April 2012
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rebranding exercise
My client who is in the medical devices industry recently hired a “marketing specialist” to help them with their brand image. The client loved the first concept the firm pitched which rebranded them as “The THC Company”. THC is an acronym for their best-selling product.
I tried to stifle my giggles during the pitch and tried to politely tell them that maybe they should...
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my 8am meeting for tomorrow just cancelled
opening that next bottle of wine is sounding better and better.
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Training wheels are off!
Little Doodle just got the hang of riding her bike! She only feels comfortable turning to the right at this point, but we’re all so excited.
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What's your heroic title? →
baffledinbrooklyn:
accol:
alethea293:
runeybadger:
section9:
glitterbubbles:
theewhitetiger:
acciohedwig:
Avalon, The Magical Engineer.
Kevin, The Dwarven Rage. (I’m thoroughly impressed it knew I was short…)
glitterbubbles, The Celestial Food-Seller.
jules, The Blessed Pirate.
julia, The Pragmatic Sorcerer.
I’d rather be a celestial pirate sorcerer? xoxoxoxo
“Will, The...
2 meetings cancelled for today. woo hoo! bad news is i still have one that i have to leave the house for, so i can’t escape pants altogether.
“I promise you, the president has a big stick.”
– Joe Biden, on attacking Mitt Romney’s foreign policy plans. (via theatlantic)
That’s what he said.
(via inothernews)
What ingredients does it take to make you? →
palmtreepalmtree:
jennhoney:
runeybadger:
jennhoney is made of chocolate, crepes, and attention. With a dash of Muppets.
Jennifer is made of Jazz, cherries, and Order. With a dash of fanfiction.
jennifery is made of sapphires, Trance, and rainbows. With a dash of cuddles.
palmtreepalmtree is made of Rock, Funk, and ocean. With a dash of GAME OVER.
Accurate.
sallydoodle is made of...
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does anything bad happen to you if you eat A LOT of pomegranate seeds?
“A quarter of all [Stanford] undergraduates and more than fifty per cent of...”
– Is Stanford Too Close to Silicon Valley? : The New Yorker (via caterpillarcowboy)
reblogging for later. very curious to see what they have to say.
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palmtreepalmtree totally just saved my ass (from being seen) on a conference call.
[she suggested a while back that i put a post-it over my web cam. so smart]
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For the Winos:
womaninterrupted:
section9:
6’1”, slight build but not skinny, 5 o’clock shadow, suit and tie, very nice haircut.
I’m just going to go ahead and mentally add kilt to this ensemble. Nobody gets hurt and it just makes it so much better, okay?
See, i was going with a chef coat, since it’s james beard and all.
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Earthquake!
earthquake!
kottke.org: Design is a Job →
jkottke:
Out today: Mike Monteiro’s Design is a Job. The book is an important reminder that how effective you are as a designer depends on many things aside from what you can do in Photoshop or InDesign. You need to build a stable environment for yourself (and your employees) to do your best work: you need to get clients, know how to talk to them, set up a stable and sustainable business,...
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vacation all i ever wanted
vacation was great, especially after i killed my cold with salt water and booze.
since i’m sitting here daydreaming about it instead of tackling the mountain of work that has piled up in my absence, I’ll share some of the highlights:
drank an entire (big) bottle of wine on the flight over (it’s ok - it was wednesday)
saw a whale, a humongous sea turtle, and a few manta...
Lost.
caterpillarcowboy:
Robin’s cable modem died. We’re at such a loss of what to do. Pay attention to each other?
The kid just got invited to an impromptu sleepover so the hubs and I are having this same dilemma. We’ve been tossing around all these great ideas when in reality we are probably going to get mexican food, beer, and fall asleep on the couch.
“Don’t go. I’ll eat you up; I love you so.”
– Where the Wild Things Are (via somberlily)
I see this and all I can think of is Christopher Walken.
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tanned, rested, and most definitely not ready.
i’m back. what’s shakin?
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If Casey Wilson is sitting across from you, do you try to start a conversation?
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Planet Earth screening outside in Manhattan
jkottke:
Rooftop Films is screening the first episode of Planet Earth (the Attenborough-narrated version) outside along the East River this Saturday, followed by the premiere of The Making of Planet Earth. Check here for times, location, etc.
What a fantastic idea!
My kid just got comfortable diving. The look of pure joy on her face is the best thing ever.
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Current status
I may only have had two hours of sleep last night and it may take a box of mucinex to get me through this flight but I made it. I made it on to the plane and it’s vacation time, for the most part. I was running too late to stop at the airport bar so for the love of god get this hunk of metal into the air and start the beverage service pretty please.
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i had a very bizarre cold-med-fever-induced dream...
texnessa, section9, and i were at some kind of dinner theater thingy with anthony bourdain. the food was excellent but when the show started bourdain just would not shut up. not that we minded.
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