http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/ work inspired en-us Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:37 EST Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:37 EST http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Movable Type Commercial 4.25 60 http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/tweetup_chicago_style.html If you happen to be in the Windy City (or, if you must, the City of Big Shoulders or the Second City) next week, you're in luck! Aquent will be partnering with @chicagotweetups for a, well, tweetup.I don't know if... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:25:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2182 Tim Donnelly Career Events Food and Drink Job Search Marketing Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/aquent_vs_richard_blade_vs_hunger.html Sorry so late getting the photos up, but I did want to thank all the Aquent staff and Talent who volunteered at the Los Angeles Food Bank the other weekend.And yes, see... that's really Richard Blade, and he was... Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:50:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2146 Tim Donnelly Aquent Events Food and Drink Talent Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/summer_aint_over_you_still_have_events_to_attend.html When you have kids you know when fall is coming - even in Southern California. I'm lucky enough to have a wife brave enough to take the children to Target for the yearly trip to pick up backpacks, crayons, pens,... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:44:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2141 Tim Donnelly Advertising Aquent News Design Events Experiential Marketing Food and Drink Local Networking Events Marketing Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/05/green-tea_pushing_panda_kirin_beverage.html Kirin Beverage has scored big time with yet another sales record breaking marketing campaign combining three Japanese passions: The every day: Green tea, the cute: A panda bear, and the mechanical: Vending machines. Green tea is to the Japanese what... Wed, 13 May 2009 00:21:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2055 Harold Moya Food and Drink Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/04/instant_chinese_noodles_who_hasnt_had_them_tasty_quick_painless.html What would Asia be without them? A quick bowl of "ramen," as they are called here in Japan, can bring you back to life on chilly winter nights or make you sweat like a hog in the summer. The busy... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:11 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2043 Harold Moya Experiential Marketing Food and Drink Marketing Social Media Social Networking Trends Viral Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/jack_headroom_or_new_rebranding_launch_creeps_up_out_of_nowhere.html (From guest blogger, Jenn Tran)I'm not much of a fast food junkie (not since Super Size Me came out in theaters). However, I do enjoy the occasional burger and fries every now and then. Jack in the Box has always... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:32:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1968 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Design Food and Drink Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/from_the_why_didnt_i_think_of_that_files.html Good golly, The Snuggie Pub Crawl. Don't be sad, Los Angeles,over 484 people are signing up to do the crawl in our fair city, too. Just click here for details.Remember, you actually can crawl from bar to bar in a... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:47:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1956 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/bevwow.html (Is this the last customer service person you spoke with?)All right everyone, I am willing, even after my extended rant last week, to give BevMo! another try. Happily.Why, you ask, after all the trouble I had?What if I told you... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:39:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1839 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/bev_no.html It's true, I'm not a big shopper. In fact, I don't like to shop much at all. So you can imagine how much fun it must be to hang out with me around the holiday season. And why exactly, Tim,... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:47:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1806 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/this_might_get_you_out_of_the_thanksgiving_mood.html Seems to me you really come to terms with your urban and suburban-ness when it comes to eating animals. I was a suburban kid and I remember being squeamish whenever I saw fresh cut up turkeys or chickens in the... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:32:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1759 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/mmmm_its_war.html Maybe it's just because I read the LA Times Food Section every Wednesday that I've noticed this other, non-computer related, war going on.It started, it seemed, with a full page ad from Campbell's Select Harvest shown above, letting everyone know... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:06:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1699 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/who_moved_my_peanut_butter.html Why is the fact that people are arguing about peanut butter important? Is it important? I guess time will tell what kind of effect a site like Mouse Print, which "exposes the strings and catches buried in the fine... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:18:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1568 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/why_daddy_why_1.html Well, Jimmy, apparently no one at the store knows this is a "Baby Apple". Hard to believe that there was a time every item at in your grocery cart was actually keyed into a cash register. And, amazingly, that... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:45:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1557 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/i_dont_think_i.html Reason #21: Giamela's Meatball Sub I used to eat at this place back when I worked at Sunset-Gower Studios in Hollywood. You'd never suspect that I lived, literally, 7 blocks from one. Probably because the last time I got... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:43:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1522 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/euro_trash.html Meant as clever tray liners at Burger King in Germany (at least that's where this blogger got them), this series of ads featuring an onion with his pants around his ankles, a sniper attempting to kill an onion (wow,... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:36:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1499 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/its_in_the_can.html (From guest Blogger, Jenn Tran): Dr. Fredric J. Baur, the genius that created the patent for the container for Pringles, passed away recently. As part of his last wishes, he wanted his remains to be buried in a Pringles... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:26:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1470 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/dont_drink_the.html As it may raise your cholesterol level and put you at risk for coronary heart disease. I like beef, but I find these cliffs disturbing in a bad-modern-art way, which is probably not the intention of the Beef: It's... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:51:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1469 Tim Donnelly Art Food and Drink Marketing Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/bungler_king.html I'm not exactly the Grammar Police here (just ask any of the Proofreaders who read my blog), but isn't "Gotta" slang for "Got to" (i.e., " She's Gotta Have It " and " Something's Gotta Give ")? So why is BK telling me, "Got to buck"? Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1442 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/so_much_for_my_1.html I am so switching to Pepsi Ice Cucumber. Well, once they release it in America. (Special thanks to Rebecca who pointed this out!)... Tue, 06 May 2008 21:01:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1433 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/save_cinco_de_m.html Via the ubiquitous LA Taco Truck. In case you hadn't heard, the City of LA is cracking down on taco trucks. According to the LA Times an existing law requires trucks move every 30 minutes, but "because the fine... Mon, 05 May 2008 14:27:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1430 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/eh_tu_peepus.html They're good when they're fresh.They're better when they're stale.And they're best when laid on in dioramas like the Assassination of Julius Caesar and the last scene from Reservoir Dogs.Which is why the Washington Post held their first ever Peeps Diorama... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1353 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Movies Music Television Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/never_have_i_be.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:50:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1352 Tim Donnelly Ecology Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/01/enjoy_life_eat.html If I wasn't so danged full from my greasy pizza lunch from Damiano's Mr. Pizza, I might find the time to go to one of the fancy restaurants joining in the fun that is dineLA Restaurant Week. Restaurant devotees... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:58:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1327 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/12/just_in_time_fo.html How much is not enough? From BBC's show Catherine Tate. (This clip is considered PG-13 in that it recognizes the existence of sex and illustrates the fact adults often make poor decisions after ingesting alcohol.) Right here on YouTube... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1292 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Food and Drink Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/the_heaviest_co.html Visiting my local Subway Sandwich Emporium the other day I noticed the familiar face of Jared was missing. You may know him as the Subway spokesperson who lost so much weight from eating their sandwiches. In his place I... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:11:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1281 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/the_final_cut.html Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:46:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1245 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/night_of_the_li.html Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:43:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1242 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Music Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/rocktober.html Like many Limited Liability Corporations, Aquent celebrates Rocktober. This means changing our hold music to our classic rock compilation, taking long rides in the company Camaro, and hosting rock-themed pot lucks in our kitchen (i.e., Chicken McNugents and Sympathy... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:40:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1237 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Music Personal Blogging Sports http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/your_weekend_is.html Okay, this doesn't really count as a post, but emails were flying around the office today about fun festivals going on around LA this weekend and I figured I'd pass them along... Swerve Festival is a new annual festival dedicated... Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:53:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1236 Tim Donnelly Art Charity Food and Drink Games Music http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/bathroom_humour.html Here's a first, the un-whoopee cushion: GasBGon Flatulence Filter The GasBGon flatulence filter seat cushion is a fun, yet serious solution to the embarrassing problem of malodorous gas (breaking wind). GasBGon seat cushions apply cutting edge carbon filter technology... Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:55:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1201 Tim Donnelly Ecology Food and Drink Health and Fitness Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/where_is_tim_to.html Tim is right here, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Boston, MA with 200 of his favorite colleagues! It's Aquent's annual group hug with half of the company participating in learning, eating, camaraderie, and the kind of silliness mixed with... Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:14:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1185 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Networking Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/like_a_round_pe.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:10:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1176 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Sales Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/truckin_taco_tr.html Thanks to everyone who attended our first ever Aquent TACO TRUCK FIESTA last Thursday. If you can believe it (and if you came here you can) we're still eating the Southland's finest pollo, asada, carnitas, and al pastor tacos. And... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:56:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1175 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/the_unbearable.html Budweiser hits it well with this viral marketing piece. I've already gotten emailed this video twice today and I'm not surprised: it's too naughty for broadcast TV and is really danged funny. Just think of the money Bud is saving... Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:26:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1143 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing Sales http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/meat_well_done.html Whether you agree with the content or not, The Meatrix site certainly deserves the accolades it's been given (a Webby, SXSW Film Festival Award, Web Marketing Assoc. Award, and more). This campaign is well tied together complete with a good... Fri, 18 May 2007 21:26:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1123 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/see_timing_stil.html I usually like to participate Los Angeles Bike to Work Week, at least riding a couple days out of that week (the promise that I'd start riding on Fridays after Daylight Saving Time started hasn't worked out so well). And... Mon, 14 May 2007 20:56:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1117 Tim Donnelly Career Ecology Food and Drink Health and Fitness Movies http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/portfolio_revie.html Thought I'd let you know about this Aquent sponsored happening as it's next week! Please use the RSVP address on the invite below if you want to have your book reviewed. Even if you don't want your book reviewed, feel... Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:31:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1098 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/brownie_points.html Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:57:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1081 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Design Food and Drink Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/a_pickle_a_day.html (From guest Aquent blogger Becky) Well it’s real. Yep, doctors and sports nutritionists are now telling us that Pickle Juice is actually good for us. And someone has already begun to capitalize on it: Pickle Juice Sport What’s even more... Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:17:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1067 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Health and Fitness Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/wackipedia.html I don't mind posting this site's content verbatim, because I have a strong suspicion the people will never understand it. I believe this is another case of translating something from English into an Asian language then back to English. Or... Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:40:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1054 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/intro_to_market.html Even though Easter seems to roll around the calendar every year like those other lunar-based holidays (Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashana, Burning Man), I can always count on our own Debra to show up at my desk every February with... Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:18:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1039 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing Sales http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/thats_a_spicy_m.html Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:17:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1038 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/badda_bing.html Seems like it was just last week that we moved in and had all the Aquent Talent over for food and drinks. Wait, it was last week. I should be thankful, because I hadn't put up the pictures yet.... Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:28:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.973 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/no_flu_for_you.html Wow, to top off an extraordinarily busy week, my 7-year-old son, Ryan, got the stomach flu on Saturday and has been up and vomiting around the clock for 2 days. You weren't eating, were you? People say you've got nothing... Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:19:52 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.969 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/the_apala_strik.html If you weren't one of the 100+ people at APALA's Bowling night at Lucky Strike Hollywood, I'll have to say you missed out on a pretty good time. Well, aside from the abysmal Hollywood traffic. The food was plenty and... Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:33:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.953 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Games Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/spare_me.html Hey, Hey, Aquent LA,How many events haveyou sponsored today? Well, that'd be one. And, to be honest, it's not today. But come next Tuesday, November 14th, we will be sponsoring the Advertising Production Association of Los Angeles' first ever Turkey... Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:42:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.941 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Networking Recruiting Sports http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/smashing_pumpki.html Every year I pack up the clan in the Family Truckster and head out to the wilds of Pomona to buy our share of $4 pumpkins grown by the Cal Poly Pomona's College of Agriculture. The pumpkins are out in... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:10:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.919 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Food and Drink Travel http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/like_a_little_b.html Looks like our friends Down Under are starting to hanker for the kind artery-hardening food we Americans refer to as Fair Food. Daphne, at our Sydney office, sent us this tasty article on Fried Coke. Interesting as Fried Coke is,... Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:07:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.913 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/because_you_don.html Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:35:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.912 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/attack_of_the_h.html My family and I just made a trip to the LA County Fair this last weekend. Besides the usual array of animals, carnies barking at you on the fairway, there's lots of food available that can put you into immediate... Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:25:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.893 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/can_i_get_an_am.html It wasn't quite an office pilgrimage to Burning Man (is there an office that does such a thing? Maybe some company in Berkeley...), but our office did make it out for a Sunday at the House of Blues Gospel Brunch.... Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:47:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.875 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Music http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/plugging_away.html Meeting with Spencer and everyone at Kernspiracy last night generated tons of good ideas (as usual), and I'm sure everyone left with little notebooks full of magazines they need to read, blog they need to comment on, and beers they... Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:43:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.870 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/david_letterman.html Oh, the Top 10 List. My friend once asked a writer who worked on Letterman's show why #2 was always funnier than #1. The writer told him they needed a not-so-funny #1 so they could go into commercial break... Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:44:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.869 Tim Donnelly Art Books Cars Celebrities Current Affairs Design Ecology Film Food and Drink Movies Music Networking Religion Science Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/out_of_office.html Hey all, I'm taking a brief hiatus (2 weeks to be precise) up to Yosemite and parts beyond. Don't fear! The Hot Talent Newsletter and ASAP Job List will still be posted for the next two Fridays without me. Which... Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:06:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.852 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Travel Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/dirty_is_the_ne.html With no dishwasher (or Dishwasher, for that matter) in our office there's been a great deal of discussion whether: the hot water in our sink is too tepid to really clean glasses and dishes soap is key to disinfecting,... Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:43:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.847 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/because_kcrw_is.html You may be looking for something to do other than sit inside and listen to Jason Bentley ask for your pledge money (which you should give him, btw, before promptly turning him off). As luck would have it, I've just... Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:50:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.845 Tim Donnelly Art Career Celebrities Charity Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/reflections_on.html Or advertising reflecting on you, as it were. If you thought ads in elevators from Captivate Network were too much, read on. From Addirect, a UK outdoor media company, has developed a way to project multiple ads inside a bathroom... Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:46:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.824 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/hazy_marketing.html Sometimes a product is in such bad taste you can't really joke about it. Which takes half the fun out of looking at new products, doesn't it? One such mirth-buster was released in May of this year, Hendrix Electric Vodka.... Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:14:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.822 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/mcbillboard_me.html If you're one of those people who tries to order your logo-emblazoned Egg McMuffin sandwich at 2pm and your Big Mac at 8am, then the folks at Leo Burnett have got the billboard for you. This danged clever billboard is... Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:12:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.813 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/death_of_mcrib.html If you haven't had the outstanding Memphis BBQ from JR's BBQ at La Cienega and Fairfax, you're missing some of the best barbecue in the city. All right, someone's bound to give me shots for that. But if you don't... Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:13:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.808 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/one_more_reason.html Honestly, if you're already iffy about your current job (or work in general), the Global Warming Mug probably isn't for you. You fill it up with hot coffee and parts of familiar land masses disappear underwater, illustrating the effects of... Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:25:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.802 Tim Donnelly Career Ecology Food and Drink Science http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/botulism_is_for.html There's this hilarious Simpsons episode where Homer keeps eating the same giant sandwich over a matter of weeks. Though many people might think this only happens to cartoon characters, my brother continued to visit and eat a large sandwich in... Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:50:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.789 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/potatoes_carrot.html What's so compelling about a company that makes potato mashers and vegetable peelers? From the outside, nothing. But then again OXO International revolutionized the kitchen tools industry. A terrific article from the LA Times is, sadly, lost somewhere in their... Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:32:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.788 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/camping_smore.html Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:47:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.787 Tim Donnelly Ecology Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/prep_in_time_wi.html We'll be seeing a few of you tonight at the Kernspiracy Portfolio Review Night we're sponsoring. Though it's too late to nab a spot to be reviewed, there's free drinks to be nabbed until everyone's nabbed them. Not to mention... Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:56:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.783 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/green_eggs_and.html Listening to my son read Green Eggs and Ham to me last night gave me an interesting idea. Instead of it being a book about trying something new, what if it was more of a book where celebrity chefs tried... Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:22:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.782 Tim Donnelly Books Celebrities Food and Drink Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/heroes_and_vill.html Okay, so I ate at Subway. Here's the thing, though, I don't feel guilty about eating at Subway. Is it because of their health conscious branding? Hmm, could be. As healthy a place as everyone thinks it is, once you... Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:53:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.777 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Marketing Sports http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/portfolio_revie.html Tue, 23 May 2006 21:37:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.768 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/you_could_proba.html Thu, 18 May 2006 19:55:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.762 Tim Donnelly Art Career Current Affairs Design Film Food and Drink Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/art_for_dinner.html There's something very confusing about this year's AIGA Patron's Night. For one, it's called Dinner Party at the LA Design Center: Patron's Night 2006. So when I told everyone in the office we got a table (meaning a booth) it... Wed, 10 May 2006 20:15:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.753 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/sushi_con_sabor.html Would someone grab me a Roll de California, a Roll de Cameron, and a side of Steamed Arroz, please? From my afternoon commute (you'll need to click in to see all the names).... Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:26:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.736 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/warped_tour_1.html I don't know about you, but the thought of placing vinyl record in an oven and making a bowl seems appealing to me. I'm not sure I'd serve spaghetti alla carbonara in it, but still it does seem pretty cool,... Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:22:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.723 Tim Donnelly Art Design Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/because_driving.html Champagne Thursday was a hit for everyone who enjoyed it in moderation.... Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:16:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.693 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/so_very_full.html Every once in awhile you come across a news story that's so remarkable it sticks with you. I'm going to tell you about one such story. (But you knew that was going to happen, right?) I was listening to National... Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.692 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Travel http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/jump_start_your.html If you ever wonder if you are addicted to something, an item you don't absolutely need in your life every day, just give it up and you'll find out in just a little while whether you're hooked or not. Say,... Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:39:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.674 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/hell_bent_for_l.html Well, it's that time of the year again. And since I'm blogging ithis year I might as well give you a warning of the roller coaster ride that's to come for the next six weeks. Yes, I'm talking about Lent.... Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:47:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.673 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Religion Television Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/button_button_w.html Kernspiracy has the button. And you can have the button, too. Besides the usual design discussions downtown at the Brewery next Wednesday, Spencer is bringing out the button maker (should that be one word?) and you can make your own... Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:45:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.672 Tim Donnelly Career Food and Drink Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/i_am_spam.html Single is better! (Emily...) And Hormel Foods proves it by their introduction of (gasp) SPAM singles! (Which is not, as I first thought, a singles group for people who enjoy luncheon meat.)Not only was Hormel clever enough to find a... Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:42:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.659 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/would_you_like.html I have no idea what I was looking for in the first place, but what I found is a gold mine. Which is the main point. And the goldmine? Spam Heaven on Recipe Source. First I found a recipe for... Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.658 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/we_got_the_hint.html The nice people at Hint Mints decided that our printer needed a little product love. Thus we now have boxes and boxes of Hint Mints by the printer! (Thank you, Wendy!) Product placement? I hope so. That could only mean... Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:38:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.656 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/ay_caramba.html I think the chocolate covered tequila shots may be kicking in.... That's 100% pure agave (añejo) at work, if you're wondering.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:10:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.648 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/the_a_team.html Tawanna Thai Restaurant, just down the street from us, is apparently sick of their old image. People in my office flocked there when they opened. And when anyone brought back their Drunkard's Noodles, it never failed to make my Hebrew... Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:29:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.630 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/finger_lickin_g.html I just got an e-mail yesterday which cited the Wendy's Chili Incident. Remember that finger episode in March? Weirdly, the e-mail made no mention that the whole thing was an extortion scheme aimed to get some cash from the restaurant... Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:43:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.626 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/nextworking.html Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:14:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.625 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/secret_sharer.html It's easy to get lost in LA, even with a Thomas Bros. Guide. But woe is the lone Designer working at a small company without the creative support (I mean, besides whatever is playing on their iPod). There's a new... Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:01:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.612 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/luddite_poster.html Sure I have a blog, which may make you think I'm technologically advanced. But then again, I don't have cable or satellite nor do I own a cell phone. So it should come to no surprise to you that I... Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:41:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.597 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/no_franks_for_t.html There's nothing like preparing for a staff holiday party, the buzz of anticipation in the air, people like me finally out of jeans and into something presentable for one night (and one night only). And unlike some other companies I've... Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:47:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.594 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/let_the_party_s.html What would the holidays be without parties? Staff parties, parties at home, and of course, networking parties. We just got word of the LA chapter of the Promotion Marketing Association's holiday party. It's the December 7th and registration includes 2... Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:06:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.580 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/heres_your_knif.html Apparently, I can't stop dreaming about turkey. The first time I cooked one, for a crowd of 30, I realized to my horror that I was going to have to carve the dang thing myself while half the people... Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:57:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.578 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/im_stuffed_alre.html As a person who celebrates three Thanksgiving dinners (last Saturday at my house, Thursday at a friend's, and Saturday at a relative's), you can imagine I get pretty sick of turkey by Sunday. That I never want to ever see... Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:34:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.577 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/turkey_tawk.html Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:50:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.571 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink Science http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/10/a_safer_way_to.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:27:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.523 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/09/our_fat_cells_w.html We've been saved, saved, I tell you by a basket from Cherry Moon Farms. Thank you, secret admirer, from saving us from a printer area bereft of chocolate. I'm currently taking bets on how long it will last.... Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:19:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.489 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/09/this_memory_can.html There's some things about the 70's you just want to forget. Like this for one. If you don't feel bad for the people who concepted it, illustrated it, sang on it, or anyone who clipped it out from their cereal... Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:53:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.482 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/08/good_people_at.html Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:46:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.467 Tim Donnelly Food and Drink