Since sometime during my teenage years I’ve been haunted by a recurring nightmare…. In my nightmare I wake to realize that a large number of years have passed, and my life is exactly the same as it was decades earlier. To me, living a boring, predictable life is the worst thing one can possibly do. And yet, so many people do it, year after year… wading along through a stream of lifestyle mediocrity. When I’m old & ready to die, I’m sure I’ll have many regrets. I already have many …

Each year, the VCU Brandcenter holds a training session for Creative Directors. Attendance costs a few thousand dollars, but ihaveanidea.org did you a solid this year and filmed a number of the sessions. You’d be wise to spend some time listening to each of them.
http://ihaveanidea.org/articles/
- Jared Davis

How long before Steven Slater is on his own reality show? is the host of SNL? is in an ad?
A beer company really should jump on this. What two beers did Steven take with him?
Budlight of course! That is how I envision it. At least that is how I shot it (it was the only beer we could find in the office), to make the attached.
Keep your beers upright
- Lindsay Stevens

Yes, advertising makes people want to buy things they don’t particularly need.They REALLY want to buy these things. But what happens when the mall is closed?

- Julissa Ortiz

We’ve all given Comic Sans a hard time the last couple years but finally its breaking its silence and letting us know exactly how it feels.

“Listen up. I know the shit you’ve been saying behind my back. You think I’m stupid. You think I’m immature. You think I’m a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I’m Comic Sans, and I’m the best thing to happen to typography since Johannes fucking Gutenberg.
You don’t like that your coworker used me on that note about stealing her yogurt …

Now let me tell you, words are powerful. They can make the most indifferent of women fall in love. If you’re in doubt, take a look at this letter and tell me you aren’t in love.  (Click the pic to go to the site)
- Julissa Ortiz

For all of you creative rock stars out there, here is a link for a quiz to see if you
really are on top of your shit and knowing about the biz…Or at least knowing the
names of the super.cool indie bands you listen to everyday.
(Click pic to go to the site)

- Philipe Diao

I signed up for a magazine subscription just to get the commemorative sombrero. I thought about giving it to my little nephew but he already has two. Plus, this one just so happens to have a Microsoft logo on it, which is why I was so adamant on keeping it. I did see a similar one at a yard sale in front of an old folks home. It was sitting next to an autographed George Foreman Grill. I ended up buying the grill instead, just so I can sell it …

I bought bootleg tickets to a Tony Robbins seminar. But instead of getting Tony Robbins, I got Tony Mecelli. His seminar, “Nobody’s the Boss of Me.” Which was awesome because Danny Pintauro made an appearance. I don’t know how someone gets into the business of selling bootleg tickets to self-help seminars but it seems to be a lucrative endeavor. An old lady on the street was selling them along with a plethora of baked goodies. I couldn’t resist, they reminded me of fajitas my grandpa used to make. That was …

Someone needs to bring back the after school special. Maybe do one about how not to do our taxes or eat out of the garbage. Those are always touchy subjects for single parents in upscale communities. I never really knew the travesties of rich folk until I started renting a timeshare with Hootie. He had an addiction to Berrylicious flavored juice boxes. He also liked serenading women with his “tender crisp bacon cheddar ranch” song. Which always made me hungry for a Filet-O-Fish. But I don’t know if it was …