In this new video I promote the weekly Thinkpierce email, referring to it as the “Mother of all Emails.” Special thanks to Josh Mitchell for providing a schwammin’ media set up to make this video happen. So pop some popcorn, grab a Diet Rite, and let the viewing experience begin…but have some other things lined up to watch as well, cuz it’s only two minutes long. Thinkpierce, Something New Every Friday!
Slam Dunking the Facts of Life!
Thursday, January 19th, 2012 
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Slam Dunking the Facts of Life Poster
Thinkpierce proudly presents Jonathan’s most recent addition to the original art collection titled, Slam Dunking the Facts of Life. This illustration is dedicated to anybody who’s ever been jabbed in the eye by someone who was faking the funk on a nasty dunk. Slam Dunking the Facts of Life started out as a simple depiction of a dunk happy maniac, administering an illegal eye jab to an outmatched opponent who just happened to be shedding his exoskeleton mid-dunk. The project grew from there as I began to create an atmosphere around it. Little by little I added more buildings, fence line & animals. Before I knew it, I had put together a combination of imagery that was, well, very “hardcore street ball with a twist”…and only one title could describe it: Slam Dunking the Facts of Life. Artist Josh Dunbar took the color references I gave him and did an awesome job translating the feel of the piece.
Slam Dunking the Facts of Life
The addition of Slam Dunking the Facts of Life marks the 4th piece added to the Thinkpierce Original Art Collection. What’s more exciting is that I will be starting to develop mini stories for some new characters that go by the name Numlock and Gordon. Offered in both e-book and audio book formats these books will offer a brand new entertainment experience for Thinkpierce.comers. More work is ahead until the first story will be released, but this has been an exciting development that we hope your looking forward to as much as we are.
Slam Dunking the Facts of Life Mug
And like every release before it, Slam Dunking the Facts of Like comes with its very own mug as well. What better way to wake up to a Friday morning post, then to be drinking your favorite wake up juice out of a mug from the Thinkpierce mug collection? Visit our online store and pick up your own high- resolution print or mug of Slam Dunking the Facts of Life today! Thinkpierce, Something New Every Friday!
The Thinkpierce Facebook Page
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 thinkpierce 
Facebook Welcome Page
This week we’re focusing all the excitement on one thing: the Thinkpierce Facebook page! This week we gave the Thinkpierce Facebook page a touch up. In addition to a new welcome image, I also streamlined the definition of Thinkpierce in our info tab. If you’re not already a fan of the Thinkpierce Facebook page, now couldn’t be a better time to “like” our page. If you’re already a fan of the Thinkpierce Facebook page, you’ll have to click on the “welcome” tab on the left hand side to see our new cover image.
The year ahead holds a variety of very exciting releases for Thinkpierce, which include two independent films, the very first Thinkpierce Music album, a new book, a brand new website and a whole host of weekly Thinkpierce postings. So while Thinkpierce prepares for the exciting developments ahead, we invite you to take a look back on how far we’ve come so far.
Remember when Thinkpierce was just a weekly post? See how much we’ve grown by visiting old postings and videos. Browse our store and take a look at the artwork, memorabilia and even new hoodies in our Thinkpierce apparel line for the winter season. As I prepare for the releases in the months ahead, I think 2012 could go down as Thinkpierce’s most exciting year ever. If your not already plugged in to Thinkpierce Facebook page, we invite you to “like” us today. In return we plan to make it worth your while with Something New to enjoy Every Friday!
Thanks for hanging out with us every week. If you’ve enjoyed what we’ve been doing so far, I can promise that it only gets better from here! Thinkpierce, Something New Every Friday. Facebook.com/thinkpierce.
Hot dogs at the dump
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 thinkpierce 
Enjoying the Hot Dogs
It was the Saturday morning event I had been looking forward to all month, a special gathering where the guys and I could just relax over a meal straight off the grill. After slicking back my hair with Palmolive, I ran over my checklist to make sure everything was packed for the big outing. Hot dogs; check, egg crates; loaded, party grill; packed, hair combed; done, ironed shirt and crimped dress slacks; ready. Yep, I was ready. I thundered up my limited edition Grand Marquee, and swooped up Paul and Spencer. You know how a huge 4 door family car looks when it’s being pushed to its limit taking the type of extreme turns that cause the weight of the vehicle to grind on the street? Well, if you do, then you know exactly what it would have been like to see me behind the wheel that day. Words can’t describe how special it was for us all to be road raging again, heading to our favorite stomping grounds. We cranked the stereo and stuck our heads out the car windows, screaming with excitement just like in the movies when characters are “acting crazy on a cool road trip with their friends”.
Paul & Jonathan
Finally we pulled in to the city dump entrance. We drove up on to the scale to get weighed, put on our dark sunglasses and played it cool as we waited for the green light to signal us forward. A few tense moments passed then finally the light granted us access, “Score!” we all murmured under our breaths. Even though the only reason for the delay was because the landfill attendant was distracted from the TV show he was watching, it still always made us feel like we had just “sneaked” by a gate guard in an undercover operation. Once the land fills mobile office was in our rear-view, we put pedal to metal, ripping and roaring up the dirt road leaving a tornado of dust behind us. Was that additional act of road rage really necessary? No, but boy did it feel great. Once we made it to the top, the excitement set in as I realized we were about to partake in our monthly “guys afternoon out” ritual: a business casual, grilled lunch on egg crates at our favorite landfill.
Paul, Jonathan & Spencer
I brought the vehicle to a screeching halt creating the type dust storm that only one vehicle could create; you guessed it, my limited edition Grand Marquee. We grabbed some ballpark franks and fired up the grill. This was our moment to relax, kick back on an egg crate and just be ourselves. Sure there was the occasional trash truck that always seemed to intentionally prolong the dumping of the load just to annoy us. Or the homeowner with a truck full of left over garage sale items that gave us a pretty intense stare down. But we had learned that if we were going to hold our gatherings at the city land fill, then those were just things we were going to have to deal with. But the truth is, even with the occasional distractions we always got plenty of time up there to chow down on a great grilled ballpark frank and have some great conversations. Some people might say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but in our experience one mountain of trash has been another man’s treasured gathering place to eat a great hot dog with a couple of friends. Thinkpierce! Something New Every Friday.
Jonathan Pierce: Investment Hunter
Thursday, December 29th, 2011 thinkpierce Real Estate and Remodeling have always been a big part of my past. It all started around age 20 when I saw a TV infomercial promising financial freedom through investing in real estate. I purchased a program called “no money down” and a few months later I had purchased my first property. Was it a smooth experience? No, but I had seen it through and next it was time to fix up the house. The best way to describe my knowledge level with remodeling at the time would be to say that I wasn’t even comfortable operating a power saw, but I had the desire to learn. In the beginning before buying my first house, I even worked for a guy for free as his helper during the day before my night job just to learn. That’s literally how little I knew about it! I didn’t care if I was paid, and I didn’t figure anyone would be willing to hire someone who knew nothing. I literally knocked on the door of a guy that I had found out did remodeling work, told him what I wanted to do and started the next day. I worked with him for a couple of months, but he was an alcoholic, always having beer on the job and he started not showing up. To make a long story short, I combined what I had learned from him with remodeling videos from the library and did a bunch of stuff the hard way! Lol. I even took out the main bathroom down to the studs and removed the entire floor including the support joists, in other words if you opened the bathroom door and looked down you would see dirt. I then put in a new subfloor and installed a new bathroom including all new fixtures, tile, and sheetrock. Yeah, if you think that amount of learning curves wrapped up in to a first time experience totally sucked, your right. But I was proud that I had done it. After completely over-remodeling the house, (lol) I sold it then took a break from it all.
In the period that followed I created two independent films and among other things, I began working on my first attempt at developing Thinkpierce.com. Then I received a call from a realtor one day needing repair work done on one of their client’s properties, it represented a veer in the road from my goals with Thinkpierce, but I it was a convenient distraction as I was burning out at the time and needed a break. I accepted the job and the rest is history.
I started back up from scratch and went from knowing very little and having a few basic hand tools and a ford Taurus, to later owning three work vehicles stocked with high-end tools. I went from working for free just to learn, to receiving calls to do work in the wealthiest homes in my city. Real estate and remodeling will always be a part of my life, but I reached a point where I could fight the call of Thinkpierce no longer. I could almost say that I feel a conviction to finish what I started with a variety of Thinkpierce projects that currently sit dormant. One thing that I can tell you is that if you find my history with remodeling even the least bit interesting…just wait and see what I have planned in the future for Thinkpierce! If you’re not currently subscribed to my weekly e-mail, this is a great time to plug in to the experience. One thing I can promise you is that it will be a wild ride in to uncharted territory… Thinkpierce! Something New Every Friday.
Jonathan lip syncs Deck the Halls
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 thinkpierce Being an outgoing person, it has not been uncommon throughout my life to be asked: “Where do you get this energy? Have you always been this way?” What exactly is meant by the words “this way” remains unclear, but for anyone who has ever wondered whether I was outgoing as a kid, this video has the answer: Yes I was. Thinkpierce wishes you a very Merry Christmas.
Without Further Ado: Lumberjack Mcquack
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 thinkpierce 
Lumberjack Mcquack
I don’t know what it is about laying eyes on a snow covered back alley that would make someone consider setting up an amp guitar combo and do a photo shoot in their long johns, but if your name happens to be Jonathan Pierce at that moment, it’s basically a no brainer. That’s pretty much all it took to inspire this “heavy metal meets lumber jack Mcquack” snow shoot. Daniel Sutliff manned the camera as I proceeded to take the photos of my life. But don’t take my word for it. Deep-sea dive in to the new “Lumberjack Mcquack” photo shoot and see for yourself. Thinkpierce! Something new Every Friday.
New Thinkpierce Photoshoot!!: Redneck Roulette
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 thinkpierce 
Jonathan the Trucker
This mixture of redneck themed photos leaves you wondering what’s next with every click. All bets are on as redneck roulette delivers a winning combination of hillbilly viewing experiences you’ll not soon forget. But a photo shoot like this doesn’t just shoot itself. It all started one day when I decided it was time to capture some good ol’ boy moments with a Thinkpierce spin. Representing an inspiration all their own, I came up with a variety of scenarios that paid homage to the spirit of redneck-ism. Sometimes it was just a location that caught my eye, and other times it was like divine hillbilly intervention.
Jonathan
One photo shoot location in particular comes with a great story. At the time my hair was looking pretty interesting and it deserved a backdrop that was just as unique. I drove up and down a few streets of choice until stumbling upon a house that met the need. Did I know who lived there? No. But I was just gonna grab some quick photos and the whole thing probably wouldn’t take more than 5 minutes, right? I set up a time with Marshall Baker and we pulled up and starting snapping photos. A few minutes in, the residents who left nothing to the imagination came out and asked what we were doing. In my casual, “oh this is the most normal thing ever, just the ol’ taking photos in front of your house ” tone, I somehow explained what I was doing. They said as long as we weren’t the cops then it was cool. That immediately made Marshall and I feel great and served to me as a confirmation that doing this had been a great idea. But we were already there, and leaving abruptly would at this point would just be even more awkward than the situation already naturally was. One thing that I have learned is that pretty much no matter what situation you’re in, as long is you smile really big and talk in a tone as if everyone was having a great time, you can pretty much get people to go along with just about anything. They just kind of hung out on the porch as we took photos as if the situation was perfectly normal. After we had grabbed some shots we thanked the woman for letting us take photos on her porch, bid our farewells and left.
Jonathan
The ironic half of the story happened 6 months later. At the time I was living in my “totally stereotypical downtown apartment for creative types”. During my six years there, I went through 4 downstairs neighbors. One of the things I had learned about my current neighbor at the time was that he enjoyed his fair share of female interaction. On one particular evening he had “company” over which, through the paper-thin floor, sounded like another guy and two women. It didn’t take me long to guess what the cause for occasion might have been since there were a variety moments when the women stopped talking and the guys sounded like they were somehow having the time of their life. I was editing some video at the time, so I just turned up the volume of the music to minimize the soundtrack below me. Then after some time had passed, I heard a knock at the door. I looked through the peep whole and standing there was a woman who looked strangely familiar. I opened the door and she asked me if I could give her a ride home. She didn’t recognize me, but I immediately realized that this was the same woman that had been at the house I had taken the photo shoot at! Somewhat caught of guard, I graciously declined. It was one of those moments where after you shut the door, you stand there for a moment in silence with your head slightly turned up in total confusion and think to yourself, “Did that really just happen?”
Thinkpierce Fridge
A while back I had driven by the house, only to find that it had been torn down. Looking back, I don’t know if there is a moral to this story but it just goes to show you that you should always be polite to people that live in the houses you randomly take photos in front of because one day, the tables might be turned and they may walk up to your front door and ask you for a ride home. Thinkpierce, Something New every Friday!
Animatronical VCR Break Down
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 thinkpierce This is the first of a variety of videos I will be posting from my “break dancing” days. Starting around the age of 16, I spent a good many evenings in the garage snap, crackling, and popping to a cranked ghetto blaster. This is an edit I put together showing one of those moments captured on video. I invite you to give it a gander… Thinkpierce! Something New Every Friday.
Thinkpierce Art Introduces Eye Crispies Cereal
Thursday, November 24th, 2011 thinkpierce 
Eye Crispies Poster
The best part of Zellogg’s Eye Crispies cereal isn’t just the relatable name that you can immediately identify with when you first wake up, or the fact that it has 13% more Thiamine & Folic Acid than other leading cereals. It’s not even the full sized boom box buried at the bottom of every bag. In reality, you probably don’t even care that it’s packed with 25 vital vitamins & is a member of the American Diabetes Association. No, when it comes to America’s leading cereal, you only care about one thing: ripping open the hermetically sealed bag and powering through spoonful after heaping spoonful of pure Eye Crispified satisfaction.
Eye Crispies Poster
Eye Crispies started out as one of those random ideas you come up with while cleaning dried mud off your shoes or listening to someone drone on about the benefits of refillable propane tanks. The name Eye Crusties is so similar to Eye Crispies, I thought it would be a funny title for a breakfast cereal. I had originally drawn this picture separately before coming up with the idea but as I fired up photo shop, I prepared to rewrite history. I created a reference mock up and met with artist & friend Josh Dunbar who added color.
Eye Crispies Mug
There’s really nothing like waking up in a room with your very own high-resolution print of Eye Crispies cereal hanging on your wall. As a matter of fact, the only thing that really tops it, is throwing back a swig of your favorite morning beverage in your very own Eye Crsipies mug. But why choose between them when you can have them both? You can find them with the rest of the Thinkpierce art collection in the Thinkpierce store. Stop by today and browse through a selection of unique Thinkpierce products that are both slightly absurd and kind of awkward. Thinkpierce! Something new Every Friday.
