Archive for July, 2010

The custom YouTube video @oldspice wrote just for me!

So Old Spice paid to be the “sponsored trending topic” on Twitter yesterday, which coincided with their launch of a great new social media campaign. If you haven’t seen it, this campaign involves Old Spice monitoring the @oldspice account replies, writing some witty reply copy, and having their beloved spokesmodel Isiah Mustafa act it out [...]

The buck should stop with the Governor

As it said on a small sign on Harry Truman’s desk when he was president, “The Buck Stops Here.” This means that no matter what his administration was doing, ultimately Truman was responsible for the actions of those below him. The Colorado political atmosphere was rocked when Governor Bill Ritter announced he wasn’t seeking re-election [...]

Photo Essay – David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Ogden Theater

I went to the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience show at the Odgen Theater last Friday. They played a strong (and long) set of a wide variety of bluegrass tunes, and David gave us a great (but long) history of the origins of bluegrass. The crowd was boisterous, and at times it was a little tough [...]

The definition of “clutch”

Did you watch the Rockies/Cardinals game last night? The Rockies were down 9-3 going into the 9th inning, and pulled off an incredible come-from-behind win. Lefty Seth Smith’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the 9th capped an incredible and unexpected win. In his post-game interview, Seth (Eli Manning’s backup QB at Ole Miss, [...]