We have spent a great deal of time this Holiday Season deciding on the best way to communicate our shipping deadlines for delivery by December 24th so I know how detailed retailers must be and how important it is for customers to understand.

I received the email below from CompUSA this morning.  I have looked at it ten times and for the life of me, cannot figure out when I need to place an order by and what method I need to use to ship my order to Florida.  I appreciate the time they took to highlight some states, but what about others.  Yes, you can click through to see a detailed shipping schedule, but in my opinion, it is too much detail and not easy to decipher.

A bit of advice…keep it simple.  Order by XX/XX, get it by XX/XX

Okay, so a lot has changed since my last post way back in April. I have left Venus Swimwear to take a job with Football Fanatics as Email Marketing Manager. I now oversee the entire email marketing program from email creation to execution to analysis. I love having a more focused position, allowing me to devote to improve on what was already a successful program.

My wife and I welcomed our first daughter on September 22nd. She was a little early but is beautiful and healthy and mom is doing great as well. It is very tough leaving them in the morning but also the best feeling to come home at the end of the day to two smiling faces.

Busy would be an understatement but I welcome it with open arms. Looking forward to the holidays with family and of course with my wife and daughter. I’ll update when I can.

While I am all about cheaper alternatives to expensive cell phone plans and of course the nerdiest things possible, I do have to draw the line when it comes to in-flight phone conversations.  I will seriously reconsider a carrier if they allow in-flight calls.  Granted, some planes have phones which can be used if needed, but who the heck uses those.

Now however, with skype available on the iphone, what is to stop someone from making a call on a plane?  Would it be rude to ask someone next to you to not have a phone conversation?  Are flight attendants politely asking customers to refrain?  I honestly don’t know, but I certainly hope something is in place.  Nothing more annoying than hearing someone talk over jet engines…

My rant for the day…thanks for tuning in.

I wish I had the patience to do this every year.   But here it is for all you ACC fans.

2008 Helmet Schedule

I am pretty sure our little dacshund lays in his pillow all day staring at the wall saying….duh!!!!

But he sure does love it when we come home!