Talking Shrimp
copywriting. jumbo style.
If you have a website, there are a bunch of tools you can use to check the visitor stats – how many people have visited today, how that compares to other days, how many are visiting right this second, etc. I use one called Woopra. It should just be called Stats Crack, because, as you […]
KEEP READINGIt’s sucky enough when summer ends. But here’s what’s suckier… When the one really hateful thing about summer (besides sweat and showing my feet) sticks around: Mosquitoes. I mean, WTF?
KEEP READINGI snapped this photo on my vacation last week in a wonderful, charming fishing village on the southern coast of France. No, actually, I was in Vegas. I spent two nights there for a work project. This quaint town square is really an exit corridor of a giant mall called Miracle Mile.
KEEP READINGHappy Halloween! Or, if you’re reading this tomorrow, Happy Day After Halloween. For me, it’s happy for three reasons: Happy Halloween reason 1: No sixth avenue. I’m safely inside for the evening and have no reason to cross sixth avenue. The biggest mistake if you live in my neighborhood is to make plans that involve […]
KEEP READINGSometimes, instead of wading through the whole Times to find the good stuff, I check the “most popular” page online. Popularity is important to me. I don’t have patience for unpopular articles. But I don’t have patience for some of the popular ones, either. What’s the deal with this piece from last week that everyone […]
KEEP READINGHere are a few of the spots I wrote for the launch of Conan’s new show on TBS. They’re part of the “Missing You” campaign, by Stun Creative. Stun had the concept – people missing Conan, with the John Waite song – and asked me to come up with several scenarios. What do you think?
KEEP READINGI’m probably the last person to discover this DIY movie website, but I just came across it today and had to try it. Made this movie in 10 minutes, but I hope it will make an impact on millions of lives. My next movie will have better camera moves. UPDATE: Just changed the title of […]
KEEP READINGI decided I don’t have enough charm. Relax, I’m not fishing for compliments. I’m aware that people like me. But you know those types who can talk people into things they’re not supposed to do?
KEEP READINGI went to the Giants game on Sunday. I’ve never been to a football game before this one, except the rinky dink ones in college, and I don’t really understand football. I kind of get what’s going on when they show it on the TV show Friday Night Lights, because the commentary is so explicit. […]
KEEP READINGI have a not-so-original objection to musicals, which is that it’s hard to buy the idea of ordinary people bursting into spontaneous song. Or, spontaneous with the help of an awkward segue. It’s always something like, “Hmm…how shall I put this? Let me try to explain…” (CUE MUSIC).
KEEP READINGIn my last post, I wrote about a dorky hat I wore in 6th grade, and its special water-carrying properties. I thought it was pretty cool that if a bunch of us were stranded at a campground, I could save the whole gang from dehydration by trekking to a lake or spring and hauling back […]
KEEP READINGFor kids and other people in school, Labor Day Weekend is like New Year’s. It’s a time of reinvention, when you start over with a clean slate, and make all kinds of outlandish promises about the “new you.”
KEEP READINGLast Sunday’s Mad Men (best episode ever, maybe) had a scene in Benihana, where Don Draper notices his date using chopsticks and asks, with a raised eyebrow, “you know how to use those?” What? Suave Don Draper can’t use chopsticks? He’s not easy to impress, so you know using chopsticks then must have been a […]
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