The Ampersand

A quick sketch

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:55:40 +0000

Tonight I decided to draw a quick ampersand with the brushes app on my iPad.

To the Ampersand- a poem

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:09:11 +0000

Hello. I wrote this poem this summer, for fun, and came across your blog today and thought I’d share.

There is a colon between our two
separate parts, let’s add a semi in there
to make us depend upon each other.
I want to verb you, so we should really
just dash out of here, punctually,
once they give us our sentence. Period,
period, why must you get in the way
of our desire to keep on going? I know,
it would be a mess out there without you—
all those little ellipsis running around…
But you, ampersand, oh, your voluptuousness,
how your rolling, round curves save me
from a comma splice. Why don’t you
comma little closer so you can finish
this endless list? Please don’t think
I would ever underscore your importance;
no one else brings things together quite like you.
Out of a crowd, you stand—so symbolic—
your only competition may be the mark
of exclamation. But don’t worry, the mark
vacations all but a few days a year,
while you, my dear, I need daily.

Thicks & Thins

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:39:32 +0000

Submitted by Alexey.

A Stuffed Ampersand

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:36:34 +0000

Submitted by abigail.

Hosepersand

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:16:29 +0000

Jim writes:

My 7-year old put the hose down today, I walked by a few minutes later and saw this…

B&D

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:42:47 +0000

Southtown, San Antonio

In Rural Montana

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:40:09 +0000

From my recent cross-country road trip.

Grand & Noble

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:57:24 +0000

An interesting one from the band Grand & Noble.

Thanks Nick.

Shoe & Key

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:49:11 +0000

What font is this? Some sort of stretched and squashed Cooper Black?

Moriarty & Moriarty

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:17:18 +0000

Thin and slightly off and wonderful. From Stephanie.