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INT. OFFICE - MORNING

Nice kids; Teachers == veterans, okay?; New guy's about more than your poster; Making stains with googly eyes; Where those weird holes in your ceiling might be coming from.

State: Moist and delicious
See: Avett Brothers - "Murder in the City"; Video: tinyurl.com/d2z9jr; (thanks again to Brady Schwab and Eric Vaughn); Related: Holy shit! The HAIR! tinyurl.com/bc2cvk
Hear: The Jayhawks - "Tomorrow the Green Grass"; Video, "Blue" - tinyurl.com/c9fkfh
Idea: "Assume this is a work of fiction" - dalas, dalasverdugo.com
Fact: Lost my virginity to the Police

Then: Tumblr - giant video theme?

Also:

canson fanboy comic strip boards - Google Search - tinyurl.com/asvqg9

KFG and my first thoughts on the New Guy - kungfugrippe.com/post/72394309/the-real-deal

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Merlin Mann
dalas verdugo
Nice Tagline
Brady Schwab
Hat Tip
Hat Tip
John Moltz
Councils "Do," Instead of "Roll"

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Aaron Goodwin 9 months ago

Stains with googly eyes is all the rage.

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Caleb Sexton 9 months ago

"A non-solution to my non-problem"

Awesome.
Bob Montgomery 9 months ago

Love the Jayhawks. Nice pick, great video.
William Wilkinson 9 months ago

Hey, if you need any help with a Tumblr theme drop me a a line will@littlepixels.org.

(Portfolio here: littlepixels.org)
Cayce Rule 9 months ago

A stain with googly eyes was the entire creative process behind the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
DA Blair 9 months ago

I greatly enjoy what you do Mr. Mann, and miss your humour on Mac Break Weekly. (Yes, I am Canadian, I like vowels, that's how I do).

The physics of loud cable cars is that wet air is dense air. Sound propagates better in a dense medium. So cold and moist is ideal for loud trains.
Paul DeCarli 9 months ago

Also, wet surfaces are more reflective that dry ones. Echoing and reverberation will increase raising the noise floor.
Brady Schwab 9 months ago

Excellent call with The Jayhawks. Do you think people lose their virginity to Vampire Weekend now? They sometimes remind me of early Police (the Reggae Years not the Sting and the two other guys years). Just a thought...
sharon faulk 9 months ago

Wee wee in the woo woo. I must have missed that day at school. And no wonder people are surprised if that's what they call it.
David Delony 9 months ago

I would have teenagers making cool things like Web sites if I had my way.

And what's with the rubber band on your wrist?
John Moltz 9 months ago

As @mrsmoltz noted, once you see "That's how I roll" on a billboard advertisement for a bank, you know it's time to stop saying it.
Richard Henry 9 months ago

I often wish I could draw.
Jeremy Fuksa:Creative Generalist 9 months ago

More banjo-y music (with some edge) for you. This is a pretty great song by Ha Ha Tonka called "Caney Mountain." The video was done by the motion design group at the agency where I work. Nice stuff.

vimeo.com/1747226
Andrew Green 9 months ago

Hi, I'm new here. Been a fan of yours forever and wanted say I'm loving the most days stuff! keep it coming pleez, sir.
Dan Mulvey 9 months ago

I also pull the "learning how to draw" thing every so often... coupled with being obsessed with notebooks and I've got piles of half started drawing journals all over the place.

Someday it will pay off, right?
dalas verdugo 9 months ago

Blue is sweet, and I also like Settled Down Like Rain a lot. They were big staples on the radio in Charleston, SC.
Daniel Jackson 9 months ago

I just wanted to say that I'm loving the finishing frames - yesterdays reminded me of the video 'jizz in my pants' - they make me 'tee hee'/lol.
Annnd I have the same thoughts about tattoo's and education as you so I find it cool to watch these video's for those reasons also. I also find it cool 'cause I watch it on the roof of my house whilst wearing only a pair of socks.
John Infante 9 months ago

Explaining everything to everyone is part of the problem with the 10%: no matter what you do, 10% of people will either not get it at all, not recognize it's funny/sarcastic, or be offended by it.
thejacksons 9 months ago

Remember the YLNT cross stitch? flickr.com/photos/thejacksons/2555566785/

My 84-year-old mother liked it so much I gave it to her and she has it inside her front door. She thinks it's just a nice way to start the day, she has no idea of the debauchery behind the sentiment. You've officially infiltrated Andy Rooney's demographic!
Dan Menssen 9 months ago

Yes, the Jayhawks are from Minneapolis. Have you heard Gary Louris' new solo stuff? Pretty great.

youtube.com/watch?v=8jlsjGtAi-Q
Mike Syrek 9 months ago

Merlin, thanks for the shout out. We had a blast. Several of the students sited walking around with you as their favorite part of the trip. You did an awesome job! Thanks again.

Mike
Adam Schoales 9 months ago

Jake and Amir have a cool tumblr theme for video, may want to replicate that.

jakeandamir.com

now if you'll excuse me I have to go watch Frost/Nixon. This "Oscar Prediction" article aint gonna write itself!
Ashley Conard 9 months ago

Hello Merlin!
I am one of the high school students from Indianapolis. (The one that got the comic book from Flack with you). I just wanted to say thank you again for your time and I learned SO MUCH!
btw, very funny and enlightening videos!
Xander Martin 9 months ago

Hey Merlin, glad you thought we were a little more bearable than your average teenage group. (I was the one that had the whole Windows vs. Mac debate going on... damn 3 bucks). Anyways, thanks for being cool and taking us round the mission and whatnot. Vids are damn funny. By the way, yeah letterman's from indy.
JD Vargas 9 months ago

Heh, I also lost my virginity while a Police record was playing. Zenyatta Mondatta, to be exact.
Greg Turner 8 months ago

Damnit, Mann! Over a month since you mention this song and it finally, FINALLY burrows its way into my brain and becomes one of those tunes I can't shake.

Curses!
John Kooz 5 months ago

"make the people less idiotic and poor and stupid" LOL!!! nice. These videos get me going. Awesome. I just watched the Steve Jobs Stanford commencement address and then Bill Gates Harvard address on youtube...and meh..."Most Days" pwns. lmao!

Not explaining == embracing the mystery??? I like deets.

ANTI-Pattern!!! LOL!! Brilliant!! "Non-solution to my non-problem" ahah!! nice1.

I lost my virginity sophomore year prom. No music involved.

The "shock birth" concept hehe. yeah the astonishment shouldn't be so astonishing.

Awesome, merlin.