Hitting the road in a little bit to head down to Portland for a long weekend and the Bulls game tomorrow.

Trying to figure out how I can do a zine with three sheets, but still have it fold to fit in a normal letter envelope…

So I thought charging $3 was more than enough (and quite expensive, if I’m being honest) for my single-page zine. Now that I’ve gone through the entire process, it turns out it costs me exactly $2.99 to make:

• Stripe Fees: $0.39
• Stamp: $0.60
• Envelope: $0.40 (Box of 45 for $18.07)
• Printing: $1.60 ($0.69 per single-side color at FedEx plus tax)

I’d really like to keep doing them and am not trying to make money, but I’d like to find a way to increase the quality and provide a bit more value without charging more.

The first couple copies of my single-page zine are getting mailed out today. In color.

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However, it feels like one of those things I’d print one of for myself and that’s it…

My desire to make something in print is at an all-time high and while the larger zine helps scratch that itch, having to rely on others for submissions and the work that goes into it just takes a lot longer to see the results.

So… while working in the background on my larger zine project, I had the idea of producing a smaller black & white, single page, 6-column, z-fold zine as a supplement that I could potentially do on a monthly basis.

Was curious how many times none of the four big blues (Kansas, Duke, UNC, Kentucky) managed to make it to the Sweet Sixteen—turns out it happened just two years ago, which was the first time in 40 years. Three made it to the Final Four just last year.

I feel like society’s expectations around text messaging (and other forms of IMs) are a bit crazy. The quicker someone expects a response from me, the longer I wait to respond — and this has not been great for the health of certain family/friend/co-worker relationships 😬🫣

St. Patrick’s Day weekend is definitely one of those times of the year when I miss Chicago. Beautiful weather today helps though vs. the wind and cold temps they’re getting back home.

Went ahead and bought foofaraw.press - was only $5 anyways 😝

Two March Madness games complete, two outcomes incorrectly predicted in my bracket…

Even came up with a name that fits with the theme of all my other stuff: Sequential Variants