So I finally got my gas-masked mug into AgencySpy last week! Not exactly the ideal circumstances to be mentioned on AgencySpy, but at least it’s not because of being fired from some high-profile post, or being anonymously called-out by co-workers for being an insufferable douchebag…
This weekend was beautiful. The air was breathable, the temperatures comfortable, and Muscovites seemed to be flocking out into the streets again. On Friday night I saw a solo performance by Alexander Hacke (of Einsteurzende Neubauten) at a very cool little bar/café called Ikra- It was …

The one thing that I’ve become certain of since arriving in Moscow is this: nothing of any weight (psychic or otherwise) that happens here will do so without an equally baffling 180-degree reaction. It’s as if the best & the worst of nature and humanity are in some bizarre eternal battle with each other inside the city. So it’s actually NOT ironic at all that I would have written last week’s post about the ‘beauty of humanity’ at the Afisha picnic, and now, exactly 1 week later, the entire city …

I saw a side of Moscow that I loved this weekend. After a few weeks filled with drunken racists, bumbling, thuggy policemen, outrageous prices, horrible air quality, record breaking heat, and crazy working hours, I had my most enjoyable experience in Moscow so far, Saturday at the Afisha picnic. Afisha is a local magazine that’s like Moscow’s version of ‘Time Out’ or a free weekly magazine. They do this huge ‘picnic’ every year, and supposedly it’s always a big deal. I went with a few friends from work, and apart …

I’ve just finished up my third full week here in Moscow, and I’ve already witnessed more insane shit in approximately 21 days here than in a year of living in Detroit. Just a few things I’ve seen so far include a shop underneath one Metro station where you can buy automatic weapons- I saw an AK-47, some Uzi’s, a mini rocket launcher (at least that’s what it looked like)… a cash-and-carry insurgent one-stop shop! They should do a radio spot: “Need to overthrow a country whose name ends in stan?….”
There’s …

A little over a month ago I accepted a senior copywriter position at BBDO Moscow. Reactions ranged from “you’re crazy if you go there” to “wow, what a cool opportunity!” I arrived last Friday, and in my first week here, I haven’t even scratched the surface of the city. Honestly, this whole process of moving myself (and my cat) was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, and I’m still FAR from getting “settled in” by any stretch of the imagination.
My first impressions of Moscow? It’s HARD. That’s …

This was the place I had dreamed about from my land-locked room in Omaha Nebraska, many years ago. I knew that someday I would finally see the Ocean. I’d walk out onto the sand and face an infinite, crystal blue abyss right before my eyes. And now here I was, white sand in-between my toes. Pensacola Beach. Staring down at the fine powder as I wiggled my digits back & forth, watching the grains disappear as if my feet were some sort of moving hourglass.
There was no one else on …

This week’s post is a ‘Re-Tweet’ of sorts… I read this article written by Lance Freeman yesterday, and it’s powerful stuff. Although I haven’t been to Australia or New Zealand, I have lived, worked, and traveled all over Europe, Canada & Asia, and he’s got it pretty much right on….

Americans, I have some bad news for you:
You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada …

I’m going to pick on India, but I don’t want you to just think I’m a racist and then miss how this applies to all clients – it just tends to be an especially big problem with travel advertising.
This ad is everything Americans hate about India. We all know that you were a British colony and that English is one of your many national languages, but that doesn’t make it any easier for our Western ears to understand what you’re saying. So when you create an ad asking people to …

So I’m working from home today because Dallas got a record amount of snow yesterday. We usually only get snow and/or ice about once a year so everyone freaks out and likes to have a little fun with it. My good buddy Dave and a couple of his co-workers wrote a little message in the snow for people in our high rise to enjoy. It inspired everyone that I work with to make a message and an event of our own.

Can We Go Home Yet?

SNO BALL FITE
THXGVG SQU
@4 PM
I think …

The New Orleans Saints are going to the Super Bowl. Yep, THOSE Saints. The team whose fans previously donned paper bags over their heads to hide the shame associated with being a Saints fan. The team lovingly coined “The Aints.”  One of only 5 teams to NEVER reach the big game. And most importantly, the team that belongs to the city that was nearly destroyed by the biggest governmental FUCK UP in American history… “Heck of a job, Brownie!!!!”
So yesterday the Superdome- the dome that echoed screams of pain, horror, …