To attempt to balance the ratio of time I spend here talking about things I don’t like to those I do, I’m going to try an experiment: “Things I Liked” will be a weekly list of 5 things I enjoyed that week. We’ll see. BPGlobalPR Sometimes people ask me about the name of this site. [...]
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Things I Liked (05.28.10)
May 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Stuff I Like
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Heathers
August 4th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
People will look at the ashes of Westerburg and say, ‘Now there’s a school that self-destructed, not because society didn’t care, but because the school was society.’” -JD, Heathers Two quick stories: Story One: I think I had a fairly common high-school experience: I got by okay, though I was not what one would call [...]
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My Magical Evening, Wherein I Spend 2 Hours with 4000 of my Closest Friends, Don’t See Dave Chappelle and Would do it all Over Again
July 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Letters to Brands
We’ll set aside for a second the fact that I showed up at Portland’s Pioneer Square at 11pm based on highly dubious reports of a surprise Dave Chappelle show at midnight, and that I waited packed in with 4000 drunk and high morons (but not you, you’re terrific) for 2 hours, and that I left [...]
Conversations with Lions
July 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Advertising
“If a lion could talk, we could not understand him” Ludwig Wittgenstein’s statement from Philosophical Investigations is a sort of heartbreaking realization for anyone who has ever bargained with their pets, as I have, offering all sorts of rewards if only they would admit that they can speak. At it’s core though, this idea also [...]
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