They Understand Me

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:17:32 +0000

You work in an industry of creative endeavor – and you’ve pretty much signed away any idea of personal space and personal time. Unless you have kids. Having kids can possibly mean that you’re nurturing the next generation’s leaders of humanity – but to me it means you have a free pass to get out of the office at a reasonable time. You have the unassailable right to go to a soccer game rather than put in another 11 hours on a Saturday. I’m not saying its wrong. I’m just saying – my empty womb means that I’m sometime holding an empty bag. My need to get a haircut, will never hold up in the court of “I need to go home now.”

So please let me introduce to you a product that will buy you a little space. A little time to breathe. A chance for a mani/pedi and some time to do laundry so you don’t have to show up to work in a bridesmaid’s dress. (I’m two days away myself.)

The Office Kid. Evidence of a fake kid in a kit. Your a la carte kit can include a framed photo, artwork, a doctor’s note (perfect for emergency “me” time in the middle of the week, middle of the day) and a few other options.

It’s working for me. If I keep up with the M&Ms, I can convincingly pull off the pregnancy part too.

And yes, as you would suspect, the heroes behind this idea are, as they put it, “advertising drones.”

Disturbing…so I love it.

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:35:44 +0000

“A librarian in England is using illustrations he finds in children’s books to create a wickedly subversive blog called My First Dictionary. Using the illustrations as inspiration, he creates a new word of the day using modern-day dystopian themes. Politically incorrect, these bring me the same kind of joy when I received my first copy of Shel Silverstein’s “Uncle Shelby’s Book of ABZs.” Somebody needs to buy this man a drink, or at least publish his collection.”

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They Understand Me

Disturbing…so I love it.