tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35296992009-07-14T20:03:12.467-07:00A true Hollywood story, except, well, without car chases or plastic surgery.<br> Now with bonus material: parenting.Jeffersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515731081474270032noreply@blogger.comBlogger502125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529699.post-64084499683198543592009-07-14T19:25:00.000-07:002009-07-14T19:30:23.322-07:00

Well, I did get a Kindle for Father's Day. And yes, I do think it's an elegant device. And no, I don't think it will make the book go the way of the coal stove. I have been spending more time reading.My hosting company has been in the process of an upgrade and while vacationing in beautiful Ocracoke, North Carolina I wasn't able to make any updates for a while. But all the technical issues, as

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From Miguel at the office. A sweet remix for your upcoming weekend:

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We are up in Northridge today for a Greek wedding and a baptism. Beautiful church that feels like it was built in the age of astronauts. Very '60s vibe and broad sunny grounds. Congrats to Takki, Mabyn and their son, Stavos. We went to their first wedding in Little Rock, and of course here we ran into some Arkansas folks who went to school and were friends with Ashley and Caroline. It's been

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Happy Anniversary, Left on Red. I looked back to the first post in this blog, seven years ago. Before marriage (before Caroline!), DDB and before I had any real sense that I'd still be caught up in the wacky world of web marketing. I'm waiting for the bus under a blank grey sky. Another day of light dimmed by the June Gloom of L.A. A duet by Merchant and Stipe on the headphones, the live audience

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At the Wells Fargo ATM today, noticed the new instruction placard for the envelope-free deposit system had a funny coincidence: both of my kids' names on it. Funnier because Wells Fargo is a client of DDB. The check is from Sally and written to Henry. Random.

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About 3,000,000 black plastic balls were dropped into the Ivanhoe resevoir in Silver Lake last year. It'd been forever since I'd been on that side of town (where I used to live and my brother still does). We took a bike ride in the late afternoon (click here for a crappy mobile phone video on YouTube) and it was the first time I'd seen all the balls floating in the water. The geometric shapes

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Pile of bricks, a pile of dirt and a pile of crap. All three piled up behind my house as our back yard is being landscaped. You can see our photos (and some pixelated video shot with my Blackberry) by clicking here to go to Flickr. The work has gone quite smoothly, given that I'm trying to act as the project manager, and the guys who do our weekly yard maintenance are doing all the work. In

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ThinkLA Belding awards. I'd have to say, a little bit of a bust this year. The cash bar didn't help (and I wasn't drinking; I just listened to every conversation open with a complaint about an ad show without a vodka sponsor - times are tough all over).We had a great site built with The Branding Farm, but the show's theme didn't tie in with the theme that was created for the invitations and

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Another beautiful day in Los Angeles with friends. This was at Jay and Bree's house in the valley for their son's first birthday, and like most of these get togethers, someone pulls out a guitar or a banjo and the next thing you know there is a jam going on. This was the weekend before Sally was born. There's a baby-explosion going on in our circle of friends. An amazing and supportive group of

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The donut machine at Zelda's in Venice Beach. This quiet little sandwich shop makes amazing baguette sandwiches. It also has a donut machine that I've only ever seen at one place before, at a vendor at Pikes Place in Seattle. I love hopping on one of the DDB bicycles and grabbing a ham and cheese sandwich on fluffy and crunch french bread.

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I've been having some problems with the blog posting from my Blackberry. Sending in a single photo from the Blackberry seems to be causing multiple broken photo links to publish. Investigating.

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Amazing, customer service and the tale of a surf watch. If you happen to like any combination of these things: sports; watches; design; good customer service; or web usability, then visit Nixon at www.nixonnow.com. My great experience (as opposed to the crap experience of trying to get a Bugaboo stroller repaired) with Nixon began a number of years ago when I was back home at the beach on

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25 Things I Like About My GarageIt's my space, and no one bothers me about itThe wedding poster that Yee Haw Industries made for our wedding in Athens, GARed toolboxesA Consular license plate I found in the streetThe iPod dock I got from Google one yearThe Helen Stellar band poster from The Knitting Factory - The ink glows in the darkFound art, like the HollywoodandVince.com paintingScrews and

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We have today off at DDB, so I'm going to the gym and running errands. For a diversion, I thought I'd pop into the Circuit City closeout. Yo Bathrobe dude.

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Sunset

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Awesome new song for National Carrot Day from Zachariah and the Lobos Riders. Zach can also be seen in the "Fetch" Budweiser Super Bowl spot that made it to #3 on the USAToday.com ad meter.You can visit the site for this video at www.yestocarrots.com

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I'm waiting for a Big Blue Bus on Pico (dropped my VW off at Barrington Motors - they're skilled and fair foreign car mechanics if you're in need) and found another great Obama artwork. This one is on the wall of a pet store, hence the President looking like he's landed in a reptilian terrarium. His expression: fearful that orange lizard is about to defecate in his palm. Special shout out to the

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This past week I spent a few days in Seattle working in our office there with some of my incredible colleagues and friends. I was lucky enough to have a few great meals while there, and I posted some Yelp reviews.It was nice to be in winter weather, and it was a welcome change from balmy Los Angeles, but I did miss my family and friends. It's good to be back in town. Today was a gorgeous day.I

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Okay, I know that constantly animating .gif images are not in the realm of web page best practices, but this one illustrates one of my favorite blog finds of late: the play-by-play funny coverage of this season of Top Chef on L.A. Eater.You can read the latest post here, and can track back for reviews of your favorite episodes. They're haters when it comes to Carla, but I can't help but loving

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I love L.A., premium Cadillac margaritas and Saturdays. Scotty Dub-yuh aka "Calculus" and Bretty aka "DGITNFL" hit Casa Sanchez for a night out. What a great time. The fantastic mariachi band, singers and dancers stayed on a stage that looked like a set straight out of a classic L.A. film noir. Even better, they didn't roam around the room. Great food. Great fun. Located on the west side of

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It's one of those days. It's raining in L.A. There's too much work to do and it's already lunch on Friday. One of those days when you might just need a little laugh.This is a not-quite-an-oldie-but-still-goodie. From Videogum, this Best of Viral Video '08 has some stuff you've probably seen, and some other stuff you haven't. It's all funny and silly. This was found on Adland from a post last

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This was written by Zach in no more than 35 seconds, which is leading to a great idea which is speed-writing commercial jingles. Now I just have to figure out how to get that into an idea.Comin%20Together.mp3

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The brothers Thomas & Jefferson beer red-eyes set-up at the Burruss household. It was a great day. We've started a Sunday extended family dinner and kicked it off this week at our house with a circle of friends. Homemade chili, chips and guacamole, playing out in the back yard with the kids. Ryzer is a natural golfer, and hit dozens of balls with his plastic club, with perfect follow through. Jen

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I got turned around after getting off a Delta flight at LAX and somehow ended up in a subterranean passageway connected Terminals 5 and 6. It looks like a scene from George Lucas's THX 1138. After I finally reached the end of the tunnel, a couple of guys turned the corner in front of me and exclaimed, "I've seen this in a movie." To which one of them added, "and in the movie we get shot."Just

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Snowball Express is dedicated to helping the children of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces since 9/11.This was a BP sponsored gate I passed while walking to my flight in Seattle. Pretty elaborate set up for promoting the program.

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