Happy Seventh Birthday, Sticky Egg!
A lot has changed since I started this blog on a whim after watching the movie Julie and Julia.
New job. New city. New adventures, this time on my own.
Will this really be lucky seven? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Thanks for hanging around with me to find out!
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Tagged adventure, blog, entertainment, history, Humor, job, Julie and Julia movie, lucky seven, Movies, sticky egg, Travel, writing
One cake
Two cake
Red cake
Blue cake
Black cake
Blue cake
Old cake
New cake
This rhyme might have worked for fish,
But not so much for birthday wish…
es.
Posted in Books, Children, Entertainment, Humor, Writing
Tagged birthday, birthday cake, books, children, Dr. Seuss, entertainment, one fish two fish, rhyme, today you are you, writing
October 9, 2015 in Humor, Life, Philosophy, quote
Tagged Humor, life, Nora Roberts, philosophy, quote, writing
Go, underdog, go
I cheered today, but alas
Only Kevin heard.
#USOpen
Posted in Humor, Life, New York City, Sports, Television, tennis, Writing
Tagged cheer, ESPN, haiku, Humor, Kevin Anderson, life, New York City, Sports, Television, tennis, underdog, US Open, writing
The Interwebs are canoodlin’ about Google’s new logo, which they debuted yesterday on their homepage with a Doodle.
Twitter quickly responded with an #OldGoogle vs #NewGoogle hashtag, and #NewGoogle is winning..but personally, I think it’s
#Blahgle
While the old logo was all serif-y (which isn’t my bag), the new logo looks like a generic children’s font from an off-brand puzzle or storybook.
I know their new name is Alphabet, but they can still afford nicer blocks, right?
Unless they have already spent a fortune in print support materials, I say ‘2.0’ this logo.
A little less #Blahgle and a little more #Google, please.
Posted in Advertising, Google, Humor, Internet, marketing, Twitter
Tagged #Blahgle, #NewGoogle, #OldGoogle, advertising, alphabet, blah, blocks, branding, Google, hashtag, Humor, Internet, logo, marketing materials, Twitter, writing
Today the truly cool will greet you with cries of “May the fourth be with you” to celebrate Star Wars Day.
Fourth obviously meaning “force.”
But what’s not so obvious — who decided the near rhyme “fourth” was worthy of this great franchise? Why not one of the other available near rhymes for “force,” awesome words like:
I’m sure we could find fun everyday words and phrases that use these words, too, and shove “force” right in there. And we could use them on any ol’ day that we pleased. Phrases like…
Yeah…maybe it doesn’t really matter who picked “fourth.”
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Tagged bedroom farce, bible verse, entertainment, farce, force, hearse, Humor, life, May 4th, may the 4th be with you, Movies, near rhyme, quartz, smoky quartz, sparse, Star Wars, verse, wordplay, words and phrases, writing
Can we ever truly erase the actions of our past?
Microsoft Outlook seems to think so.
Their email program has a “Recall Message” function that has tricked people into thinking —
I can make that not-so-smart email I just sent disappear.
Sad story folks — I can still read the original email.
In fact, seeing your “Recall Email” message in my inbox makes me want to read it that much more. So, stop kidding yourself.
You did it. You sent it.
Own it.
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Tagged actions of our past, Business, commentary, disappear, email, email program, erase, Humor, inbox, Internet, Microsoft Outlook, original, own it, proofread, recall message, technology, writing
In my ‘other life,’ I write marketing copy.
Web, collateral, packaging — you name it.
As I was feeding my dog this morning, I received a reminder that any customer-facing text can surprise and delight…
Even something as simple as the freshness dating.
Woof.
Posted in Advertising, Animals, Business, Dogs, Food, Humor, Writing
Tagged advertising, animals, Business, customers, dog food, dog treat, Dogs, expiration date, food, freshness dating, Humor, marketing, marketing copy, packaging, writing
I bought a book called 642 Things to Write About for those days when I couldn’t think of anything to write about.
Today is one of those days.
One exercise suggests that I write a limerick. From scratch. I don’t think I have ever tried that before…so here goes:
There once was a day oh so rainy
That the view out the window looked grainy.
It made the dog sleepy
And its mom kinda weepy;
Soon they both were locked up for the ‘zanies.’
You’re welcome.
Liquid lunch
People magazine is all about the ‘boozy popsicle‘ today —
Looks cool and refreshing, yes…and perhaps a bit lethal for the younger set.
But, I’m sorry.
Every time I hear the phrase ‘boozy popsicle,’ I think —
What a perfect stripper name.
Or maybe even the name of a band (depending on what kind of music they play). Let’s not forget that one, folks.
It’s a keeper.
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