best Buy, and I confused MPR II with Tempest.

12:15 PM

and i forget just why i taste
oh yeah, i guess, it makes me smile

12:03 PM

Kurt Cobain died today, ten years ago.

It is a reflection of the extent to which we have beatified him, that we remember the date of his death, not his birth.

Angst Dei-- as a theme-- pretty much exists as a direct result of the artwork Kurt created for Nirvana's last album, In Utero. It's the image covering the back of the jacket I wear every day; the image that I stencil onto every car I buy.

And it's still my favorite album.

Kurt, you never wanted to be a sunbeam, but Jesus made you one anyway. Like so many others, today I wonder what might have been if you'd never died. I think my life would have been different; I'm pretty sure the world would have been better.

11:44 AM

sun grows cold,
sky gets black
you broke me up
and now you won't come back.
shaking hands,
life is pain,
a broken heart,
and a screaming head
under the april skies.

10:55 AM

Three words from you,
but not the ones I wanted to hear.

Life rolls on and on and on.

6:00 PM