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Beginning August 8 and going through August 31, if you try on a pair of new Gap jeans you get a free iTunes download — don’t have to buy — just try them on! It’s the Gap’s “Find Your Favorite Fit” promotion. So if you like pants AND music, this is perfect for you.
Charlie Kaufman [...]

the front running hotel room to plunder in cali in september, is the Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego… we’ll probably reserve 4 of the 10 days of our vacation to crash there, rock-star style. Ahh, vacation.. if it only it were every day.
A dead woman was shot in her casket in Rio. [...]

Trivia question of the day — a shiny prize for the winner… in the late 80s, early 90s there was some rock/pop singer who had a chain from her nose to her ear — what the hell was her name and what the hell did she sing? I think it was Jane something…
Last night, [...]

it’s the remix to ignition…

Last night I checked out R. Kelly’s “mini-video series” on VH1, “Trapped in a Closet” — it’s a series of five (5) music videos that are built like an old-skool radio drama — and it’s completely narrated/sung/rapped by him. It’s pretty entertaining…so check it out [...]

overheard in new york now has, “overheard in the office”
some of my faves:
“I’d look it up, but I’m too lazy…”
Traveling from London…

So I had that craving again yesterday — and it was more a craving for multi-tasking than anything, as I was doing laundry, some web design and needed a third task going in the background — so I picked banana-walnut bread… according to early reviews it was actually not as good as the [...]

hey sports fans,
Laura Dec (who has moved on to a much better gig than our previous employer, Esshole Incorporated) and decla creative have developed a pretty cool site for those that choose the ‘Sports’ section over the ‘Metro’ or ‘Life’ section — it collects RSS feeds from all major sportswriters via RSS into one [...]

In celebration of their 10 year anniversary, Amazon sent out celebs to deliver packages alongside UPS — I must say, if I’d known this went on I most definitely would’ve ordered something…
check out the fun celeb- delivery vids…pretty entertaining….and when did howie mandel shave his head? that’s whack, yo.

When I think of Michael Bay, I think of lens filters highlighting orange skies, chase scenes shot from helicopters and weak-ass storylines — in his latest flick The Island he pretty much meets all expectations — although this particular storyline is a bit more interesting than some of his earlier flicks.
The gist: Ewan “Obi-Wan” Macgregor [...]

triflin’

Originally uploaded by zigs.

ok.. just had to set a new 5-in-a-day record.
here is a pic of some trifle (not to be confused with tripe from your friends at the meat council) from the 4th of July bash a few weeks back.. does it not [...]