B is for Bomb-Throwing! Written on April 13, 2009, by Zack.

Ask the man on the street how to create a successful product, and he’ll most likely respond with some platitude about innovation and research. But what he won’t tell you is that he’s an idiot, and the street he’s on is South Moron Ave. Because creating a successful product as nothing to do with [...]

yes we did! Written on November 5, 2008, by Zack.

Driving home from an election party last night, Amber and I came across a police barricade behind which 4,000 insanely happy Seattlites chanted, danced and shouted. Heading towards the throng, looking for a parking spot, we nearly hit a topless woman flagrantly disregarding the Don’t Walk sign. The event was incredible. Fueled by sheer joy [...]

A Very Maryniuk Marriage Written on November 4, 2008, by Zack.

Heyheyheyheyheyheyhey! Tomorrow is the big day! Time to find out if Obamarama will sweep the nation, or if instead I’ll have to immigrate to Canada! EXCITING TIMES! Since I voted last Saturday, I’ve got nothing to do tomorrow but sit on pins and needles and hope McCain supporters spontaneously combust at the polls (haha, I [...]

You mean they make more then beer up there? Written on September 25, 2008, by Zack.

This poster was illustrated by Pascal Blanchet, a man whose abounding creativity leaps right off the page and kicks the viewer in the face. It was created in response to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “bare-bones approach to arts-funding” (to quote Canadian author Yann Martel, who has decided to protest in his own unique fashion). [...]

From Russia, with Lust Written on September 22, 2008, by Zack.

When you think about it, the difficulty the USSR had with Communism was that it is an ideology, and as such it wasn’t as easy to sell to the surrounding countries as, say, a particular kind of shampoo. Sure, Soviet Communism as a brand had a striking and easily-identifiable aesthetic, but a clear brand identity [...]