Random thought… If your company says it’s interested in recruiting quality talent, does that mean you should be worried? When it comes to things like sales, they say it’s always easier to keep a good customer than it is to get anew one… shouldn’t companies be focused on retaining quality talent, or maybe they’re just sending a subtle message that your not the quality they want. Just a random thought.
I’m not quite sure if FEMA is the first place most people would turn for preparedness information, but can you really prepare for a nuclear blast? Apparently you can, see the FEMA website at – http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/nuclear_blast.shtm
Although lightning supposedly never strikes the same spot twice, you can also be prepared for lightning. And if you happen to be “anywhere you feel your hair stand on end (which indicates that lightning is about to strike),” you should “Squat low to the ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands over your ears and your head between your knees. Make yourself the smallest target possible and minimize your contact it the ground. DO NOT lie flat on the ground.” So now you know. Visit www.fema.gov for these and other helpful survival tips.
We were flipping though channels tonight and somehow we stopped on the Home Shopping Network (HSN). Dr. Rey (from Dr. 90210) was selling his “Shapewear.” It’s essentially spandex undergarments to help women appear more shapely.
The models looked a little awkward to begin with, but it felt even more awkward – and a little creepy – the way Dr. Rey touched the models. In just the half hour I watched he made some of the funniest guestures and comments I’ve heard in some time. Here are couple samples of things he actually said on the air…
“Women come into my office and tell me they don’t like their bodies, but I get them to take off their clothes, and they show me their bodies… it’s so cool!”
“I’m Brazilian. We start at the butt and work our way up.”
“I love women and I love women’s parts… it’s so pretty!”
The other night I watched as HGTV awarded their 2008 Dream Home to the winner LIVE on their show. I’m wondering if the performance from this year’s winner will make them reconsider giving the award out live again. First, it was suprising how the “hostess” just knocked and then walked right into a stranger’s house! Then, when she surprised the winner… I’m not sure if the winner was drunk, fighting with her family, or other, but she didn’t seem all that happy having just won 2 million bucks. Take a look for yourself…
Eariler this week, Microsoft announced that it selected Crispin Porter & Bogusky for creative on its consumer products. In particular, they’ve selected Crispin to counteract Apple’s effective “Mac and PC” ads. However, it got me to thinking… if Crispin is like most advertising and design shops, most of their machines are probably Macs. Most ad people make a habit of using and living their clients’ brands so they can understand it better. In fact, I have a friend who’s wife is an ad salesperson, and they won’t even buy products from a competing brand or advertiser – so they can show their loyalty to her clients.
It got me to thinking, will Crispin switch over to PCs instead of Macs? Do you have to be a user yourself to understand the brand and its customers, or is it better to be an outsider and come at it from an un-biased point of view? Some would say that in order to sell a product you really need to believe in it… so do you think it’s possible to believe in a product, but at the same time, not be a user of the product because you’re not their target audience?
I just read an article from the Wall Street Journal that discussed the potential for Google to utilize weather balloons with (essentially) cell-phone receivers attached to them so people in more remote locations could access high-speed internet. Seriously… weather balloons? You’d think with all the technological advances we have nowadays that there would be something a little more sophisticated than weather balloons. However, I guess it’s right up there with a ship dropping its anchor and cutting whole countries off of the Internet.
I’m not a huge NASCAR fan, but I did catch the beginning of the Daytona 500 today. One of the commercials I saw was for Shell… and along with advertising their gas, they were promoting the fact that you could come in and get a “collectable microfiber cleaning towel in 3 different colors.” Seriously… collector cleaning towels?
I went to the Shell website hoping to find out more about these cool collectable towels… I couldn’t find more, but I did find this page which I thought was funny… it helps drivers find Shell’s “Loyalty Schemes” in different countries.
This past weekend we had one of the worst dining experiences ever… thanks to Joe’s Crab Shack in Peoria, IL. We thought we’d get out of the house and take the kids somewhere fun. It took about 45 minutes to get there and it didn’t seem that crowded. We waited for a table for about 35 minutes and were finally seated outside overlooking the river. It was downhill from there.
I ordered the “All-You-Can-Eat Popcorn Shrimp,” my wife ordered a shrimp and fish basket, and we ordered the kids popcorn shrimp for our 2-year-old. About 20-25 minutes later our waitress finally came back and was surprised we didn’t have our meal yet. Finally about 10 minutes later our meal arrived. To my surprise, my “all-you-can-eat” shrimp plate had fewer popcorn shrimp on it than my son’s kids meal. When the waitress came back 10 minutes later, I asked if they could bring a little more popcorn shrimp this time. When the second batch arrived another 10 minutes later it had just as little shrimp on it. Since we were our waitress’ only outdoor table, she rarely stopped by to even refill drinks. I wanted another refill of shrimp, but after almost 2 hours of being there, we were ready to leave.
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