This year's overall winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (he of the 'Dark and Stormy Night' fame) is Molly Ringle. Her submission:
For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity's affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss--a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity's mouth as if she were a giant cage-mounted water bottle and he were the world's thirstiest gerbil.
More examples here. Our favorite is the winner of the Detective segment. Do your best to read this without thinking immediately of Guy Noir; bet you can't!
She walked into my office wearing a body that would make a man write bad checks, but in this paperless age you would first have to obtain her ABA Routing Transit Number and Account Number and then disable your own Overdraft Protection in order to do so.
Who knew Randall was so big? I wonder who would win in a battle of Randall vs. Mr. Incredible. Also, I didn't think Kevin was that tall. (Ooooh - Steve Buscemi vs. Craig T. Nelson, eh? Kind of like an even weirder Fargo scene or something like that.)
Valentine's Day, in our household, is met head on with a birthday. As a result, there are more cards in our household at this time of year than any other (except Christmas).
And, sometimes, the cards are a bit hard to swallow. I'm sure not all of the cards that graced our house made it to production without a few rough drafts and I've uncovered some of the early ideas that didn't quite make the cut. I hope you enjoy.
Each 'final' card is followed by one that wound up in the circular filing cabinet but lives on in this post.
Disney's 'Give a Day Get a Day' promotion is fabulous and its use of the always wonderful Muppet franchise has been brilliant. That said, their newest promotion feature is so poorly executed I wonder when they'll change it.
The idea is below:
Unfortunately, the site to create the video (http://disneyparksgive.com/spread-embed.php#embed) doesn't allow you to use your blog site name at this time, and it limits your blog name to 15 characters, with no spaces.
Not smart, Disney. Go figure it out or beat the crap out of your marketing partner, Culture Buzz.
Sesame Street turns officially turns 40 today and as someone who closely mirrors the classic 'edutainment' show in terms of preference and age I am pleased to draw your attention to Google's appreciation for what the Children's Television Workshop delivered to millions upon millions of kids across the world.
Kudos to Joan Ganz and the great folks who brought this show from concept to reality. 40 years is an epoch in terms of cultural relevance and an even greater testament to the show's calling that it remains on the air and one of Public Television's greatest contributions to TV.
As Sesame Street begins its 40th season (!) here's a great musical number featuring David, Luis, Gordon, and Bob. Think of it as a funky alternative to 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12.
The inevitable arrived - the dreaded end of season for the Brownsburg Junior Football League. The very first year of 'Rookie Tackle' was a huge success and many thanks to Hayes' wonderful coach, Stan Ritchison, for his great work with the boys. While the final game was won by the Titans 2 TDs to 1, it was a great ending to a fantastic year.
This is kind of neat; it is the cutting edge of what's becoming described as 'production as performance video' . My favorite part comes at 2'04"; as someone who admittedly listens to the original (yes, it's in my iPod) it's pretty funny.
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