March

Spring is taking its time leaving now that winter has finally settled in. Making up for lost time December and January, warm winds are far off and continue to be pushed away by a cold that is deep and raw.

What I'm Reading - Dubliners - James Joyce

Trying my hand at some short stories to prepare for the trip in the spring. I gave up on the London book...

"Dubliners is a collection of vignettes of Dublin life at the end of the 19th Century written, by Joyce’s own admission, for the most part in a style of scrupulous meanness."

Amos Lee - Shout out Loud

Michelle and i saw this guy at a lunch time in studio concert at WCLZ last week. It was very cool to see someone who clearly has natural born talent actually enjoying what he does. No straining and over singing like we are bombarded with on American Idol. Pictures here http://www.989wclz.com/gallery/amoslee-studioz?page=1

Happy Birthday, Dad

U.S.S Essex - 1960

The McCarthy's at Chicky's

Garrett and i saw these guys on Friday night. (at least the first hour anyway). with songs like "Hillbilly Highway" and "Here comes trouble" (which he lovingly dedicated to his brother Alan) we had a real good time !

Mmm...cake.

Bacardi Rum Cake

I might give this recipe a try some time !

How's Ernie ?

Fred J Eaglesmith

it might take a while for the website to load but it is a pretty funny song !

Duck...duck...

Goose ?

Jeez, you throw a few pieces of bread in the water and before you know it, you've got a melee on your hands !

Just read - Cordelia Underwood

This was the first one of the series. Great stories. A girl inherits some land, and maybe hidden treasure, in the wilds of Millinocket around 1900...a train ride and other adventures paint a wonderful picture of Portland and elsewhere at the turn of the century.

Stewart at the VIP shoot

Good thing he's very creative....clearly, wardrobe is not his forte'.

Filming a Winter TV ad at VIP

"So we'd like to get some winter footage to use in a TV campaign next year."

No problem. Sometimes you need to get a little chilly when you are trying to communicate a clients 'core truth'.

Truth was, the guys at VIP spent a good part of the Blizzard in the parking lot putting on new wiper blades, headlight bulbs and tires. Our actors were glad to only have to do it when the direction said 'Action!'

Notice the big blue snow machine next to the truck...for extra dramatic effect.

Food pitching is a bitch

We got some interesting coverage for one of our clients, Rustic Crust...trying (too hard) to tap into the Super Bowl hype.

Any publicity is good publicity, right ?

I may never eat another Snicker's bar again

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.