Saturday, July 25, 2009

Creative Condom Ads

Sex sells, but how do you sell safe sex? The use of condoms can be traced back several thousand years. Around 1000 BC the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection against disease. Even the famous lover Casanova wrapped his wares.

So, after centuries, how do you promote condom use? How do you distinguish yourself from the competitors, talk about an old idea like it’s new and promote a “crotch cover” without being obscene?

Wallpaper.com created a list of the 31 most creative condom ads. I’m including some of my favorite here. Check out the full list from Wallpaper.

Most Creative (in my opinion)












Scariest (most likely to make me never want to have sex again)



Saturday, July 11, 2009

Hooray! New Piece Coming Soon: Chemistry

I'm excited!! Just learned that CleanSheets.com wants to publish my piece "Chemistry" in one of its August issues. Awesome! Clean Sheets is read by over 3000 people each day.

I'll definately provide you the link when it's live next month. Here's a line to get you salivating in the mean time:

...I understood this the first time I shook his hand and caught the scent of chemicals trapped in his clothes and seared into his skin, a smell faint and tangy and far too interesting to be cologne. Like the smell of your body after a lengthy swim in a freshly chlorinated pool. I imagined that if I should run my tongue along his perky nipples, my tongue would sizzle as though touched to the tip of a battery.

Friday, July 3, 2009