Our client, Lounge ON20, spent a little time at Merlot HQ today for some media training (which went very well, by the way). However, with them, they brought Merlot’s newest challenge: tequila. A challenge for three reasons.

First, one of us, who shall remain nameless, has earned herself the nickname “Shot Sipper,” for obvious reasons. I believe the shot took her 25 minutes to consume today. Second, another one of us (also nameless) would have done Patches O’Houlihan proud with all the dodging, dipping, ducking, diving and dodging she did to get out of that meeting just before the tequila was poured. And third, well, that’s me. I don’t really drink. Like, at all. So, after choking and dying on my first tequila shot, I have to say: Not bad. Actually quite excellent. Lounge ON20 doesn’t kid around. If you’re going to do a tequila shot, you’re going to do it right with them.

I’ll be interested to see what our challenge is for our next meeting…

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Its been a long time since i have written a post about the end of the world, alas the great volume of amazing creative work going on here at Merlot has kept my idle brain from wandering into the sphere of cataclysm…

However, thanks to a science segment on one of my favorite radio shows i have a new postulation for the end of the world! The bad news, the earth is going to get destroyed by an asteroid whose path will cross ours April 13, 2036. The good news, Bruce Willis has WAY more time to prepare for this one…

So what is the deal with the “Ancient Egyptian Snake” part of the title you ask?? HAHA! That is the BEST PART of this cataclysmic prediction. The name of the asteroid is Apophis. Apophis is a greek translation of the Egyptian god Apep who was one of Ra’s opponents. EVEN BETTER, is the fact that Apophis/Apep was know as “The Uncreator” or if we were to just reverse the word “The Destroyer”! creepy huh?

Ok, enough pondering of the end of the world. Someone call Bruce Willis already…

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