This was an actual ad on Craigslist today:

Looking for a Sarah Palin lookalike for an adult film to be shot in next 10 days.   Major adult studio.  Please send pix, stats etc. ASAP  Pay: $2000-3000 No anal required.

Now.  The fact that porn studios are putting out a call for Sarah Palin lookalikes doesn’t surprise me, that was inevitable.  (Remember how hot the Geraldine Ferraro porn from the 80’s was?)  The part that has had me laughing loudly every time I explain it is that I’m sure this was written in complete earnestness.  “No Anal Required” is completely true and relevant in this context.  But if this is from a “major adult studio” as advertised, it means they are filthy rich and probably have capable employees; possibly highly educated ones.  All day I have been imaging a young man with an MBA typing the words no anal required.  Did he giggle?  Is he totally desensitized?

At the office we are in the process of finding a replacement for our office manager.  It is taking every iota of professionalism in my being to not put out this ad:

Leading content producing skateboard website looking for an Office Manager with at least 2-3 years experience.  Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, have excellent communication skills and own your own car.  Web design, Graphic design or Video editing skills a plus.  No anal required.

Or, little-to-no anal required.

Great sign for us when even “Fair & Balanced” Fox news polls are showing Obama as the winner of the debate.  In case you can’t read it, it reads:  Obama 69%, McCain 31%.  I highly doubt this poll will show up on any of their television broadcasts.

Fingers crossed.

A lot going on.  Decisions to be made.  Things to be bought.  Things to be sold.  Things to be built.  Things to destroy.

The usual.

And on Monday it will have been 2 weeks since I smoked a cigarette.

What in the hell is this woman talking about?  She sounds like a nervous teenager.

Official launch was yesterday, and damn I am tired.

David Foster Wallace dead at 46. Drag.

Me too…err,  wait, are we using “hell” as a euphemism here?

View from Playa de la Concho, San Sebastian 2007.  So many Michelin Stars, so little time.

I haven’t really read a book, strictly for pleasure, in a long time.  In school I was reading all the time, and although somewhat pleasurable, it’s hard to read when you are rushed and stressed.  I am going to make a stack of books to read in the next couple of months.  Actually I’ll do it now.  I’ll “liveblog” my book selections, should be fascinating:

1. Verb Natures: Architectural Boogazine by Albert Ferre
2. You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
3. Far from Equilibrium: Essays on Technology and Design Culture by Sanford Kwinter
4. Camouflage by Neil Leach
5. Architecture in the Digital Age:  Design and Manufacturing by Branko Kolarevic

Wow.  Liveblogging is as exciting as it sounds.

In other news, I am planning some things for BoA, launching a new site over at my other job, and trying to think of a name for my firm.  It’s hard to think of something that you might possibly be stuck with for the rest of your career.  It’s so easy to like something that is trendy that will make you cringe in 5 years.  I’ll keep you posted.  Maybe I’ll liveblog it.

Steve and I had dinner tonight to discuss business.  I thought I was caught up with work, but as I started making a list of things that need to be done this week, I realized just how far behind we are.  Little things really add up.  But it’s really hard to complain when your to-do list includes:

• Get Koston To Autograph Board for Contest Winner
• Buy Gas Grill and Propane
• Interview Questions for ______________ (can’t tell you who.)

And finally getting an iPhone and a Mac.  My T-Mobile contract is finally expiring and my laptop is about 4 days from the screen falling off.  Time to update.

Cheers, dudes.

Oh, and.  What in the hell is this?

John McCain in front of Walter Reed Middle School.  Oops.  Republicans aren’t so good with the details.