Foundation is Complete!
I don’t know when I first saw this image — maybe on a 4H Club commercial, decades ago? — but it comes to mind on occasion. Imagine a big, plump sheep. A sheep so laden with wool, it almost doesn’t look like a sheep; looks, instead, like a huge dirty cauliflower. Now imagine a skinny-minnie sheep, leaping and bounding through green, green, green hillocks. Imagine it soaring in slow motion, giddy. Catch just the right angle, and you’ll agree that sheep, indeed, have smiles.
The best part is, both of these sheep are the same animal. The leaping one happens to be shorn, and boy, does it feel good! At 1:13am last night — or this morning, if you prefer — I finished my last remaining chapter for Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers. And yes, I’m sporting a dreamy, sheepish grin.
Now I just have to whittle down my inbox. I got it down to 83!
May 1st, 2007 at 6:07 am
Way to go, man! I’m really proud of you. I can’t wait to get my autographed copy.
May 1st, 2007 at 10:29 am
Bruce,
Haha, neither can I!
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Gimme one too!
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
…or: lemme buy one too!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Dave,
I’m quite proud of you as well. When I think of all the shear work you put in over the years, both personally and professionally, it staggers the mind. I mean wow, you really pulled the wool over our eyes with that ah shucks, sheepish grin “I’m just a nice guy” stuff. turns out you were a brilliant developer all the time! You have to stop kidding around!
When I herd from you the other day about finishing the book, I thought wow.. he’s always been such a shepherd to us flash friends… always fielding questions and answering with gracious aplomb. I guess now that you’re done with the books I can farm some of my work out to you?
Sinshearly,
Rich
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Hate to break up the party but could you get your leaping and bounding shorn self - now there’s an image that will keep me awake at night- back over here and get the AR done.
Guys, it has been an absolute blast working with Dave. One day we will fill you in on the ride…. and what a ride it was.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
To Rich …
Heh, I was going to say, “Wow, I never herd so many puns,” but you already bleated me to it. Shear enough, ewe woolly horned in on some keen insights. (This banter, more than anything else, is what I miss from the cubical life — and you know it.
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To Tom …
Yoouuuu, yoouuuu party breaker! :-p Yes, we do still have author reviews, don’t we? Ah, back to the grind.