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And they all laughed when I put wheels on a couch. Instant...

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:30:07 -0500

And they all laughed when I put wheels on a couch. Instant outdoor living room, folks. NOW WHO’S LAUGHING?

Me and @gradynoonen playing Baba O’Riley in my basement...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:08:48 -0500

Me and @gradynoonen playing Baba O’Riley in my basement yesterday over lunch. Captured by the horrible mic on my phone. You can’t really hear it in this recording, but Grady is a friggin’ DRUM MONSTER.

Better

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:54:22 -0500

Me: “So what would you call an Arnold Palmer with vodka in it?”

@adamseitz: “Better.”

Hurricane Earl

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:54:00 -0500

…needs you to follow him down to the Dairy Queen and jump-start his truck.
…just pissed all over your toilet seat and tried to blame it on the dog.
…could use a couple of bucks, just until Thursday.
…sent bestiality porn to your work email.
…suggests that we kill them all and let god sort them out.
…has had it up to here with the liberal media conspiracy.

People Who Just Made The List

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:08:55 -0500

The woman at the next table who used the word “celebs” without any trace of sarcasm.
All people over 15 who are still struggling with you’re/your.
The agency responsible for Quiznos ads.
Guy Fieri

eoporto said: I bet you’re having fun placing icons.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:18:31 -0500

eoporto said: I bet you’re having fun placing icons.

I’m using this photo as my new desktop...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:54:31 -0500

I’m using this photo as my new desktop image.

partypeoplekc:

The gravity in the bar shifted, only Candee was prepared.

How Good This BBQ Sauce Is

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:03:35 -0500

It’s so good that Pitchfork gave it an unprecedented 9.9.
If the last drop of this sauce landed on Hitler’s butt, I’d lick it off.
This sauce dated Pamela Anderson, back when that meant something.
This sauce would eat itself if it weren’t for the metaphysical ramifications.

Stock Responses to Common Greetings

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:25:09 -0500

“What’s up?”

The slow, grinding monotony of a life wasted in perpetual mediocrity. What’s up with you?
Woah. Settle down, Jack Bauer. You want to let me finish my coffee before you start this interrogation?
I can’t feel my toes. I CAN’T FEEL MY TOES!
What? Do you not follow me on Twitter?

FTW! 3rdmartini: The level 70 Ass Mage launches a surprise...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:03:13 -0500

FTW!

3rdmartini:

The level 70 Ass Mage launches a surprise attack.

Sween is a line dancing novice.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:38:09 -0500

Sween is a line dancing novice.

What I've Decided This Week

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:05:21 -0500

I waited 15 hours on a freezing Kansas sidewalk to get tickets to Smashing Pumpkins’ farewell show. That means Smashing Pumpkins NO LONGER EXISTS.
Attractive people: They’re up to something.
Alcohol makes people’s opinions louder and more important.
The religion I identify with most is Cynicism.
The people I enjoy most are the ones with the complete inability to self-censor.

…they start by eating a human body from the feet up.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:07:51 -0500

…they start by eating a human body from the feet up.

"Post" Music Genres Explained

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:05:00 -0500

Post-Rock - A rock band that uses reverb to hide their inability to play instruments.
Post-Industrial - A band that has an eleven-word name.
Post-Metal - A metal band whose members met at marching band camp.
Post-Punk - A band that tries to pass Sonic Youth covers as original material.
Post-New Wave - A band that can not logically exist.

Because the game wasn’t offensive enough, I added a...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:30:23 -0500

Because the game wasn’t offensive enough, I added a chomping Sarah Palin who munches the poor Anchor Babies.

So give it a play. Do it for America!

(And now I really need to get actual work done.)

It IS a trap, Sween! LaDawn snuck into your house and is posing...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:36:37 -0500

It IS a trap, Sween! LaDawn snuck into your house and is posing as your wife! Again!

My friend Scott mentioned that this Anchor Baby concept would...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:07:41 -0500

My friend Scott mentioned that this Anchor Baby concept would make for a good Flash game. So that’s how I spent my night!

Save America’s freedom by clicking on dangerous anchor babies that are trying to cross the border! Play it now!

“They came from Mexico to keep your boats in place.”

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:59:49 -0500

“They came from Mexico to keep your boats in place.”

It Happened Again

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:11:04 -0500

Do you ever have really brilliant project ideas in your dreams? For me, they usually happen in that 30 minute accidental nap that happens after I shut off my alarm. I’m usually just aware enough to think, “Wow, I need to write this down as soon as I wake up.”

That happened to me this morning and here’s all I could remember:

Zach Galifianakis saying randomly chosen words.

You’re going to have to trust me that this was a brilliantly hilarious idea before I woke up and forgot the details. It was all about how certain random words became really funny when read in a particular order…by Zach Galifianakis.

Jeremy does not give a fuck about advertising and for the most...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:20:18 -0500

Jeremy does not give a fuck about advertising and for the most part, I have to agree with him.

If you’ve been near me after dark at The Foundry, you’ve probably heard a less succinct and more angry telling of the ideas Jeremy is sharing here. For me, “advertising” has become a catch-all term for a lot of trends and buzzwords for which I have an extreme distaste. But a weird contradiction keeps nagging at my brain: I still kinda dig my ad agency job.

What other industry would pay me to develop a game where a twinkie plays basketball or run a Facebook page for a talking puppy? More importantly, what other industry is a virtual Mecca for insanely funny and brilliant people who also like doing the same type of projects?

To put this in Ice-T parlance, I don’t hate the playas, I hate the game.

An advertising agency is a crazy place to be if you’re an interactive type. Few people understand what we do and we’re often asked to simply bolt interactive executions onto traditional campaigns. None of us are here because we love advertising, we’re here because we love producing amazing things for the internet. Oh, and the web dev place with the polo shirts and TPS reports wouldn’t hire us.

The most rewarding projects I’ve been a part of have all had one common characteristic: The cognitive gap between advertising and web development was recognized and leveraged. Your web guy does not care about brand essence or key indicators or consumer profiles. Your account exec does not care about web standards, design patterns or emerging technologies. But they both have the same goal: Create awesome, effective work.

The people who shoot and edit agency’s TV spots aren’t in it for advertising, they like shooting and editing video. The same could be said about the audio production folks and the print shop people. We web folk aren’t much different. We want to concept, design and code and leave the “key consumer insights” to the CMOs and MBAs.