Name: Tyler Merrick
Areas of Work: Creative / Principal / Brewmaster
Family: Married to my beautiful H.S. Sweetheart, Taylor (yes, I know) and we have 2 beautiful daughters as well, Quinn is 5 and Harper is 2. We have a golden retriever named Annie who is 6.
Most Awesome Job before 29: Professional basketball player in Baltic states
FAVORITE
Book: Seriously? Its a mixed bag, I have like 30 books folks have me needing to read... I'll keep you posted. I'm more of a newspaper / magazine guy.
Movie: Hoosiers, Red Dawn, Suicide Kings, Anchorman
TV Show: LOST, 24, Sportscenter, 30 Days, Sprout (that channel rocks)
Sport: Watching: College Football, March Madness - Playing: Golf
Food: College Food Binge at Texas A&M, Freebirds, Wings'n More, Layne's, Café Eccell to name a few... My wife's cooking and my mom's old German Family Recipes... cherry dumplings and kraut burgers in the house.
Beer: Trumer Pils, Anchor Steam, Rahr Blonde Lager and Ugly Pug (great local Ft. Worth Brewery)
Time of Day: Mid morning
Season: Spring
Ad Campaign: Monster's When I Grow Up campaign, Traveler's Rabbit's Foot, Audi's Godfather Super Bowl Ad
Package: The Banana - hands down
Music Artist: Radiohead, Mayer, Teel, Citizen Cope, Jon Foreman, Coldplay, Mute Math, Old School Hip Hop... I know its supposed to be favorite but its tough.
Golden Girl: Betty White... I have a flippling golden retreiver...
Conspiracy Theory: GPS / On Star / JFK / Guantanamo Bay / Insurance
State you would live in besides Texas: I'm sorry, what was that you said about my mom? On my other days... California / West Coast...
School Subject Flunked: I'm all over this - surprisingly a music history class in college.. Yes it kicked my ### (my kids will read this)
Best Concert Ever: Carman or Band of Horses w/ the lead singer having the Flu ... No really, probably Jack Johnson at Red Rocks - pretty tight.
Greatest fear while in the bathroom: If Darren has wire tapped the bathroom as well...
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Ms. Taylor Merrick... my Ginger & Mary Anne (I know)
Phrase used most often: “That’s from the future."
Nickname: Spicy T, T Money, Big T, T - are you seeing a pattern develop here?
Name: Darren Dunham
Areas of Work: Art Direction and maintenance
Family: My wife of 15 years, Michelle, my son Jenson age 13, and daughter Kealey age 9... And a Sugar Glider named Alvin
Most Awesome Job before 29: Starving artist
FAVORITE
Book: Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
Movie: I am Legend, Sarah Marshall, Tommy Boy
TV Show: 30 rock, How it’s Made, Deadliest Catch
Sport: Biking
Food: Tex-Mex
Beer: Bud Light, Kokanee, Stella, Land Shark
Time of Day: the crack of noon
Season: Winter...
Ad Campaign: Dos Equis XX “The most Interesting Man”
Package: “Six Feet Under” box set
Music Artist: White Stripes, Modest Mouse, AC/DC
Golden Girl: Which ever one is the Samantha of the bunch
Conspiracy Theory: Well, it's a well known fact that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
State you would live in besides Texas: Montana
School Subject Flunked: Math, my English is not so good as well
Best Concert Ever: Metallica
Greatest fear while in the bathroom: Blood clots
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Both, sorry Michelle
Phrase used most often: “Is that the interweb?”
Nickname: Daryl, D-money, Double Darren, Triple D
Name: Jonathan Rollins
Areas of Work: Graphic Design
Family: Sara (My beautiful wife of nearly three years.)
Most Awesome Job before 29: Pool Boy
FAVORITE
Book: Harry Potter (Any but the second book.)
Movie: Fight Club, Spider-Man 2, The Big Lebowski
TV Show: House M.D., Arrested Development (R.I.P.), Firefly (Also R.I.P.)
Sport: Indian Leg Wrestling
Food: Build your own burritos (Freebirds!)
Beer: Modelo Especial, 1554
Time of Day: Dusk
Season: Fall
Ad Campaign: The Dark Knight viral marketing campaign
Package: Root:1 Wine
Music Artist: Radiohead
Golden Girl: Sophia Angelo Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock
Conspiracy Theory: Area 51 (The truth is out there.)
State you would live in besides Texas: There are other states? School Subject Flunked: None, but the closest was a college Art History. (I still contend if you know the stuff you shouldn’t have to go to class.)
Best Concert Ever: Radiohead, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, August 26, 2003.
Greatest fear while in the bathroom: Being bitten by a poisonous spider.
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Ginger
Phrase used most often: “That’s stupid.”
Nickname: Jonny Danger
Name: Blake Knight
Areas of Work: Business Development / Director of Street Cred
Family: The Knights
Most Awesome Job before 29: Musician
FAVORITE
Book: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Movie: Wristcutters, Hero
TV Show: Mad Men, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, LOST, The Daily Show, Weeds, 30 Rock
Sport: Top Golf
Food: Mexican
Beer: Pretty much any IPA
Time of Day: Dusk, preferably at a lake
Season: Fall/Winter
Ad Campaign: Guiness “The Dreamer” (pretty much any commercial done by Jonathan Glazer)
Package: “Northern Exposure” box set
Music Artist: Mick Kelleher, Kings Of Leon, The Decemberists, Al Green
Golden Girl: The incorrigible Sophia Weinstock
Conspiracy Theory: United Fruit + CIA + Dulles Bros. + MAIN
State you would live in besides Texas: Euphoria
School Subject Flunked: Please...
Best Concert Ever: The Flaming Lips, Nashville, TN 2003; Dragonforce, Dallas, TX 2007
Greatest fear while in the bathroom: Finding out I’m not really in a bathroom
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Mary Anne
Phrase used most often: “That’s legit.”
Nickname: Jelly Bean, Silent K, Dumpy Ridiculous, The Broiler, The New Roosevelt, A. Blinkin’
Name: Tyler Buschman
Areas of Work: Fame and Fortune, Video/Motion Graphics Pimp
Family: You'll have to guess
Most Awesome Job before 29: Hollywood, baby.
FAVORITE
Book: 1984 (the year I was born. Sadly I wasn't mentioned in the book, just as well... George's future blows)
Movie: Almost Famous
TV Show: Arrested Development, The Office, Flight of the Concords, Heros, 30 Rock and many more!
Sport: I'm thinking Tennis, but Football is more manly... therefore I choose Tenootball.
Food: I've always thought the Chinese were on to something
Beer: Sunshine (30% taste, 70% name)
Time of Day: 3:20 am and 4:46 pm
Season: Spring
Ad Campaign: Archimedes did a pretty good job.
Music Artist: Coldplay, Ryan Adams, Mayer, Josh Rouse, Guster... the list goes on forever
Golden Girl: 6' 3", 24K
Conspiracy Theory: The color "yellow" is really the color "red"
State you would live in besides Texas: plasma or liquid, depending
School Subject Flunked: you can do that?
Best Concert Ever: Radiohead gives a pretty good show
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Yes please.
Phrase used most often: "There's a snake in my boots"
Nickname: Easy money
Name: Jeanne Ryan
Areas of Work: Creative Thinking
Family: Love 'em
Most Awesome Job before 29: Rodeo Queen
FAVORITE
Book: I love to read. I always have a book going. Here are a few favorites - Fightclub, Lovely Bones, To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie: Dead Poet's Society, Hot Fuzz, Pillow Talk
TV Show: LOST, House, and the guilty pleasure... Dexter (it's so messed up!)
Sport: I am a triathlete... but that doesn't mean I like running... Sports I enjoy: Hiking, Waterskiing, Three Day Eventing (it's a horseback riding thing)
Food: I love to cook and eat! Favorite kind - Thai or Mexican
Beer: Moose Drool or Black Butte Porter
Time of Day: Morning
Season: Spring or Fall
Ad Campaign: Absolut (how do they keep it going?), DaBeers' Women of the World Raise Your Right Hand
Packaging: Anything that Method home products does
Music Artist: John Mayer, Anything that John Popper shows up in, The Pixies and yes folks, Earth, Wind and Fire!
Golden Girl: Bea Arthur... she was so under appreciated
Conspiracy Theory: The one that Mike Myers' dad has in "So I Married An Axe
Murder"
State you would live in besides Texas: Washington
School Subject Flunked: I've never flunked a subject... sorry, it's true
Best Concert Ever: Bare Naked Ladies... those boys put on a good outdoor
show!
Greatest Fear While in the Bathroom: If there are spiders in the toilet
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: Mary Anne
Phrase used most often: "Toby, No!" (my three year old German Shorthair Pointer)
Nickname: Solid Gold, Tolly and Ryan (the least original, but I played
sports)
Name: Cathy Calixto
Areas of Work: Administrative Assistant
Family: Calixto Clan
Most Awesome Job before 29: Traveling Nomad
FAVORITE
Book: "I Hope They Sell Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max. Just kidding, but it was a funny read. My favorite book is "The Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen.
Movie: Hook, The Beach, Grandmas Boy, Boiler Room, Teen Witch, Gladiator, Little Monsters
TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm, LOST, Simpsons, The Wire, Saved by the Bell, and Daria
Sport: Basketball Michael Jordan forever!!!
Food: What I wouldn't do for a California Burrito from my favorite taco shop back home... Lolita's Taco Shop "Patience is the essence of fine Mexican food"
Beer: Karl Strauss Red Trolley
Time of Day: Lunch Time
Season: Fall
Ad Campaign: Nike SB's "What If We Treated All Athletes The Way We Treat Skateboarders" commercials
Packaging: Jason Markk + Staple Limited Edition Travel Kit
Music Artist: The White Stripes, N.E.R.D., Jay Z, Prince, Coldplay, Earth Wind & Fire, The Roots
Golden Girl: Sophia for sure
Conspiracy Theory: Big Foot
State you would live in besides Texas: CA all day!
School Subject Flunked: Statistics. I might be Asian, but I suck at math
Best Concert Ever: Kanye West Glow in The Dark Tour
Greatest Fear While in the Bathroom: No more TP
Ginger, Mary Anne or the Skipper: How come Gilligan isn't on the list?
Phrase used most often: "No way, dude!"
Nickname: Cat Dawg, El Gato, Boom Cat Cat