Lindsey’s Daily Deal

By Lindsey Campbell, Captains of Industry

Hey Captain’s Readers,

Here’s your Friday Deal:

1. I will not die in this tin can!

Ever since I can remember, a mangled mess of metal and rubber that was once some teenager’s beat up car has been strategically placed in front of my high school’s entrance—conveniently, right before prom. When you’re high on the excitement of prom, the thought of dying a slow, painful death in a drunk driving accident can be a major buzz kill. But guess what—scaring the crap out of people totally works. When I caught a glimpse of the heap before my own prom, I would have never admitted it then, but my pre-prom plans of Twisted Ts and Smirnoff Ices began to seem like a stupid idea. I didn’t want to die in car! I wanted to go to college. I wanted to learn stuff. I wanted to get drunk on the safe haven of a college campus and not have to worry about things like broken limbs and internal bleeding.

So when I recently saw that Shalmor Avnon Amichay/ Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv created an outdoor PSA in Israel using 80 cars that have been pulverized in drinking and driving accidents, I knew that there were probably a whole lot of Israeli teenagers rethinking their pre-gamming plans for their own proms. Thank God.

2. Ad Space on an Urn

I’ve heard of some crazy places for ads. In the air, on buildings, shaved into animals, inked into skin. But I’ve never thought of post mortem advertising. According to AdRants, Aaron Jamison, a citizen of Oregon, was recently given three months to live. And not to be a burden to his family after he passes, Jamison has decided to sell ad space on his urn to cover his cremation and funeral. So far, sixteen companies have paid for space, PETA, being one of them. In fact, PETA’s ad was reported to say, “People who buy purebred dogs really burn me up. Always adopt.” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

3. Burning Ring of Fire

Unless you’ve been avoiding every major news venue, you know there’s been an oil spill of epic proportions in the Gulf Coast. Well, the news has recently gone from bad to worse because CNN reported today that citizens of Louisiana have begun to get whiffs of oil on their piece of the coast as well. Apparently, the oil has covered 600 square miles and is quickly making its way toward the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Coast Guard estimated that 210,000 gallons have poured into the Gulf already, and despite several attempts to contain the spill, state and federal agencies are tempted to just throw a match at the situation. Literally. According to The Renewable Energy Blog, “the oil will burn down into hardened tar balls that float on the surface which can be skimmed and removed,” and this will make it easier to not only save fragile ecosystems, but to clean up the ginormous slick. Let’s hope, for the ocean’s sake, that they figure this out soon.

4. I can see clearly now

If you thought camera phones could never measure up to the quality of an actual camera, you’re sorely mistaken, my friends. Check out this video shot with a Nokia N8 phone camera. Besides for the fact that whoever created it has some skills with lighting, the picture quality is sick. Technology like this is going to change the value of personal media yet again.

5. Save the Pornos

The free speech coalition has created a PSA for porn stars. Apparently, pirated pornos (no not the kind with eye patches and peg legs) aren’t just taking money away from adult entertainers, but declining revenues also hurt the producers, hair and makeup artists, and production people’s income, too. Check out what Sinnamon Love, Axel Braun, and Ron Jeremy have to say about this threat to their livelihood.

Until tomorrow,

Cinnamon Grove

(Your pet’s name + your street’s name  = your porn star name. Give it a whirl. What the heck, it’s Friday, right?)