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Yes, Les is writing a blog. As if the world needed another one. I apologize up front. Topics to be covered include: creative ideas, writing, design, advertising, humor, roadtrips, bars, and the odd rant here and there. I vow to keep it short and maybe worth a laugh. As my father-in-law used to say, "Faster. Funnier!" Sign up to receive random blogs if you wish on the Contact page. I sure wouldn't blame you if you didn't. And that's no joke. A NEW SEMI-RANDOM FEATURE AT LES OVERHEAD As voted on by the entire Les Overhead staff. Send in a favorite of your own. You could win absolutely nothing! Hey, it’s the thought that counts. Favorite 5 Quotes For Now: #5 “I like pigs. Dogs look up to you. Cats look down on you. But pigs, they treat you as an equal.” #4 “Working on one thing at a time is like facing a rhinoceros. Working on 10 things at a #3 “Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.” #2 “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” #1 “It’s good to shut up sometimes.” - Marcel Marceau, mime Amaze your friends and colleagues with your verbal dexterity! Sprinkle the following esoteric words in your everyday conversation and watch your intellectual standing rise holus-bolus! holus-bolus - all at onceLes Bloghead launched. No net.
Favorite 5 Quotes For Now
- Winston Churchill
time is like playing badminton.” - Milton Glaser, designer
- Robert Orben, magician, author
- Linus Pauling, chemist, author, educator
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vomitorium - passageway to seats in a theater
eudemonia - a state of happiness and well-being
wifty - eccentric, scatterbrained
gundygut - a voracious eater; greedy person
kerfuffle - a commotion
goombah - friend, accomplice, crony
discommode - to make inconvenient
gadzookery - use of archaic words or expressions
pot-valiant - courage under the influence of drink
nudnik - a boring pest
ninnyhammer - a fool or blockhead
blatherskite - a person who babbles about inane matters
sticky wicket - a difficult, challenging situation
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The true, somewhat sordid story of Les Overhead
I was leaving to buy a keg for a party in the mountains outside Missoula when the phone rang. I picked it up in a hurry. A woman asked if I had recently applied for a job with a radio station in Whitefish.
“Uh, yeah, did I get the job?” I replied, anxious to move the conversation along.
“Not yet. Are you available for an interview?” I wondered if she was in town and wanted to meet right then.
“Not for the next 24 hours,” I said. "To be honest, I'm on my way to buy beer for a party in the mountains."
“I meant next week," she said. She no doubt heard me hit myself in the head with the phone. Well, I blew that I thought.
But I was wrong. I somehow landed the job and showed up for work two weeks later, shaven and sober. After a couple years punching out radio copy on a Smith Corona and doing odd jobs like radio play-by-play for donkey basketball games I headed west.
Eventually, I ended up in Portland where I caught on with a series of ad agencies. I got into everything: print ads, brochures, radio and TV spots, creative disputes… Many words were exchanged. Nobody got hurt.
One day in the shower a hair circled the drain and it dawned on me. I should use my head and get off this manic ad agency merry-go-round. Go to work for myself and provide creative help to anyone with a good company or cause.
That day Les Overhead was born. Freelance Creative Director/Copywriter. A man of his word.
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