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14 August 2007

Seafood Watch Card

Seafood watch card- helping sustainable fish populations
So, apparently I’m a pescatarian. No, I don’t belong to some weird cult (except the Church of the Subgenius.) I’m essentially a vegetarian, except I eat fish too. Yeah, I know, I know- what a hypocrite. But I find that diet is no longer a battle for me. I can use condiments without checking sardine-content (you laugh, but read labels and you’ll know what I’m talking about). I don’t crave meat, so I rarely give in. I may not be strict, but I’m sustainable.
So there are cruelty issues, yes. And overfishing is a massive global problem. So I’m glad I stumbled upon the Seafood Watch Card, which details which fish are overfished, and which are sustainable. Check it out online or download a printable copy. Unless of course you’re a vegetarian, in which case cheers to you.

14 August 2007

Know Jennifer Uhll? Oh, yes you do.

Jennifer Uhll, creator of bizzare flash ads

Dancing cowboys, vaguely middle-eastern youths on a Mary Poppins-ish rooftop, enlongated livestock embedded with state names… The web banner ads for lowermybills.com are ubiquitous and distinctive, and surely you’ve wondered from whence they came. rooftop moonlit dancers selling mortgagesTurns out, they are generated by one Jennifer Uhll, the unassuming 35-year old former creative director at LowerMyBills. Yes, former, because– brace yourselves– the ads were such a success that she left the company in 2005 to start her own company, Juhll Inc. Now for the big payoff, folks- check out her website. It’s exactly what you’re envisioning.