Other Good Stuff

Québec City

A rude awakening this morning at about 4:00 am!  We thought we were the only guests in the motel, but some French-Canadian men were housed in rooms just down the hall from us.  They arrived back from some where in the middle of the night and decided to have a conversation in the hallway.  I [...]



My Little Kitty Meets Rambo …

The Web is great because you can find all kinds of crazy stuff, and I mean crazy! I came across an odd combination today, some guy decided to decorate his wife’s AR-15 (that’s a little weird for me to begin with) in very, well let’s just say your four-year-old daughter might want one for Christmas [...]



The Trouble With ‘X’

Do you know someone that just bothers the heck out of you? Maybe someone you know, or are related to, has a character trait or personality quark that just drives you up a tree, can you picture that someone right now? Ever thought that there are people that have similar gripes with you? Therein lies [...]



One Courageous Journalist. . .




PR Gives Politics A Bad Name. . .

In my introductory journalism class, my professor told us of a story where a newspaper reprinted an article of his by simply putting quotation marks around it.
Well, as a PR person myself, this happens to us from time to time, only it is actually condoned and, as a matter of fact, I am thrilled when [...]



Political PR

Just giving a shout out to my good friend, and mentor, Russ Page for starting a very insightful and opinionated look at the PR side of what is unfolding as the 2008 political campaign. To tell you the truth, I don’t think a lot of people read the newspaper or watch the news with the [...]



We Need Another Edward R. Murrow!

I recently saw the movie “Good Night, and Good Luck,” what a wonderful, intelligent movie. I am struck that we need another Edward R. Murrow in the media, granted, with all the citizen media we do have individuals willing to stick their necks out who don’t fear of sponsors or retribution.
We need media who don’t [...]



iPod: Apple’s Creative Juices Still Flowing!

I am a big iPod fan and paid close attention to this week’s event announcing the new line of Nanos and the re-designed Shuffle. You can read the announcements here.
My co-worker had an idea for an iPod accessory. What is the use of a remote to control the music played on your iPod if you [...]



iPod Going Cellular?

Rumors are swirling about the possible, new iPod in a cell phone design. Here are two appleinsider articles discussing this new little tech gadget. Read the articles here and here.

What do you think, what’s Apple’s next big leap in the iPod market? Is cell phone where they’re headed?