I’m a chubby dude. I’m not rotund by any means, but I’m a little more ‘Jolly Old St. Nick’ than I am ‘teen werewolf heartthrob.’ With my first kid on the way, I’ve decided to get in shape. From what I’ve heard, having a kid can really whipe you out, so it’s best I get this underway before he comes.
Brilliant Thoughts From Other People
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”
I’m stuck in the Phoenix airport with D. Mnky and this quote from Kurt Vonnegut comes to mind.
Art & Commerce
This advertising campaign from Levis has been following me around for the last few weeks. Produced by Wieden + Kennedy, the nostalgic Americana advertising campaign is entering it’s second year. The campaign grew to include a segment focused on Braddock Pennsylvania. Braddock is the kind of middle American town that has suffered greatly in the current economic climate, but also struggled greatly with the post industrial turn of the American economy since the mid 80s. The campaign has caused quite the uproar in both the ad and social justice communities. It seems they both hate it, but for different reasons.
