GK and TK at Fenway

Thanks to the nice people at COMCAST, Garrett and I spent Saturday at the old ball park! Cushy seats and free food...AND I found on street parking for $1.75 in quarters !!! What a day.

PS...The Sox won 8-0 too.

Something to think about. The lesser of two evils perhaps ?

....or maybe a new business opportunity, if someone could figure out how to dispose of these safely and efficiently.

Maybe they should have a deposit on them ? Then you would have an incentive NOT to just toss them in the trash.

"On March 13, Brandy Bridges was installing some of the two dozen CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) bulbs she had purchased in an attempt to save money on her energy bill.

One month later, though, Bridges is paying much more than she had ever expected to."

A cool bracelet for the trendy out there

The Onion's Floyd Landis-inspired Cheat-To-Win lifestyle bracelet is perfect for your deceitful lifestyle.

Beer Bread ? I'm game to give it a try

From a Trusted Co-Worker here at Ethos

Hippy Beer Bread from Fairbanks Alaska

3.5 c of whole wheat flour,
1/4 c of brown/organic sugar
Pinch of salt
Small handful of oats (optional)
1 egg
2 pinches of herb of choice - dill, marjoram, thyme...
1 beer (Guinness Stout works really well)


Put dry ingredients in bowl, make indentation, beat egg in middle and add
beer (stand back and admire foaming action) stir until moist, plop onto a
cookie sheet or greased glass bowl - into a 375 degree oven for an hour.

Makes a dense and delicious breakfast bread - great with butter and spreads!

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.