So there is this party next week in San Francisco where The Red Pencils Cycling Team (formed by yours truly) are hosting a screening of Lemonade the movie.All of the fundraising goes to support The Red Pencils in our efforts to raise $75,000 to ride in the 2010 AIDS Lifecycle in June.
It will definitely be a party to not be missed and if you are in the SF area you should come. Not only will it be a kick ass party, it will also be a good place for Bay …

I read this article on my commute today where AC/DC’s Brian Johnson did a little ripping on Bono and his public displays of charity. After seeing U2 for the first time this summer I could not agree more with him. I think I actually blogged about how it felt like I was witnessing a cult meeting. Give it a quick read. What does it have to do with advertising? Maybe not a lot but, I learned a new word that can be thrown around. Mythomaniac; a person who wishes to …

Earlier today, I honestly believe I had lost faith in all human kind. Then I rediscovered this guy I went to high school with way back when. He is now in Yemen directing a program to help people physically disabled due to mines, nutrition or congenital deformities. And it all came back. (Thank you Facebook.)
He keeps a blog where he documents his life in this isolated country and how eye-opening the experience has been. I was really impressed that a young guy, who I’d say, has lived a pretty sheltered …

This week my friend Shawn and I released that we were forming a team of advertising folk to ride in the 2010 AIDS lifecycle. It is a 545 mile ride from San Francisco to LA in June. The proceeds benefit people living with AIDS & HIV. Here is more info on what we are doing below in our official release:

JOIN US TODAY IN OUR FIGHT!
Red Pencils is organizing an Advertising Bike Team for the AIDS Life CycleEvent. AIDS Life Cycle is a 7 Day bike ride starting in San Francisco …

The other day I was enjoying some sort of bottled sugary beverage – I honestly don’t remember what kind, and I really don’t want to call attention to them. Why not? Well, the beverage company was running some sort of promotion where they pledged a certain amount of money per bottle sold to a charity. However, in order to get them to pay up, you had to go to the company’s website, register and enter some sort of code.
I find that gross. Don’t plaster this charitable cause all over the …

I’m guessing every dude has had a brief flirtation with the mustache. If for whatever reason you find yourself needing to go from a beard to clean-shaven, you are failing if you don’t trim out a proper cop-stache and run around the house giggling at every reflective surface. My generation, (and a fair amount of the general population), is currently fascinated with the mustache.
It makes sense. For a long time the mustache has been considered facial hair appropriate for lame old people and tragically ironic young people. But everything lame …