Monthly Archives: January 2009

Cartoon capturing the essence of our culture

Tweet I saw this cartoon earlier today on the homepage at GoComics and couldn’t help but see the sad reality that we now live in. I am not talking about the extinction of the rabbit ears, but rather the state of the youth in the country. Instead of playing outside and building a relationship with…

First experience with #Journchat

Tweet While getting more familiar with Twitter, I kept hearing about #Journchat from a variety of users. And after reading more about it from Sarah Evans, decided to log in an give it a try. So what is #Journchat? It is an ongoing conversation that allows journalists, publicists and PR folks to connect and give…

Rebound…A book that's nothing but net

Tweet After slimming down my cable bill, I have had limited choices to view outside of network television, I have been missing out on Little People Big World, Plant Earth, Lockup: Raw, Survivorman, any History Channel show and the occasional Boo-Ya from Stu Scott (not that much). Its also during this time that I began…

My life as a $5/hour PR guy

Tweet We have all had our share of jobs that just didn’t meet our needs or dreams. The question is how many of us found our dream job, only to find out that the dream was more of a nightmare? As you ponder that, I’ll break into my story. While at college, I fell into…

I put that $*^& on everything

Tweet Listening to the radio today I heard a commercial that made me think twice. An old lady who had won a pumpkin growing contest was asked what her secret was. Her only reply was, “Frank’s Red Hot, I Put that Sh@t (splat noised out) on everything. At first I thought that I was just…

Spreading like the plague

Tweet Growing up would you think that something named viral could be something good? I sure as heck didn’t. Over the past month, I have been researching videos that catch wildfire and spread virally and how a company can leverage a video for success. YouTube is filled with millions of videos from everyone from middle…

Screw you guys I am going home

Tweet Who would have thought that a show about four boys from a redneck hick town in Colorado would be around 11 years after offending it’s first audience? Let alone spark scholarly conversation and debate. You don’t need to adjust your computer monitor, I did just mention South Park in the same breath as intellectuals….