01 Nov 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
I don't know if you noticed, but there are a lot of signs around for political candidates. The thing I don't like about the signs is that they all try to be so different, but the people all have the same basic ideas about what looks good. Frankly, I think my sign design is much more eye catching. If...
Read more → 06 Sep 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
On a recent Saturday, I was stretching my legs after sitting for months in my hole, when I came upon what must be the most bizarre human activity I have seen in some time. People had come together to run a footrace even though the area was teeming with zombies. At first I thought maybe I was just...
Read more → 05 Jul 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
Usually when you post a road sign, it’s to tell people where something is. Helenans will post a sign just to tell people where something might be. Like that blue sign at Lyndale and Last Chance Gulch with the question mark and arrow. It’s even better than rolling up to a teenager and being like,...
Read more → 07 May 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
During spring, a lot of us Montanans like to go out hiking, looking for antlers, signs of animals and suchlike. Much of the time, you see something white, or off-white, way off in the distance, so you start walking toward it, thinking it might be some kind of cool animal skull. But after fording...
Read more → 05 Apr 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
Now, don’t get me wrong. Soon is a pretty good word, in theory. But, in my opinion, it just doesn’t warrant its own sign. It builds too much expectation. For instance, before I started the vigil, I drove by it every single day for about a month thinking, “Maybe today will be the day. Please let today...
Read more → 01 Mar 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
I was recently trying to find a way to be a more productive citizen of the world, so I visited Helena Craigslist and checked out the Rants & Raves section. That’s when I came across a discussion that cleared up, in my mind, some of the most serious issues plaguing mankind today. Craigslist.com,...
Read more → 02 Feb 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
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Read more → 04 Jan 2012
Posted by Sven B. 
When I was in art school, I learned that you aren’t supposed to challenge convention until you’ve first understand the basics. I always listened to my teachers, which is one reason why I’ve never attempted to make a BLT. I mean, until I can make a grilled cheese without melting a plastic bag to my hand,...
Read more → 01 Dec 2011
Posted by Sven B. 
My mother taught me to respect people’s differences. “Sven,” she said, exhaling a powerful lungful of smoke into my face, “you have to respect people’s differences.” That lesson, like asthma, has stuck with me into adulthood. Which is why I’m so terribly conflicted around the holidays....
Read more → 03 Nov 2011
Posted by Sven B. 
All I know is that people used to make better mazes. Like that guy Daedelus. He made a maze for King Minos that was so good that a Minotaur couldn’t get out of it. But that maze over on Sierra Road? Whatever. It’s made out of corn. There’s no way that thing is stopping a Minotaur. I mean, I ran straight...
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