last night, our agency was awarded 2 Manny honors:

-Most Feared (to pitch against)

-Most Admired

not too shabby to hear on an early friday morning....

i had a meeting with ew, cd and tg and they looked like they took part in a lot of celebrating.

A favorite pastime of many households is to bash pharmaceutical companies (especially households with drug-dependant members.) I have family ties to an advertising agency in NYC, and more often than not, debates arise about social issues like soaring health care costs, and the cost of drugs in general. But there are many other reasons, some seemingly sane, and some just plain uninformed. The problem I've faced with my thoughts about these companies is a general lack of "real" information that I can trust as unbiased.

2004 was the year of the Livestrong bracelets. 2005 brought upon the "We all have AIDS" t-shirts. Which "causal" fad will sweep this nation under god in 2006? I've got a couple of ideas:

1. The "we are homeless" outfit- In honor of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and anyone else whose home was taken away from them by tornadoes, hurricanes, or loch ness monster attacks. This fad will only last for a short period of time when people begin to realize this fad already happened in 2001 when Mugatu unveiled "DERELICTE."

The author of a recent New York Times article titled: Why Stars Name Babies Moxie, Moses and Apple asserts that stars named their children weird crap because they are the new aristocrats of American society. These neuvo-royalty need to name their children Apple, Moses, etc.. because they feel that since they themselves are special, their children's names should be special as well. Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) has named his child Moxie CrimeFighter[sic] and Gwyneth Paltrow's parent's named her Gwyneth, then she in turn named her daughter Apple. But the fun doesn't stop there! Did you know that Gwyneth's Apple wasn't the first Apple? Director Peter Farrelly did it first! So not to be outdown, Mrs. Paltrow named her other kid MOSES! Friggin MOSES! (It would be cool if she actually named her kid "Friggin' Moses," but no such luck.) Children are not pets. Sure they behave and need care like pets do, but eventually they are going to grow up, and be old enough to say: "WHY THE FUCK IS MY NAME MOSES!" What are you going to do then? Sorry Dave, here's some Bullshit for you, Penn Jillette wrote:

It smacks of sarcasm. It's ripe with wit. It is my bible. My holy gospel. My code. It's exactly the kind of Sunday-read any good man needs. I'm nominating it for a pulitzer. Hell, I'm tempted to call up Penguin Books and have it reincarnated into an "instant classic," alongside Oliver Twist and Pride & Prejudice. Yes, the tome I am referring to is none other than the Word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

i snagged this from a bulletin my friend, melody, posted on myspace and thought it was quite clever. i have to admit that i am an US Weekly junkie--it gets me through my workouts and doesn't require a lot of thought. however, any opportunity to poke fun at celebrities and the magazines that celebrate them is good in my book. so here goes:

I would just like to send out a warm congratulations to the Brothers Johnson on the recent addition to their family, thier neice Emma, born Friday night!  I wish little Emma the best of luck growing up with two seriously absurd uncles... luckily Sam still has her feet on the ground.. but I rest assured knowing that, regardless of the fact that the Brothers Johnson are nutjobs, I know they will continue to be superb uncles, with unconditional love for their neices accompanied by genuine advice and later on, an endless supply of booze... 

Tis finally time for it to stop snowing, the booze to start flowing, and skin to start showing. Ahh yes, spring is upon us and it couldn't come at a different time (mainly because time is a fixed measurement and cannot be altered without warping space fabric, but I digress).