PSA of the Day: According to the Best Friends Animal Society, more than 80 percent of pet owners support spaying or neutering their furry friends. But apparently, pet owners can’t seem to remember exactly when their animals should be sterilized (at 4 months old).
Enter the Fix at Four campaign, a series of clever PSAs that aims to reduce the number of accidental pets, and the best of which makes it seem as if a freaked-out father is trying to keep a bunch of horny neighborhood boys from impregnating his tween-age daughter.
“We purposely made them lighter,” says Bill Oakley, of TM Advertising, which helped design the spots. “When I see those Sarah McLachlan commercials, I turn them off. I can’t even watch them.”
[adweek]
[slow claps] nice work.
“I don’t know who you are or where you came from, but I’m the ONLY one in this town that can wear tight pants. You got it? I will end you. DON’T WAKE THE SNAKE! You drinkin’ my sake kemo sabe?” (x)
Yeah, you need to see this.
i legit just logged to post this video…and this was at the top of my feed.
i hope this becomes the new “let us play with your look”….not a replacement, though, because i can’t do without jimmy’s scream singing and the creepy looks.
oh, and if you haven’t seen that before, you should probably see that, too.
WHEN I TRY TO EXPLAIN MY JOB TO A FRIEND AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS “SO YOU BASICALLY GO ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ALL DAY?”
Gay rights in the US, state by state
I love informative data graphics. As a friend writes, regarding this one:
“The things about this graphic that people seem to not realize are: (a) the British are tracking our Civil Rights history better than we are, (b) although marriage rights are nice (in this graphic, icing on the figurative cake), there are innumerable basic rights and protections that the majority has and that the majority of states are like “meh, whatever” on, (c) these are just the written laws, not a metric of attitudes and “on the street” behavior (for better or worse, often worse) of the majority toward a minority, (d) oh Pennsylvania, we made April the official month of the Bible, but we’re nicely grayed”
This is very worth clicking through-on. And PA (my home-state) is certainly bringing the NE down.
hey PA - don’t be like NC.
Mayor Bloomberg with Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers announcing the results of the Boston Consulting Group’s study on NYC’s media industry.
gratuitous reblog of new hampshire’s son for lauren. ;)
Tomorrow is May 5th, which means that the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo fall on the same day this year. Cinco de Derby, y’all! I was thinking about going to Maison Premiere for their Kentucky Derby special (and dress up for the occasion) but maybe I’ll make something at home instead.
What should I make? Mint julep margaritas (pictured above)? Tequila juleps? Fried chicken tacos?
looking forward to drinking h-e-a-v-i-l-y at the derby de mayo celebration i’m attending tomorrow. i earned it this week.
Game prep:
Arrange the cans of beer around the bottle of rum. The cans are Pawns of the Secret Order, the rum is the King, and the arrangement is called the Castle.
Decide on 4 Zones, and arrange platforms ( chairs, buckets, anything ) in patterns…
YEP. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN.
First Listen: Kanye West – “Mercy” (Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz) | Stereogum
Another new G.O.O.D. Friday track.
for my listening enjoyment later.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When you’re putting together a series like this, how do you balance “happy endings” — like a gentoo penguin escaping a southern sea lion multiple times on land — and sad ones, like the Weddell seal being targeted by the orcas, which is both absolutely fascinating and excruciating to watch.
CHADDEN HUNTER: To me, that’s the most emotionally-draining sequence of the whole series. But then the power of it — it is nature and it is what happens. So part of conveying it is capturing that drama that these animals have to deal with day in and day out.
VANESSA BERLOWITZ: We do think quite carefully about how we pace those sequences and in what order. We really wanted to have a light moment — it’s very uplifting when the penguin gets away — because we knew the ending of the orca sequence. We had lots of debates about whether to show that shot
We sat down with Frozen Planet producer Vanessa Berlowitz and director Chadden Hunter.
frozen planet was so good last night, you guys.