The Bat-Bull of West Omaha

For the past few years, the preferred corporate combustion-powered mill has been a 2.0-liter, turbocharged, 4-cylinder engine. Beloved for its ability to twist a decent amount of low-end torque while delivering CAFE-friendly miles per gallon, it easily slips into...
What a Fool Believes

What a Fool Believes

To answer your first question, yes, the purpose of this entire column is to give me an excuse to use a Doobie Brothers song as the title. Why the Brothers Doob? Because in February of 1973 they charted with a cover of “Jesus is Just Alright” which would go on to form...

In Case You’re Wondering

The AdHole has been offline for quite some time now due to the Fox family moving from Dallas to Omaha. Settling into the new gig and digs has proven to be quite time consuming. And as there is no shortage of ad blogs out there, I’m in no hurry to resume....

I Will Always Love Black Hole Sun

In the wake of Whitney Houston’s death on February 11, many renditions of her popular songs have floated across the internet. But this is the only one I’ve bothered watching. Chris Cornell, he of Soundgarden and Audioslave fame, busted out this acoustic...

Mime-Free French Box o’ Fun

Today’s bit of ad frivolity comes to us courtesy of DDB Paris. And since I can’t speak French much past an emphatic “Pas de mimes!” I’ll let the video’s Vimeo description speak for itself: DDB Paris created this simple, fun...