If there’s one interest we all have in common, it’s ourselves.

The Red Cross capitalized on this fact extremely effectively in this hearing awareness site.

Take the hearing test. Hello? I said go take the hearing test!

The come back and tell us how awesome it would be if your favorite cause could get people’s attention like that instead of resorting to pimply street canvassers.   

Thanks to  AdRants.

The Los Angeles Public Library has posted a stunning collection of old-time travel posters to the Web.

An example from a homesick New Englander below. Because who doesn’t enjoy a good mud season?

Hat tip to Gawker.

So Easter is coming. As far as I’m concerned, this holiday was invented for the sole purpose of buying,  then eating, then cleaning up after gooey delicious Cadbury Creme Eggs.

And so it will always be.

Please enjoy Goo-ology: the new site celebrating the Easter Miracle. Here’s a screen shot from one of the videos:

We referenced the following in an earlier post and now we can present it.

And, no, MortarBlog is not in the employ of MasterCard, but if they would like to give us some dough (get it, kitchen ad – dough), we’re not opposed.