Just a quick personal update. (Clicky to watch on YouTube.)

I’ve not been real impressed with Ford’s real people press conference ad campaign. It feels too staged and scripted for me to believe it. But scripted or not, this one is just plain ballsy and I love it!

Ford ad slams government’s auto industry bailout.

Q1: What is black and white and black and white and black and white and black and white and…

A1: A penguin rolling down a hill.

Q2: What is black and white and laughing.

A2: The penguin that pushed him.

I know everyone’s already seen this, but it’s just too funny not to share. And what’s best about this one is that it is crispy-ripe for parody. This should have more parodies than David After Dentist and Hide Yo Kids combined!!

You hear that YouTube?! I’m calling you out! Let’s see what you got!!

Webcam 101 for Seniors…. “That’s a pretty good monkey!”

(Warning: Grandpa is a dirty old man!! *grin*)

P.S. I just checked David After Dentist (to get the link) and it’s got almost 100 million views! That’s insane!

If you’re resting on your laurels, you’re wearing them on the wrong end!

Q: What did the tourist say when he called his friends from his hotel in Cuba?

A: Havana great time!

Q: Why did the Siamese girl break up with her boyfriend?

A: He was dating her sister behind her back.

Ohhh. That’s really bad.

Q: Why did the health department shut down the Italian restaurant?

A: The kitchen couldn’t pasta inspection.

Doctor: You really need to cut back on the martinis!

Patient: Why do you say that?

Doctor: Your urine sample had an olive in it!

I was about to head out the door to work in Colorado Springs. I turned on the TV to check the weather to see which coat to wear. (Colorado weather in September is tricky.) Instead of the weather, I saw a massive fire in one of the World Trade Center buildings. I had just enough time to think, “Wow! How are they going to put that out?” when the second plane hit (live). My mouth fell open and my knees went weak. I sat on the couch just like that for the next three hours or so. When I finally got to work, it was so eerily quiet. In Colorado Springs there are *always* several planes in the air and contrails crisscrossing the sky (US Air Force Academy and two USAF bases near by). But that day, there was nothing. Just clear, blue, silent skies. It was like the whole world was feeling the same silent shock I was feeling.

Where were you? What’s your 9/11 story?