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Old Spice Guy

podcaster — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:40:43 +0000

Ice Cream Tasting

podcaster — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:32:32 +0000

There is an annual event here that charges a flat admission price and that entitles you to all the hand cranked ice cream that you can eat. Now, that’s a good deal. I can eat a lot of ice cream! My favorite is a good vanilla, but I like them all.

Their “Russdriver”

podcaster — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:37:57 +0000

Boo!

podcaster — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:52 +0000

Last year we had a lot of kids come to the door for trick or treating. I was concerned that we night run out of candy before the night was through, but we managed to squeak by with just a few pieces left over at 9:00 pm, and we turned off the porch light at 9. I don’t think that kids should be roaming the neighborhoods after 9:00 pm, and it appears that most of my neighbors believe the same thing.

This year we bought an extra bag of assorted candies from Sam’s Club. If we have any left over by the end of the evening, at least this is candy that we like and can enjoy eating ourselves over the next couple of months.

Here it is 5:00 pm and we already have kids coming to the door! They are very young kids with their parents, and I’m sure they will tucker out quickly. It is fun to see the imaginative costumes that are being worn this year.

Teeny Bopper Night

podcaster — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:17:07 +0000

Last night the Jonas Brothers came to town. All of Nashville’s teeny boppers were in heading to the Sommet Center in droves. Like the little lemmings they are.

Can you even name a single Jonas Brother song? I can’t think of a single one.

Desktop Audit

podcaster — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:58:46 +0000

My blogger friends are sending around a “Meme” that asks you to post what’s on your desk. At the office I work in a cubicle with a wraparound desk and overhead bins that close and hide the mess. Here’s what’s actually out on the desktop and my little cubbie’s bulletin board:

my laptop and docking station
a cheap personal laser printer (for quick printing rather than going to the company network printer)
a little desk lamp that I brought from home to soften the flourescent lighting
my company phone
a docking station for my cell phone
four in and out trays
a Big Dogs coffee mug to hold my pens, scissors, highlighters, etc.
this year’s Predators team calendar
photoframe with snapshot of my buddies and me at my Hooter’s birthday party a couple years ago
a map of the U.S. divided into our company’s sales regions
printout of the company phone directory
a stack of business magazines

Kinda boring desktop, isn’t it? I have a policy of not keeping any personal stuff on my desk except maybe one or two photos. After the last job when I got fired and escorted to the door for being ethical and not doctoring the numbers on the sales reports that my boss demanded, I want to be able to leave with just one box of my personal belongings in a box and be gone with just one trip out the door to my car.

So, come on and tell me what’s on your desk and send me the link to your blog so I can read it!

Spin Ads

podcaster — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:30:46 +0000

Reading through this month’s Spin Magazine I am struck by how many ads are targeting the younger demographic that must read this magazine regularly with products that are not necessarily good for them or helpful to them other than designer clothing lines.

The inside cover is a special slick trifold page that gives this advertiser 4 actual full pages of exposure for 1800 Tequila.

The next two pages are DKNY Jeans, and the next two pages are for VanHeusen shirts – their Studio line.

The next two pages are Quiksilver shirts, jeans and hoodies.

The next two pages are Ben Sherman coats. I guess it’s coats. Can’t tell for sure.

Then we finally get to a page that I thought might be a table of contents page opposite a full page ad for Boost cell phones. But it’s not a table of contents. Its a page called Spin Flash with photos from four of the summer’s big concerts.

Then FINALLY a table of contents page, opposite an ad for Hennessy cognac.

So to just get to the table of contents page we’ve been exposed to:

Liquor – 5 pages
Clothing, shoes, handbags & accessories – 8 pages
Cell Phones & Electronics – 1 page
Personal Care Products – 0 pages
Music & Concerts – 0 pages

So for fun I went through the rest of the magazine and tallied the rest of the ads into basic categories. The rest of the magazine might have halfpage ads or quarter page ads, but I’m counting the occurrences of the types of ads, so some pages maybe be counted twice if they contain two half page ads.

Liquor – 12 pages
Clothing, shoes, handbags & accessories – 16 pages
Cell Phones & Electronics – 6 page
Personal Care Products – 2 pages
Music & Concerts – 16 pages
Other – 9 pages

George Carlin

podcaster — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:39:36 +0000

It was a shocker when George Carling died last month. I expected that old codger to be around for years, hobbling around on a gnarled up walking stick and waving his arms around while he grumped and fussed. He has been a comedy fixture my whole life. I listened to some of his comedy routines when I was a kid and watched most of his HBO specials.

He came to town a few years ago and did a standup routine for about an hour. I got great seats because of connections at the radio station. But to be honest, he came off as a bitter, twisted old man who wasn’t funny anymore. I was terribly disappointed in the entire show and wondered if it was me not being in the right frame of mind that night? Or has he lost his funny touch?

I read the other day that he had just done another show with new material and that his children are releasing it on DVD to try to milk a few more dollars out of their old man’s estate. I sure hope the show was funny this time. I really did like the guy and am sorry that he’s gone.

How Many Candles?

podcaster — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:09:23 +0000

The problem with being this old is that there’s just too many darn candles burning on top of your birthday cake. I mean, there’s enough to set off the fire alarms in the office conference room already! But some brave soul decided to risk the fire alarm and bought me a birthday cake, which we gathered in the conference room to share this afternoon. That was really cool.

They also gave me a birthday card that someone had passed around the office – behind my back – and had everyone sign it.

Our office manager is a big fan of birthday cards and cards for other special occasions, like employment anniversaries, Christmas, and personal events like new babies, promotions, etc. I think people really like the mystery of passing around a card in secret and writing a short greeting to the special person. And I’m sure almost everyone likes to receive a card with a lot of signatures and personalized greetings.

And with all the commercialization of Christmas, I think a lot of people still do notice who send them a Christmas card and who doesn’t. For a while I stopped sending Christmas cards out, but last year I sent out about 30 and they have all paid me dividends in loyalty and quality leads, so they were well worth the effort.

Happy Birthday America!

podcaster — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:57:24 +0000

I love the Fourth of July. It’s a great time of year for a holiday and it is all about good things and fun celebrations.

We used to go to parades at the beach every year, swim the rest of the afternoon, picnic on the beach and then watch the fireworks get shot off the pier as soon as it was dark enough. It never did rain on us – the weather was always perfect. And it all was free.

We especially love to watch fireworks. The best shows last for at least 30 minutes and are a combination of displays up high, some loud bangs here and there, and a ground display of spinning and shooting sparks.

Happy Birthday America!