Olympic Outrage

June 6th, 2007

It’s with some humor I watch the outrage around the London 2012 Olympics logo. Back in the mid-nineties, I lived in Atlanta. They were ramping up for the Olympics they were hosting. And they came up with a “awesome” mascot which was announced with great fanfare.

Yeah, that’s inspiring, patriotic, and definitely a [...]

Retro = Quality = Brand

February 14th, 2007

Tonight, since my wife had a fever, I went wandering around the house in search of aspirin. Of course I find the huge freaking tub of ibuprofen we picked up at Target a while ago. But I’m looking for aspirin. I finally open the right cabinet and find that distinctive aspirin-bottle-shaped bottle of [...]