Launch

The Road to Firebrand starts next week on ION (at 11PM every weekday night) and online at Firebrand.com. Firebrand loves working with me because I love commercials more than I love television. I am an evangelist. This week, they’re coming down the pike with something called The Road to Firebrand, “the multi-million dollar media buy will include spots on cable networks like MTV, G4, Sci Fi and VHI, as well as online video placements on TVGuide.com, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, among others.” Check it out — it’s quite good and highlights all of our favorite stars from a lifetime of TV commercials and ads — true icons. Here are the teaser spots: Pregame, Kickoff, and Half Time. Via Chris Abraham

A middle-aged eccentric professor is believed to have become the first person in the world to have propelled himself into space by way of a home-made rocket, and WITHOUT the help of any major space agency.  Apparently this has upset the Chinese too.  Full story:-

http://www.rocketry.org/news/newsStory.php?newsID=10