Today's Mighty Oak

Written: 12/05/2012

Guinness was way ahead of its time.  And yes, I do occasionally enjoy a pint:

Guess I'll have to increase it in the rotation.

All my best,

The King of Spades

Alright, another update today, a lot of videos, but let's see what all we have.

First up, make your own Twinkies (or go to Canada, you know, either one):

Sweet burn from JCPenny:

Mika's new single (Stardust is better, but this is good):

She didn't win, but the best campaign slogan ever:

To get into the Christmas spirit:

This is so true:

And finally, the movies of 2012:

That's it for now, have a great one!

Alright, lots more to post today, and I'll be back with more as I finish catching up with everything from November, but let's see what I have.

First up, the 2012 election in one photo

Fun and snarky (and not real by the way):

So this exists.  Read the reviews, it's worth it.

Fun ad for Durex.  Well done, and strange to watch in slow motion.

The most memorable AR campaigns of the last year.

The trailer for Decay, when the Higgs Boson creates Zombies:

See, it's not just me talking about fonts.  Don't use these ones.  Please.

Have you been following along the "adventures" of John McAffe?  Seriously, it's all kinds of crazy.

I can't wait to try this out:

A roundup of some of the best Tumblrs of the year.

That's it for now, but I'll be back again soon.  Have a great one!

First up, the main character looks really familiar, and I could look him up in IMDB, but I haven't yet:

And second:

Alright, I'm back, have a couple bigger updates to get caught up after my month of writing a novel, so here we go.

First up, an awesome ad from Germany:

Slog shows off the Book Vending machine.

Waaaallllmmmmaaarrrrttttt cccccaaaarrrrreeeessss:

Need an emergency compliment, for yourself or someone else?  Click here.

The Whiskey Advent Calendar.  I don't have anything to add to that, actually.

Awesome stunt by Best Buy on Black Friday:

I love Pantone, but even I think this is a little much.  But when you have to match colors, I guess you might as well go all out.

Anderson Cooper gets in an awesome burn on Twitter.  So fantastic and gratifying to read.

Let's assume that this is in celebration of Movember:

And for some politics, guess what percentage of the popular vote Romney got.  No really, go ahead and guess.  You'll never guess what percentage he got. AHAHAHAHA.

The Good Men Project breaks down what the electoral college map would have looked like had only white males voted, and MaddowBlog breaks down some other really cool maps as well the result of the gerrymandering that went on after the last census.

And if someone complains that the Democrats don't care about the deficit, just show them this link.

Alright, another roundup of some of the coolest ads I've seen lately, let's see what we've got:

• A great way to support NYC after Sandy, as well as put together a really well advertisement: mobile charging stations in Battery Park
• A frank cover of the Bloomberg Business Times.
• Greenpeace not disturb hotel door hangers
• The life of Michael Jackson
• Experience unseen
• Bad client quotes.  How sad but true.
• Submerging a cellphone in pop
• The symphony as a battlefield
• Red Bull and the Rube Goldberg machine
• Amazing art direction for Church End Brewing
• Amnesty International.  I really like the one with the sewer grate.
• Baby giraffe!
• A recruitment video for pirates
• A German outdoor clothing company does some awesome ads.
• Beautiful work from the Zurich Symphony Orchestra
• And I really like the art on these ads from Morgan Stanley
• And finally, a cool way to get kids to eat fruit and vegetables

Written: 11/24/2012

I love that these kinds of videos are more and more common, and they're fun:

And the lesbians chime in:

And finally, the straight women:

Edit: And I'm back, with another response, this time from the nerds:

All my best,

The King of Spades

Hey all, quick update for everyone before I head back to my novel (left than 9K to go!)

First up, my friend Patrick put together an awesome video around DC:

Sooooooo, this is strange.  And what happens when there isn't a separation of Church and State.  Also, it's kind of ridiculous the CoE still won't allow women bishops.  As we've said before, the penis is not a direct link to Jesus.

NPH has an awesome new show coming to Nerdist:

And if you've watched Crash Course World History (or even if you didn't), here's their second blooper reel:

That's it for now, have a great one!

Quick update for everyone before once again I dive back into my novel.

First up, Jesse Tyler Ferguson shows us how to tie a bowtie (this is normal the first time, after it's much easier, if you need help, just ask me):

The male ego is very fragile.  Perfect for marketers to take advantage of.

Fun discussion of code words.  So many at summer camp, we used Santa Claws and Mr. Diamond for bears and snakes.

And of course, Ermylerd, Gersberms:

Written: 11/11/2012

I don't talk about my sex life on this blog (although at this point, how many times have I started a post this way? Update: I think at least three, maybe four times), but I found this funny and wanted to share.

I'm certainly open to the "less-vanilla" side of things, shall we say.  And today a new sub-group popped up from Pittsburgh's yet-again try at a young persons BDSM group (18-35).  This time though, it's all about math.

Women getting together.  To do math problems.  Kinky, I know!

Seriously, it's a group for women, to get together and study.  And I can understand wanting a women's only study group, and why not do it with people you're already comfortable with.  But just let it be known that everyone, even the kinksters in the world, apparently need some help with their algebra.  

We're all pretty much the same.

All my best,

The King of Spades