Archive for November, 2009

Christian group raps against sins of the “front hug.”

Saw a video this weekend about the “dangers” of groin-to-groin front hugs among teens. We’ll go out on a limb here, and guess most mature people think there are better topics to rally against than the front hug. Of course, this group offers an alternative called the “Christian Side Hug.” (Believe me, I am NOT  [...]

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

A window into the past. (Kind of a funny story)

A little while ago, a friend’s high school-aged son was “shadowing” a technology company as a school requirement. At the company he went to on the assigned day, he was told to follow to one of the company’s newer employees, someone barely out of college themselves. When this employee had to head out for something [...]

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Can truth in advertising extend to politics?

We were watching CNN the morning the health bill passed and saw the lone Republican who voted for the bill, Representative Anh Cao (R. La.), and there were some interesting bullet points about his background. We wondered why background info wasn’t more common when any politician – Democrat or Republican – was speaking. It would [...]

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Email’s rules are exact opposite of direct mail’s rules

Email is based on the exact opposite premise of direct mail: with direct mail you can assume the recipient wants it unless they opt out. With email, you have to assume the recipient doesn’t want it, until they opt-in!
Ignoring that simple rule will get you blacklisted in the reputable world of email faster than you [...]

Monday, November 2nd, 2009