We’ve been talking a pretty big game about graphics for the new rig. And since this quest started, I’ve had a million ideas cross the thinker. So many possibilities. Some grand, some not-so-grand and some downright dumb as dirt. Here’s some of the progress along the way:

Dip the thing in gray, and put a DDC logo on it.

01. “Make the logo bigger, man.”

Or dip it in orange?

02. “Northlock type and Pantone 165.”

Just why are we doing this, anyway? To go out and drive across the land, and live out of this thing, right? Yeah, that’s the ticket.

03. “500,000 miles, here we come.”

Or we could go out and service the proud retailers of Field Notes? You know, tidying up stacks of memo books and lining up pencils and stuff? Get myself a little suit? Body by Sears Big and Tall.

04. “Field Notes Fleet Rig.”

Drove past Crate & Barrel on the way up from Albany, and thought about those cool bags carried by desperate housewives…

05. “Just say what it is.”

Then we got to feeling patriotic, as we often do, and got out some red and royal blue and went soaring with the eagles…

06. “Bicentennial Beast.”
07. “Houston, we have a drinking problem.”
08. “We’ve got yer back, Mr. President!”

We can always use more color, you know? Just a thought.

09. “More color, please.”

Looking at our roots, we went with our forefather…

10. “Dad Wrap No. 01.”
11. “Dad Wrap No. 02.”
12. “Just make it like my shirt.”

We’re always down with woodgrain.

13. “Good wood.”

Long dog? Long van.

14. “Gary, get in the van!”

Watt called his rig “The Boat.” Schooner sounds good, too. This one is for Jona from the Yacht family of quality brands…

15. “Sailing the open seas.”

And of course, we had to go after the current “energy drink craze” sweeping the nation and killing stomachs linings from motocross tracks to backyard wrestling shindigs…

16. “The snappiest name I could come up with.”

Here’s one last idea for this whole deal…

17. “Jump into the fire.”

But of course, this is where I’ve been leaning since I started this quest…

18. “Just the facts, man.”

…and here’s why: I want to blend in with the produce trucks up the block, you know? Last thing I’d want is to be some target for vandals or a reason to break into. So it’ll either say, “Draplin Design Co.” or “Draplin Plumbing” or “DDC Logistics.”

It’ll say something, and you won’t even notice the thing. And that’s what we’re gunnin’ for.

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DAYWRECKER WARNING: Daily Bungalow. House and home sentimentalists, be careful in this one. Man. Could mess you up pretty bad.

“The War Years and Beyond - The 1940s” and “Historic Exterior Color Schemes for Your Bungalow.”

My Craftsman was built in 1925 and I love it. Good, little house. The story goes you’d buy the kit from DSears, and they’d drop off a number of boxes on your front lawn. If you had the loot, you’d hire someone to build. If not, you’d roll up yer sleeves and get to work. What a thought. Such a different time. I’m lucky to “screw in a lightbulb,” and that shit’s sad as hell. I’m working my way up to “installing coat hooks.”

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MORE NATURE: Imagine punching in at this “nature pod” each day. Pretty incredible. All the way over in Spain.

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FROM FRANCE: This one was sent in by Susan from Coudal Partners. And here you go: An amazing “PTT” logo that’s some kind French Utility or something. And here’s what we had to say to her, “It’s just amazing how something cast in metal can bring something to life in such a “this isn’t going anyhwere, ever” kind of way.” Hell yes. Beautiful.

You just can’t mess with things cast into metal.

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ON THE PLAYER TODAY:

01. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
02. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
03. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

It’s streaming here!

(You rats better buy two copies when it comes out! I sure will be. Wow.)