SCREECHBYKATIE™ "IDEAS ARE GREAT!" Red Phone Service CILANTROSPEECHBYKATIE™ "My next tattoo will say 'Raise your prices'" "My next tattoo will say '3 Pixels to the Left'" STAND BY FOR TECHNOLOGY "Done is the engine of more." This image: The longer you work with …
Two Tooths and a Checklist
"WB? Dang!! I never find squat there beyond dead fish." A comment from my friend under an Instagram picture of my beach combing finds from Sunday. It was a two hour session with Susan (my fossil expert - and more) at Wrightsville Beach from Lot 4 to Shell Island. It's pretty prime …
Engine Failure
It was lap 180 of 200 in the 1987 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and Mario Andretti, who had led 170 of the first 177 laps, heard his engine backfire so bad he said "the sound almost blew my brains out." Nobody else was on the lead lap with him. He would have won the race, had he …
Copy of a Copy of a Copy
It's emo February. I have this on repeat. "You won't be the first or be the last to bleed. Every broken heart as far as the eye can see is a copy of a copy of a copy." Sometimes you just need to write some email copy and, like, cry. "Katie, oh my gosh calm DOWN. It's …
They Say The Neon Lights Are Bright
"Wow, you were NOT KIDDING when you said you take a lot of pictures.""Do you ever actually look at all of the pictures you've taken?""What's the point of drawing everything in your sketchbooks if it's all stuck in your sketchbooks?" I do take lots of pictures. I do look at …
Craft Services + Noodles
"What happened to fashion?""Why is he wearing the same thing in a different color every night?" (Which, um, relatable. Hello Katie's gray cardigan worn during every zoom meeeting.)"I don't know why he's paying a stylist.""I'm so disappointed." The Internet has spoken and it is …
Fish in a Barrel
"It's like I tied a specific fly to catch this rare species of fish that only bites during the month of September on a river in northern Canada that you access via a bush runway. The pilot drops you off with instructions to 'Be back at 10 am sharp 7 days later or else good luck getting home and with …
Why’d you do that?
"I'm here to pick up for Katie." *Confusion and bag rustling ensues.* "I'm Katie. Do you have any questions about the order?" "Yeah - why'd you order through GrubHub?" It was POURING rain, I mean, I had to CHANGE MY PANTS when I got home rain, I couldn't see because I was wearing …
Stay in Your Lane
TL:DR: It's fine to hire a "yes man." It's better for everyone if we all understand we're looking for a "yes man" going in. "I'm going to text the client right now," I said."Why?" asked Vi.*I pause. Think.* "Yeah, you're right. We should finish what we are doing. "I think I should call Steph …
Newton’s First Law of Motion
While I was typing the subject line for this newsletter I accidentally typed "Newton's First Law of Business." Then I was like, "Eh, let's go with it." It's really the "Newton's First Law of Motion," which featured prominently in some yogurt commercials a few years …