15 minutes worth of brainstorming?

Okay, I'm behind. But over at http://www.writingexcuses.com/ Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells are putting out a weekly series about writing called Writing Excuses. It's audio, not text, but I tried the first one today (it was put up Feb. 10) and it was pretty good!
( Summary of Episode 1 Brainstorming behind the curtain . . . )

Well worth spending some time listening to (only 15 minutes). And despite the term podcast, Firefox was perfectly happy playing this in a popup for me. Of course, it took me a moment to realize that I needed to press the forward icon in the popup window, but that's just me.

And you can find out about Howard's Pepsi habit, too. Now there's a sticky image. :-)

Axe Wakeup Service?

Mitsuko asked me to watch this ad - and it took us a few times to figure it out. Our first impression was that it was a joke of some kind, and I guess maybe it is.
( An Advertiser's Daydream? )

Would you buy a body treatment that promised to blow up a balloon on your sleeping body? It seems like an odd promise to extend to your customers, but then, I suspect it is aimed at somewhat younger men. Perhaps they like the thought of such a surprise awakening?