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What Would Jason Strider Do? (WWJSD?)
An article in today's "Sunday Styles" calls into question the validity of marriages performed by clergy with no sustained following. That is, the men and women who receive their credentials from The Universal Life Church in Modesto, California. The organization ordains 10,000 people a month, twice as many as in 2000, according to Andre Hensley, the church’s president. Eighty percent join the fold solely to perform …
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Enough Ketchup To Feed An Army
According to CNN, citizens in Collinsville, IL have partnered with the H.J. Heinz Co. to fill an 8-foot-tall, 4-foot-wide plastic pouch with 1,500 pounds of the condiment for a school fundraiser. "That's a lot of ketchup," said Tracey Parsons, a Heinz spokeswoman. The company donated 4,000 glass bottles of the condiment for people to buy for $1 and pour into the packet. Proceeds will go to the Collinsville Christian …
The Ad Biz Needs “Extraordinary Purification”
JWT/London for Smirnoff Via Adscam, where a person called "Grumpy" left a wonderful comment about the spot. You only get this kind of class work if you: Have a client who deserves it Don't believe the future is in user-generated shit and the blogowankosphere Don't listen to the no-mate geeks peddling social networking and the like as the second coming of marketing Don't live in SecondLife Believe anyone who thinks …
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A Taste of Generations Past
Behance looks at the reinvention of fashion eyewear line, Oliver Goldsmith, by Claire Goldsmith. Here's one of the things she says, that I particularly like: "One good piece of wisdom was 'while your competitors are copying you they will never be able to get ahead of you.' I liked that, as creators are always worrying about their designs being copied." Note, there was an Irish writer by the name Oliver Goldsmith in …
Get A Really “Sick” Computer from HP
For more see ControlTheirMinds.com, HP's back-to-school push. [via Adverganza] …
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Advertising Has Never Been A Subtle Art
The NFL’s Trippin’
Resistance is mounting to a new NFL ruling that forces photojournalists to wear vests with the logos of NFL sponsors Canon and Reebok while shooting games. "It totally goes against our Code of Ethics to force photographers to advertise as if they were some sort of NASCAR vehicle," said John Long, the chair of National Press Photographers Association's Ethics & Standards Committee. "We are independent gatherers of …
