This post is about one thing -- the fact that that headline struck me as funny. I got it from the above video, done by an Air Force pilot (a guy who you would expect would be used to noise) who is really fed up with noisy chip bags: Frito-Lay... read more →
Aug
18
Aug
16
We’ve really gotta hand it to the ad wizards who managed to sell Camel on THIS campaign. Mind you, it’s the sales side that’s impressing us here, not the creative. You only come away from this item wondering two things: Does “Snus” rhyme with “news” or with “fuss?” And whichever it... read more →
Aug
13
Project Pet has been around since 1999. It started with the activism of some well-connected local folks such as Deloris Mungo, Samuel Tenenbaum and a host of others. With the groundbreaking today for the organization's new home on Bower Parkway (near Harbison), it's about to take a giant leap into... read more →
Jul
28
First, unlike more typical folks here in the eighth-laziest state in the nation, I don't watch all that much TV. When I turn the box on, it's usually to watch a DVD (0ften of TV shows, but is that the same as "watching TV"? I don't know). And when I... read more →
Jul
26
Well, I don’t really know how to put my finger on it; I just found it lacking. As my wife said, if this is an indication of what the new season is going to be like, we’ve waited a long time for nothing good. A writer for Advertising Age is... read more →
Jul
22
I'm just branching out into all sorts of new fields of endeavor since becoming a Mad Man and joining ADCO -- exploiting latent talents I didn't even know I had. Here's the latest: Hand model. Soon, you might be seeing my hand on a billboard down in the Lowcountry. That's... read more →
Jul
02
Yeah, it was great seeing the National Champion Gamecocks baseball team, and Mayor Benjamin, and Richland County Council, and the crowd, and the beautiful weather, etc. But this was our very favorite float in the parade today. See how Lanier's clapping?
Jul
01
Where was Brian all Wednesday afternoon? Well, that's easy -- the Gamecocks uber-fan was over at the Colonial Life Arena welcoming the National Champion University of South Carolina baseball team home from Omaha. While there, he snapped this image of the festivities to share with the rest of us. He's... read more →
Jun
29
Lanier, Lora and Brad went to the Midlands Aviation Summit today at the convention center, which was the community’s chance to hear airport consultant Michael Boyd of Boyd Group International (above) assessing the state of, and future prospects for, Columbia Metropolitan Airport. There was a pretty decent turnout of concerned... read more →
Jun
28
Finally, we're going to get our president back! Lanier Jones handed over the gavel of the Columbia Rotary Club Monday to Robin Gorman, thus ending his year as president of South Carolina's largest such club. Brian, Lora and Brad were in attendance, as all present celebrated a year of being... read more →