Without question the most aptly named jewelry line in the existence of humanity, Cast of Vices is back with their third collection and, as expected, it’s a doozy. Beyond their past cigarette butts and beer bottle caps, Cast of Vices has decided to up the ante in their Collection No. 3 by adding a little […]


10 Aug
Transporting kilos of coke, a suitcase full of sex toys, piles of cash or simply kidnapping a stewardess — what's your Crime of Choice?

It is my experience in this life that there are few people with a paler sense of humor than those working at the TSA or for airlines in general. I remember years ago, well before 9/11, when I was asked on a flight to Miami if I’d been given any “suspicious” looking packages. Thinking it […]


30 Jun
The Bosch Power Box is here to save the day

If you plan on having a serious throwdown this 4th of July — I mean a serious throwdown, one replete with policemen knocking down your door, ex-girlfriends trying to jump over the fence and that one crazy dude following you on Twitter dressed up in a Papa John’s deliveryman costume — then perhaps you should […]


Another in our series of great commercials that elevate the artform. Created by French director Edouard Salier, he of the latest and much-blogged-about Massive Attack video “Splitting the Atom”, this Argentinian commercial Coke Quest tells a story in the framework of a football-obsessed South American lad fighting robots. Coke Quest directed by Edouard Salier from […]


10 Nov
Pepsi's limited time cola uses real cane sugar instead of corn syrup...and wins its way back into my sugar-starved heart

I was particularly thirsty at a photoshoot the other day and I did something I almost never do — I stuck my hand in the icy goodness of the cooler and pulled out a Pepsi. It’s not that I have anything against Pepsi, it’s just that I very rarely drink soda. So I pull the […]


Quite possibly the most believable headline ever for the Globe. I mean, how much sense does this make? The raging paranoia (PATRIOT ACT, anybody?), the rampant mood swings, the belligerent attitudes (whoops, our bad Iraq!), the epic delusions of grandeur, the lies and cover-ups (paging Valerie Plame)…holy shit, George W Bush is a total cokehead!!! […]