The Dose

Time to let the cat out of the bag. I am the proud owner of asstroglide.com. For those of you with more sexually active lives than myself (basically all of you), Astroglide (with just one S) is America’s most popular “personal lubricant”.

I decided to turn to my place of work to learn how to best proceed. A few attentive conference calls later and I had it. I would think outside the box and focus on my core competencies. I would go after the low-hanging fruit and respect the paradigm shift. I would add to the value chain and deep dive from a 30,000 foot view, but without getting in the weeds too much. I would take that off-line.

I burned the midnight oil and this is what I came up with….

Fail.

Update:  the link to asstroglide.com doesn’t work anymore because since originally writing this post I’ve taken the site down. Although I still currently own the domain. :)

Out of the blue the other day I got a polite email from a gentleman who said he really liked my picture of the chairs from the Laugh Club and was wondering if he could use it. He’s a graphic designer and was creating a promotion for an AIGA event. (AIGA is an association for professional designers.)

First off I was very happy that he asked for permission first instead of just taking it. But I was more surprised by the interest since I didn’t think the pic (taken with my cell phone) was all that great. I told him he could use the image free and clear but with one catch — I wanted to see the final product when he was done.

Well, he followed through and sent it to me today. Pretty cool to see the transformation.

The original:

The finished product: