Welcome to Earth, Millie Lou

Hello All,

I am officially an aunt. 

Miller Louise Chopski was born February 13th. 

I hope you are all doing well and prospering and all that jazz.

Minnesota

BFFs

Congrats, jwb. Give Danny a squeeze for all of us.

Frozen Tundra

Well Hello,
It recently came to my attention that San Francisco, for most of the year, is just too agreeable. It's making me hippy soft. Not good. So, I climbed out of my joyfully static state and jumped ship to Fallon. Where it is (-) degrees much of the year; tough. It also is the same city and building that houses Daniel Burke; near impossible. I imagine this will make me a better person, or at least grant me super powers.

You may be reading this and asking yourself- so how does this benefit me? Fair enough. If you live in NYC, I will now be forced to visit your vile concrete slab once or so a month. I will invariably buy you some drinks or trinkets. Boon to you. For the rest of you with the good sense not to live in Satans' Whale Eye, you now have a adviser to steer you successfully through such thorny topics as- Why do people ice fish? Isn't Prince from Minnesota? What is it like to live so close to North Dakota (does it even exist?), and other hot-wire topics of the day.

So, I think we can all agree this is the best thing for us. Well done. I knew we could do this.


P.S.
Oh, and about the blog belonging to me- that's just silly- but YOU posting every now and again would be ice dragons.

This blog owned by Brandau

until further notice.

Portfolio Night 6

Watch Boyko promote Portofolio Night on this link:

http://portfolionight.com/aroundtheworld/

Glory Days

The only reason Danny wasn't in this photo is because he was rushing to the hospital with a broken finger.

Orange slices, Gerard's knee injury, and the ladies with 40's.

The best packaging in the world

Recruiting

http://signmeupstan.com

Can't let Mike have all the fun...

It's a nice place with really nice people. It's a new arena for me, interactive that is, but as the world turns more to the web I think it's a good skill to master.

For the time being, I'll be running the PhRMA and Georgetown U. accounts. So, if anyone needs to know the next time Montel will be on the Partnership for Prescriptions RV let me know...I just can't seem to get away from those RV's.

Miss you all and hope to see everyone soon!

Happy B-Day Little Spoon

It appears that our resident (used to be) bearded deadbeat has dodged the sickle for another year. He's, like, the only 40 year old I know that has abs.


Class it up.

Carrier?

Are you a carrier today?

Can't wait to wear a shirt, in San Francisco, that features a biohazard logo and proclaims me as a 'carrier'. I'm sure that will elicit exactly the wrong response.

Can't wait to see if they put the logo on bomber jackets.

Can't wait...

It's official

Most of you have probably already seen this, but...

Today's Adage has an article announcing the new VCU Brandcenter.

http://adage.com/article?article_id=123007

Happy Birthday Bones!

I still remember the first day of Adcenter when everyone had to go around the room and introduce themselves. And you said, my name is Alison Bonner NOT Boner. And that is when I thought to myself, I want to be that girls friend. And then you said that you went to Virginia Tech, and I said, nevermind.

I hope that you have a FABULOUS birthday. I miss you roomie - please move back to the proper coast away from those hippies immediately.

Howdy

Tom sent this to me. He is using it in some sort of deck- for what I don't know. He refuses to post it. He also owes me dollars. Over 100 of them. Deadbeat.

http://www.yhchang.com/DAKOTA.html

We thought it was a Bukowski poem. Turns out, its Ezra Pound.

Boyd thinks that the breakneck pace of bits is the artists attempt to convey chaos, which is integral to the feel of the piece.

I just really really (two times) like it.

If you do too- check out a few of his others. Deadbeat really likes "the end".

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!