After reading a parody of the design process for an industry-sponsored site that markets beef to teenage girls, I feel less bad about my (very small) role in copy and design for Family FoodZone the site that markets milk to moms and kids. Lactose intolerant? Nah, they’ll grow out of it!
Name and Shame
Via Gawker, two nifty/amusing sites. The Morning News, particularly the advice from The NonExpert. Also, Snark Hunting, which is all about naming and shaming. I mean, the absurdity of branding and marketing.
Jobs I’m Glad I Don’t Have
My brother’s freshman year in college, he took the train into the city and went to South Street with his roommate. They spent a great afternoon, and all of their money, before getting back to the station and realizing that they had to buy a return ticket. So they put down a baseball cap and started doing a capella techno until they had the three or four dollars for the fare. They decided the band name was “TBA and the Special Guests.” Lesson learned: busking sucks.
Item two: although my writing and editing is determined largely by other people’s constraints, I am not a turd polisher. At least, not as much as someone who gets paid $20 to ghetto-ify the dialogue in someone else’s novel.
Bang per Buck Calculations
Maybe this says more about Nat than he’d like to admit, but I got this email from him a couple weeks back and have neglected to post it. It details the average cost per hour, over two years, of a number of recreational activities. So you can tell how you’re saving money by, say, walking in the park, or masturbating, instead of watching TV or getting drunk.
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