Posted in Marketing, WTF on August 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Ask anyone who knows me, I have always loved J.Crew. And, I’m sure J.Crew loves me based on how much moolah I hand over to them on a quarterly basis. It’s my one vice… (okay I couldn’t type that with a straight face) uh, one of my vices. In fact, once I came into about [...]
Posted in Marketing, WTF on August 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Look what I got in the mail yesterday! A Christmas Catalog. Yes, Christmas. Okay, the whole catalog wasn’t Christmas, but the last 14 pages were! WTF? Christmas is FIVE months away! Nobody but my mother-in-law has even thought about Christmas yet! It’s not even Labor Day, for Christ’s sake (pun intended!)
BTW - do you see [...]
Posted in Dining, Marketing, Waiting Tables on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a rumor going around this morning that the restaurant chain Bennigan’s is out of business. What a sad day for Corporate Restaurant Chain America! Bennigan’s was kind of the first big sit-down restaurant chain that I remember - it used to be the place to go when I was in college. We [...]
Posted in Marketing, The Truth on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, I am one of the chumps that bought the iPhone two weeks after it came out last summer for the full $599. So, I am also one of the chumps that got the $100 from Apple after they reduced the price $200 a month later. So, I’ve been sitting on my $100 gift for [...]
Posted in Marketing, The Truth on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It turns out that because of our bad economic times, people are turning to Spam. Yes, Spam. According to the AP, Hormel Foods, the makers of Spam, reported a big increase Spam earnings last quarter - up 10% in the last 12 weeks alone. The AP story cites harried working people stocking up on [...]
Posted in Marketing on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Fuck, Apple - I love you.
(click picture to see ad)
Click here to see my other favorite ad.
Posted in Graphic Design, Marketing, WTF on May 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So I have a client that needs a website. As I always do, I try and let the client know that I really need all their copy, graphs, pictures, slides, videos and whatever else they are planning to put on the website first. Why do I do this? Because too many times I have been [...]
Posted in Marketing, WTF on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I went a little crazy and “rewarded” myself with a pair of expensive shoes from Neiman Marcus Online. I’m no Carrie Bradshaw or anything, but this particular high-end brand of shoes fit my Flintstone Feet for some reason, so when I see a pair I like, I buy. I notice as I am checking [...]
Posted in Favorite Album Covers, Marketing, WTF on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, technically this is not part of my illustrious album collection, but one of my good friends forwarded me a few of what were called The Worst Album Covers of All Time. This one was my favorite. Meet the famed gospel group, The McKeithens.
First off, their name is grammatically incorrect and one of my [...]
Posted in Marketing on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
This lovely display was in my local grocery store - exalting the benefits of having a fun outdoor picnic with no less than 20 cases of Bacardi.
(To be fair, it was Mother’s Day weekend - and for me to deal with my mother on Mother’s Day, I would need about that much Bacardi.)
Now, where’s the [...]
