Dear Future Me:

Its like PostSecret, but notes that you send to your future self.

futureme.org

i've been licking my screen all morning

this test REALLY works. it WILL NOT work unless you put your tongue on the screen.

"We've been licking our screen all afternoon and still can't figure out the insane new technologies behind the Barbarian Group's latest addition to the Milwaukee's Best Light microgames site. All we know is the T Scan 2000 Biometric Taste Analyzer knows us better than we know ourselves. Simply place your tongue on the screen and click the box to scan the science stuff in your mouth. It'll let you know if you have a man's taste and dispense the prescription: a cold beer. If it doesn't work the first time, fiddle with the settings a bit to adjust the Zone Recursivity or Moisture Threshold. If you've got a tough time keeping your tongue on the screen and finding the button to click, call a friend over. And for heavens sakes wipe the monitor before he or she has a turn."

UPDATE: With a collective group of people. we finally figured it out but still a good joke to play on friends.

mikekarnj (3:02:30 PM): its triggered for timed responses
mikekarnj (3:02:43 PM): bc if u cheat and dont put your tongue down, you tap scan
mikekarnj (3:02:50 PM): when u put your tongue on, you hold it down
mikekarnj (3:02:59 PM): so if you hold it down, it works every time after the first time
mikekarnj (3:03:04 PM): bc the first time, everyone cheats

seriously?

http://wkstudio.typepad.com/studio/2007/04/rock_steady_cre.html

color me jealous. now that's a party.

Big Wheel Keep On Turning

San Francisco pretty much just kicks ass. After my Adult Easter Egg hunt a bunch of us walked the two blocks to the always tourist trappy Lombard Street where the 7th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel event was to take place. It's a bunch of silly ass adults wearing crazy costumes who bomb down the crazy crooked road. That's it. It isn't sanctioned. It stops up all traffic for about an hour (they do three runs) and is pretty insane- they get those little wheels rolling. The one cop that was there pretty much just asked people to move out of the way of the Trolley.
Here is a link to a rather long video of the event.
http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/04/09/big_wheel_keep_on_turning.php

I had trouble getting my hands on a big wheel (they were understandably scarce in the week preceding). Just a WTF or maybe Why The Hell Not kind of thing that makes living here always interesting.

Riddle

Brain stumper.
Who's been in more random movies than Luis Guzman?
Major roles do not count.



I'll send the winner beads from New Orleans.

End of the Week

Has anyone seen the Chapelle lost episodes? They are 'hilarious like Nick Cannon', funny.
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/index.jhtml

Meet Zeus Jones.
http://www.zeusjones.com/

Quote of the Week.
'My answer is get out my car'
(Bet you can't guess what show that is from)


Song of the Week.
(This video is actually good)

What's your favourite cover song?

I've been listening to a lot of covers lately and would like to know what your favourite cover song is.

According to the Rolling Stone, the best cover songs are:

* Jimi Hendrix: Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”
* Johnny Cash: Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”
* The White Stripes: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”
* The Fugees: Lori Lieberman’s “Killing Me Softly”
* Eric Clapton: Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff”

Here is one with Ben Folds doing Such Great Heights


And Mat Weddle doing an acoustic version of Hey Ya.

yes or no? yay or nay?

a little bird (named danny burke) heard that they were changing the name of adcenter...to the "brandcenter"...um, yeah, gross.

true or not true? what have you guys heard? what do you guys think?

Ok, so ideas trump polish.

Maybe this is systemic of my total abhorrence for presentation flourishes, especially those that are created in anything over three minutes, in anything ending in note or point (how topical!), but this is a really sweet example of an idea done simply, and done well.

http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/

It's for a new book. Done by the author (probably?). No, I haven't read it.

Powerpoint Sucks

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/03/1175366240499.html


Anna Patty Education Editor
April 4, 2007

If you have ever wondered why your eyes start glazing over as you read those dot points on the screen, as the same words are being spoken, take heart in knowing there is a scientific explanation.

It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you in the written and spoken form at the same time.

The Australian researchers who made the findings may have pronounced the death of the PowerPoint presentation.

They have also challenged popular teaching methods, suggesting that teachers should focus more on giving students the answers, instead of asking them to solve problems on their own.

Pioneered at the University of NSW, the research shows the human brain processes and retains more information if it is digested in either its verbal or written form, but not both at the same time.

It also questions the wisdom of centuries-old habits, such as reading along with Bible passages, at the same time they are being read aloud in church. More of the passages would be understood and retained, the researchers suggest, if heard or read separately.

The findings show there are limits on the brain's capacity to process and retain information in short-term memory.

John Sweller, from the university's faculty of education, developed the "cognitive load theory".

"The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It should be ditched."

"It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented."

The findings that challenge common teaching methods suggest that instead of asking students to solve problems on their own, teachers helped students more if they presented already solved problems.

"Looking at an already solved problem reduces the working memory load and allows you to learn. It means the next time you come across a problem like that, you have a better chance at solving it," Professor Sweller said.

The working memory was only effective in juggling two or three tasks at the same time, retaining them for a few seconds. When too many mental tasks were taken on some things were forgotten.

he has my eyes!

he has my eyes!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

Saturday morning was very joyous for me - I bought a bicycle! It was from a guy named Carlos, at an East Village flea market. He is from Puerto Rico and I warmed to him immediately. Anyway, the bike is a boy, and I named him Tony. We bonded all day in McCarren Park and other parts o Williamsburg and Greenpoint. I'm excited for more of this bicycle weather. Who in NYC has one too? Tony needs friends.

Happy Friday

Eric Boyd and I have named him Herman.
He is totally bizarre looking and yet fascinating.

The future

This one is longish, but worth it I promise.

A few times a year I stumble across something that changes my perception of community and social networks, and a few other times I discover some art form or movement that compels me to talk about it incessantly. Yesterday I found something that is both.
http://www.wefeelfine.org/
This is the latest iteration of social amalgamation on the web. It was just unveiled out of beta at the TED conference last week. The idea behind sites like this, and others like www.moodviews.com, and offline works that are displayed online like http://postsecret.blogspot.com/, is that there has to be a way to show, on a mass scale, how people are feeling. With the explosion of blogs and the leaps of technology Spiders have made in the past few years, it is now totally possible to troll for specific keywords on a global scale.

Wefeelfine.org would be cool if that was all it did. The interface alone is fun, and if you play with the key on the lower left hand side of the window when you run the applet, you can find tons of info to spark your imagination, but it is the gallery that truly offers something amazing:

http://www.wefeelfine.org/gallery/index.php

I say amazing because what you are seeing is completely honest and unflinching. It is without a conscious author. The site simply crawls blog pages for sentences that have the words "i feel" and places them against the closest picture available. It doesn't take into account flow, or structure, it just cuts and overlays.
Some of the art that comes out of this is, well, go see for yourself.

There is a broader message here, a beginning of something that has to do with web identity, and humanity as art, and I think that this is going to convalesce in new and striking ways- that inspire everything from universal communication to design to the squashing of racism and xenophobia. Maybe I'm stretching a little here, but I don't see how this movement won't rise to fundamentally change the individual viewpoint.

Time to Celebrate

OK, since we are in advertising and since I KNOW you would want to be reminded...... today is my birthday! And as it is my birthday, I want to say to all of you that my life is unbelievably great a) because I got it together enough to have three great kids, b) I had the amazing experience of working with all of you ... plus about 85 more of you from other years and c) because I made the decision to design my life and move my ass to California. What a great idea that was! Anyway, blessings to all of you and I hope you all come here to see me tonight with a cake... cheap airfares right now don't cha know. Don't bother with candles - they don't make cakes big enough to put them all on....

GAH.

It's really fucking hard to concentrate when it's so gorgeous outside. Half of the office is doing work on our fire escape.

hey you crazy kids

take this survey.
it's about being a planner and your personal situation.
it tallies all of the answers and then sends them out to everybody.
in the end we will hopefully see the places that suck, the places that totally rule and the places that are only good for paying for your chipotle.

here's the link to the survey
and then here's the link to receive the results

i know y'all have 3 minutes of time, or else you wouldn't even be spending time here.

congrats to my true love!

I would like to be the first to congratulate sweet sweet Danielli about her brand new job.
She will be going to Carmichael Lynch and I'm so happy for her.
I love you homz.

Cheer up, Barrie. It's not that bad.

Happy berfday Barrie!! Isn't it awesome to be closer to 30 than 20? It could be worse. You could be as old as Tom.

I miss you. Can one of you NYC peeps go buy Barrie some iced animal crackers for me please?

happy birthday, barrie!

to my lover and partner in crime. oh, and my other baby's mama. hope your day is fab. love you!

Tell me that's not Kumar with 2 hands up!

Before I got into advertising...

I used to be an actor.

Featured in classic hits such as Hook, Moesha and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. Now you can say you know someone famous.

Rufio, Rufio, RUFFIIOOOOOOOO!

Friday Fun

Bored at work? Here's some entertaining shit for yo' ass!

Bonner - Did W+K have any play in putting this together? Rakim is back, watch out!



Kevin and I are the top free agents of the season. Check it out here

And Arnold!

Nike Plus

Felix R/GA made the coolest website for Nike Plus. I have wasted about thirty minutes "interacting" with it. Does anyone want to race? They have this cool feature for challenges.

tom's ex girlfriend.

tom's ex girlfriend

So, you think you have game...

I know I sent some of you the info for our NCAA pool. If you would like to join just send in the filled out bracket and moolah to 9307 Cherokee Rd., Richmond, VA 23235.

I sent it to Fenske, Just, Coughter and few students. This could get pretty big so join in.

And Kevin...VT is NOT going all the waaaayyyyyy!

2007 NCAA Basketball Championship
Gentleman’s Pool

The rules are as stated:
1. All brackets turned in by 9pm 3/14/2007
2. If within Richmond, all $5 donations are to be received in-hand by 9pm 3/14/2007
3. If outside Richmond, we will honor your entry as long as your donation is post dated by 3/14/2007. Call for address.
4. Can play as many brackets as you like as long as a donation accompanies each one.

Scoring:
1. First round correct choices are allotted 1pt.
2. Second round correct choices are allotted 2 pts.
3. First round regional correct choices are allotted 3 pts.
4. Second round regional correct choices are allotted 4 pts.
5. Semifinal correct choices are allotted 5 pts.
6. National Championship correct choice is allotted 6 pts.
7. Final scores from both teams will be added together in National Championship for a final tiebreaker number. The winner with the most points and number closest to the final combination will be chosen the winner, with other two finalists following same regulations.

Winner:
1. First Place-70%
2. Second Place-20%
3. Third Place-10%

Judging;
In order to be biased, there will be two judges, Glenn and Jesse.
Glenn (202) 321-8925, glenn224@hotmail.com
Jesse (804) 514-4905, jrandall6127@hotmail.com

Go here to download the bracket.

http://www.madduxsports.com/2005-march-madness-bracket.html

Friends with benefits

I still can't figure out if this is a good or bad idea. Saw ad/link for this when I logged out of myspace a couple of minutes ago.

http://www.myspace.com/friendswithbenefits

Mindstickers?

I don't know why this campaign ever went away...

300

I'm really jazzed about seeing 300 this weekend, and i've read a couple movie reviews. This one is hands down my favorite review so far:



"I just saw a movie that’ll give your eyes boners, make your balls scream and make you poop DVD copies of THE TRANSPORTER. It’s called 300. I don’t know what the title has to do with the movie, but they could’ve called it KITTENS MAKING CANDLES and it’d still rule.

It’s about these 300 Greek dudes who stomp the sugar-coated shit out of like a million other dudes. I have a feeling that a lot of high school sports coaches are going to show this film to their teams before they play. Also, gay dudes and divorced women are going to use screen captures for computer wallpaper.

The movie takes place about a million years ago, and it’s sort of like a prequel to SIN CITY. Except way less guns and cars but twice as much skull splitting. If you watch this movie and go into a Taco Bell, and say to the cashier, “I need some extra sauce packets” guess what? You’re getting twenty sauce packets because your face will punch him in the brain.

I can’t spoil the plot because THANK GOD THERE ISN’T ONE. Just ass kicking that kicks ass that, while said ass is getting kicked, is kicking yet more ass that’s hitting someone’s balls with a hammer made of ice but the ice is frozen whiskey.

TWO COOL THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE AND ONE THING I DIDN’T LIKE:

COOL THING ONE:
HEAVY METAL DURING BATTLE SCENES

Who gives a shit if the music isn’t historically correct? LORD OF THE RINGS could’ve used some Journey. This movie has that chu-CHUNG kind of metal that you hear in your head when your shift supervisor at Wetzel’s Pretzel is telling you that you’ll have to stay for clean up and you wish you had a sock filled with quarters in your hand.

COOL THING TWO:
FOES, MINI-BOSSES AND A BIG BOSS

Basically, the Greek dudes are fighting these Persian dudes, but the director, who must have a dick made of three machine guns, does it all like a video game. The Greeks fight every death metal video from the last ten years. There’s wave after wave of giants, freaks, ninjas, mutants, wizards, and a hunchback who looks like he’s got Rosie O’Donnell on his back.

Would I have been happy if Dom DeLuise from HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I had shown up? Maybe, but this movie more than makes up for that glaring oversight.

NOT SO GOOD THING:
DUDE NUDITY (“DUDE-ITY”)

These are Greek times, when there were a lot of naked women around. And there are some naked women in this film, but almost every naked woman scene has a muscular dude giving the screen an ass picnic. Dude-ity is something directors put in their movies so people will think they’re serious, I guess, and not just throwing in naked hotties.

Any directors reading this – IT’S OKAY TO JUST THROW IN NAKED HOTTIES.

Can’t someone make a movie about naked Amazons and call it PAUSE BUTTON?

My final analysis is 300 the most ass-ruling movie I’ve seen this year, and will probably be the King of 2007 unless someone makes a movie where a pair of sentient boobs fights a werewolf."

The Medici Effect...

I found out about this from a city magazine in Baltimore called The Urbanite. The magazine is doing something called The Urbanite Project, which is based on the book "The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures," by Frans Johansson.
An excerpt from the project reads:

Let me ask you a question. What is the connection between termites and architecture? Shoe designers and car engineers? Lollipops and sea urchins? Or butterflies and mobile phones?

The connections may not be too obvious at first, but each of those combinations represents a remarkable innovation, and an incredible idea. Those who find such unique connections (almost all of us) and dare to pursue them (a lot fewer of us than should be) are the ones who are breaking new ground. Those people who can step into an intersection of different fields or cultures are those who will change the world.

It may seem quite counterintuitive at first—but the fact is that you have the best chance of breaking new ground if you combine what you know today with ideas or concepts from other fields or cultures.

If you guys find this interesting, there's more about the Urbanite Project (involving the writer of HBO's The Wire) at: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?sectionID=4&articleID=625&IssueID=46, and Frans Johansson's blog is: http://themedicieffect.typepad.com/.

More graphs

http://indexed.blogspot.com

Love Chart

Blades of Glory

Is anyone else excited about this movie? I saw a trailer for it over the weekend.


The Story:
"When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (John Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing, no-holds barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they've found a loophole that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate together - in pairs' figure skating."

sweet.

have you ever gotten the theme to fraggle rock stuck in your head and can't get it out?

Uma (wonder if that's her real name?)

So they're filming some movie in our office today through the weekend called Accidental Husband, or something?

But sweet sweet Uma Thurman's gonna be coming in tomorrow, not sure if she's playing an ad person or something?

Anyway, i hear she has a thing for planners...

Got a case of the Mondays?

yea, me neither.

"milton....what's happening?"

Two up, two down - VA!!

Welcome to my hood. MTV's My Block: Virginia

http://www.2dayshiphop.com/2dayshiphop/2007/02/mtv_my_block_vi.html

ultimate emo map

for those of us who were in boyko's international branding class (the remedial kids), here's an ad that puts our maps to shame.

NOLA

http://www.adrants.com/2007/02/new-orleans-tells-chicago-its-the-windier.php

Cool.

Check out the rest here.

I'm driving 1,061 miles on Monday. Please call me. The longest I've ever been in a car was six hours. If you have Verizon, it won't count against your minutes. Any ideas on where I should stop on my way from VA to NOLA?

And I really like this band. The album is excellent.

PSFK NY

Anyone else going? Tickets are half-priced right now.



PSFK Conference New York
Tuesday, Mar 6, 2007 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
New York, NY

“Planting Seeds”

Mike Byrne of Anomaly
Scott Campbell
Kacy Coll of Naked
Wendy Dembo
Josh Deutsch of Downtown Records (tbc)
Jill Fehrenbacher of Inhabitat
Doug Jaeger of TheHappyCorp
John Lee & Jiae Kim of Theme Magazine
Floyd Hayes of Cunning
Grant McCracken
Sascha Lewis of Flavorpill
George Murphy of Fitch
George Parker
Peter Rojas of Engadget
David Rosenberg of JWT
Lauren Rosenwald
Elizabeth Spiers of Dead Horse Media
Ken Rother of Treehugger
Kevin Slavin of AreaCode
Scott Witt of Droga5
Simon Sinek of Sinek Partners
Steve Hardwick of StawberryFrog
Rony Zibara of Fahrenheit 212

My teacher Lao Tzu

"Evolved individuals know that people who are not intuitivecan be dangerous to work with, since they are guided solely by the present appearance of things that are, in reality, changing. Evolved individuals seek out others who have intuition and vision -- a form of intelligence that comes from cultivating their own instinct, observing the direction of change, and apprehending changing ideas."

This said 2,500 years ago in the Tao Te Ching written by Lao Tzu.

Awesome!

Black History Month

In the spirit of Black History Month, here is your random education of the day.

I sent an email a long time ago about the Lean With It, Rock With it dance so you guys knew about it before it got big. You feel special? There's a new dance coming out of Harlem. This is old news but I've been out of the country for a couple of months.

Here's some Harlem history for you. A couple of years ago, they came out with the Harlem Shake. Preview the clip before if you don't know what it is.



And now they have the Chicken Noodle Soup dance. Laugh all you want but this dance is hot fire. You can see the harlem shakin, and crumpin influences in how they dance now. Fascinating to see how it evolves over the years.





And for those of you out, out the loop. Here's the new hot song coming out of NYC.

classic Mike.

Mike [picks up phone]: ...hello?
Me [wondering why he hasn't visited Naked yet]: hey it's Johanna
Mike: Oh hey what's up!
Me: Where are you?
Mike: I gotta go, I'm actually going to miss a flight.

Also inspired by Mr. Goodbody... I don't know why

inspired by the mr. goodbody post

I went to see the Body Worlds exhibit over the weekend. It is bodies and body parts preserved through plastination (something to do with plastics). The exhibit isn't really gross because the bodies are in strange poses: soccer goalie making a save with one hand and holding all his internal organs in the other, a man riding a horse holding his brain out as an offering, a runner with his muscles peeling off behind him, and the Winged Man- his arm muscles were peeled back so they looked like wings- who was sporting a fedora.

It's a traveling exhibit and I know it was in New York recently. Look for exposed goodbodies in a city near you.

Sorry, Dana and Raqib...

Your idea is already in use. Just saw this on TV the other day and had to put it up:)
http://www.brainwash.com/index.swf

From CitySearch: Brain Wash Cafe and Laundromat Editorial Review – by Erika Stalder
In Short
"Calling this place a laundromat is like reducing Yerba Buena to a grassy knoll. No one frequents Brainwash simply to do laundry. The adjoining street-side cafe serves burgers, salads and beer while hosting hip-hop groups, comedy nights and salacious people-watching. The entertainment schedule rivals that of most DJ bars, without cover charge, bouncer attitude or inflated drink prices. During open-mic nights, patrons pack in for standing-room-only capacity."

Monday Night

I'll be in NYC on Monday night and I'm organizing a night out for everyone to hang out and grab some drinks. Haven't seen some of you guys in a long time! Haven't reserved anything but looking to meet at Hiro Ballroom at 10 PM which is on 363 W 16th Street. Thanks Felix for finding the spot.

http://www.themaritimehotel.com/hiroBallroom.html

I'll have a temporary cell phone number, 804.484.5471 and I'll be flying in from London around 7 PM that night. Yes, I know, I'm crazy.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!! And forward this to whoever as I probably left some people out.

Mr.Slim Goodbody

It's Official... sorta.

So I quit my job on Tuesday - I'd had it. That was it - couldn't do it anymore. I had nothing lined up, so it felt like the biggest risk ever, but very liberating. Within hours of my 2-week notice being given, I was on the phone with someone I'd interviewed with back in May, who was starting an agency a few blocks from my house. The guys running it have great experreince - Chiat, the local agency 'Eisner,' and a few other big agencies - one of the guys had even started a local agency "Underground" that was eventually bought out by Eisner. When I interviewed back in May, it was really premature to go there - they didn't need juniors, so the guy I interviewed with told me about the agency I'm at now, because they're winning a lot of business and his wife works there.
So after hating my job for six months, I quit. And started talking to my contact again. Between Wednesday and Thursday of this week, I had two interviews over 4 beers, and ended last night's interview with a job offer! (I accepted and now have case of permagrin.)
I am absolutely giddy! The most exciting thing is that the Agency themselves are in need of direction, so I can't wait to help mold things - instead of doing estimates and being yelled at all day:)

Thank you guys for all your support. You remind me that I can do it!!
http://www.exit10advertising.com
- alexis

Thursday

Wednesday.

And You Were Bitchin about Blue Ocean

On February 5 this came to me in an email from Daily Candy. It is nowhere near as sophisticated and interesting as what you all developed for Carmike, but nonetheless someone has taken the plunge!

Outer Space

You love hosting movie night. But when you have more guests than inches on your TV screen, you’re asking for serious suspension of disbelief.

Take two at The Entertaining Space — a home theater showroom-cum-party boite built to fulfill your wildest media fantasies. Super Bowl shindig with flat-screen-equipped bathrooms? Osetra and champers for the Oscars? John Hughes retrospective with an endless sushi spread? Dream no more.

An in-house event manager ensures everything runs smoothly from caterer to curtain call for groups of four to 40. The props? Sleek, uncluttered interiors; plush chenille sofas; and techie delights like Cinewide, DigiBeta, 135-inch anamorphic widescreen image, and reference quality audio. Pretty in Pink never looked so good.

And now, for the grand finale: No picking popcorn out of your couch cushions the morning after.

Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

Check it out at http://www.entertainingspaces.com/

This is the third thing that I have run across in the past few weeks that Adcenter planners created in our classes... you guys are so freakin good it is scary!!!

Could You Be Mine? Would You Be Mine?

This is a clip of Mr. Rogers in front of Committee in 1969, lobbying for money to keep the show (which he wrote, acted out, and produced by the way) going on PBS. It expresses a passion and clarity of vision that is inspiring and powerful.

Going going, Back Back to...

So, here it is. My last day at Naked Communications. I'm coming back to the good ol' USofA.

Let's meet up.

2/04 (Barcelona and Prague)
2/12 (NYC)
2/14 (Columbia, Missouri)
2/22 (Richmond, Virginia)
2/24 (Yorktown and Virginia Beach, Virginia)
3/1 (New Orleans)
3/5 (NYC)

Monday, February 12th you New Yorkers should come out for drinks in LES/East Village. Anyone want to pick a place, say around 8/9 PM?

Glenn - I expect to hear "Glenn, Glenn, Glenn" down Cary Street on the 22nd and 23rd.

And, I'm serious about a reunion. Any suggestions for a city or a date? I will organize it if we can agree on those two things. Maybe the APG conference in San Diego?

a proper picture of the birthday girl (with her canasian roomie)

happy birthday miss key! i miss you so much. make tom buy you a burrito, a beer and a carton of VFT. hope your day is fantastic...love you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY KATE KATHERINE KATIE KATE KEY

I don't have a picture of Kate, so instead, here's a picture of these dudes.

The new subservient chicken?

Apparently, Thompson and Calvert just created the new subservient chicken viral website of 2007..

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=114562

Thompson's Idea Stolen!!

Just saw this on AdRants...

Hottie-Covered Bed Linens the Next Best Thing

While we're not going to get all descriptive about what guys do alone in bed, we are going to marvel at how wonderful it might be to have bed linens like the ones here created by Duval Guillaume Antwerp for their client Che Magazine. On those lonely nights when you just can't get the real thing, a nice, soft set of sheets and pillows emblazoned with your dream hottie just might help you fall asleep more easily. And yes, we hope that's all you'll be doing with the sheets.

Creative Media Planners Unite!

a portrait a day, keeps the boredom away.

a photographer decided to take a portrait a day.
there's something really nice about staring at portraits and making up stories about the subjects.
personally, i like the guy surrounded by fake ducks.

you guys should check it out.

http://www.365portraits.com/index.php

Susan Hurley on Tod@y Show

Jordan recorded it...poorly...but he also made a 3 ft tall head.

Tallinn, Estonia

Last summer in Thailand, I was reading a Maxim and came across an article titled, "Top 10 cities for Booze, Adventure and Girls" which was a very interesting read. At the top of the list at number one was Tallinn in Estonia. So, of course this city was on my list of places to check out. And it was amazing.

It's referred to as the "Las Vegas of the Baltics" and I can see how it got its nickname. Went to Club Prive on Saturday night and I've never seen so many beautiful women in my entire life. Cally took a picture and got her camera taken away. Apparently, you aren't allowed to take any pictures at all in the club. But, here's the one picture we got to take!

Tallinn is where Skype originated from and I think it's also where they are HQ'd. It snowed the entire time we were there, I think it was -4 the whole time. Def wasn't tourist season as the city center was pretty dead but still a great time. Highly recommend it to anyone and it's as close as you can get to Russia without going to Russia.

a small trip

nook @ Lift, Richmond VA
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

I just spent the weekend in Richmond. Here is a photo from Lift - don't remember this place ever being this cute when we still lived there! I would have spent hours and weekends in this little nook, working on briefs. The new Business /Engineering building at Cary /Main /Belvidere is really going up quickly. geez. Richmond has come a long way since 2000.

I miss rice that's sticky...

Just thought I'd post these great pics of a great place with a great gong and some tots.





Also, a friend that is very much my sanity at work, gave me this today. You may have seen it already, but I thought I'd pass it along just for some piece of mind:)