He wants his tapes and pamphlets back.
Jason Permenter did some digging into my past and discovered some, well, connections that maybe I should have clarified before talking about Supercuts publicly.
Jason threatened to release this photograph if I did not provide him with a Supercuts SuperCoupon, good for 15% off haircuts for life* at any participating franchise. If you know me, you know that I cannot stand for this kind of extortion.
So I’m going public with this photograph myself. Yes, I have been on their payroll for 11 years. Yes, Paul Finkelstein (CEO of parent company Regis Corp) and I regularly go marlin fishing. Yes, my other car is a Supercuts Mobile ShearStation.
I apologize to those I’ve disappointed with what they’ll surely term a viral “stunt.” I simply want you to know that, as a brand trying to cut through the clutter in today’s social media landscape, we did something we thought would generate some “buzz,” without perhaps thinking through the ethical implications.
I am sorry.
What.
Bibs at the Bacheloraclette Party for Jason + Anna
I was going to give a toast, to love, but then I knocked over a wine bottle. Which, in retrospect, is all I’m really qualified to say on the subject anyway.
Zazzle.com is one of those online custom T-shirt shops that lets you preview your creations before you purchase. I’ve become especially attached to one of their models. I call him Alan Hill.
Alan is a real character, always up for a laugh or a “goof-off session.” He doesn’t work so much anymore, and since he lost his driver’s license he doesn’t wander too far from home. More often than not you’ll find him out in his front yard, sitting in his trusty lawn chair, smiling into the middle distance.
I don’t know Alan very well, but from his T-shirts he sure seems like a neat guy with lots of stuff to say!
Figured out why I haven’t been that funny lately.
Title: “Water Coolers”
Summary: A pair of Poland spring delivery boys (Dane Cook, Will Forte) drink all of their product, then try to hide the evidence during a surprise visit from their regional vice-president (Kristen Wiig).
There’s nothing dumber. And for me, there’s nothing funnier. It’s my personal “Tales of Fraud and Malfeasance in Railroad Hiring Practices.”
I couldn’t find it online for free, but it’s worth your $2 at iTunes.
Tramp stamp” designation should not, in this court’s opinion, be applied ex post facto—that is, to women who received hot lower back tats before c. 1999, when the derogatory term was colloquially universalized.
As a young man, Vernon Lott thought he could very well be the next great American poet. But then he got out of the habit of writing, stumbled years later upon on a box of his old poetry in his mom’s basement, and realized: This stuff is horrible. Instead of shoving the poems back into the box, however, and fleeing the basement in shame, he decided to show his work to a bunch of famous writers, among them George Saunders, David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, and Nick Flynn, and ask their opinions. Their reactions to his poetry, and their thoughts on what differentiates good writing from bad, is the subject of Lott’s documentary, “Bad Writing.”
More on the documentary, and the mystery of bad writing, here.
I miss college.
