I was reading something recently about shock advertising – which explained some of the more bizarre ads I’ve seen recently although not why someone thinks it’s going to get me to buy their product.  Yes, they’re memorable but…  Anyway, it got me thinking about other memorable ads recently and how iconic the main characters have [...]

Most people have encountered a short or long list of other people born on their birthday at some point in their life.  They’re so common they’ve gotten a bit boring and they never seem to get updated. Since I’ve recently been dealing with a death in the family and as a family we don’t tend [...]

Could this be why marriage is on the decline?  Maybe we are left to much to our own direction these days… http://www.storycorps.org/listen/stories/bill-schifrin-and-his-son-in-law-herman-rotenberg

When you step into the world of blogging it’s nearly impossible to avoid tripping over Seth Godin’s name. There’s even a WordPress plugin entitled ‘What Would Seth Godin Do’, which incidentally has great reviews and has been downloaded almost 15,000 times. Some very unscientific data analysis involving typing in his name in Google and then [...]

Betty Jenkin’s retelling of her youthful adventure over the Andes in an unpressurized plane and a blow-up bra (literally as it turns out) certainly caught my attention and my delight. It’s a great story and she tells it well.  I’ve never met Mrs. Jenkins but after hearing her Storycorps episode on NPR, I would really [...]