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		<title>What Spring Brings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 02:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has definitely hit here in New England &#8211; the trees have their leaves again, the temps are in the 70&#8242;s, and I even harvested my first radishes and lettuce from my vegetable garden! But the world being in bloom isn&#8217;t the only excitement around here &#8211; I&#8217;m also looking forward to finally finishing my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spring has definitely hit here in New England &#8211; the trees have their leaves again, the temps are in the 70&#8242;s, and I even harvested my first radishes and lettuce from my vegetable garden! But the world being in bloom isn&#8217;t the only excitement around here &#8211; I&#8217;m also looking forward to finally finishing my Masters Degree in Interactive Design &amp; Game Development from SCAD &#8211; and I&#8217;ll be walking across the stage on May 29th to get my degree. All the long nights, and lack of weekend fun for the past couple years have paid off!</p>
<p>Things are also busy here in the studio &#8211; I recently launched the new <a href="http://www.freelancewhales.com/history/" target="_blank">Freelance Whales site</a>, a new splash page for <a href="http://tokyopoliceclub.com/" target="_blank">Tokyo Police Club</a>, and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on the <a href="http://shop.teamradioshack.com/" target="_blank">webstore for Team Radio Shack</a> and  the <a href="http://shop.mellowjohnnys.com/" target="_blank">webstore for Mellow Johnnys</a>, Lance Armstrong&#8217;s bike shop in Austin, TX.  I&#8217;ll be updating the portfolio shortly with these, and some other tasty new interactive pieces.</p>
<p>In other news, I&#8217;m currently working on a program to start offering non-profits that are focused on animal welfare, animal rights, and animal rescue discounted web design services. These causes are extremely important to me and close to my heart &#8211; so I feel that this is a good way I can give back and put my skills to positive use. Stay tuned for more details on this program in the next couple months!</p>
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		<title>Crutches and Unfortunate Feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished up a quick side project a couple weeks ago fixing up a pair of crutches for a good friend of ours who got in a bad motorcycle accident nearly a year ago and is, unfortunately, still on crutches. I painted them black with some darts and spark plugs on them &#8211; and figured [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finished up a quick side project a couple weeks ago fixing up a pair of crutches for a good friend of ours who got in a bad motorcycle accident nearly a year ago and is, unfortunately, still on crutches. I painted them black with some darts and spark plugs on them &#8211; and figured I would post some really bad pictures I took while in the car on the way to deliver them (yay! for bad photos!)</p>
<p><img src="http://ericaruch.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/img-1381.jpg" width="106" height="225" /><img src="http://ericaruch.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/img-1383.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><img src="http://ericaruch.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/img-1386.jpg" width="141" height="225" /> </p>
<p>AND in other &quot;Unfortunate Foot&quot; related news one of our Great Danes, Clementine broke her foot badly on Monday playing in the backyard with her brother. She could either be looking at 2-3 months of healing, or possibly even amputation of one of her toes. Poor girl, shes so depressed because she&#8217;s not allowed to walk at all other than to go outside to go to the bathroom &#8211; and my husband has to carry her everywhere (it&#8217;s a good thing he can &#8211; because I sure can&#8217;t lift a 100lb dog). Think good thoughts for Clementine.</p>
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