Help me pick a press photo.

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So, François Rousseau is coming in to take my press photos and I need a little bit of help figuring out what my signature "pose" is going to be. I like number one because it's all, "Grr, I'm coming to get ya! Look Out!". Two looks like he's reclining after a hard day of fancy dancing. Three is one of those photos where they say, "Fold your arms and look to the left and when I say go, whip your head to camera and your hair will do a cool poofy thing." In number four, I'm not sure what happened here. Something seems to be going on to the left of the camera. When I take my photo, I hope there are no distractions. In pose number five, you try to look both bored and pissed off at the same time which is a hard look to nail. And six is the classic, "Hmm, I'm thinking, hmm."

If there is one thing I've learned from studying these photos it's that I'll need to look very serious. So I'll wear a tie but I won't button the top button of my shirt to let people know I'm still cool. So let me know which way to go. 

Keep painting the walnuts by hand.

I’m going to give you the lowdown on the last ten minutes of “When angels come to town” which I caught on the Hallmark Channel. This is all verbatim.

Sally, she’s like 24, is in front of the Beehive Department store talking to a news crew on Christmas Eve.

Sally:

I’m talking about doin what you can, when you can, to make someone feel a little better. What I need for Christmas isn’t something you can buy at the Beehive Department store. A homeless lady taught me how to listen to my heart. I’m looking for my brother, he’s missing. And if you seen him, please help me, cuz I just want to hug him, and tell him I love him. I’m listenin Jimmy... I’m listenin. If you’re out there watching this, please come home. 

And then Mr. Murray, the owner of the Beehive Department store dressed in a Santa costume, stepped up and said:

Sally, that promotion we talked about, it’s done, you’re the new manager of the Beehive.

And then Sally’s boyfriend’s dad showed up. And Sally’s boyfriend said:

Dad, you were right, we have to keep our holiday traditions. We’ll market a less expensive line and I’ll pay for the ones we still want to make by hand.

And they hugged.

And then Sally saw something in the store and it was JIMMY sleeping.

And then Mr. Max, played by Peter Falk, showed up in a tux because he’s an angel. He brought Jimmy to the Beehive so Sally could have a good Christmas. And as it turns out, Sally’s boyfriend’s dad, who is from East Berlin, knew Mr. Max.

The dad said:

It was you, in East Berlin, 40 years ago. You saved my life

And then Max said to the boyfriend:

You keep up the family tradition, you keep painting the walnuts by hand.

And then Mr. Max disappeared. Because he's an angel.

New Hires At Barton F. Graf 9000

We got all excited about hiring people from Google, Wieden and Kennedy, and Coke so we went to the Advertising Age and Creativity office to tell them. The one thing that you need to know about the offices at Advertising Age and Creativity is that they are not just the offices of Advertising Age and Creativity. It's all of Crain's Publications. And Old Man Crain does not appreciate people ringing bells in his office.

You can read about it on Creativity:

http://creativity-online.com/news/bfg-9000-rings-in-its-latest-new-hires/231406