Suddenly, Star Wars makes a lot more sense…

[Thanks to CaptainMarvel for the pic!]

I love Jim Hance’s painting that adds a little Star Wars to the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest, titled Force by Northwest:

Click the painting to see it at full size.

On the painting’s page on the Artbreak site, it says “Acrylic on wood board painting, scanned and digitally manipulated.” Signed prints are available!

In case you don’t recognize the scene, here’s a still from the scene that inspired it:

And here’s the scene:

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It’s a busy, meeting-filled day for Yours Truly down at the local headquarters for The Empire. Here’s a (slightly edited) photo that I took at our big Evangelism team meeting around 3:30 this afternoon:

…is that I’m hoping to master this:

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Photo courtesy of Matt Gunn.

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Even though it’s been almost four months since I’ve joined Microsoft, I’m still asked the question “Joey, why did you join the Dark Side?”

There are many reasons for joining the Dark Side. One of them is that the Rebels are sick, sick puppies:

Card courtesy of Ben Congdon.

Happy Valentine’s Day. my fellow nerds!