Archive for June, 2008

Interesting marketing

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

We get a monthly coupon magazine in the mail and a recent ad caught my eye.  Now, please realize, I’m not in the market for the services this business offers, however, I found it very interesting.  This is an ad for a cemetary:

\"Pre-Need\"

I love how the company has positioned the message as “pre-need”.  Also, the delicious fine print about how the “offer is not applicable on an At-Need basis”, is morbidly humorous.  In the end, I guess a cemetary is a business like any other (well, not like ANY other, but it is a business) so why can’t they do promotions?

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Terrible two’s

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

As of yesterday, Jack has officially arrived in the terrible two’s.  He’s trying Laura and my collective patience.  But, that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t still make us laugh.

Yesterday, we gave Ben bubble gum (now that he’s 5).  He quietly chewed for 5 seconds, looked up and said, “I love it.”  About 3 seconds later, Jack said, “I want gubble bum”.

Right now, Jack is “playing” a keyboard and yelling things into the microphone.  For example, “Daddy in da house” and “I love you, Cooper Kitty!”

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