Tuesday, March 29
back in the kitchen, mom
with true spring (not to mention a wedding) right around the corner i shouldn't be eating pizza anyway, but if i do give into temptation i won't be doing it at pizza hut. their latest special: "Mom's Night Off", a delivery of pizza, breadsticks, soda, cups, plates and napkins. Basically everything a harried mother needs in order to serve her ungrateful and apparently incapable children and husband. why not "Cook's Night Off" or "Slack-In-The-Box" or any number of equally pithy but less sexist names?? call me hyper-sensitive, but it just rubbed me the wrong way. now if you'll pardon me, i must go lay out john's slippers by the front door and make sure his pipe is beside his chair before he gets home.
Thursday, March 24
brbhpr (be right back, having palm read)
you've used it to backstab your coworker in the cubicle next door, you've used it to flirt, to tell off your ex-best-friend from 3 time zones away, to rage on your sister for not including you in her mother's day present, and possibly even for work (how novel). now you can use your instant messenger to get a custom psychic reading! LA-based (where else?!) psychic girl will spend 30 minutes with you for $75 (double up to a full hour for only $125), helping you "to get re-acquatinted with your higher-self and tap into your own intuition". my own prediction: psychic girl, meet word girl (a fan of all things psychic and all things Internet, so this may prove irresistable).
via daily candy
Tuesday, March 15
word girl's 15 minutes
freeRad's own word girl, kristin erwin, was featured in work magazine's january issue as a prominent member of richmond's creative community. having been witness to her copywriting, her accounting, and more than one instance of sweet-talking her way out of (or into) something, i can attest that a more fitting label than "creative" could not apply. read the whole article on work mag's web site, or skip the filler and go straight to her page right here. today, richmond; tomorrow, the world! rock on, word girl.
Thursday, March 3
your ad here
grilled cheese virgin marys are sooo last year. the latest weird ebay trend? people auctioning ad space on their bodies. foreheads, backs, bald heads, cleavages, even pregnant bellies have been auctioned off for thousands of dollars to an array of companies who claim enormous ROI. the tattoos are mostly temporary, though i did read about a guy who allowed an actual permanent tattoo to be inked onto his face. I think bob garfield of ad age sums it up best: "The advertiser is getting damaged goods because people who sell body parts for ad space are entirely too freakish by definition to transmit a positive message for the advertising". indeed.
Wednesday, March 2
my baby donkey
from the site that brought you the original singing marmosets (later optioned by quizno's for those crazy "we love the subs" spots), rathergood.com offers up this hilarious interpretation of the beatles' classic "ticket to ride". you'll never hear it again without thinking of little baby donkeys.