Please hang in there with me; I lost all my site formatting this morning and am trying to get things back in gear. I’ve got plans for a new site construction starting in October and you will see more content popping up then.
I’ve been saying this for years and never thought to put it on a blog: khaki is a color, not a type of pants.
I’ve told people the last 6 or so years about how Detroit is a great place. There’s so much potential there and it has so much to offer. Seems Johnny Damon feels the same way about Detroit as I do. Damon is exactly the sort of player I want in a Detroit Tigers uniform
That’s the thing that people everywhere are going to think of. They’re going to think of Boston as this great city, which it is, and Detroit gets a bad rap,” Damon said. “I love it here. My family loves it here. A bunch of the players that have been here a while love it here. The new guys love it here. There’s a lot to offer here. Yeah, we know the auto industry and the economy takes a beating here. But you know what? It’s up to us players to keep people excited, to entertain people, to have people enjoy their lives and have people enjoy watching the Detroit Tigers.
The Awl is back again with How to Cook Bolognese Sauce. I really wish they’d start a cook book.
you are REQUIRED BY ME to be using a 28 ounce can (or cans) of whole, peeled San Marzano tomatoes. In this matter there can be no dispute. If you find yourself unable or unwilling to use San Marzano tomatoes I refuse to allow you to make my Bolognese. Seriously. Get out of the kitchen and go take a good, hard look at yourself in the mirror.
I’ve looked at my iPhone screen more than I care to think about. A nervous habit of mine is to pull out the phone and just check the time (email, twitter, weather, you name it). As I was doing this one day, I thought, “if I put a mantra on the lock screen, maybe it will help me to stay focused.” So I took that thought and ran with it and am now sharing my iPhone Lock Screen Mantra.
To use, pull up this page on your iPhone. Select the above image and hold. Save image upon prompt. Then go to “Settings” > “Wallpaper” and select which screen (Lock or Wallpaper) you want it to be on. I use it as my Lock Screen Wallpaper so that when I turn on my phone I see these keywords to help put me in a good place mentally.
Let me know if you use it. And, if you don’t, what do you use as your iPhone wallpaper?
She asked me why I’m so dressed up?… I told her, ‘cause I’m not headed to the gym right now.’
Monocle magazine is the pioneer of the brand-fueled content. They have reconsidered the advertiser-publisher relationship and created engaging branded content throughout their magazine and into online media like podcasts. It works very well.
Brand-fueled content is content such as articles, videos and events where a brand’s values and briefs on a product where editorial control is given to the site owner (goal being a conversation started, natch). It seems to be the future. Let’s look toward the Old Spice campaign and “the Response Campaign”. Major success.
Beau Colburn captured my feelings on brand-fueled content (and the Old Spice campaign, more specifically) perfectly.
these video responses feel like a dramatic shift in “advertising.” Putting the word in quotes was intentional because I’m not really sure what this is. These responses aren’t ads. I suppose there’s a proper term like “brand extension” or the like for something like this, but this feels new.
When I was trying to make BogeyPutts.com the next great golf source online, I tried to get an interview with Will MacKenzie because I was fascinated by his story: a talented junior golfer who got burnt out, quit, traveled by van to find the best surf/skate/snow spots, fell in love with golf again, turned pro…
Yes, he was also a member of the golf team, but he played in tennis shoes.
AND his middle name is Ruggles. A bit more digging reveals a profile by Outside Magazine.
after a semester stint at a local college, MacKenzie took the money he’d saved up washing dishes and selling grilled-cheese sandwiches at Grateful Dead shows and headed west, kicking off his strange odyssey to the PGA Tour. Only later, when he was 25 and diagnosed with ADD, did he have an explanation for his academic struggles.
From this point forward, I will be taking style cues from Guido Wongolini. Take a look at his WWIW (which I believe stands for What Wongolini is Wearing) tag. Mostly simple items, but with perfect fit and fun accessories. Brilliant.
Wondering how to stretch your money a bit at the grocery? Follow this little primer on eating like Puerto Ricans. Almost as good as how to cook a f#$%ing steak. And, it makes sense as well. Quick notes: black beans and rice and PORK SHOULDER.
Add a pinch of Cayenne pepper so you remember that you have a set of cojones
