January 2011
1 post
Baseball Hall of Fame, you confuse me.
Okay, let me get this straight. Bagwell does not deserve induction because he was a big guy in a time when many players used steroids. Not in the Mitchell Report. No positive tests. Blyleven was an ornery prick who complained every year about being ignored but who was a notorious asshole and who quit on his team and behaved like a child and never dominated and who like Don Sutton, was consistently...
December 2010
1 post
up and running again
by not so popular demand, am going to start this thing going again.
October 2009
1 post
Come for the ideas, stay — and pay — for the...
According to this weeks Advertising Age, agencies charged clients $964 an hour for top creative talent. Seemingly, super inflated billing rates at big ole’ agencies are the last bastion of traditional agency relationships.
September 2009
2 posts
Thanks to Ed Hardy for saving me time.
It used to take me seconds to discover someone was a raving asshole but now, thanks to ed hardy, if I see someone wearing an Audiger tee, I immediately know he/she is an asshole. Thanks again.
i suck at updating this.
will soon.
August 2009
1 post
RIP John Hughes
Was not a huge fan of his later work, but if you aren’t a fan of sixteen candles, breakfast club, ferris, the vacation movies and planes, trains and automobiles, fuck off. He was an underrated writer and no one captured the tone of a generation better. He also understood the power of a soundtrack like few. If you think Garden State was the first movie of it’s kind, punch yourself in...
July 2009
25 posts
Why not a small agency?
I have worked at big agencies, mid sized and small. i really don’t understand the advantages of many client working with large agencies. You are often paying for their overhead and the further an assignment strays from a big agencies core competencies, the more likely they are to simply hire someone like us and mark up the costs.
my review of HBO's Hung
Meh.
How much to tell your kids about things over which...
Economy sucks. Business is down. Kids still ask for things. Constantly. How much do you concern them with?
Training camp opens soon.
Thank the lord.
“Our math teacher raped a girl.”
– This is what the kids on the basketball team told me last night. Why do they know this, do they know what that means. What is this world coming to.
Friends We've Lost: New York Mets
Sorry guys, not watching. Insane VP of players, ineffectual GM, comedian for a manager, though it’s hard to blame him — laugh or you’ll cry. Broke ownership (relatively speaking, anyway).
David Wright may be more talented than Ray Knight, but I’ll take Ray Thanks. Ditto Lenny over Carlos Beltran. For chrissakes, ditto Rafael Santana over Reyes. Madoff $ issues aside, I just...
Best burger.
If you are on the cape, you owe it to yourself to go here.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/brewster-coffee-shop-brewster
Stores.
Oki-ni.com
sevennewyork.com
barneys.com
brownsfashion.com
bigbadtoystore.com
hasbrotoyshop.com
yoox.com
Sneakers.
http://www.willkunkel.com/2009/07/sneakers/
Friends we've lost: Raf Simons
Once known for his hell bent on anarchy and youth designs, razor-sharp tailoring and doing black better than most, Raf Simons has saved me thousands of dollars over his last 3 seasons with poorly constructed stuff that feels like a perpetual cruise collection. Thanks Raf. 1998-2008.
How to make the nearly perfect cup of coffee.
Go to a local starbucks. Ask for an iced grande. wait 20 minutes while the staff acts as if they only do the register. wait 7 more minutes for barista to make several far more complicated drinks first. tell me the coffee you get isn’t the best you’ve ever had. I dare you.
Terrible movie ideas that seem like they should be...
Three’s Company starring Katie Holmes, Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson
Manimal starring Daniel Craig
Seinfeld the movie starring Ray Romano.
Superman Returns Again starring Jack Black
Aquaman starring Andre Grenier
Obi-Wan, the Lost Years, starring Rick Gervais
Designers/Artists/Musicians I like
Saarinen
Rick Owens
Helmut Lang
Raf Simons
Depeche Mode
VNV Nation
Current 93
Francis Bacon
Sites I read/follow/whatever
selectism.com
superfuture.com
styleforum.net
coolhunting.com
adweek.com
creativity-online.com
adrants.com
epicurious.com
foodtv.com
t-nation.com
Sites I like →
being a decent boss/creative director/human
it’s not that hard. respect your staff’s talent, your clients’ expertise and your audience’s intelligence/ not too tough really.
accounts i have worked on.
from what i recall.
xbox.sprint.showtime.adobe.verizon.hallmark.bristolmeyers.adobe.amazon. people. time.virgin.aquaflex.jala.victoriassecret.mgm.wachovia.gm.buick. internationaltruck.dccomics.netbank.libertymutual.washingtonmutual.
I don't get these.
Cosplay
Bike messengers
Golf
Competitive hackey sack, frisbee, etc.
Ethiopian food
Crossfit
Sailing
Skiing
Porting over some recipes from my other blog....
There is nothing more boring than a chicken breast. It is the James Joyce of the food world. This is a recipe that makes it more tolerable.
10-12oz. Chicken breast
1.5 cups of whole peeled tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
1/4 cup roasted red pepper
2 tbspn sugar
2 tbspn salt
1 tbspn black pepper
1 box of ziti
1 cup sour cream
Over medium...
I am a director of the sometimes creative and...
But I direct nonetheless.
Ready to Tumbl.
I am.