Bowling for Freaks
So I'm sitting here on Virgin America, 35,000 feet up in the sky, posting to my blog.The experience can only be described as... groovy.If you've flown Virgin, you'll know what I mean. This is my first flight on Virgin (insert Virgin "virgin" joke here). The service is impeccable, the amenities top-notch, even in coach (or the "main cabin" as the airlines like to call it).And yet, spoiled little shit that I am, 15 minutes ago I was sitting here getting all tweaky because the interactive screen that plays the movies and music and games and TV, and lets me order food and drinks and chat with other passengers wa

My Early Alzheimers
I can sometimes be absent-minded.My wife keeps mentioning early Alzheimer's. Maybe that's so, because much like someone with Alzheimer's, I can't remember what I ate for dinner yesterday, but I have no problem at all remembering small details from nine or ten years ago.Which is why, when I saw this spot, I thought "RockyMortonFoxSportsNet". (I really thought it like that... one long word with no spaces.)But the spot was not directed by Rocky Morton, and it is not for Fox Sports Net. This one was......and so was this one.The first spot, for the Game

Creepier than creepy
This is the creepiest commercial I have seen in a long time, which is appropriate, because it's about the creepiest subject I can imagine.I first viewed this on the company reel of Absolute Post. On DVD the detail is incredible and this posting comes nowhere near doing it justice.... the texture of the skin, the veins, the hair, even a mole or two... this disgusting cock/snake/tentacle looks absolutely real.It's only missing a glans and a urethra, and that probably only because even in Germany the line about what is suitable for broadcast must be drawn somewhere.

Scent of a Hobo (or Minnie Mouse and the Astronaut)
At 4:52 this morning I sat down to watch Sunday's episode of Mad Men.I'm not a masochist. I don't enjoy rising at 5AM.Well that's not entirely true. I leap straight out of bed at 5AM when I'm going to catch the 6:35 American flight from JFK to LAX.But it ain't the 6:35 to Los Angeles that gets me out of bed these days. No, I crawl out of bed between 5 and 6 every morning because that's when my daughter wakes up. And since you can't explain to a 15 month old that Daddy really needs another couple of hours of solid sack time, when she's up, I'm up.While the rest of the house is sleeping, while ther

You Can Make Movies!
Here's a charming little video about the vendor/client relationship. I came across this gem while perusing the Denver Egotist. If you're not familiar with the Denver Egotist, you should check it out. It's a great blog about advertising in general, and the Denver ad joint specifically.Anyway, at the end of the video it says "if you can type, you can make movies. Xtranormal.com"I can type, so I went to Xtranormal.com to check it out. Here's a little something I rustled up first time out of the box.