Posted in Finland, mushrooms on September 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Fall is a beautiful time in the sub-arctic. Eggrole visited me over the weekend and we went mushroom hunting.
We did find enough fungi to make the wives happy. There were some Horn of Plenty and we saw a few Fly Agarics, which we didn’t pick — never mind the deadly Destroying Angel.
A batch of Horn [...]
Posted in Branding, Finland, MoveOn.org, US House, US Senate, United States, advertising, politics on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Human methane release and the accompanying sonic vibrations normally invoke embarassment, joviality and good-natured finger-pointing. However, every culture also has certain places or circumstances where cutting the cheese violates strict social norms. In Finland, that place would be the sauna when others are present.
The equivalent behavior in the print media world would be discussing publicly the [...]
Posted in Iraq War, MoveOn.org, US Senate, United States, advertising, democracy, politics on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
George Orwell’s advice that writers “kill their darlings” to keep their writing fresh and honest applies doubly to advertising copywriters. This week, the US Senate, which will do just about anything to avoid dealing with serious matters at hand, like say, education, healthcare, or, I dunno, that Iraq thingy, was given nearly an entire day of free-for-all fun [...]
