Remember that scene at the end of Lost in Translation when Bill Murray whispered something mysterious in Scarlett Johansson’s ear? I know what he told her on that Tokyo street. “Sell ad space on your legs.” Apparently over 1,000 Japanese girls have registered their legs as ad space. Quite the marketing strategy. The girls wear short skirts or short shorts and have an ad stamped on their thigh right above the knee. Kind of a “Look – definitely look, but don’t touch.” They wear this ad for about eight hours and get paid. So ladies, if you don’t like guys (or girls) staring at your legs, at least you can get paid for it. The girls have to post pics of themselves wearing the…
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Imagine if the actors in Game of Thrones were originally cast in Lost. It might have gone something like this. I’ve left out some major Lost characters. Use your imagination and I bet you could cast the rest.
A few pics from this weekend’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2. Not so many words this post, just pics. The one at the end is from Reggies Music Joint, which was just several blocks away from the Comic Con. We were on the third floor, which is known as Reggie’s Trainwreck Rooftop Patio. Great environment but $6 for a plastic cup of Half Acre’s Daisy Cutter? That’s not a wreck, it’s a disaster.
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