Escape your nicotine addiction

Few smokers who quit regret the decision, but none have ever proclaimed to feel like a butterfly released from the chains of addiction like this picture portrays (image elements condensed):

This is the front cover of a pamphlet from the American Cancer Society to help convince people to stop smoking. The image goes beyond the [...]

Giving Free Rice to the Poor ~ Our 250th Post!

While a few economists argue that giving food and aid to poor countries may actually flood the markets and dampen prices, thus restraining economic development, I’m going to err on the side that giving a little is still better than not giving at all.  Tonight I found an easy way to give through a site [...]

GetGoodKarma.org ~ rise from the sea of goodwill

This public service announcement for "Karmalot" at GetGoodKarma.org escapes me a bit:

I think the message is fantastic and spot on, especially for high school kids who might think that they just need to volunteer to get into college.  The sea scene is a little off if it’s really meant to represent "the universe," but maybe [...]

Public Service Announcment ~ Stop Sports Crocs Now!

You might love how comfortable your Crocs are. You might even dare wear them out in public, but never forget that they are still ugly. Get rid of them.
And while I thought that Crocs alone were a nightmare, I was then walked hand-in-hand with horror down Elm Street at Crocs.com. It was there that [...]

EPA ~ “Beaches are fun!” ~ PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

In the Bush administration’s continued efforts to protect theenvironment, the EPA has officially declared on their website that “beaches are fun.” See the beach page at www.epa.gov/beaches. With thisproclamation, we can all now rest assured that the Executive Branch is keeping on eye on the beaches to ensure that the fun continues for a long, [...]

I pledge to keep our oceans clean ~ Disney told me to

A keeper of a “public service announcement” popped up reminding me to keep the ocean clean this morning. I was reading an article about the governor of landlocked Utah and his response to the mine collapse on the Salt Lake Tribune’s website. It made a point that I hadn’t realized: “Oceans Are Part Of Your [...]

The Frankenstein Bikini Approach ~ Saving Chinese-made brands

Visually, a common way of scaring people is to take a nice beach or ocean scene and totally bend our perceived perfection of the place. AdAge does that in the following article:
AdAge: “Brands Blind to China Crisis ~ Experts Slam Marketers for Sticking Their Heads in the Sand” by Mullman and Neff ~ August 20, [...]