Oh hang on, I forgot to mention that faceyourmanga is yet-another-create-your-own-avatar place, but with the added bonus of you being able to buy your creation in a nice large format, and possibly have it printed several times with different backgrounds and colors as giant post-pop-art referencing those Warhol portrait walls all the old* people (like Gabrielle Solis in desperate housewives) are still getting. It's not hard to use and you can go all makeup happy on yourself, so knock yourselves out.

* Yes I know that I'm older than both the character and actress Eva Longoria Parker who plays Gabrielle Solis. Age is all in your heads folks!

A Dutch McDonald's was forced to remove a pair of mouth shaped urinals after a US tourist complained. The urinals are titled "Kisses" designed by Bathroom Mania!. The store is going to sell off the lips.

Postproduction house PS260 who did the Shining Redux last year have been toppled off their slick cutting throne by a band of hooligans called addictive TV who upped the ante and edited both film and sound to create Take the lead addictive TV Remix out of the new Antonio Banderas movie. Who knew that the sound of a movie could make a kick-ass dance track? Well, they knew, obviously.

Take the Lead remix in the commercial archive
Super adgrunts, if you want this one to show up in the history books...err..sorry the yearly roundup don't forget to rate it up!
Also spotted at viralmeister and at addictive.com or at youtube

Glenn Cole, creative director of Los Angeles ad shop 72andSunny, has teamed up with international electronic artist and producer Junkie XL on a promo for the track "Today," from the forthcoming album of the same name. Cole directed the video, which was conceived together with 72andSunny writer Jason Norcross.

This has proven to be a very hairy pairing .....

Author Carole Matthews has written "A Whiff of a Scandal" and recently released "The Sweetest Taboo", the latter book contains sponsored text advertising for Ford Fiesta. Ford has paid Carole to include Ford Fiestas in her next novel as well. This isn't a brand new move, as you might already know Fay Weldon was paid by Bulgari to include their name in on of her novels, she did with pazazz when she named the book "The Bulgari connection".

Apart from the fiestas in Caroles novels, se also been commisioned to write short stories about the car that Ford will use in their advertising.

Cox advertising seeks eager interns that want that hands on ad experience. Quick - get on the phone!
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Right, tha Adland readers who have seen this website or that old poster with spider nets made by drugged up spiders will get a laugh out of this one!

right, does someone out there want to admit to this ad?
Pretty dang cute. ;-)

And who knew caffeine made one so spastic?

Oh, we did know that? Aha. *buzzes around office*

What do eggs, tanks, dryer sheets, bunnies, lions, lobsters and bears have in common? No, it's not The Wizard of Oz II -- They're all part of the latest Badland entry, with one helluva twist. (Read more for more and two - count 'em two QT's)

The following has been making the email rounds - perfect adland fodder.

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Err umm there is a disturbing similarity between the D&AD award winning Britart.com campaign from Mother and the ADCNY award-winning L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art campaign from TBWA/Chiat Day. This is probably old news but it's my first post so there.