Writing

Kurt Vonnegut suggested writing for one person. I took that suggestion. Everything I write is designed for you.

Published books, essays, and long-form thinking on creativity, technology, making things, and what it means to be human in an age of automation.

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Kurt Vonnegut

Knight imagery for a good night's sleep

Illustration — bearded dad asleep on a pillow, black line art on yellow

Line drawing of the log cabin Abraham Lincoln grew up in in Kentucky

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Hardcover editions of Daddy Sat on a Duck and Daddy Said A Word I Never Heard by Scott M. Cohn

Illustration — the emotionally needy ex-boyfriend, black line art on yellow

Jim Morrison mugshot illustration from the original Men's Health post

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RockDotRock campaign site — 80s hairband interface for Symantec Norton Internet Security

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Hunter S. Thompson in signature style

Fall Into Autumn

The key to fall style is really the key to style, at large — 'To thine own self be true.' Unless you're an a-hole.

Kurt Vonnegut said the purpose of life is to 'fart around.' He was onto something.

Knight imagery for a good night's sleep

To Sleep, Perchance To Snore?

My buddy Greg was a notorious insomniac. Up all night watching reruns of Mr. Show. Everything you can think of that didn't involve sleeping you could find Greg up to from 8pm to 8am.

Illustration — bearded dad asleep on a pillow, black line art on yellow

11 Things I Want for Father's Day

The key to Father's Day is realistic expectations and Medieval Times.

Line drawing of the log cabin Abraham Lincoln grew up in in Kentucky

Put Your S#!T In A Box

This is the year of throwing out a bunch of old shit — the sloughing off of that useless armor in a world of drone strikes. I'm talking literally and figuratively.

Illustration — Chewbacca-adjacent grooming, black line art on blue

Hirsute is a great word — like sharknado, the definition is contained right there in the spelling. You are wearing a suit made of hair.

Illustration — the 4 fat-ass groups on a divided plate, black line art on tan

You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (Once A Week)

Health is a gift, not like perfect pitch, but rather like a houseplant — with continued loving care it rewards you. Ignored, it dries up, turns brown, and dies.

Hardcover editions of Daddy Sat on a Duck and Daddy Said A Word I Never Heard by Scott M. Cohn

Daddy Sat on a Duck

Do you ever hear strange noises in your house? Join one little girl on her quest to catch the wild beasts that HONK and ROAR and BELCH at all hours. Or… could it just be Daddy?

Illustration — the emotionally needy ex-boyfriend, black line art on yellow

Kill Them With Kindness – If That Doesn't Work Try Arsenic

Totally kidding — we don't espouse violent solutions to slight inconveniences. But sheer probability suggests there will always be someone in your life that you're not gonna jive with.

Jim Morrison mugshot illustration from the original Men's Health post

From Here To Eternity

In high school, I had an art teacher that ate a meal of pills three times a day — literally a handful of pills, must've been 20 in there. He figured he would live to at least 120.

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Night Agency ECD Lists His New Year's Resolutions

No more passive/aggressive emails to staff, as long as they stop making microwave popcorn, haha, but seriously people, be considerate. That stuff stinks.

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An Advertising Agency Enters a Consumer-Generated Contest

When our account director suggested we enter GoDaddy's commercial contest, a light bulb went off. In the men's bathroom. So we fixed it. Then we discussed the contest.

RockDotRock campaign site — 80s hairband interface for Symantec Norton Internet Security

Symantec: Rock Dot Rock

Based on the success of the music, we thought it would be fun to run a little further with the idea.

By and large we find ourselves hilarious, and our own opinion holds the most weight with ourselves.

The2HeadedDog.com Dog Pound gallery — user-uploaded two-headed dog art

MTV2 Proves Two Heads Are Better Than One

The media did the job of creating interest enough to drive millions to the website in search of more information. The site rewarded that curiosity with a ton of mysterious, yet sticky content.

The Apex of Humor

You get the psychedelic pre-digital effects, you get the streamers, the confetti, the roller skates. You also get a lot of people running through paper signs. To me, that's the apex of humor.