By Jeff on Dec 5, 2010 in Books, Gift Ideas, Press | 13 Comments

I’m pretty certain the Internet will blow up soon, and with that, millions upon million of nonsense-filled webpages and countless gigs of nut-punching videos will be lost forever. Sad, but it’s inevitable.
That’s why I gathered up some of my favorite musings from this website and put them in book form. They shall be preserved for the future generation of belligerent, ferocious apes who will one day enslave all humans and rule the earth… and learn to read. In that exact order. So, that’s why this book is staring you in the face. It’s for the apes.
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By Jeff on Aug 24, 2009 in Daily Distractions, Music, Press | 2 Comments

USA Today’s pop culture maven, Whitney Matheson, is on a well-earned vacation. In her absence, she was kind enough to let me write a piece for her site. I wrote about a topic I know fairly well: “Need a good podcast? Problem solved!” I give some recommendation on top-quality music and comedy podcasts I think pop culture geeks like us would enjoy.
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By Jeff on Dec 1, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Music, Press, Time Wasters | 0 Comments

Hooray for Us! Thanks to PhillyBurbs and Chris Illuminati for naming UsedWigs one of “Ten Best Philadelphia Websites.” FYI, we won a year’s supply of butter (salted I hope, adding your own is time consuming). Since we’re in the midst of our own horn tooting and talkin’ PhillyBurbs, here’s a fun little interview we did [...]
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By Jeff on Aug 18, 2008 in Press | 0 Comments

When you spend the majority of your online career replying to angry comments from annoyed readers and embarrassed family members who beg you to use an alias to protect the family’s good name, you make damn sure to play up a positive mention when it comes your way. So forgive me for another sunny little [...]
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By Jeff on Aug 15, 2008 in Press | 25 Comments

It must have been a slow news week in Philly… but we’re not complaining. The lovely, talented and extremely patient Nicole Brewer of CBS3.com spent some time with with Team UsedWigs (sorry, we did not have the cash to fly in Scott) and she produced a great video highlighting our little nonsense-filled website and our [...]
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By Jeff on Apr 17, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Press | 0 Comments

The folks who make Twix , the scrumptious mouth treat, have impeccable taste in time wasting websites. Go here: www.twix.com/needamoment/ and click on the floating wig and you’ll be magically transported to a wondrous place where dreams are fulfilled and wishes are granted.
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By Jeff on Mar 11, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Press | 0 Comments

I would like to thank Dave McGurgan and the nice folks at phillyBurbs.com for this swell little interview they did with me: UsedWigs.com: The phillyBurbs Interview. You can learn important things like: Q: Name the thing you’d like to see happen the least in Philadelphia? A: Tidal wave or a John Mayer concert. And much [...]
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