December 2010
1 post
I have a short memory
Me: I am sort of sick of the violence associated with advertising. People are always firing me emails. Or shooting me dates. Or asking me what lines they should kill.
Her: Didn't you just write a big essay about all the ways advertising is like war?
Me: Yes. But I have a short memory.
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
1 post
Visit Denver banner ad from Karsh\Hagan →
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
1 post
The problem, Chris Pratt, is that everyone who... →
March 2010
4 posts
Radio spot, one of six in a campaign for Pinnacle...
American Crew: 100 questions, 100 expert answers →
January 2010
2 posts
December 2009
1 post
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Staying on the roller coaster →
November 2008
1 post
October 2008
7 posts
“It’s not tricky like building a squid. It’s tricky like wrestling a...”
– Me, trying to explain the complexities of building a password-protected website.
“It’s not about raising the bar. It’s about raising the floor.”
– Something Graham said to me about the value of local award shows like the Denver 50.
The best compliment I have ever gotten
Lindsey: I like your hair today. It looks like Miami Vice.
Me: [Squealing in joy]
Know thyself
Me: I get really obsessively competitive. So I'm trying to do things more for fun. Not just to win all the time.
Mark: You can try whatever you want. But you're not going to make yourself happy by pretending to be something you're not.
Our second Bank (On) Colorado spot.
One of the spots we recorded yesterday for Bank...
On the last night of Denver 50 judging
Me: Good news, Ty Montague just finished judging.
Steve: Why are you calling me on a weekend?
Me: What's a weekend?
“They? Who do you mean, they? Right now, there’s only we.”
– Studio person at Karsh\Hagan
September 2008
5 posts
Brasstacks on my blog →
Our strategy, creative and feelings about the work.
brasstacks101.com →
Launched today! One of the online components of our program to inspire gentlemanly behavior on college campuses. Sponsored by the Kappa Alpha Order.
August 2008
15 posts
The next big thing in POP is...
DS: Floorwax wixlers?
JM: Shelf warblers?
MI: Ceiling screamers?
DS: Dealy-whippers with a triple slider?
MI: Ankle yodelers?
JM: Doorjam wanglers?
DS: Entryway one-timeler?
Back-to-back :30s for McDonald’s. I was the...
iconnumbers.com →
A microsite for Icon Advisers, which I worked on at Karsh\Hagan.
coloradowayoflife.com →
Colorado Farm Bureau Insurance’s site, which I worked on at Thomas Taber & Drazen.
“Turn confidential memos and insurance records into nfismddscren isaoe and...”
– A headline from a campaign I did for The Better Shredder a few years ago. Still maybe the best line I have ever written.
“One night the pig got loose, so all the girls were afraid to walk home.”
– One of our headlines from the “Read the Stories” campaign for Regis University.
