Hi. I'm Paul Nixon, a designer living in Mountain View California. My days (and some nights) are spent designing websites for a little company in Cupertino. The rest of my time is spent with my beautiful wife and friends, road cycing and reading your blogs.

Introducing Dyed

Wednesday, November 3, 2004 03: 16 AM

We've seen "Bleached". Introducing "Dyed", blacking out a website to reflect our troubling political circumstances. I offer this open letter to our next president, whomever that might be:

Dear Mr. Future President Elect,

I'm not sure who you are yet -- but that doesn't matter any longer. It is what it is. I may or may not have voted for you. That doesn't matter now either. The point is you are now the President of The United States and I am one of its citizens. Since you are now president I am holding you accountable for the next four years of this country's progress. Now I know that's a lot of pressure -- but hey, you volunteered for it. In return I'll do my duty as a citizen by paying taxes, not making trouble and only making fun of you while watching The Daily Show each night.

Now for a quick wish list for the next four years:

  • Can you please help the states with elections? I'm tired of staying up all night and then not knowing who to address this letter to.
  • Can you reconsider our doctorine of pre-emption in its current form? I would like some time to have kids before we start World War III. (BTW: What ever happened to covert ops?)
  • Can you help America realize that we are not alone in the world? Perhaps you could re-institute Geography, Humanities and History classes in schools again.

If over the course of the next four years you lead with common sense and things start to improve (that includes foreign policy), then I may just start to bring some color back to my website. If not, then Nixlog may stay "Dyed" for quite sometime. You see, it sort of reflects my mood right now.

Sincerely, nix