Random firings of my synapses. Also, photos.
I recently completed a campaign for United Way here in Greenville County. The photographer, Kevin Bana, is out of Chicago. Extremely talented guy. I think the images are stunning. We did six posters. They all feature real people and real stories, save one. The child was a model. We couldn’t use a real kid for…
I’ve been meaning to post these posters for awhile. This is a campaign I did at work for a pro-bono account called The Family Book Project. They collect books and give them to underprivileged children and adults at shelters and rehabilitation centers here in Greenville County. Richard Salais, who was the art director on these,…
Since I work in advertising, I’m always studying the industry. New print campaigns. New TV campaigns. Everyone I work with stays aware of new trends and creative, and I’m expected to do the same. A recent ad for Tide stain stick made me laugh so hard, I literally buckled over in my chair. Simple. Funny….
Bill Bryson, in my opinion — for whatever that is worth — is the funniest writer in America. I’ve read several of his books now, and all them keep me laughing, sometimes out loud, which is a rare thing. Few books make me laugh at loud. And it’s over the simplest things, really. I distinctly…
16 Blocks has a brilliant premise, and when I saw the trailer I was so excited by it that I thought I might actually go out and see this movie at the theater. We go to the theater so rarely that this was high praise indeed. Lucky for me, I didn’t pay ten bucks to…
I became a fan of Neil Gaiman after reading American Gods, which may be the best contemporary fantasy novel of the past several years. It won the Hugo Award when it came out and became a bestseller, launching Gaiman into the mainstream. I’ve since read a few of his other novels and enjoyed them immensely,…
