Office pool

Can you tell i work for an advertising agency ?

Snap!

Shoelace broken
Snapped in two,
Turns my day
From green to blue.

Holding it together
Over time, it gives way
Keep moving forward
Just a bit slower today.

repeat

sorry, the only way that i can get this picture back in my profile is to host it somewhere. after months of painful thought, it donned on me that i could host it myself and then just link back to my own blog.

Bored yet ?

Even with me in it, its a pretty good picture of the Alps.

Garrett's joke

Question:

If you are standing outside the bathroom, are you American ?

Yes

If you are inside the bathroom, are you STILL American ?

Yes

No, European !

EMS - Get Back

looks like EMS is trying to get back to its roots. I like the strategy, because it embraces the brands core truth.

"Which is easier," asks Bradbury, "teaching kids who can fold sweaters how to ice climb, or teaching ice climbers how to fold sweaters?"

The right employees make all the difference in building trust with the customer...and keeping the brand honest and true to itself.

Moving forward

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. - Jim Morrison

Right vs. Righteous

Trying to reach righteousness is more important than trying to be right.

Slant 6 - Bluegrass

i'll be checking out this band next week at our Ethos 1 yr (in our new building) anniversary party

Garrett and Alan Feeding Birds at the Beach

These birds would catch the bread right out of the air ! With their heads in the wind, they were able to just hover over us while we tossed pieces up to them.

Portland marketing guy may get Super Bowl ad aired !

Local creative guy sent in an idea for an ad and if he gets enough votes, they produce the ad and play it on the Super Bowl. pretty good idea/pitch too.

"Look like you're thinking about something"

That was the "creative direction" they gave me when they were taking new pictures for our website. Now i know why i'm better on the other side of the camera !

Reading now - The City of Falling Angels

The Fenice in Venice....falls mainly on the plain. Woops, wrong limerick. Good book so far though. - TK

You can almost hear the wind blowing through the windows...

....or through the engine bay.

Believe it or not, this is considered "close" to being done. Anyone else thnk he should sandbag it one more year, until 2008 to make it an even 20-year project ?

1988- ?

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Why We Worry About The Things We Shouldn't... ...And Ignore The Things We Should.

Some very interesting reading that will make you think.

This says it all:

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to tell the difference. -Amen

Buy Walden stuff here

Pretty cool Christmas party band !

Here’s a quick quiz:

What do Bob Dylan, Jay McShann, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, and the Canadian band The Rockin’ Highliners all have in common?

Answer: Duke Robillard.

This was the band that played at our Christmas Party last night. He definately cooked !

TK

What i'm reading- The Fall of the Year

Excellent storywriting here...even if i did kindof guess where it was headed, i did really enjoy the writing it took to get me there. It's the journey, not the destination, right ?

Snap the Whip - Winslow Homer

Not so Silly anymore

American troops use the Silly String to detect trip wires around bombs.

Mars Hill, ME

Traveled far to say goodbye
Strangers, friends and family try
To remember jokes, jabs and winks
Content to amuse only one.

Cold, gray and damp we trudge together
Far away saws hum and blades spin
through the weather.

A final prank. Where are the keys?
Safe and dry, locked inside.
Men in black will be walking home.
We all smile a little with pride.