Groovy/fn

But certainly not on my list...

What we missed...

Pics of the new BrandCenter:

http://vcu.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36502565&id=10703357

December Wrap-up

Hello.
Since I have completely exhausted my small and feral group of friends in S.F. with how much I dig No Country for Old Men- I have decided to extend it to you.
I imagine that most of you have had the pleasure of seeing this movie (and hopefully Juno as well), and that you would be first to rise up and agree that it is one of the masterpieces of our time; if you haven't seen it please consider it a holiday request from me.

On a related note, by my estimate I have read between 20-30 books this year (still working out my favorite), and bought oodles of music (Dan Deacon best show, Midlake most repeatedly listenable band), visited a slew of airports (Charlotte #1/Austin #2), and generally been a bombastic consumer of pop culture (cardigans are the new sweater). So, by corollary, most of you have done the same.

So spill them beans. What's the best?

Oh-I really like this picture.

virtual haircut

This is pretty awesome. You have to be wearing headphones for it to work. It's called holophonic sound. Simply put, "It's really just stereo, but it exploits your brain's ability to figure out the direction and distance of sound."

I recommend the virtual haircut and the matchbox one. Oh, and close your eyes.

here.

Oh ya....

Happy (late) Birthday Mr. Rothermel!

Big Ass Brass Band

So, Barrie was married this past weekend.
There was lots of gumbo and jazzy dancing.
Lots of hugs and Abita.
A few cakes and a trip to the oldest bar in New Orleans.
Danielli's mom.
A sunrise spied on Bourbon Street.
And some crappy pictures taken with my camera phone.
This is my favorite.
The reception 'officially' finished.
The band opened the doors to the hall.
Everyone had a sparkler.
Don and Barrie hopped in the back of a horse drawn carriage.
And we danced and walked and drank and sang.

Future Feed Forward

-a compliment to McSweeney's and the Onion
clever.

Delicious Data

Wondering which city has the most people walking to work? It's West Point, NY.
Or which counties have the highest percentage of residence that had a sunburn in the past 12 months? Top three are all in Utah.
Find this and tons of other "Top 101 Cities" data:

http://www.city-data.com/top2/toplists2.html


Next, plug in your ZIP code, and you'll get census-derived stats, from occupations and income, to education levels and divorce rates.
You can compare up to 20 ZIPs, letting you feel smug about your area's demographic superiority.

http://zipskinny.com/

Darkon

I'm like two nerd shades shy of finding a new hobby.

is it Christmas yet?

http://www.isitchristmas.com/

This is November.

Happy Late B-Day Kumar

What do we think?

Coolest Flickr aggregator yet

I'm the mother flippin'
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/tiltviewer/app/

Even better than babies in costume!

This will NOT disappoint.
Gino the Ginny

Today's theme is babies for some reason?

Wes Andersony Goodness

Clouds are Medicine.

http://cloudcollecting.com/trailer.html

i like it

Ok. This is straight from Ward's hometown newspaper.

Happy Birthday Krissie!!

A quick run through my old pics...

Don't you EVER forget your happy place. Especially when you begin to navigate married life.

And I'll ask one more time: what the hell was Tom laughing at?

Planner Help-Honda

Does anyone remember when Russel Davies presented on the Honda Power of Dreams book? Do you know if the book is published? Where I can find it?
Your help would be most appreciated
Thanks
-Kerry

welcome to canton

If anyone ever wants to visit, my house is 4 blocks from The Square and Exit10 (where I work) is about 5. Thank you , NYTimes (Cold Yuengling, Fresh Oysters), for showing the side of Baltimore I know. Only thing missing is my fav bar, The Pickled Parrot, but that's just off the square. FYI, I'll never be a Ravens fan... go Eagles.

Adblocker Plus

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/the-morality-of-blocking-ads/index.html?ex=1347076800&en=b247f211cedcdf17&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Good Golly Goodness

The best thing I've seen in 2007

http://www.glassandahalffull.com/

Have a good three-day.

Speechless.

Wig? Check. Dress/shirt? Check. Large hobo bag? Check.

Pants?.....

Holy geez.

"Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here."

The New Segway?

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070827/UPDATE/708270396/1001/BIZ

Europe/Fashion/Consumerism/Aesthetic

-Corriette Schoenaerts

Heavy Fine

McUSA

It was delicious!

bathrooms can be really confusing.

And that's why people need a little instruction.

potty signs

raqibgetsavisa.blogspot.com

The past couple of posts are from the blog I'm trying to keep updated while I'm in India taking care of visa stuff. Though you guys would like to see some random shots!

Let me know if you guys want anything from the motherland! (Brandon's already put in his request for a camel... I think he's a little confused about India vs. Saudi Arabia).

Ali & Friends

I don't know where the phrase "street urchin" came from... but I met Ali while we were waiting at the butcher. He wanted to see how the camera worked so I took a couple of pictures of him and then next thing I knew he had me taking a bunch of shots of him and his friends.

While leaving the he turns to me and in the most business-like tone says "Get these pictures to me by tomorrow, ok?". I doubt I'll be able to find Ali but maybe he'll stumble across these pictures online.

Random Pics 2

Random Pics

a nice break

Most of these pictures don't seem like they could be real. And each one has an amazing ability to make your mind wander and ultimately make up stories of their past.
I recommend looking at all of the different themes. They're eerily beautiful and fascinating.
Click right here

Designer Manifesto

Icon Magazine has published the manifesto's of 50 famous (I imagine, although have no idea) designers. The image is by Yves Behar.
Link: http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk/issues/050/manifestos/index.html

Some of my favorite pieces:
he essence of British landscape architecture was to reshape nature according to fashion and taste; the cult of the cultivar, the art of the artefact... ! Landscape was the domain of dandies, hermits and poets. The 20th century produced landscapes of little or no interest. The specific became general, the norm became the rule, landscape turned into environment. A delicate green tissue turned into a monstrous green blanket...

Landscape architecture should once again become a source of aesthetic experimentation.


AND

Design makes things seem special, and who wants normal if they can have special? And that’s the problem.

What has grown naturally and unselfconsciously over the years cannot easily be replaced. Not that old things shouldn’t be replaced or that new things are bad, just that things that are designed to attract attention are usually unsatisfactory. There are better ways to design than putting a big effort into making something look special. Special is generally less useful than normal, and less rewarding in the long term. Special things demand attention for the wrong reasons, interrupting potentially good atmosphere with an awkward presence. Preserve Normal, resist Special!

AND

Everybody who is honest is interesting

AND

We believe that “content” is something you do – not something you are given by a person in a black T-shirt.

"Ghostbuster lunch box dick treasure chest"

todays lesson, brought to you by BEES!

This is really quite useless, but of course I think it's competely fascinating. (oh how I love useless factoids.)
Some scientist out there decided to render images of flowers to represent how insects actually see them via UV light.

NY is full or super heroes

Maybe not heroes, but definitely super.
Yesterday, I was forwarded this site. And while many of you may not actually live in NY, you should still be able to enjoy the mainstream appreciation of the weirdness that exists here.

Check out this site.the most powerful man in the universe

And by the way. My very own DM spotted He-Man at Union Square today and has sent in his photo. Hopefully he will be posting soon. I'm so proud.

Freedom

After much consideration I have decided to spread my wings. I gave notice to Franklin Street that I am going to be exploring other opportunities. But I'm really just going to take a few months off. If anyone knows anyone or hears of any positions in DC, say around October, please shoot me an email at glenn224@hotmail.com.

Dammit, I wish I still had my RV! I could be truckin.

Hope to see you all soon.

Chocolate Rain

I think I've shown many of you this. But for those of you who haven't seen it, enjoy its awesomeness.

Quests

Sounds like your friend is on a quest:

I think you're all fucked in the head. We're ten hours from the fucking fun park, and you wanna bail out! Well, I'll tell you something, this is no longer a vacation . . . it's a quest! It's a quest for fun! I'm gonna have fun, and you're gonna have fun! We're all gonna have so much fucking fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our Goddamn smiles! You'll be whistling Zip-a-dee-doo-da out of your assholes! I've got to be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose! Praise Marty Moose!

I say good luck. If she wants a shot out in SF, lemme know.

a shot in the dark, maybe.

Hey guys! I'm wondering - does anybody in NYC know if there are spots for undergraduate interns in their creative department? I don't know how agencies work usually re:undergrad interns. Here is a snippet from the email I got from my friend Anna Kate:

My friend and co-intern, Matt Koulermos (mattkoulermos.com) and I are on the look out for an internship for the academic year. Any suggestions? I know most agencies (including Naked, probably) do not do an official Fall intern program. But we're happy to work for free (free! = academic credit) and we come as a team (AD and CW, once or twice a week - we're thinking Fridays). So, basically, we want to offer our youthful, trendy insights (and wear great shoes) to some awesome ad shop, weekly. For free. Did I mention that we want to work for free?

You'll notice that Matt there has a website up already --- I've set my personal deadline to catch up to 1998 and get my website up next week. Until then, my selling point is the working-for-free thing. And I fetch a mean Starbucks latte.

I met Anna Kate through my blog and have hung out with her a couple of times; she has so much enthusiasm and hunger to learn and create things. She's really wonderful... I can't speak for her friend because I don't know him, but she would be an excellent (UNPAID!) addition to any New York shop. All she wants right now is to learn and get different perspectives. She's a copywriting intern at McCann right now - she got the position over some rising portfolio-school-kids. Let me know if we can help Anna Kate!

Hope everyone is well. Favorite part of the summer? (:

Disney Launching 2 Colognes For Pre-Teen Latin Boys

Does anyone think that 4 years old is too young to wear cologne?
Article starts out like this:

Smells Like Profit: Disney Eyes Pre-Teen Fragrance Market

NEW YORK -- Forget the smell of sweat, grass and dirt. Disney Consumer Products wants young boys smelling their best. Disney is rolling out Pirates of the Caribbean- and Buzz Lightyear-branded fragrances targeting boys ages 4-11 in Latin communities. The products, which will retail between $9.95 and $19.95, will reach retail shelves by September in time for the holiday season. "Our strategy is to go after the Hispanic population in the U.S," said Johanna Mooney, director of food, health and beauty at Disney Consumer Products, Burbank, Calif. "The market is driven by gift-giving, so we will target moms and grandmothers—the primary gift-givers." ..."I think it's a fabulous idea by Disney," she said. "The products will sell well. U.S. males are slower to get into the men's fragrance arena than European, Latin and South American men. There is an untapped market with huge potential here." - Rochelle Bloom, president of the Fragrance Foundation, New York.

Read the article here.

I can barely contain myself.

I'm taking the day off next Friday for the opening (I'm not kidding) if anyone wants to join me here in New York.

Well, we get a bunch of summer Fridays to take off, so I'm not really taking the day "off," just using one of my days...

(just thought some clarification was in order, I mean, I'm not completely stupid.)

But now that I think about it, a movie of this magnitude does kind of warrant a day off. Think about it...

Here's a funny thing spotted in this great city.

Yahoo for Friday!

The world's tallest man shakes hands with the man hoping to be officially declared the shortest by the Guinness Book of Records.

Meathead

link

Chris Farley lives.

For some reason i can't get a title in here. Anyway, Flight of the Chonchords. Ya'll dig? I'm still undecided but I'm thinking yay.

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