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I made Obama say cupcakes are good for your health!

Bjorn Borstelmann — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:01 +0000

So… President Obama had a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina today. He was welcomed by a local cupcake bakery owner, and he bemoaned the fact that she hadn’t brought him cupcakes… then he recited the logline from a fake news video I made last February at Miami Ad School Minneapolis and sent to the White House; “I think cupcakes are good for your health!” Here’s a video of him saying it in his speech today:

And here’s the video I made and sent to the White House last February, 5 months back:

I’m totally tickled he actually likes cupcakes as much as I made him say he does! The idea seemed to go over well with the crowd at the town hall, and with Twitter… although now there’s a “have your cupcake and eat it too” controversy… but that was foreseen…

Sadly, I don’t think I’m going to get any credit for this one; my video is probably too lame for prime time… but I wonder if I can get a job writing things like this for the president all the time…

Obama: I graduate soon – call me. You probably know my number.

Ramenomics

Bjorn Borstelmann — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:35:47 +0000

I just got this print campaign off to the The Show, an advertising award show in Minneapolis:

Carving up hundreds of Ramen noodle bricks for these letters was the most frustrating typographical experience of my life, with dry noodle bits flying all over the place like shrapnel, and if you put the knife in at just the wrong place and cut the wrong noodle, the whole brick would crumble and you’d have to start all over. The looks I got when I was buying 5 crates of Ramen (for like, 8 bucks) were pretty good though…

Fingers crossed the judges like my cheap Photoshopping as much as cheap noodles?

Minneapolis’ mashed potato pizza outdoes Idaho

Bjorn Borstelmann — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:47:06 +0000

Hot potato, this is one heck of a pizza:

Nestled near Miami Ad School in downtown Minneapolis is a pizza place of perfection, for there you will find what my great second-state of Idaho should have done long ago – mashed potato pizza. Pizza Lucé’s website says their Baked Potato pizza is:

“Pizza crust smothered in buttery-garlic baby red mashed potatoes and topped with broccoli, fresh diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese and a sprinkle of smoked apple hickory bacon. Served with a side of sour cream.”

Good grief does it hit the spot. It’s nearly enough to make a man want to live in Minneapolis forever…

Blue Sky Bakery, Brooklyn NY

Bjorn Borstelmann — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:46:52 +0000

While we were in NYC, we ventured forth to an old family friend’s bakery on 5th Ave and Bergen St., near Atlantic Station in Brooklyn… Blue Sky Bakery – Google Maps

Holy North Dakotan cow, do they make incredible muffins! We had a chocolate banana muffin, a blackberry nectarine muffin, and a whopping glass of milk. The muffins were perfect – totally nutritious tasting, with just enough sweetness, and big, gooey balls of delicious fruit on the inside. An excellent breakfast, and a great atmosphere to chill out, chat, and read a newspaper. Just like any other review you’ll read, they’re highly recommended!!!

Check Blue Sky Bakery out online, www.blueskybakery.net