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By FrancisArticles, CULTURE, Miscellaneous, Tech, Uncategorized

(Confessions of a NumLock) Over the past several months I’ve had three paradigm-shifting experiences in my personal relationship with the computer. The first occurred last April. My office email program crashed, and I lost every single message I had sent over the previous two months. Several hours after I regained consciousness, I found myself completely … Read More

All The News That Fits The Premise

By FrancisFUN, Rants, Uncategorized

In the intro paragraph to her January 25 article, “Daughter of Birmingham Plans Revival”, New York Times reporter Donna Paul writes, “…After a period of prosperity and growth, Birmingham was brought to its knees by the Depression and wracked by the end of segregation. Birmingham has never fully recovered its prominence. Its population today, 230,000, … Read More

Living the Dream? (Part 1 of 2)

By FrancisUncategorized

I still remember spending the night at Frank Crockard’s house in the mid 1960’s. Early Saturday mornings, the only thing on TV when I dragged Frank (and little brother Paul) out of bed was an agricultural program called Dixie Digest. Literally the only thing. For at least half an hour, Birmingham’s three other channels broadcasted … Read More

The Wisdom Of Children

By FrancisUncategorized

Cleaning-out a closet New Year’s Day, we discovered a Time Capsule containing notes written by our two children (Peyton—now 19, and Fletcher—now 14) in January, 2005. The theme was “My Dream For The Future”. I must admit, I was particularly impressed by the way Fletcher’s dream complemented Peyton’s heartfelt sentiments so perfectly. PEYTON HARE [Age … Read More

The Neatest Project We’ve Had In A While.

By FrancisUncategorized

Several weeks ago, I met Alan Lasseter—whose son plays on my son’s soccer team. I knew right off, this was a guy I was going to enjoy seeing on Saturdays. The following Thursday he sent me an email asking for my help. Seems he’d already invested several months of his time launching a sports management … Read More

Nice logo, Belk. Almost as nice as ours!

By FrancisTHE AGENCY, Uncategorized, Work

We couldn’t help but notice the similarities between the new Belk logo (a vast improvement over their old one, to be sure) and the logo we developed early last summer for a new client—Hospice Partners of America. What’s really interesting about our logo is, it shouldn’t have even happened in the first place. Granted, the … Read More