[rlmorel]

I have always enjoyed some of the precepts of Strunk & White’s “The Elements of Style” which preaches brevity.

However, as you may have observed from reading my posts, I simply cannot adhere to that concept...and as a result, I get the dismissive response “TL;DR”, which I admit is often deserved. But I often cannot help it...I have to try to “fit it all in”.

That said, with graphics, I prefer short and pithy. That makes for a powerful Internet meme, IMO.

As for your graphics, well done! I enjoy them and find them visually spot on, not too distracting, right color combinations. Funny you would ask that, as over the last month or two it seems you have been posting more graphics, and I noticed them...I like the style.

[poconopundit]

I read your interesting profile and how you were in the Navy and so was your Dad. I has in the Navy from 74 to 83 and had a glorious last six years (peacetime) with shore duty tours in Hawaii and Japan.

Two years ago I worked on writing a vanity on the theme of Intrepid, but let me drop a few images here to show what I was up to:

The Ketch Intrepid used to protect American shipping from the Barbary pirates.

America's Cup victor Intrepid

USS Intrepid in the Battle of Okinawa

[poconopundit]

If you read Strunk & White, you’re an avid writer. Fiction? Non-fiction?

I agree with your assessment. If I put too much effort in the text, it doesn’t get read. Call it the National Geograpic effect. I can’t ever remember reading the full text of their narratives.

I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to parlay my politic graphic skill into a part-time gig in syndication.

Maybe what I can do is offer people a platform to create their own captions from an Excel file.

My first step is to make the graphics already produced available on a website for easy retrieval.