"My child, you killed it."

So we were talking about marketing the Pro Life movement over at Caribouyah, and I've come to reason that it's a very sticky wicket... how to address the horror of the situation without confronting people with the horror of the situation. Everyone seemed to agree that trucks and billboards displaying half-aborted baby parts wasn't the way to go.

Frankly, I don't think this is either.

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Congratulations to my mom, who stared down the devil of public scrutiny last night and spoke at Kent State as part of Domestic Violence Awareness week. From what I hear, her talk was both intriguing and inspiring, with a good Q & A session immediately following. Way to go, Mom.

And it's official: my mother has more integrity than anyone I've ever met. Over the weekend, NBC made her a wildly generous offer to appear on a national television program. Not wanting to compromise her privacy (and because she felt that "someone else probably deserved it more" (hah)), she turned them down.

When I asked her about it, she said, "they told me they had the resources to change my life if I agreed to do it. I told them, 'that's okay, I have a great life!'"

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Kirk Millett's a colleague and a friend who apparently reads this blog occassionally. He gave me a good-natured chastising about a recent post where I mentioned work I was doing for a company called Medsphere. Looking back, I made it sound as if I'd done all the work myself, which wasn't the case at all.

To set the record straight (mostly because I feel a little guilty), the Medsphere demo was a collaborative effort between myself, Kirk and another truly talented designer, Ryan Crook. Without those guys, the piece wouldn't exist and they deserve due credit. In fact (and this isn't just blowing smoke), my favorite moments in the thing are theirs.

Sorry, fellas.

posted by Jeremy Bear 8:16 AM

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