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Re: You Don’t Know Menopause.

nikuniku — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:10:53 -0000

Menopause or menopauza symptoms can be a real problem for middle aged women. The body suffers a lot of modifications and because of other problems like urinarry stress incontinence this can prove to be a very hard period for any kind of woman. Luckily there are products like the Zoft gum or similar which help reduce these simptoms but overall it's a tough stage in any woman's life.

Re: Dori Kelly, Where Are You?

holycowmama — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:24:49 -0000

The woman in the Glade commercials IS Dori Kelly. I went to high school with her in West Chester, PA. She doesn't look much different than she did in high school.

Re: Dori Kelly, Where Are You?

Glade72 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:56:56 -0000

I've been fascinated with The Glade Lady since the day I first seen her. She is totally awesome, even though she doesn't know it. Her beauty is a glow that is undefinable, but it definitely is there!

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents...

Re: The Toothpaste and the Pea.

vancouvercosmeticdentist — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:45:01 -0000

I looked at the ingredients and discovered it contained both actual apricot fruit puree and mango fruit puree. I'm certainly no fan of fruit in my toothpaste, I mean I 'm using the toothpaste to wash off the fruit I've eaten. I am not a huge fan of mango either..vancouver cosmetic dentist

Re: When going “green” goes bad.

Hampers — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:26:50 -0000

Saving mother earth takes a lot of effort from all "occupants" and not just for the few active advocates. You are right in saying that puzzlement sometimes rule the scene. But in general, plastics, paper or whatsoever, if not properly recycled will only fuel the emerging "death" of the environment. Let's start the "healing" process now and not tomorrow.Start within ourselves.

Re: When going “green” goes bad.

husnain — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:49:47 -0000

"They have great topics like this one on www.energytalkradio.com and donate 30% to charity! Check them out."

Re: BAND-AID® Marketing.

rockbandpromotion — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:34:25 -0000

Haha lots of kids love band-aids. I used to put them everywhere too as a kid.

Re: When Marketing Fails.

cowdog — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:16:06 -0000

Brad,
Please share it with anyone, I hope and pray the new church will be a good
fit for all, and you can help support each other in the faith.

Richard

My parish link: www.graceslipperyrock.com

Re: When Marketing Fails.

captaindigital — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:50:27 -0000

Wow. Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, we held our last service on Trinity Sunday, then followed it up with a really wonderful luncheon/party/celebration at a local restaurant. The Vestry made a (painful) decision to shut down when we did, because if we'd kept going, we would have had to have renewed our lease on the Presbyterian church as well as risked not having enough money to pay our Vicar. The timing was also being driven by the fact that a seminary/church in Houston has an opening, and our Bishop recommended our Vicar for the position - we felt it would have been selfish to insist on continuing to the very end, when he has a shot at getting another position, and we knew we would soon run out of money.

The good news is that, even though Amarillo is pretty small, there is another Anglican church here - oddly enough, meeting in another Presbyterian church's chapel. They aren't REC (and the celebrate Holy Communion only one Sunday per month, unlike All Saints) but they do use the 28 BCP and are not a part of the TEC. I suspect that my family and many of the other All Saints parishioners will end up at this church. It won't be All Saints, but I hope we will find a home there.

Some of our members (actually two members of the Vestry) are relocating to another city (job relocation). With the current economy, that's probably not surprising. Most of the families will likely check out this new Anglican mission.

I'm really touched by your comments, and your willingness to help us. If you don't mind, I'd like to forward your comments on to our (now former) Vicar. I'm sure they will warm his heart as they have mine. I also appreciate the fact that you discovered our website. The site was my project (I'm a web designer/marketer/advertising guy, and I had hoped that a really nice website would help us attract members). Didn't quite work out the way I'd hoped, but perhaps another church will see the site and find some useful ideas on it for their own online presence.

Anyway, thanks for writing, and do keep our parish in your prayers.

Godspeed,

- Brad

Re: When Marketing Fails.

cowdog — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:59:41 -0000

I recently discovered your parishes website via the Ohio Anglican blog and added it to my weblog. I was very saddened to see your parish is closing. My parish is also 1928 bcp and rents from a Presbyterian church. You are all in my prayers.

Could you meet as a parish and maybe decide join another one as a group? Its seems like you all shared something very special.

It may be too late, but could you make an appeal to other ACNA partner churches for help? I don't have much money,but would personally send what I could.

Re: When Marketing Fails.

captaindigital — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:13:21 -0000

I hear what you're saying. But while I'm a little too close to the trees to be able to see the forest, I'm fairly certain that wasn't it. You see, years before we joined, a couple of parishioners sued for control of the church, against the majority of the congregation, the vestry, and the rector. The church won, but ended up having to sell their building in order to survive. They chose to rent space from another church in town, but in the process, lost their "presence" in the community. The REC is a small denomination - an offshoot of the "mainstream" Episcopal church. When we joined, membership was down to about 60 people total - not families - people. The church budget was in the red every month, and that was a year ago. We needed about 100 people in order to get in the black, and we just couldn't find them.

I'd thought that our conservative theology would be attractive to disaffected Roman Catholics and those from the "mainstream" Episcopal churches that couldn't condone some of the things going on in their denomination. Unfortunately, they stayed away in droves. Turns out there was another "startup" Anglican church, very similar in theology to my church. Amarillo couldn't support two such churches, apparently, so one had to go. Ours was the one.

We had a vestry that was tireless in it's commitment to making things work, and a church family that was willing to do whatever they could to help our church grow. Unfortunately, I think by the time we joined, it was already too late - things had reached critical mass (no pun intended).

We're going to check out this Anglican church next week, and I hope we find a home there. Sadly, no matter how good it is, it won't be the same as what we've had. I'll miss our Rector and his wife, and all the friends we've come to know as family at our church. And I'll always wonder if there was something else we could have done that would have made the difference.

Re: When Marketing Fails.

MarketingIntegrity — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:56:19 -0000

Thanks for your transparency. Sorry to hear about the outcome. Marketing is sadly not the be-all and end-all (and yes, this coming from a marketing guy!). There was clearly a lot of historical downward momentum prior to your efforts. I for one think that marketing ties closely to vision. If a church has strong leadership, with strong vision, and passionately conveys that vision people are compelled into action. Marketing entwined with that vision builds strong momentum. People "on the outside" see the excitement and passion. If they too are moved by the vision then something special happens.

I am not saying the "product" of the church was bad...because that after-all is Jesus. I just wonder if the leadership was united in a strong vision for living out the assignment God had for that church. Just my 2-cents.

Re: Dori Kelly, Where Are You?

sunnygrl — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:56:47 -0000

I'd been looking for her name long before the Glade ads started airing. In 1996/97 she did TV ads for Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile in the NY area. She wore red pants, jacket and turtleneck and had short red hair. My daughter was just learning to crawl at the time, and every time that commercial came on, she would crawl as fast as she could up to the TV and sit and watch Dori. We called her "The Red Lady" and in the years since have seen her on many, many TV commercials (and we still say "Hey, it's The Red Lady! - LOL!) I'm glad she got an ongoing gig and that maybe her career will take off with all this interest from the Glade ads. I'm also happy to finally know her name after all these years!!

Re: 3G or not 3G…

Sherry — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:43:17 -0000

It's very frustrating. As another Sprint customer with a 3G ready Treo it's really annoying to wait for my phone to connect via cellular line to get my e-mail or internet service. I was in Dallas and Fort Worth last wekend and LOVED how fast the service was. I could even watch SPRINT TV (which is another advertised feature that you CANNOT get in Amarillo.

Speaking of LOCAL vs NATIONAL spots, how abou those K-Mart ads? Talk about a waste of money!

Re: 3G or not 3G…

captaindigital — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:06:15 -0000

Yep. I heard about that they'd gone live about two weeks ago. My Sprint contract is up on June 18th. On the 19th (God willing, and if Apple has released the new iPhone) I'll be switching to AT&T. Some poor telemarketer called me from Sprint last week, all but begging me to extend my sentence...uh contract - for another two years. I just laughed. Sprint is still 3G-free, even after AT&T raised the ante. Is it any wonder that they are losing customers faster than they are adding them?

Re: Pitchman Deathmatch: Vince “ShamWow!” Offer vs. Billy Mays

kev501 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:32:11 -0000

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Re: 3G or not 3G…

Randy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:27:20 -0000

ATT announced the official launch of 3G in Amarillo today. The article is here. http://www.amarillo.com/storie... Hopefully Sprint will follow.

Re: Dori Kelly, Where Are You?

DKFan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:54:29 -0000

As a Dori Kelly fan, please note that she is not in this horrible movie. Dori May Kelly is. They each have a different official SAG name.

Re: Dallas Guitar Show: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

captaindigital — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:09:50 -0000

Sorry if I wasn't clear...I had a booth (373) where my other company, GuitarFurniture, was selling high-end guitar stands. You can see the stands online at www.guitarfurniture.com.

Re: Dallas Guitar Show: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

Sheila — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:39:41 -0000

I cant find what you are selling?

Re: Glade/Dori Kelly Update.

captaindigital — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:47:01 -0000

And the mystery deepens. The odd part is that I called the Glade folks and asked for info on the actress - whoever she is. That was a couple of months ago. I'm still waiting for a callback.

You'd think that SOMEbody - the actress, her agent, the ad agency, or SC Johnson - would want to capitalize on the Internet buzz and work the PR angle. Again, I'm still waiting.

Re: Glade/Dori Kelly Update.

John Doe — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:47:08 -0000

Let me clear something up for you. The Dori Kelly in the Glade commercial (if that is indeed her name) is not the Dori MAY Kelly in the Winterbeast flick. In fact, in the trailer you posted, Dori May Kelly makes no appearance (the redhead is another actress). She has a couple of brief scenes in the body of the movie. I know this because I knew her quite well. I won't say how, but let's leave it at that. You're barking up the wrong tree. Try another trail.

Re: Pitchman Deathmatch: Vince “ShamWow!” Offer vs. Billy Mays

captaindigital — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:03:51 -0000

UPDATE: Our boy Vince Offer (nee: Vincent Shlomi) has been charged with assault after a Miami, Florida arrest for an altercation with a prostitute.

Sham Wow! must be so proud.

See the story here: http://www.nydailynews.com/gos...

Re: Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue.

Quotes — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:34:32 -0000

This is quite interesting, i just loved watching it, keep posts like this one coming.

Re: Dori Kelly, Where Are You?

todd jones — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:07:27 -0000

she is sooo sexy!!