This is a picture of an anime character known as Kaneda. He has a cool motorcycle. 

Mix up the letters a little and you get Kenada,  the alter ego of our own Scott, who will be spinning "eclectric" (yes, more mixed up letters) music tomorrow night at Otis. What's "eclectric?" Just what it sounds like. You take two tracks and make something even better out of them. Hear it for yourself. It's just the thing to take the sting out of Tuesdays, which, as of last report, still suck.
 

This is the official logo of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

To say it's "caused a bit of a stir" is a bit like saying "The Titanic had a few bugs to work out."

But did those Londoners back down? Never, never, never! They doubled down. Not with delicious chicken sandwiches, but with this:

Presenting "Wenlock" and "Mandeville," the official mascots of the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. 

No, we're not kidding. They even did a video!

But you know who is kidding? The kids. As in, "The Kids, They Will Mess With Your Brand."

Let's see what you scamps have gotten up to with your PhotoShop.

Expected. (But still funny.)

"Not in our house, Chalmers!"

"Say "What the #*#$&* are those things supposed to be?" again, mother#*$er.
Say it again. I dare you!"

 

"Sweep the leg-like protrusion, Johnny!"

We're through the looking glass, people.

 

This explains so much. Enjoy the rest of your Friday – and please continue twirling, twirling, twirling to freedom.

There's more (NSFW but hilarious) fun over at Deadspin.

We've picked on Ford in the past, but the Mortarblog is nothing if not fair. Hard, but fair. Anyway…zombieproofing as product attribute? That's a benefit we can really…wait for it…wait for it…sink our teeth into.*  But seriously, do you ever play that game? You know, when you're getting into the car and you're spazzing with your latte and your keys and your shades and your iPod and your groceries? We always think – "Man, if we were trying to get away from zombies right now, we'd be toast." You ever do that? You don't? Nobody? Just us? Sigh. Never mind. Just watch the dang commercial.

*Work with us, people. It's Tuesday.

Via Adrants. AAAAAADRAAAAANTS.

With a headline like "Reno: It's Like Vegas But Without All The Douchebags!" you'd think we were Conan O'Brien's roadies. Or you'd think Team CoCo had part-time gigs as brand strategists at Mortar. But it ain't like that at all. What it is like is this – we freaking told you so! 

See?

SEE!?

There is good, cheap, non-douchey fun to be found in the Biggest Little City. (And alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.) Go check it out for yourselves!
Just don't tell the you-know-whos.

Thanks, Team CoCo!