What's New?

As befits a person who drinks a couple quarts of coffee on a typical day, I have not been standing still.

Smugglers’ Inn, the theme restaurant/ad agency that I’ve been operating with Minneapolis art director, Carol Henderson, continues to crank out smart, funny work. Germbana and Tours Abroad are new Smug’s clients. Check out our the work, plus my rambling blog entries at http://smugglersinn.blogspot.com.

I continue to pitch what I think are great content ideas to anyone wearing shoes. I’ve gone from, “please, just shoot me,” to “this is an idea whose time has come”. Come on, world!  Resistance is futile.

The first two of a five short films made from my (mostly) still photographs is up now. Check out “Red”; it’s the best one.

                                                                                                               still, "Red©"

Freelancing can be a great life, but, as any gun-for-hire will tell you, it results in a paucity of produced work. (“Paucity” is just one of the fancy words I am using now to impress people, since my washboard abs have sunk beneath a layer of winter fat.) For this reason, I was both surprised and deligthed when a recent job at Team Detroit resulted in about ten online spots I'd written being produced. The new Ford Explorer was being launched on Facebook and the idea was to reply to online questions with commercials that were written, shot and posted  in as little as 48 hours.   It was intense.  I even got to employ my director skills a bit; when the castle’s on fire, anyone can sit on the throne.