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Lionel Ritchie + Akon + The Bahamas

17 Mar
Lionel Ritchie and Akon "Just Go"

Check out Lionel Ritchie and Akon’s newst song “Just Go.” They give a nice little shout out to The Bahamas.

Here’s the remix:

Leprechaun Sighting in Mobile, Alabama

17 Mar

The amateur drawing is the greatest! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The Outer Banks: One Deal of a Vacation

16 Mar

Since taking a pay cut, I have scoured the net for a vacation deal that will not break the bank. From Cape May to Cape Fear, I have looked everywhere. And from my research, you get the greatest bank for the buck in OBX.

For example, most 5-bedroom houses cost almost $2000 a week. You can get a 5-bedroom house less than 500 feet to the ocean for $875! With taxes, it’s probably $200 per room, per week. You just can’t beat that. Especially right before Memorial Day.

Plus, the places are much cleaner than I’ve found. Anyway, so if you’re in the same boat. Consider OBX.

OBX Rental CompanyManateeSUV BeachNags Head Pier

Spa Week in DC — Get a massage for 50 buckaroos

16 Mar

Stop acting like an asshole. Get a massage and relax already.

Stop acting like an asshole. Get a massage and relax already.


That’s right. It’s Spa Week in DC (Washington, Virginia, and Maryland). Here’s your chance to get pampered like a god or goddess for $50. With prices normally $110+, this is a nice little treat–if you still have a job and can actually afford things like a lavender infused massage.

Get details on Spa Week in DC here.

Ernie and Cookie Monster Explain Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme

16 Mar

Marvin Gaye Singing The American National Anthem

16 Mar

Growing up, I loved listening to Marvin Gaye. There was something really amazing about his music. I had never heard him singing the National Anthem, so hearing this is really quite something. It takes me back. And it makes me proud as hell. I wish this dude was still alive.

Chik-Fil-A opens in Gainesville, VA

13 Mar

Times are hard. Free food for a year? Now, that’s something worth sleeping in a parking lot for. Especially when it’s Chik-Fil-A. I wish I had known when it opened. I probably would have done the same thing. See some more photos the Washington Post took here.

Chik-Fil-A in Gainesville, VA

Chik-Fil-A in Gainesville, VA

Tell someone they have gonorrhea with an e-Card

21 Oct

You just found out you have gonorrhea. Shit! After you come to terms with the fact that you’re a STD breeding ground, you need to tell all of your old partners the news. What?! Imagine calling an ex-flame and telling them you have gonorrhea.

Well thanks to inSPOT.org, you can tell them in that special sort of way–with an e-Card. And best of all, you can tell them anonomously. This site has been up and running since 2004, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of them. So far, over 50,000 e-Cards have been sent.

To send an e-CARD, click here to visit the inSPOT.org site.

Finding talented digital creatives in Washington, DC

20 Oct

Come out. Come out wherever you are.

If you’re a interactive copywriter, interactive art director, interactive creative director, programmer, developer, interactive designer, widget maker, information architect, digital designer, digital strategist, or just plain passionate about all things interactive, tell me this: would you ever consider working in Washington? If so, talk to me.

Free Tunes? Free Songs? Free MP3s?

9 Jun

You got it.

I’m helping to spread the love. So if you’re looking for some free tunes, then you have to check out Jimmyr.com

This dude indexed google and created a search function that finds every MP3 song on the web. Brilliant!

AKQA Lars Bastholm

9 Jun

Every person who works in advertising should watch this.

It’s long and it was filmed a year ago. Even so, it’s still a fantastic interview with AKQA’s LarsBastholm.

Now that people are spending more time online, how come agencies don’t allocate their budgets more to interactive? Why do agencies spend $1,000,000 producing a television commercial and just $100,000 on a microsite? If the commercial is supposed to drive traffic online, shouldn’t the budget be distributed better?

Some ad people embrace interactive. Others, not so much. It’s these others that concern me. Today, users are shaping our culture and affecting what we do as advertisers. Users are smart, creative, friendly, interesting, funny, talkative, and powerful. To not embrace the medium is to turn your back on users. And when you do that, you might as well call it a day.

This is a great example of telling a story to drive people to the web.

Motorola Says Goodbye to Hong Kong

6 Jun

What a cool idea. It’s simple and smart.