document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\">    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115702\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c38c6cd80818096ea168ef74143c54d5&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />You know, if I didn't own my own agency, I'd be begging to come work for you.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Michael | <a href=\"http://www.third-person.net\" title=\"http://www.third-person.net\">Homepage</a> | 08.01.08 - 10:36 am | <a href=\"#115702\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115708\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=ce82a0a7f15c0961d3b2828d7ae2ba3d&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />you should take more holidays - it seems to hone your edge<br /><span class=\"byline\">           simon billing | <a href=\"http://freedompictures.ca\" title=\"http://freedompictures.ca\">Homepage</a> | 08.01.08 - 11:36 am | <a href=\"#115708\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115738\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=b07f5982ddb7b93bdeada9187208615b&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />God you're funny; thanks for the color-commentary; I'd love to see you write the subtitles for R.E.'s \"6 AM\" missives.<br><br>This 5-minute video may be old, but I'm just now seeing it and instantly thought of you (and your handgun w/ silencer): <br><br><a href='http://shankman.com/happy-friday-video-2/' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>http://shankman.com/happy-friday...friday-video-2/</a><br /><span class=\"byline\">           GirlPie | 08.01.08 - 5:21 pm | <a href=\"#115738\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115740\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=b07f5982ddb7b93bdeada9187208615b&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />The video is:<br><br>\"What if the STOP sign were designed by...\"<br><br>You'll be able to fill in your own conclusion -- it captures the agency, marketing, network and studio execs someone I know works with...<br /><span class=\"byline\">           GirlPie | 08.01.08 - 5:24 pm | <a href=\"#115740\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115742\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=db2846aafe6f0d6b744545a95b0b151c&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Shakespeare recommended killing all the lawyers. Now you suggest that the account planners should be taken out. Speaking as a freelance writer (okay, so we're the lowest known form of human life), I'd recommend action on the client side, based on a specific Silicon Valley client, who shall be nameless. That client's marcom staff, comprised mostly of 25-year-old geniuses, was incapable--several occasions, after which I quit them--to come up with project data, budgets, schedules or potential sources for the above. This after showing up, almost invariably, late for the project meeting (but remember, their time is valuable and ours isn't).<br>Widen that net, TAC. And bring a gun.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           John Joss | 08.01.08 - 6:09 pm | <a href=\"#115742\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115743\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=db2846aafe6f0d6b744545a95b0b151c&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Shakespeare recommended killing all the lawyers. Now you suggest that the account planners should be taken out. Speaking as a freelance writer (okay, so we're the lowest known form of human life), I'd recommend action on the client side, based on a specific Silicon Valley client, who shall be nameless. That client's marcom staff, comprised mostly of 25-year-old geniuses, was incapable--several occasions, after which I quit them--to come up with project data, budgets, schedules or potential sources for the above. This after showing up, almost invariably, late for the project meeting (but remember, their time is valuable and ours isn't).<br>Widen that net, TAC. And bring a gun.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           John Joss | 08.01.08 - 6:09 pm | <a href=\"#115743\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115762\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=95b3afefebdebbbfaf4d241f5c375af7&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Why did I push the blue \"here\".  Was it to learn more or laugh more?  I got lost in the first paragraph asking what business are we in? Then I finished the article.  Didn't understand a thing. They don't either.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Roger Lewis | 08.02.08 - 7:34 am | <a href=\"#115762\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"115898\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=555257464bf6406ad52395eef5286169&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Ween is also a kickass band.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Giania | <a href=\"http://www.randomkitty.net\" title=\"http://www.randomkitty.net\">Homepage</a> | 08.04.08 - 11:27 am | <a href=\"#115898\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"118576\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2e11db3630e0990c8e99779c07e3325f&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />I love you, ohsoverymuch. 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