Here’s an article the Guardian printed about the top five regrets of the dying. It’s basically a simple blueprint to happiness before you pop your clogs, so I’ll just copy and paste it here: There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last [...]
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Posted 05 February 2012
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The economy is screwed, we’re about to enter another recession and people are shooting each other in the streets for the chance to lick a rotten slice of Kingsmill. But, like the honeybadger, Adland don’t give a fuck: (Fallon, Tom Kuntz etc. Interest declared: made by mates etc.) (Tom Kuntz again. No idea about anything [...]
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Posted 03 February 2012
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Putting a camera on a hula hoop is surprisingly cool (thanks, P): I’m not racist, but… An end to camel toe(thanks, J): Movie middle fingers (thanks, P):
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Posted 03 February 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjnOjICjkZg&feature=youtu.be&fb_source=message (Interest declared: this was done by my friends Christian and Andy. Non-interest declared: it was directed by Ivan Zacharias, whom I’ve never met). It’s a proper ad with a… wait for it… an idea. And some thought and care and intelligence. Fine craft too. UPDATE: this link might have been removed. If so, find [...]
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Posted 02 February 2012
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*sigh* Look, it’s doing the job: this thing is getting noticed and talked about like a motherfucker, but… *sigh* It’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. For those of you too old or young to understand, this is a pastiche/updating of one of the greatest films of all time. OK, it wasn’t The Godfather but it’s a [...]
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Posted 31 January 2012
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Last week I was reading article about a young football manager that questioned whether his mediocre playing career would affect his ability to do the job. The oddest thing about this doubt is that the two jobs are very different. One involves running around on a football pitch, spending fifteen minutes being told how to [...]
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Posted 28 January 2012
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Excellent documentary about hip-hop and crack: My white Jamaican dad (thanks, J): The wonderful Honey Boo-Boo: People in movies staring at the camera. Tattoo spelling mistakes (thanks, J). Let’s fund this documentary about the humble but wonderful cassette: Spelling Bee fail: Top rap video, ‘IMDABES’ (thanks, G): The meaning of ‘mate’ (thanks, J).
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Posted 26 January 2012
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A friend has volunteered to write a guest post about this ad, but while we wait for that may I just point out a couple of things? 1. The ad is 60 seconds long but is 100% over, finished, dead by 39 seconds. 2. George Lucas is a bigger pimp than Lord Monsignor Lovedaddy the [...]
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Posted 26 January 2012
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A few weeks ago I noticed that every single week, without fail, the main headline in Campaign told us that a big account was now up for pitch. Not sure what today’s will be* (probably something rather exciting, just to make a mockery of the above and below), but I do wonder what that long [...]
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Posted 26 January 2012
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