I noticed this beginning a couple of months ago — a sexy new ad campaign for an e-cigarette called Blu. I first saw an ad on TV and was shocked to see a cigarette ad on TV, then realized it was for an e-cigarette. However, it was using the same techniques used in old cigarette … Continue reading Sexy e-cigarette advertising
I don’t follow car racing (I mean, I don’t follow it with extreme prejudice), but I have of course heard of Danica Patrick — I mean you can’t hardly get away from those Go Daddy! commercials of hers. Anyway, I saw an ad in this week’s Sports Illustrated with her in it, for a campaign … Continue reading Danica Patrick joins COPD campaigndrive4
Chris Ballard had an excellent article in this week’s Sports Illustrated. (Normally, I’m not a big fan of Chris Ballard’s stuff, some of it I find kind of trite, but this was his best article yet.). Ballard wrote about a young coxswain for the University of California, Jill Costello, who led her rowing team to … Continue reading Lung cancer doesn’t just kill smokers — The story of Jill Costello
My initial reaction when my issue of SI Golf arrived in the mail today was, “WTH!?” (Actually, something stronger than that, but I try to keep this a family blog.) On the cover is a Spanish PGA golfer named Miguel Angel Jimenez, smoking a cigar, with the headline, “Smokin’.” The article then features several photos … Continue reading SI Golf cover features Spanish golfer smoking cigar
Woo, hoo, what an amazing offseason for the Red Sox, maybe their best offseason since they got Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell. Now the Red Sox, after looking like they were out of the running, got Carl Crawford from the Tampa Bay Evil Rays for 7 years, $142 million. Carl Crawford is a career .296 … Continue reading Boston Red Sox getting Carl Crawford
