Oreo’s Wonderfilled Ad Campaign is Wonderful!

During the weekend, a new Oreo ad campaign broke that was quite refreshing, especially compared to the Super Bowl “Cream or Cookie” debate. And the double stuffed Oreo lick-off with famous people (i.e. the Mannings) years earlier sticks in my mind, but not in a good way. So when I heard about the Oreo campaign [...]

MLB Really (!!) Needs to Get it Right (no Excuses)…

According to a post by Oakland A’s beat reporter Susan Slusser, Major League Baseball on Thursday acknowledged that the A’s were on the wrong end of a replay review on what was clearly a game-tying home run by Adam Rosales on Wednesday night.”   She also pointed out that “Joe Torre, MLB’s vice president of [...]

About Frankie…

Frankie is Frank Capra, an Academy Award-winning director whose movies were suffused with affectionate portrayals of the common man and the strengths and foibles of American democracy. He was the first to win three directorial Oscars — for “It Happened One Night” (1934), “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936) and “You Can’t Take It With [...]

Need for Speed: Growing the Game of Golf…

This is a re-post of an article which appeared at iGolf.com. Imagine a world where you could play a swift round of golf, scoring well, while getting a great cardio workout at the same time. Better yet, imagine watching a televised event where extremely skilled golfers (maybe even PGA Tour Pros), could complete their entire [...]

Notable Quotable: Joey on the Unpardonable sin…

This is a great reminder care of Joseph Campbell: “The unpardonable sin, in Campbell’s book, was the sin of inadvertence, of not being alert, not quite awake.” It is from the Power of Myth. You can find it on the page here (at the bottom).

GEICO Gecko Writes Guide to Life…

So the GEICO gecko wrote a book… a 164-pager to be exact. Don’t get caught up on the numbers though. Seems like there a many pages of illustrations. The book, “You’re Only Human: A Guide to Life,” is retailing at $11.95. Amazon Prime customers can obtain it for a mere $8.41. The Kindle version is [...]

Wandering Mind… Literally

A link to a video which was part of a campaign promoting “World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW)” just crossed my desk. Too bad it showed up a week late. Apparently last week (April 15-21) was designated as “the one week in the year for everyone, at the same time, to be open to and [...]

Watch for it… A ‘No No’ Means ‘Yes, Yes’ for Free Pizza…

Tuesday is news day, and today, Domino’s Pizza announced the first 10,000 MLB.TV subscribers who visit MLB.com/dominos the next business day after a no-hitter is thrown and log in will receive a free, two-topping medium Handmade Pan Pizza (carryout only) when they order online from Dominos.com. The promo is called “Domino’s DomiNoNo.” That’s a cringe [...]

Going Way, Way Back: Edison’s Short Baseball Film…

The treasure trove on YouTube continues to amaze me. For your viewing pleasure, here is a short film (Duration: 0:27 at 28 fps.) of a baseball game shot in 1898 (not a typo!) by Thomas Edison (yes, THAT Edison). According to this website there was a camera positioned behind home plate. The clip shows a [...]

Power of Stories & More…

Funny, I was zipping through some email newsletters I get when I stumbled upon a common theme: Storytelling. Om Malik, in a post titled “Why data without a soul is meaningless,” had some interesting points about the use of data: “The problem with data is that the way it is used today, it lacks empathy [...]

SonicMadness: Not a Skateboard Ad Garners Attention…

I am notorious for having sports on as a background task as I work.  Today, while watching March Madness hoops, I caught a glimpse of a Chevy Sonic ad where the car was doing skateboarder tricks. Say what?? I dropped everything and searched YouTube to find it so I could hear and see the complete [...]

Visible to the Eye — Works of Literary Graffiti Artists…

Check this out…  My brother discovered a post on literary graffiti. This Little Prince reference is awesome.   I want a stencil. Thanks, Pete! ##

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