tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90233760162495132962024-03-14T02:58:32.575-07:00SCOTTY McLUKERAnd the Curious World of MuttMutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096154905543171697noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-65102756978308576752011-10-05T10:35:00.000-07:002011-10-05T10:35:02.116-07:00Mutt Wellness Shelf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #010101; font-family: Memphis, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">A new season, a new beginning. We are out of vodka and hence, the wellness shelf has arrived. Vitamins, detox tea, band-aids, allergy medication, cough drops, really anything you need to live happy and healthy. Mutt style.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-73176756719600537552011-09-17T08:00:00.000-07:002011-09-17T08:00:01.832-07:00Mutt Fun Day, round 2<a href="http://muttdevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/P1340598.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px;" src="http://muttdevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/P1340598.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size:13px;"><p>I love people–watching. I've watched for almost 23 years. It's how I learned invaluable lessons like riding a bicycle or pretending to listen and not–so–important lessons like where to hold my arms while standing for long periods of time. By watching others, I learn everything they know about what it is they're doing. This is how I reassure myself when trying something new and possibly humiliating or dangerous. For the most part, watchers watch and rarely do — we leave doing to those less afraid of making mistakes than ourselves. As a watcher, I never did anything without fully understanding the possible consequences, effectively eliminating all sports and outdoor activities for me early on. Imagine my surprise when I found myself holding a paddle in swimming trunks and a life vest on a raft — for fun.</p><p>I've only been a mutt for three months, but I've spent a majority of my time watching the other mutts and I thought I had them pretty much figured out. I knew that there were some who enjoyed light hikes and short camping trips, I didn't peg anyone as extremely adventurous or very athletic (I mean, this is a creative agency). Like most companies, Mutt has an annual fun day, sometimes a fun trip. Last year, the mutts went to Palm Springs for pool–side entertainment. The year before that, they threw a huge anniversary party at Beast in Portland. I was thrilled to find out where we were going for this year's <em>real</em> fun day (we already had a "fun day" that turned out to be an all staff meeting at Cromer's house) as soon as the email from Cheryl popped up in my inbox. Anxiety quickly replaced my joy when I read over the word "rafting" in the subject line. Rafting? The only other time I went rafting was at DIsneyland and I didn't even like it. I couldn't understand everyone else's excitement, I was terrified. What if I fall in? Or get lost? How should I wear my hair?</p><p>By the time rafting day came around, my nerves had come to a head. No amount of watching could have prepared me for +3 to +4 rapids that kicked our asses. The water was cold, my nose was sunburnt and no one stayed dry. Surprisingly enough, I did not fall in, get lost or care too much about my hair (only after the first water splashing fight). Even more of a surprise to me was that someone called me "athletic–looking" out on the water, literally the last adjective I'd use to describe myself. Getting out of the studio and onto the river with the mutts for a day was truly an experience — one I am glad I jumped into without over–analyzing and we all got to see my adventurous side, which almost never happens. Although we seemed a little hesitant toward rafting day at first, we all had a blast blowing off steam with water fights, paddle races and cliff diving in good company. Also, I am clearly an awesome rafter and might have found a new favorite pastime.</p></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-76796284061273857932011-09-16T12:00:00.000-07:002011-09-16T12:00:49.208-07:00Controlled Chaos<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I often wonder if this is just how advertising works or if there is a special brand of controlled chaos here at Mutt. Take a new business pitch as example; I’ll try to describe what I witness. Now, I’m a bit of a spectator to the process since I deal in money & operations here but I think this gives me a unique perspective and a 40,000-foot view if you will.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Initially, when we learn of a new lead there is generally an air of skepticism, either having to do with how real the prospect seems to be or our odds of landing the business. There is always a warm up period, it’s kind of like needing to psyche each other up to go for it. Questions, doubts, reinforcements etc. But once we get there, watch out.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">This is where the controlled chaos starts; it’s all hands on deck. Research goes crazy, finding all kinds of interesting (and sometimes not so interesting) information on the category, the business, the players, the target – everything. Here’s my first moment of wonder in the process. So many questions start flying around; good questions, thought provoking questions, silly questions, stupid questions. It becomes fun and everyone’s opinion is listened to. The entire agency participates, including myself. It’s pretty amazing that out of the opinions of 20 people comes that 1 nugget, the truth of what we believe will set this client up for success if they’re only smart enough to listen to us. And what’s interesting is that there is a mind shift here, the prospect hasn’t chosen us, but we begin considering them our client. You have to when you’re that deep & committed.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">And now the hard part. The late nights start, the tense situations arise, tempers get a little edgy, empty wine & liquor bottles are all over the kitchen in the morning. We have to take our truth and make it come to life and come to life in inspiring ways. Make the client see why this is going to work and how it’s going to work. So many options and creative ideas are generated. The conference room is littered with ideas on the wall, ideas in a pile on the floor. The distillation down to 2 -3 pathways is hard and again, I wonder at the collaboration & intelligence that gets us there.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">And it always comes down to the wire; the team is here late into the night & up until the night before the pitch. This isn’t laziness or true chaos; It’s passion. There is so much passion to do this right, every detail is thought about. How do we knock their socks off? The presentation deck is done & re-done & re-done. The ideas are refined & elaborated on. There is always some doubt that we’ll finish in time and that we’ll have everything fleshed-out, but I’ve never seen us go in unprepared. In the end, it comes together and is amazing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">This is my biggest take away – I work with passionate, crazy intelligent, fun-loving, hard working perfectionists. It’s impossible to avoid controlled chaos when you’re dealing with Mutt.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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Happy Mondays folks! This is kind of an awkward subject to bring up because it's not exactly current. But I have been meaning to mention it, so here it goes...<br />
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Mutt's been going through some growth spurts lately- spaces, faces and cosmetic surgery. Once the paint dries and the sawdust is swept we'll take some stellar photos to share. For now though, I'd like to introduce you to the new faces here at Mutt in a little series called, "Be The Best." Here's installment number one...<br />
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<b>Chris Lawson, Producer.</b><br />
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<i>Mutt: Would you rather have the ability to see through walls, or the ability to unlock any door? </i><br />
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CL: See through walls.<br />
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CL: I was born in Reno, Nevada, but moved around a lot: Chicago, Dayton, Cincinnati, San Diego, then back to Fernley, NV. Fortunately, my father took over the parenting roll when I was 13 and I was shipped to the the NW, where I spent the remainder of my formative years.
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Mutt:</i></span> Best Job (besides Mutt, of course)? </i><br />
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CL: Freelance Production Manager. There's always a new challenge.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Mutt:</i></span> Top 5 most played songs in your iTunes? </i><br />
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CL: My work computer isn't a good representation. If it was accurate I would guess it would be one of my many favorite bands: pixies, xtc, nick drake, the clash, elbow.<br />
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CL: My friends who are small business owners and artist who have the courage and vision to create and produce work independently.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Mutt: </i></span>If you could grab a cocktail with anyone (living or dead) who would it be? Where would you go? And what would you order? </i><br />
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CL: This is a hard one. I guess I would say Antoni Gaudí. If he wasnʼt available I would love to get a drink with Picasso. I would order whatever they were having.<br />
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Chris Lawson, ladies and gentlemen...<br />
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I've gone through just about all of the stages of grieving since opening this post page. And I'm still hurt, especially my <a href="http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/english/alternatives/1319">strawberry tart</a>. </div>
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Let me fill the rest of you in. Today was D.Webb's last day with us (Mutt's).</div>
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I never know if I should write for everyone else in the office but this one's easy. I'm pretty sure about fifteen of us are right now, at this moment, weeping. Sixteen if you count Mona's howls. This is the face of devastation... Even those of us who are just finally getting to know <s>the Man</s> <s>the Myth</s> The Legend, are feeling a little hole swelling up inside.</div>
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Okay, I'm crying.</div>
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Damien was kind of a big deal. He's a killer designer, a stand-up guy and great friend. And he's English (which finally makes that strawberry tart joke funny). Plus he has two motorcycles. Let's be honest, he's totally cool. Which is only salt to the Loss Wound. </div>
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But I've reached Level Five: Acceptance now and I just figured it out. Mutt's a family, and that bond lasts forever and, perhaps most logically, you've got an iPhone. </div>
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I'm sad. We all are. But I'll be sending you iChats just as often.</div>
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Love you. Miss you. </div>
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Please Come Back...</div>
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</div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-76911418589825381822011-02-22T12:33:00.000-08:002011-02-24T07:41:36.298-08:00aaron "lenscap!" james reports to spring training<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmoX6V5a20p3IgXlbZVuA-3YlUWwLXbb7G004zv-_WcHlbeqFUdvAaT7bIaZPHi_pPXjNECdr7PFI_zd3AArVZMkmGis39Agv8wEN4e85FvejCcPcEn4qFalCg3YtAcIFtK8gJ1OH1uoo/s1600/aaron+%252522lenscap%252522+james+.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmoX6V5a20p3IgXlbZVuA-3YlUWwLXbb7G004zv-_WcHlbeqFUdvAaT7bIaZPHi_pPXjNECdr7PFI_zd3AArVZMkmGis39Agv8wEN4e85FvejCcPcEn4qFalCg3YtAcIFtK8gJ1OH1uoo/s400/aaron+%252522lenscap%252522+james+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577281584566186434" /></a>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602051246230001470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-53569737580418349052011-02-21T08:14:00.000-08:002011-02-21T08:14:59.476-08:00Moxie.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-4227778127018398022011-02-16T15:21:00.000-08:002011-02-16T15:24:51.487-08:00time to get back to work, al<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sDaLaco5uH8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602051246230001470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-29076729889076950612011-02-07T11:24:00.000-08:002011-02-07T11:24:03.998-08:00Mutt Europe: On a Horse With No Name<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://muttyou.blogspot.com/2011/01/if-you-love-something-set-it-free.html" target="_blank">As McCommon pointed out</a>, I am Mutt's sole European correspondent for the next couple weeks which means I find myself extremely busy handling all of my duties here in the land of burning euros <strong>(i.e. jamon department, octopus and potato taster, American songwriter, tour manager, language butcherer & unleaded into diesel automobile master)</strong> I won't lie. I am, as far as I know, Mutt's only songwriter/copywriter and they've known all along I have this bad habit of seeing the darker side of things, writing folk songs about it and playing them in far away places where no one I know is around to make my skin crawl.<br />
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For <a href="http://www.doloreanmusic.com/" target="_blank">Dolorean</a>, my band of ten years, it's our first tour in support of our new album <em><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/dolorean-the-unfazed.html" target="_blank">The Unfazed</a> </em>which<em> </em>came out on January 18th of this year in the US and Europe. In the three years since our last album, <em>You Can't Win,</em> another band hailing from Barcelona, Spain has claimed the name Delorean (slightly different spelling) and has seemingly made love aurally to <a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14147-subiza/" target="_blank">every music blogger</a>, <a href="http://www.truepanther.com/#/artists/delorean" target="_blank">painfully hip record label</a> and American Apparel shopper on the planet. Even worse, they probably fix a beautiful breakfast before they leave in the morning... While the music of Dolorean (us) and Delorean (them) is very, very different (they specialize in electro dance music), in the world of zeros and ones this has become a bit of a nightmare - comment threads get heated, show listings get messed up, even iTunes got it wrong for half of the day when our album came out. So what do we do? Like any glass-half-full crew of optimists we decide that we will ignore it and tour Spain for a week and a half to kick off the support of the new album.<br />
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The Spanish leg of our European tour was incredible - Burgos, Zaragoza, Castellon, Madrid, Cadiz, Huelva, Granada and back to Madrid again. Every venue was pleasantly packed, we sold every single CD and nearly every LP that we brought for this leg of the tour and the Spanish hospitality is unmatched. The food, the drinks and the late nights in Spain are world class. So what to make of this Dolorean/Delorean confusion. Did we really lose our name, our identity to another group of musicians? The answer came to light in our last night in Spain. At our booking agent's request we played an all acoustic set in his friend's perfectly curated bookstore called <a href="http://labuenavidaweb.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">La Buena Vida</a>. It was arranged last minute, the invitation was spread via word of mouth. When we set up to play at 9:30 on a Saturday night in Madrid the bookstore was packed. It was probably the best show of the tour so far - no PA, no tickets, no green room. What's in a name? Who cares, there's so much more in a song.<br />
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<strong>From Paris where just moments ago I told a French waiter "Gracias" -</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.doloreanmusic.com/2011/01/from-madrid-to-castellon/" target="_blank">First tour photo set lives here</a>. (enjoy a selection below)<br />
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</div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-45692061628023777362011-02-03T14:28:00.000-08:002011-02-03T14:30:18.806-08:00the world through al's eyes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVGaMKw2wkEu7GL0ED57972t_g-Lr-Loe_jDhG4iZ31kxPnTU9J4I8h06Ai4LzOLdGE7rdrkQbVZsIL2VrwF8zrYmAUAdQDj4DpTb6RCQ23ASNvbYIAnzJTmfPJuaW7bKW0nR-cfVjbxE/s1600/IMG_0248.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVGaMKw2wkEu7GL0ED57972t_g-Lr-Loe_jDhG4iZ31kxPnTU9J4I8h06Ai4LzOLdGE7rdrkQbVZsIL2VrwF8zrYmAUAdQDj4DpTb6RCQ23ASNvbYIAnzJTmfPJuaW7bKW0nR-cfVjbxE/s400/IMG_0248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569594056950963826" /></a>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602051246230001470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-85407515206539700722011-01-21T14:19:00.000-08:002011-01-25T12:02:40.582-08:00If you love something set it free.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WIetp_aYpbtIZvjtK_akPolw7hI7oycop82h8GFomsTrox4iWJbIiNWUx9hWMPeftV_5nSfWkUSCp_Y7JNbkraBYDdBXjrg1eYMO3-rPOAIkpK_pnukR2JE9Bm8zYpoMRm1XRpIy0hpE/s1600/FargoAllStars4-1-e1295539844922.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WIetp_aYpbtIZvjtK_akPolw7hI7oycop82h8GFomsTrox4iWJbIiNWUx9hWMPeftV_5nSfWkUSCp_Y7JNbkraBYDdBXjrg1eYMO3-rPOAIkpK_pnukR2JE9Bm8zYpoMRm1XRpIy0hpE/s400/FargoAllStars4-1-e1295539844922.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769216668148850" /></a><br />Mutt's very own Al James will be leaving us soon for Dolorean's European tour. We wish him much luck. Fly little birdy, fly.<div><br /></div><div>Want to hear a little? </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.doloreanmusic.com/DoloreanPlayer.html">http://www.doloreanmusic.com/DoloreanPlayer.html</a></div>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602051246230001470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-29164492198130245342010-12-22T16:52:00.000-08:002010-12-22T16:52:10.383-08:00Mutt Holiday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you and Happy Holidays!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we missed you Z...</div>Mutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096154905543171697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-49864329187217938752010-12-13T06:12:00.000-08:002010-12-13T06:12:26.476-08:00When Gen X met the Millenials, it was murder.<style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">I remember the first time we met. I was at a trends presentation in Dallas. You were on slide 19. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Years later, the details are a bit fuzzy. But I do remember you and your peers clutching trophies and banging on about changing the world. I also remember wanting to vomit. <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Last year you walked into my office looking for a job. You seemed humble and scared and nothing like the PowerPoint deck from Dallas. And you knew how to use Photoshop. So I offered you an internship; unpaid of course. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">The first month you did everything we asked of you. And it pissed me off. I just knew you were snowballing us. I also knew that if I offered you a job, your notoriously obnoxious sense of entitlement would rear its ugly head and poison Mutt to its core. <span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">So I offered you a job. <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Weeks later, when you revealed you were living with your parents and that your mom was coming by to take you to lunch, I thought I had made a mistake. And when you returned from <i>Pizza Schmiza</i> with two large veggies for yourself and a kiddie-size pepperoni for the rest of the Mutts, I <i>knew</i> I had made a mistake.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">But slowly, as we learned to turn recriminations into questions and differences into debates, our relationship began to thaw. I liked it when you complimented me for playing <i>Seals and Croft</i>. And I was grateful when you finally checked your digital snobbery and taught me how to use<i> </i>I-Chat. Now, every time I drag a JPEG into that little rectangle and send it ripping through cyberspace, I think of you and your humble tutelage.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">I know we still have our awkward moments. Like today, when you tried to reason that a kickball match was more important than preparing for a new business pitch. But I do know that I’d be lost without you. And that, in spite of what I supposedly learned that day in Dallas, one should never judge a Millennial by a trends presentation.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span></span></div>Mutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096154905543171697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-49850036533991996772010-11-17T09:15:00.000-08:002010-11-17T09:34:49.654-08:00Dance Embassador DewitzI'd like to introduce you all to a very special Mutt. His name is Danny Dewitz- but we'd love for you to call him Dance Embassador Dewitz- and he is the head of R&DD (Research and Dance Development) here at Mutt HQ.
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At first we didn't think we even needed an R&DD. After all, we're the forerunners of the gigging and jerkin movements. Not to mention we have a <a href="http://muttyou.blogspot.com/2009/12/amazing-dancing-damien.html">resident english folklore dance expert</a>. But the moment Danny sent in his resumé (see the below) we knew we had to hire him.<br />
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And that was Danny at age 13. So it's no surprise that three days into his department's study of current Southern dance movements fifteen and a half year-old Danny found this gem. Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce you to The Bern.
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See, I fooled you there...You thought that was a title for a post with clever reflections on the trials and tribulations of everyday life here at Mutt HQ. I must say, I've got some promising material...but I feel it needs a healthy dose of holiday season nostalgia. Stay tuned for that until either Thanksgiving or Chrismahanukwanzakah for that installment (under a different title of course, maybe "The Year Of The Pigon?") <br />
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Instead, we're making the title literal. When you think of non-interval-based "times," what do you think of?<br />
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Perhaps, New York?<br />
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Like, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>?<br />
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Yeah, like <a href="http://vimeo.com/14223059">that one</a>. And that one <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/business/media/12adco.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=mutt+industries&st=cse">wrote a thing about us</a> (or mentioned us in a thing it wrote about <a href="http://muttyou.blogspot.com/2010/10/america-s-automobiles.html">them</a>/<a href="https://www.teamdetroit.com/">them</a>). <br />
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For a second I thought Steve and Mike were actually on a <a href="http://muttyou.blogspot.com/2010/11/go-do.html">Vision Quest</a>.Mutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096154905543171697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-43513919930079697622010-11-10T10:15:00.000-08:002010-11-11T11:16:48.522-08:00The Hibernator<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In addition to thick manes of hair and intimidating size, Bears and I have a lot in common. Another one of these commonalities is impressive sleeping abilities. Last night I went home and passed out on my bed after eating half a sandwich and a warm bowl of vegetable soup. I've been illy lately, and as a result i've been exhausted. Anyway, I took a four-hour nap and then woke up around 11 and thought, "man am I glad I'm not Scott Cromer."</div>
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See, to start, Herr Cromer probably couldn't nap for four hours if his life depended on it. And second, if he could, he'd have no chance at sleeping through the night. He doesn't have it as bad as some, but he's pretty much an insomniac, which goes a long way in explaining his severe mood swings.<br />
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But my name isn't Scott Cromer, it's David Zavertnik and I am the Hibernator. So twelve hours later, after I woke up from my second sleep for the evening, I thought more about sleeping - specifically, those of us at the office who love to sleep. Have you ever seen a sleeping Mutt?<br />
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I have yet to witness the sleeping patterns of Mike McCommon or Damien Webb, but I promise to keep you posted with any developments.<br />
<br />Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-60020210069266899542010-11-08T22:42:00.000-08:002010-11-08T23:48:28.810-08:00Our Friend Joel<div style="text-align: left;">
It's been at least a month since I've last seen our mayng Joel Colley. Last time we were chatting, he was building little <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=150297441673133&set=a.150297051673172.18499.147761681926709">office oases</a> (which is the plural for oasis, because he built something like 75 sets) for my other main mayng, <a href="http://rjohnsoncorp.com/">RJohnson</a>. And since then Colley (and RJ) have been flourishing.
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As I fffffound out last night, Joel entered a pair of <a href="http://www.colleyconcepts.com/?p=526">Play-Doh kicks</a> into <a href="http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=22194">Core77's</a> one-hour design challenge. Not only did the man enter, he received honorable mention - despite deserving something in the range of Medal. Peep the Air Max's he made...
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Anywho, as I contemplated the mental processes of today's design challenges, I watched an episode of Sneaker Game. Have you all seen this? If not, you're slippin' kid....My mayng Patrick Tinkle is killing it this episode with the bedazzler.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a very special incentive program here. Check in at Mutt three times and receive an original ink portrait by our very own Head of Research, Scott Cromer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you unfamiliar with CromerArt®, here's a tantalizing introduction:</span><br />
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<embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fcromer.scott%2Falbumid%2F5533245111094926705%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="334" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500"></embed>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-58896072133344145812010-10-25T16:56:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:59:45.875-07:00Red Plaid Shirt day at MUTT Today! Tell everyone.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HHzeMisFPPhCA-qHuniXhzMNVpUNIQ8QWgrXLyVALo63-ePqSMS7UPlIi7GCZr1ce0bvso-5EeealaobITDfut8s1s1QtKeNZzS6IsDmCTUFMytiUmYqWNP-rlEGt7kqKbrs5cl041Ve/s1600/IMG_1952.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HHzeMisFPPhCA-qHuniXhzMNVpUNIQ8QWgrXLyVALo63-ePqSMS7UPlIi7GCZr1ce0bvso-5EeealaobITDfut8s1s1QtKeNZzS6IsDmCTUFMytiUmYqWNP-rlEGt7kqKbrs5cl041Ve/s400/IMG_1952.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532137595971533666" /></a>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602051246230001470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-23748118933860733862010-10-21T23:27:00.000-07:002010-10-22T00:55:55.717-07:00"That was impressive."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302942483"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKz1xUkweH35BE9sPuv6KZ8ejbjUfFvKT26Y8ItFG32rtUTzUIlHNVbdw-PGmZTFmCL3UTRb1Asz8rso4qxWUp6kvlnu4-CxewlBNpTlBmjFpJys0TO54xbqv29DfFizeBLIURnDUFyNY/s400/Screen+shot+2010-10-22+at+12.46.29+AM.png" width="500" /></a></div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-9086390373508173562010-10-20T10:56:00.000-07:002010-10-22T12:33:43.555-07:00Oh Canada!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font: 16px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0px;">In an effort to be a be a little more worldly, I recently subscribed to a few international newspapers, one of those being <i>The Globe and Mail</i>. I don't exactly have time to read all the papers in a morning, so I generally pick a paper per day and get up nice and early to read it before work. </div><div style="font: 16px Times; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0px;">Wednesday's are <i>The Globe and Mail</i> days, so imagine my surprise as I'm flipping page by page and all of a sudden the familiar face of Mutt's favorite fashionista, Miss Rachel Mara, is staring at me. Life couldn't be more perfect, because <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/rachel-mara-fashion-designer/article1759638/">the article</a> is a perfect segue into today's blog post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36iQkz-a6k7u0q1m4HmTLu3XWJDdDYZ0S0T19iiJ7TkSkR6O1P2pDusAMBbijfFSrqyj6dWMgz_ltTOok9jTWeOaxUFWpNwCN0ZQF1yls4QP4xUiIvlOUaGXIJ6YwouP3jpZG_vBpM13J/s1600/RachelMara_TorontoGlobe_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36iQkz-a6k7u0q1m4HmTLu3XWJDdDYZ0S0T19iiJ7TkSkR6O1P2pDusAMBbijfFSrqyj6dWMgz_ltTOok9jTWeOaxUFWpNwCN0ZQF1yls4QP4xUiIvlOUaGXIJ6YwouP3jpZG_vBpM13J/s400/RachelMara_TorontoGlobe_cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px;">Today is all about Rachel Mara. You see, over the past couple weeks Rachel has been receiving a lot of coverage (read more articles about her <a href="http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Fashion/2010/10/14/15690961.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/life/tofashionweek/2010/10/14/15690686.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/21/753681/fashion-in-toronto-102110.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/story.cfm?content=177097">here</a> and <a href="http://www.lfpress.com/life/fashion/2010/10/20/15768081.html">here</a>, and watch her on <a href="http://video.citytv.com/video/detail/640496538001.000000/lg-fashion-week/">Breakfast Television Toronto</a> and <a href="http://chch.com/index.php?option=com_contushdvideoshare&view=player&id=322&catid=42&id=322">CHCH Morning Live</a>) for her participation in the <a href="http://www.lgfashionweek.ca/default2.aspx">LG Fashion Week</a> in Toronto. </span></div><div style="font: 16px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">We're all terribly excited for Rachel and wish her the best tonight (you can stream the coverage <a href="http://www.lgfashionweek.ca/LiveVideo.aspx">here</a>, her show starts at 8pm Toronto time, 6pm Portland time).</div></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font: 16px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And finally, for those of you who won't be able to catch the coverage, peep Mutt's latest creative venture for Rachel Mara's 2011 Spring line. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16030893" width="400"></iframe></span></div></div></span></div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-4177888977904801542010-10-19T09:36:00.000-07:002010-10-19T09:40:49.448-07:00America ♥s Automobiles<div class="p1">Yesterday Ad Age named Ford Motor Company <a href="http://adage.com/moy2010/article?article_id=146528">Marketer Of The Year for 2010</a>. I say this because I'd also like to mention that we here at Mutt have been involved in a pretty stellar collaboration with Team Detroit over the past year. </div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1">It all started a little over a year ago when Team Detroit's ECD, Toby Barlow, asked Mutt to help collaborate on the all new <a href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/fiesta/">Ford Fiesta</a> project. </div><div class="p1"><br />
Actually, the story really started the summer prior to this, when I picked up a promising looking book (read: cool cover) titled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Teeth-Toby-Barlow/dp/0061430226">Sharp Teeth</a></i> by some advertising guy. Turns out that advertising guy was this Toby Barlow. Talk about a small world. And for the record, the book was good, it's about werewolves in LA. </div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1">So fast forward past that summer's read and cut-to all of us Mutt's feverishly writing "Big" launch spots for the not-so-big Ford Fiesta. Concepts, scripts, storyboards and several presentations later and the Ford Fiesta became a pretty big deal.</div><div class="p2"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m8UToqOvQBo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m8UToqOvQBo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />
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<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyFN-vpr7Js?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyFN-vpr7Js?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div class="p1">Then Team Detroit went silent for about six months until a few months ago when they approached us for another job. This time we'd be helping not only to concept but also produce spots for the <a href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/suvs/explorer/2011/">2011 Ford Explorer</a>. We're well into the process and can't wait to show you what we're working on (mostly I don't know what I can and cannot show you right now).</div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1">Until then, we'd like to give big ups to big man Ford Motors for the Marketer of the Year award and we hope 2011 is equally successful. </div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-695998607281977422010-10-18T12:02:00.000-07:002010-10-18T12:15:14.454-07:00I Love My Ducks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's true, I went to Oregon, and as a result I'm one of those occasionally obnoxious Ducks fans you can hear screaming "O" from down the street. Or in the booth right next to yours. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as the Ducks relaxed in their <a href="http://www.uggaustralia.com/">sheepskin slippers</a> and watched the <a href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302890275">Buckeyes crumble</a>, I was in the snow-capped mountains of <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/about/index.shtml">Baker National Park</a> sporting my <a href="http://spiritduck.uoduckstore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5029">t-shirt</a> while I entered one of the deepest meditations of my life. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mid-way through the meditation my spirit animal came to me and dropped some knowledge. Over the course of the night we sipped whiskey, watched the stars and kept ourselves warm with a pushup contest (he won). Just before he left, he saved my life from a cougar that found itself a little too far north...</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, after the weekend away from it all, we can all celebrate our newfound position as the most dominant team in College Football. Yes, Oregon is number one, and that means everyone else is going to come hating (including the BCS computers). Haters love to hate, but I myself am more of a lover. And my oh my do I love my Ducks.</span></div>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802125291457671371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023376016249513296.post-21423818571556994682010-09-15T00:32:00.000-07:002010-09-15T00:39:48.642-07:00It's September 14th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I feel like writing a blog post.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also feel like curling up under a blanket with a glass of wine and a nice book (or in the case of this evening, the latest episode of Mad Men).</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But first, where the hell have we been? It's been nearly a month since the last time I updated you on the goings on of Our Dear Mutt, and that sad fact makes my bones hurt.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, here's your update- my hand in a terrarium. Yessuh. We've gotten our hands on something like seventy-five glass globes that we're filling with ideal office environments for our international friends </span><a href="http://www.rjohnsoncorp.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RJohnson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (you should re-click that link in a week or so for some terrific terrariupdates, not the smoothest but tee-hee).</span></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In just four days time a few of us Mutts are heading to Vancouver for the weekend to plant (PUN!) these beasts (NOT A PUN!) in the heart of Vancouver's business district. For those of you following Mutt in the friendliest third of North America, here's a little </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=100893637703977410706.00049043685881213921e"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">map</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to help you flourish. </span></div></div></div></div>Mutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096154905543171697noreply@blogger.com0