Albert Heinous

For those of you in the unfortunate position of residing in the Netherlands Albert Hein needs no introduction.
For those of you who don't let me fill you in.
It's supposed to be this countries' premiere supermarket.
It isn't.
It's a scuzz hole - think Moscow circa 1975 - they never have what you want , they never have enough staff - unless there is only two customers in the store then there's about 50 shelf stackers getting in your way ( I think they all hide in the back when it gets busy ) , most of the stuff on the shelves is past sell by , when you can finally locate an employee they are oh so helpful like only the dutch can be, they completely over package everything- eg meat vacuum packed then put in a polystyrene tray then sealed in a plastic bag and get this my North American friends - they don't take credit cards !

Now I know what you are thinking tax dodgers ! Why doesn''t he go somewhere else then ? Well I do, but that involves going by bike and there's only so much shopping you can ferry on a bike. So I struggle on with it daydreaming of Fred Meyer or all those lovely UK supermarkets.

Badges ? We don't need no stinkin' badges.

Did some badges the other day . Want one ? Let me know and I'll send you one.

Here's a T

spoonerism

this is where i'm at right now

I Need TeePee for my Bunghole

Found this whilst trawling through some stuff last night.
thanks Ben.

Reduced to the state of a bum

The only way to learn about money is not to have any they say.
Well, our household has been a zero income one for almost a year now so I'm getting used to not having the spending power I once had.
Is this a good thing I hear you ask, trendsetters ?
Well yes an no - in many ways it's easy having no money as your decision making gets somewhat easier : shall I buy that latest Kaws piece of plastic ? err...No.
I am starting to miss buying new clothes - this was brought home to me when I had put buying some new underpants off for too long so decided I would have to splash out. Whereas beforehand I would have got some nice Comme/Prada/Bijorn Borg/Marlies Dekkers pairs, this time the destination wasLidl to pick up a two pack of 'Livergy' pants for the princely sum of €5.
What sort of name is Livergy ?? Sounds like a medical complaint - maybe not in Germany , but still you don't invest in jarquard branded waistband tape displaying such a crap name - leave it blank and charge me €4 for two pairs please.
I know they say 'designer' brands are a rip off but the quality of these pants are low and I know they aren't going to last like my more expensive pairs.

You get what you pay for...............

Bibliographic

Now I don't like plugging other people's stuff as a rule as that's their job.
But here's a book you must put on your shopping list:
Bibliographic - 100 Classic Graphic- Design Books by Jason Godfrey .
Even a quick glance leaves us who love books wanting all 100 - I only own 4 of them ( so far).
In many ways it leaves you longing to see all of the books in their entirety but you get a good feel from each double spread - plus when you do track them down there's more to look forward to.
Plus I reckon there's about 200 T-shirt designs to be had from it straight off the bat with a scanner , printer and a scalpel.
( If you know my real name you will see why I'm plugging it - thanks to my mum for buying it for me as I'm still not spending at the moment)