“I don’t like green eggs and ham.” I was struck with the potency of these words.The poor guy was trying to impart what he liked and didn’t like, but was constantly belittled. The “moral” of the story was to try...
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Since we are forming and expanding our Black Widow Agency this week, I feel that we definitely need a theme song to represent what we do. That is why I chose the  “Your Theme Song” assignment, which states: If you had the opportunity to create your own theme music, what would it sound like? Get creative and create your own … Continue reading Black Widow, Baby!

The Daily Creates this week were intriguing. We only had to complete two, which was a change of pace, but I made them count. The first one was pretty much a have-to. We were prompted to make Maggie Black a birthday card. And who doesn’t want to wish someone a “happy birthday”?! It is the … Continue reading Maggie’s Birthday and a Map of Sounds

This prompt is the first original assignment that I created, and this week was the perfect opportunity to do so. Since we had to complete five stars of web assignments, and there are few that lend themselves to sharing the formation of  Black Widow Agency and how it operates,  I developed one that requires the creation of an email … Continue reading Newsletter! Newsletter! Read All About It!

An assignment I decided to do this week was to create a hybrid animal. I decided to mix Scott’s favorite animal, a dog, my favorite animal, an elephant, and another animal that I think portrays the mixing of Scott and I’s very different personalities, a zebra. The zebra’s black and white pattern signifies just how … Continue reading ElephantZebraDog

When I saw this assignment, a belated Valentine’s Day card that was mysteriously left at Black Widow Agency came to mind. I mean, the wording is just beautiful, so it is worth sharing! The assignment “Noir Valentines” states: In honor of the convergence of Friday the 13th, St. Valentine’s Day and Noir106, and inspired by The Nitrate Diva, here’s a new assignment … Continue reading Be Mine…All Four of You, Please?!

What is the best way to really learn something? A quiz, of course! That is why I chose to complete the “Pop Quiz!” assignment. It states: Using a free online quiz service (I used PollSnack), create a quiz that shows off your knowledge of a particular story. Try to make it interesting enough through the questions … Continue reading Put Away Your Books…Pop Quiz!

I decided to complete this assignment because I love to travel and I love Pinterest! This assignment is called “Create Your Dream Vacation On Pinterest!” and it’s worth 3 stars. The details of the assignment can be found here. This was easy for me to do since I am so well-versed in Pinterest. I decided … Continue reading Dream Vacation: Brazil

For one of the assignments of this week, I chose to do Character Resume(3 points) for John Brown. This assignment is to create a resume by using either Microsoft Word, creating your own webpage, or using a website like LinkedIn. I chose to use Microsoft Word to write John Brown’s resume.   This is the […]

This assignment was completed to give you guys a little background about how Scott and I formed this agency. You can find the guidelines for this assignment here. This assignment is worth 2 stars and is a web assignment. Using the Storify program was very easy! I was surprised that it was so user-friendly. Since … Continue reading The Beginning of “Headline Crime”

I submitted the Origins assignment, but upon completion I’ve realized that it’s more like 2 bananas than 3 bananas.  Stirrup Trouble had their first meeting yesterday. We spent a lot of time talking through how the business will run and adjusting to working together. In order to celebrate our triumphant togetherness, I gave us an … Continue reading Genesis

If Twitter existed during our era, I dream you would tweet me just what I wanted to hear . It would be worth so much more than a mere three stars … In fact, it would be worth more stars than there are in the sky. But unfortunately, I haven’t heard from you since forever. And I don’t know ... Read more

For someone who keeps her profile under wraps and makes valiant efforts to stay anonymous while simultaneously being under intense public scrutiny, I can imagine that the release of this enticing novel by well-known local writer Grant Grayson is the Vixen Vigilante’s worst nightmare. I happen to know Grant fairly well and I am pretty concerned with ... Read more

This week, I was contacted by none other than the Vixen Vigilante herself! It was quite an experience to converse with this mysterious foxy femme, even if it was just over the phone. Though she is keeping me from revealing too much, I can say that her reasons for reaching out to me involved the creation of ... Read more

The Steadfast Sleuths Search for Walter Walters

April 1, 2015 The daily create of this day was to create a birthday card for Maggie Black! Happy Birthday Maggie!! April 3, 2015 Get Noddy out of the skip by using some photoshop. I put him on to the bed. It was definitely most scary and socking experience in his life. He needs to […]

As John Brown is starting his own agency, he thought that he would need a business card to give out. So, by using create your own business card (2 points) assignment, I made him one. I tried to make simple as possible, because John likes simple thing. I used only colors of white and black to make […]

I made new logo for JBrown’s Law Agency. I was inspired by the assignment called Design to Shock (4 points). To create this logo, I used 3 pictures combined by using Adobe Photoshop and put some text on to it. Since John is lawyer, he loves the quote that would make clients to trust him […]

Today’s Daily Create was to save Noddy from the dumpster. After saving him, he hungout with his Stepbrothers.

For today’s daily create I had to save Noddy and get him out of the trash. Naturally I decided to sit him next to Napoleon Dynamite. Even though this might not be the best place for him, I thought it would be better then leaving him in the trash. Hopefully Noddy likes his new friend because … Continue reading Napoleon and Noddy

I’ve decided to open my own business! Folks around these parts can be so untrustworthy. I bought a record deal with Legitimate Company Not A Scam over six months ago and no dice! Where’s my record? Gone with the wind.  First, I had to draft my own resume. This was easy enough, using a free … Continue reading Back to the Work Force

Today’s daily create was stupid. I had to photoshop a puppet out of a dumpster. I am starting to wonder if this is even a real class. I think Stella’s bitterness may be rubbing off on me. But oh well. I decided to use this Groom character in my masterpiece, since everyone is so fascinated […]

    Newspaper Design (3 Stars)  I found this old news article that was published following the Shannon Mills case to add to our portfolio on our website. To create…

This assignment was fun and easy. The assignment called You’re A Pinteresting Character (2 points), was to build a Pinterest page of at least 20 pins for a character of mine. I really enjoyed to creating John Brown’s Pinterest board. It was my first time using it so I had fun time of learning it and activate […]

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/storify-it/ (Two Stars) https://storify.com/ScottBrinkmann/dangerous-agencys-arising For this assignment I had to use the tool “Storify” to assemble text and elements from social media. I used pictures form other people’s websites to create this post. This is Headline Crime’s first report, it shows some of the upcoming agencies and the type of thing we will be reporting … Continue reading Agencies to Watch Out For

https://steller.co/sgrubbs http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/tell-a-stellar-story/ (Three and a Half Stars) For this assignment I had to use the app “Steller” to make a story that includes pictures. I told a story that advertises “Headline Crime,” our news agency. It shows more of what the agency does.  I chose a black and white theme to go along with noir … Continue reading Our Steller Story

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/website-logo/ (Three Stars) Headline Crime! The news agency that brings you all current crime stories! Lena Meyers and I pair up for the launch of this agency. There has been an abundance of crime lately and the public deserves to know what’s going on. We bring you all the latest crime from murders to illegal … Continue reading Introducing…..Headline Crime!

Finally got on the boat and made a Pinterest this week! (2 stars) I can’t believe how much I love it! There’s so many great ideas for my bar and so many cute little kitties who remind me of Onyx! Check out my page here: Pinterest It was so easy too! I just put in my … Continue reading My boards →

Welp. Another assignment. This is a web assignment entitled You’re a Pinteresting Character. The Task: Build a Pinterest page of at least 20 pins for a character of your choice. Search for pins that relate to your character and things that he or she would want to pin for themselves. Welp. I made a pinterest accound. That was […]

Well. For this new agency, I decided I needed a business card. I’m a VIP and obviously need something that says so. Not only am I the Stain Queen, I am also the Manager of this place. Get on my level. No Stain, No Problem is ready for YOUR mess! Lucky for me, there was […]