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About Me

Howdy! Roughstock Studios deals in words and pictures, offering copywriting and graphic design that actually works. We provide a refreshing voice in a sea of mediocrity.

We work with organizations in a variety of industries, including hospitality, film and entertainment. We do it all: editorial articles; newsletters; logos and identity; marketing and promotional collateral; training materials; press releases; CD, DVD and book covers; etc. and so forth and yada yada yada. Bottom line: we love a good challenge.

Our full web site at www.roughstockstudios.com is coming soon here! Check it out for samples of our work, the latest studio news and our free monthly newsletter.

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My Interests

Music:

Anything with roots.
I've got a particular
fondness for country
and postwar honky tonk, punk, metal and rock 'n' roll.

Movies:

60s-70s did it best:
Bullitt
The Hustler
Five Easy Pieces
and so on.
And of course...
The Outsiders.
And a nice slapstick
now and then.

Books:

John McPhee
Italo Calvino
Ken Kesey...

Heroes:

Family.

My Blog

STOP THE AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAY!

Howdy folks,I don't usually get political but this is frigging important. California plans to start spraying major cities with the pesticide CheckMate (full ingredients undisclosed, manufacturer owned...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

New additions to roughstockstudios.com!

In the midst of all the craziness, I've managed to get some cool new features up at roughstockstudios.com. Be sure to check out the following new areas of the Roughstock library:ArticlesI've started a...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:13:00 PST

All systems go!

I am so happy to announce Roughstock's brand-spankin' new site, I'm practically peeing my pants. Yup, she's done. After months of heartache and code-ache and tedium and preoccupation, Roughstock final...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:49:00 PST

Dogfish Madness: Suckas to the Side

From the boys of Dogfish Head. Don't be hatin'. ...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:42:00 PST

New Project: Bar Stories

A good friend and fellow bartender once observed that bartenders are the rock stars of the blue collar world. While celebrity chefs may lamely attempt to oust us from that place of honor, they will ne...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:02:00 PST

Some Things Are Worth Talking About

You may have heard about Darfur in the news lately..maybe you think of it as some far-off, distant country unconnected from our troubles here in the U.S. Perhaps you don't realize exactly what is goin...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:18:00 PST

Small Failures: Sustainability for the Rest of Us

I have just launched a project that I've been mulling over for quite some now. It's called Small Failures and yup, it's a blog. The notion of living sustainably is gaining ground these days as corpora...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:57:00 PST

The Art of Beer

A big CHEERS goes out to Four Points by Sheraton for recognizing that beer is delicious. It is now possible to head down to the hotel bar and order a thirst-quenching pilsner or a hearty Belgian ale w...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:27:00 PST

They Own Your Vote

Diebold has made a handful of headlines, all of which seem to have been quiclky swept away by carjackers, would-be bombers, gangbangers and thieves. You know: the really important stuff.And it's worke...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:25:00 PST

Map Love

They call it cartography and I have a strange affinity for it. Now, my boyfriend might insist that I can't navigate my way out of a paper bag, but nevertheless I love staring at maps. Maybe it's the e...
Posted by Roughstock Studios on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:58:00 PST