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July 2010

The ad wizards at Old Spice have launched a brilliant new media campaign that combines twitter, YouTube, and…abs. The deodorized are invited to submit questions to the Old Spice Man, who will answer them in short–and brilliant–YouTube videos. Example: In this clip, the Toweled One responds to some guy named George, who apparently used to work in …

There’s an Office of Compliance [OOC] on Capitol Hill which specializes in cash payouts for sexually harassed or poorly treated Congressional employees.  [no, really] In the meantime, the process of settling workplace complaints remains secretive and byzantine, allowing members of Congress to quietly agree to cash payouts to settle cases …

We’ve seem some strange YouTube videos in our time, but this one might take the cake. [Glenn Beck for President] We tried to watch the whole video, but we were too distracted by her eyebrows. h/t Gawker

Waking up to John Daly leading the British Open = a good day.

The Longworth Cafeteria is advertising a delicious lunch special. There’s only two problems: 1. The picture of the burger they’re advertising doesn’t have turkey. 2. The sandwich they’re actually serving doesn’t have a burger. And for those of you playing at home, there is definitely a difference between avocados and …

Page Six Palmeri is all growns up… via Emily Miller

There are no words to describe this.  Actually, there are words, but none of the ones we attempted to use were even remotely appropriate. Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are back together and plan to get married. Mama Grizzly apparently doesn’t know. “We got engaged two weeks ago,” Bristol, 19, …

Mad Men (yes, the TV show on AMC) has taken to Facebook to lobby against AT&T. Let’s review: a TV show is lobbying on a social network to keep a television channel on AT&T. And we still don’t have hoverboards. Mad Men AT&T customers: AT&T is threatening to drop AMC, …

Name Calling 101: Fenty ally compares embattled D.C. Mayor to Jesus It’s probably a bad move to compare your preferred candidate in a mayoral race to Jesus – especially when city streets seem to have more potholes than the Old City has stones. Strong work, CNN.

POLITICO: Abused staffers net nearly $1M a year