Copyright prohibits me from posting the article, but it’s worth tracking down before this issue leaves the newsstands. The authors divulge the spending habits and financial woes of five households surviving on approximately this amount. If there is any lesson to be learned from these case studies, it’s the old adage “It’s not what you earn, it’s what you spend that will kill you.”

See: Almost Rich (Toronto Life)

An income of $196,000 places you in the country’s top one per cent of earners. But does it make you wealthy? An examination of the true cost of city living and why rich is never rich enough Essay by Jonathan Kay; interviews by Maggie Gilmour and Jasmine Budak

It’s not funny because I think there’s nothing more important than an informed, passionate client. I’ve worked with some great ones. They’ve elevated my game. A great client can make up for any short-comings on the agency team. That said, this is kinda funny.

I liked “I’ll never get out of here alive” for a lot of the same reasons why I liked “Jim Giraffe“. These are slightly surreal, quirky, easy-to-read novels about unbelievable things happening to very believable characters. It’s fun.

Here’s what the Guardian had to say: Steve Earle‘s debut novel borrows the title of Williams’s final, posthumous release; though some would say it’s a minor miracle that Earle is still around to participate in this world at all. In the early 1990s, Earle’s songwriting career derailed in spectacular fashion when he received a jail term for drugs and firearms offences. But at the age of 56 he has settled into his seventh marriage (two of which were to the same woman), while joining Kinky Friedman and Rosanne Cash among the small but distinguished corpus of country musicians with parallel literary careers.

Read the rest here.

Nothing more to say about it. It’s just fun.

This copy stinks like a rotten egg.

No doubt, the adjective “new” was mandated by the creative brief. But, in this case, it results in an absurd form of ambiguity. It begs the question, “how much for a used sandwich?”

Adjectives that qualify nouns are sometimes necessary. More often than not, they’re just reckless.

And why the “each” after $1.99? Isn’t sandwich singular? We can probably hang that one on legal.

What’s amazing is the production value, the editing, the performances and overall impression of this non-commercial effort. There’s more entertainment value here than in most million-dollar spots. Nice effort.

If Hipster lifestyle is your thing or the thing you hate most, check out Stuff Hipsters Hate or buy the book by the same name. It’s funnier than you might think it would be.

This makes a great wall poster.

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