Sunday, October 07, 2007
CHASE PROUD - Rainbow Festival
We always have fun at the big events in the Spring and Fall. The Rainbow Festival is held downtown and thousands of people of all shapes, sizes, and orientation show up for the music, booth browsing, drinking beer, and people watching.
Chase Bank had a big booth again this year. They are finding that there's an untapped market out there for Gay and Lesbian customers. The bank staff was giving away a lot of free stuff and even temporary tattoos. These boys who were advertising for another event must have stopped by the Chase tent.
Check out the blue Chase logo "portal" that the bank spent $2.5 million in marketing on. I think the marketing significance (a circle of service, a forward turning cycle to new products and new customers, a unifying center of focus that makes customers comfortable they are within the portal) was lost on these boys. Well, um, maybe not.
We always have fun at the big events in the Spring and Fall. The Rainbow Festival is held downtown and thousands of people of all shapes, sizes, and orientation show up for the music, booth browsing, drinking beer, and people watching.
Chase Bank had a big booth again this year. They are finding that there's an untapped market out there for Gay and Lesbian customers. The bank staff was giving away a lot of free stuff and even temporary tattoos. These boys who were advertising for another event must have stopped by the Chase tent.
Check out the blue Chase logo "portal" that the bank spent $2.5 million in marketing on. I think the marketing significance (a circle of service, a forward turning cycle to new products and new customers, a unifying center of focus that makes customers comfortable they are within the portal) was lost on these boys. Well, um, maybe not.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
PERHAPS A WIDER STANCE WITH IRAN WOULD HELP?
BEAUTIFUL GARAGE SALE WEATHER IN PHOENIX -- ESPECIALLY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
I live in a predominantly white on white neighborhood in the suburbs. I've sure that most of my neighbors would just wish all the immigrants would go home--all of them--or never come across the border and clog up the barrios with all their barrio ways. However, yard sales are something different. Large number of Hispanic families come by to browse and buy at the sales.
So as much as the neighbors find health care for Hispanic children abhorrent, we are talking making some serious cash now from your garage junk. That would be different. Or "diferente" they might say with a smile.
To that end, one of the neighbors made a cardboard sign to attract Hispanics and make it crystal clear what was going on. "SALE YARDA". Ya, see, Spanish ain't that hard. Just add an "a" at the end of the word, and it all makes sense. It may be ironic that "idiota" works the same way.
Hasta luego.
I live in a predominantly white on white neighborhood in the suburbs. I've sure that most of my neighbors would just wish all the immigrants would go home--all of them--or never come across the border and clog up the barrios with all their barrio ways. However, yard sales are something different. Large number of Hispanic families come by to browse and buy at the sales.
So as much as the neighbors find health care for Hispanic children abhorrent, we are talking making some serious cash now from your garage junk. That would be different. Or "diferente" they might say with a smile.
To that end, one of the neighbors made a cardboard sign to attract Hispanics and make it crystal clear what was going on. "SALE YARDA". Ya, see, Spanish ain't that hard. Just add an "a" at the end of the word, and it all makes sense. It may be ironic that "idiota" works the same way.
Hasta luego.
Friday, October 05, 2007
JENNA BUSH -- Getting Married. Her contribution.
I don't know what the date is, but I just hope, hope, hope that there's enough time for her to tour the country with one of the many federally funded Abstinence Only church programs. This would be totally awesome and reflect on how well Pres. Bush can not only push funding to churches but how he can push his ideas down the genetic trail.
This could be quite an event. And maybe totally HOT! I want to hear abstinence stories! How young men and women were tempted, but because these very successfully funded programs were in place, there was no beating around the bush, virginity rocks!
But I would want more details if it's my tax dollars. How far did you have to go before "no" or "NO!" or "Oh my God. NO, not with that thing!" And Jenna could clear up the seemingly widespread mis-perception that giving head to your boyfriend is OK as look as he doesn't put his thingie in your whatever. She could explain how she has handled her many boyfriends. THAT, would be insightful. And would cause the people to swell at her tours. I mean the members to swell. I mean the number of members attending these talks to swell. Swell.
So I am thinking about starting a draft movement to let everyone see Bush at her best.
I don't know what the date is, but I just hope, hope, hope that there's enough time for her to tour the country with one of the many federally funded Abstinence Only church programs. This would be totally awesome and reflect on how well Pres. Bush can not only push funding to churches but how he can push his ideas down the genetic trail.
This could be quite an event. And maybe totally HOT! I want to hear abstinence stories! How young men and women were tempted, but because these very successfully funded programs were in place, there was no beating around the bush, virginity rocks!
But I would want more details if it's my tax dollars. How far did you have to go before "no" or "NO!" or "Oh my God. NO, not with that thing!" And Jenna could clear up the seemingly widespread mis-perception that giving head to your boyfriend is OK as look as he doesn't put his thingie in your whatever. She could explain how she has handled her many boyfriends. THAT, would be insightful. And would cause the people to swell at her tours. I mean the members to swell. I mean the number of members attending these talks to swell. Swell.
So I am thinking about starting a draft movement to let everyone see Bush at her best.
WHERE'S BROTHER BIN LADEN?
And why aren't we seeing him in Sunday School?
I was reminded of how good the Mormon Church is at tracking down lost souls, irrespective of checkered pasts (heresy, drinking coffee, soiled special underwear, going down on deacons, . . . ). The Church Elders never give up, even years later, to "maintain the integrity of the membership rolls".
They tracked me down today on my cell phone while I was at Starbucks, and they were doing skip tracing on my erstwhile Mormon sister who hasn't attended their church for years (me, for decades). They knew her married name and everything. Jesus!
So, in the interest of national security, can we just turn these guys loose on tracking down Osama? Once they locate him, send out two Mormon missionaries on bikes to whatever family home Osama is broadcasting from, explain the values they share: no booze, yes to multiple wives, no homos, and being so damn sure about everything. Just ask Mitt.
Think about it.
And why aren't we seeing him in Sunday School?
I was reminded of how good the Mormon Church is at tracking down lost souls, irrespective of checkered pasts (heresy, drinking coffee, soiled special underwear, going down on deacons, . . . ). The Church Elders never give up, even years later, to "maintain the integrity of the membership rolls".
They tracked me down today on my cell phone while I was at Starbucks, and they were doing skip tracing on my erstwhile Mormon sister who hasn't attended their church for years (me, for decades). They knew her married name and everything. Jesus!
So, in the interest of national security, can we just turn these guys loose on tracking down Osama? Once they locate him, send out two Mormon missionaries on bikes to whatever family home Osama is broadcasting from, explain the values they share: no booze, yes to multiple wives, no homos, and being so damn sure about everything. Just ask Mitt.
Think about it.
