I recently became the Director Of Marketing for the Resolve Corporation. Resolve is used to remove tough stains. It has been very successful but the sales have leveled off and even though it's number one in it's category we're looking to expand the market share. Currently, the largest demographic are house wives between 35 and 60. I'm investigating targeting the 18 to 25 market. We're considering smaller containers and college bookstore promotions. Additionally, we'd like to rework our campaign to address the needs of this audience. We like your input on which of these areas would be most effective to highlight in our future promotions.

1. Bong water spills
   
2. Sex tracks
   
3. Buddy's girlfriends lipstick
   
4. Post party vomit
   
5. Beer and wine spills
   
6. Dorm rooms and cat pee
   
7. Underwear and skid marks
   
8. Cigarette, joint and pipe ash
   

All feedback is appreciated!

Derk Diggler
Director Of Marketing
Resolve Corporation

Russ is one of my favorite people. I've known him 20 years and he's never told me what to do. I used to have parties that rattled the dishes off his shelf, he never complained. We hang christmas lights each year, and one year he jumps 8 feet across two buildings - a 40+ foot drop - I say Russ aren't you scared?! He say's "I'm Russ Tamblyn", he's not bragging, he's not full of himself, he knows who he is. I almost thought about having a Russ Tamblyn Story Blog because every time I see him he as a new story. Tonight he was telling me about getting drunk with John Wayne and Wayne telling him about his life's love Marlina Detrich. That was a story in itself, but I don't know that it belongs in public domain. He gave me a wanted poster of him they used in a western, he's going back to some western convention to sell autographs in a few weeks. One of the pictures he had was of him driving a stage coach. He said he was flying and they hit a rock and it was quite a tumble. He's the only guy I know whose driven a stage coach. The picture above is Russ with my mom driving an 80K Cadilac that they gave Amber for taking a picture with the car.

Kell's out of town. This presents logistical problems...like remembering to put food in Josie's bowl and cleaning the tar off of the bottom of the coffee pot I forgot to turn off. The upside is donuts for dinner, Taco Bell for breakfast, not shaving, not cleaning up and hanging with my buds.

Went to Joe's Friday morning with Mary. John Millea came by Friday night and we stayed up till 1 or 2 drinking beer and catching up. Hit Mc Donalds and it was F cubed (Fish Fillet Friday). Sunday morning Mary came by for coffee and Greg stopped in. Sunday night my old buddy Robert Stones came by, we hadn't seen each other since my wedding 9 years ago. He's now divorced from PJ (Julie) but she did call around 1 am. We went to Tommy's and met his buddy Bobbie and his girl friend Cillia. She was very cool, from Iceland and he's fascinating. He's making a movie about light farts and we discussed the possibilities. Today, Robert left early and I nursed my hang over. Dawn picked up Josie so I got to watch Beavis And Butt Head, the Mike Judge collection, volume 1 and work on a new song. Justin stopped by this afternoon and it was a good, fun relaxing time.

I finally heard from Kelly. She's up at Dad's cabin in north WI and her leg has been hurting since her flight. When I talked to her last night she was finding out where the Urgent Care facility was. Felt like forever waiting for her to call, but she finally did and she sounded happy and like her leg was a little better. Whew...I hope.

The Santa Monica streets were dangerous with the rubble of broken sidewalk. So we loaded it up in the back of Kell's 4Runner and built ourselves a garden wall. Keeps all, but one, of the local dogs from using our patch as a restroom.

My inclination would be a remake of Sherlock Holmes is destined to fail misserably. But I've read serveral of Mary Russel series and they're all quite good. Goes roughly like this, Sherlock 50, marries wipper snapper Mary 20. They cohort to solve crimes in settings of the time, early 1900's, laid out vividly by Laurie King.

IBI has 2,000 plus employees. The one that stands out the most to me is Nadya Zybko. She's the reason our impossible project is even close to completion. She's exceptional. She's been with IBI 10 years and never been promoted - what does that say about the company. When she leaves to do her MBA at Cornell this summer, it will be a big loss for me. She's the type of person who is smart, gets things done, and has a sense of humor. She'll probably run a company like IBI one day. Wish she had higher asperations, she'd probably be Commander And Chief.

Thanks to West LA Studio Services for a grand time. We got there at 9:30 and they had the drums setup, 4 mics hot, 2 guitar and 1 bass amp ready. The only thing this place lacks is a coke machine that sells beer like Klown used to. But we were prepared, plenty of party.

Kell and I loaded a bunch of rocks into her car. I built a little stone wall in our garden today and it was a lot of fun. Then I relaxed and finished The Tristan Betrayal. It was a pretty good mystery but not as good as trying to figure out who the author of the book is. Looking at the cover its hard to believe its not Robert Ludlum, but he's dead.

Bought my first ever air-conditioner today at Costco. We stopped by the nursury on the way home and our purchase came to $19.46 and I said "cool the year I was born" and the guy working there said "me too". Hmmm, I didn't know I looked 60. But the person in line next to me didn't look 60 either, I never recognize celebrities, but this time I did and Kelly didn't!

Best job I ever had was at a little outfit called Yourmobile.com. Great people. Small place, funky and fun. One of the guys married one of the twins. I didn't think a job could get any better and then one day they walked in - a bunch of nerdy programmers and perfection in vinyl. At the Christmas party Kelly observed "It's Laura Croft encarnate."

The Da Vinci Code was a good movie, but it could have been great. Too bad.

It's pretty amazing that you can record 10 channels at once on a standard computer for under $200. You can get a decent mic, stand and chord for $10 each. You can use the computer to mix or buy mixers starting at $35. CoolEdit Pro, now Adobe Audition is terrific.

Kelly always making things nice.

Finished Last Lovers today. My dad gave me a copy of his to read because he liked it so much. I really thought it was a beautiful story. I went to buy it for a friend of mine and saw some of the reviews. One said 'disgusting' and another 'Wharton's worst' so it must be a really bad book that my dad and I liked a lot.

Mary stopped by this morning and made her self right at home. She was sitting like an astronaught in my recliner - I don't recall anybody else using the chair that way. It was nice to see her look so comfortable and relaxed. So, I thought, I think Josie saw it differently.

Josie is rounding up the possie for the big Memorial Day Brew Ha. The Dog Park is a fun place cause you can have dirt on your tongue and pee and poop anywhere you like with all your friends. The word going around the park is: Humans have a song by a fella named Nugent that goes "Dog Dog, Doggy Dog" for 5 minutes!

Today is my best friends birthday. I called his mom, I'm always a little affraid to but it always feels good after we talk. When she heard it was me, her voice picked up and that felt real good. She told me about Thomas (graduating to 1st grade) and Mariah (graduating to 2nd grade). Deloris asked Mariah if she wanted to say hi, and she was stuck. I told her I have a dog named Josie. Deloris got back on and told me she was going to Virginia to visit her niece and nephew. We laughed a lot and talked about her daughter Joi, but Jody didn't come up.