People often tell us: "Mortar looks like a fun place to work." or "Your office seems like a nice place."  We agree. It is.  Sometimes, however, we take things a little far. (OK, "Most times.")
Apparently, Renata's dog feels so strongly about Chateau D'Mortar that she threw a little tantrum upon not getting to come in today.
So.
If you are Cesar Millan, please call.
If you are a carpet company who'd like to work out a little trade, please call.

If you need Renata, she will get back to you as soon as FEMA leaves.

A lot of people will tell you that Apple’s “1984” commercial is the greatest ad of all time. And hey, it is great. But 40 years ago today, something else insanely great happened. This ad, like “1984,” ran just once; July 20, 1969. Timely. Truthful. And wonderfully self-deprecating. When a company has the guts to call its flagship product “ugly,” yet still manages to tie it to one of humankind’s greatest achievements, well, it’s worth a mention.

Oh yeah, and Neil Armstrong and MHS alum Buzz Aldrin also did some stuff.

Apollo 11 Highlights from Todd Day on Vimeo.

Now this is why we miss the days of three-martini lunches. (Besides the martinis, that is.) How hammered would you have to be to write this?  And how schnockered would the client have to be to approve it? "Yeah, "Chubby." Let's go with that."  That must have been the best brief ever.
Anyway, that's actually one of the less horrifying examples of the bad old days you'll find in this post: 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads Of All Time, up on RetroComedy right now. Check it out.

   WE SAID "CHECK IT OUT!" NOW!

Via Boing-Boing, as usual.

Everybody has a Michael Jackson memory.
If you didn’t, well, you do now. RIP.