Up with People, Down with Mosquitoes.
Posted: April 26, 2011 Filed under: Comedy, Copywriting, Science 2 CommentsHere’s a post I wrote on the subject of World Malaria Day, as a partnership between the United Nations Foundation, Nothing But Nets, and Comedy Central. I don’t mind telling you, the United Nations* was quoted as saying, “This is a fantastic post!”
Read more by clicking that link, above, or the picture below.
Malaria lurks.
It is serious, yet funny. Like life. Which is precious.
*Or more specifically, someone who works at the UN Foundation.
Copywriting for the Finns
Posted: April 25, 2011 Filed under: Copywriting, Screenwriting Leave a commentAs you may have gathered, I write copy, among other things.
Here is a corporate video I wrote for Nokia, earlier this year. (For you yanks reading this post, remember Nokia’s headquarters are in Finland, so there may be a few items which feel lost in translation. Don’t worry, I think you’ll find them. After all, the world is shrinking as we speak. And the universe expanding…? Oh dear…)
Just look at those statistics, frozen in time, like so much dandelion fluff…
The Half-Dog Story, in Full.
Posted: April 21, 2011 Filed under: Comedy, Fiction, Writing | Tags: gutty-works, half dog, King Solomon, Paper Darts, Sheba, short story 1 CommentRemember when I mentioned that story in Paper Darts’ 3rd Issue, called “Sheba”…? Why here it is now.
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And here I am reading it, on “Radio Dispatch with John & Molly” (29:10)
Like, Totally a Sports Writer
Posted: April 19, 2011 Filed under: Comedy, Nonfiction, Writing | Tags: baseball, facial hair, Onion A.V. Club, The Great '80s Leave a comment
The National Onion./A.V. Club gave a nod to my piece on the epic 1987 Twins’ epic Facial Hair, so I thought I would too.
UPDATE: AV Club Twin Cities’ links currently down. Replacement links coming soon.
New Agey B.S.
Posted: April 19, 2011 Filed under: Comedy, Copywriting, Screenwriting, Writing Leave a commentIt is the end of an era.
For a good while now, I have been writing horoscopes for the masses at Comedy Central’s mobile site. We called it Uncle Louie’s Crystal Balls. As of a few months ago, Uncle Louie went out of business, but you can still visit him and his fellow astrologers Suzanne Mekulvic and P. Perp the Prophet Talker, frozen in time, because the internet is forever.
The upside: now that Uncle Louie’s LLC is no more, you can get our back stock of horoscopes (previously only available via a subscription with T-mobile), upon request! By which I mean I can show you writing samples of them, informally and without compensation. Here are a few. There are literally thousands more where that came from.
The second upside…? I’m still writing quizzes for Comedy Central (among other things), doing my part to keep productivity down across the United States and Canada. Here’s one. And here’s one. Oh, here’s another one.
Go forth, into truth and not into ignorance.
Another nice chat
Posted: April 15, 2011 Filed under: Comedy, Interview, Nonfiction | Tags: Brooklyn, Chuck Klosterman, hair metal, interview, Onion A.V. Club, punk rock, record store Leave a commentThis time with one Mr. Chuck Klosterman, here wearing an enviable sweatshirt.
Damn, he talked to me for a long time. And he talks fast.
With beard comes intensity.
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