While the Maori have their hakas to intimidate their enemies, we have our Shaka to confuse and befuddle our opponents.
The Snowpocolypse 2010 left but a skeleton crew at the office this morning. Not ones to waste such an opportunity, it was decided that the only reasonable course of action was to have me put on [...]
Time to highlight some cool ideas and pass out the virtual cork so that we can recognize and celebrate one of them.
I know that this is not exactly new, but have you seen this spot for Jameson Irish Whiskey?
I love it. Now, in the spirit of full disclosure, I really love gin more than [...]
Numbers are funny. You see one and it communicates something right away—long before you learn the context of how it is being used.
Like the number at the top there. It means effort, right? Well, not so fast. Today I sat down at my computer to attack another week here in 2010, and 110% came to [...]
The Sunday before the agency closed for Christmas, the Firehouse account team served lunch at Dallas Life Foundation (DLF), a local homeless shelter for the less fortunate. DLF has been organized for over 50 years, providing its beneficiaries a place to do laundry, sleep and gain exposure to the Christian faith.
Working closely with DLF’s [...]
One of Firehouse’s very own, Silver Cuellar, got 45 seconds (or so) of fame on the local news on Sunday.
CBS 11 here in Dallas featured Silver in a segment on the “Movember” fundraising effort that has men everywhere growing a ’stache to raise money to fight prostate and testicular cancer. Great cause… unfortunately, [...]
The power of the mo (mustache) is well established, just ask any agent of law enforcement or early 20th century body builder. It commands respect and projects authority. It is an iconic expression of manitude known throughout the world.
But can it cure cancer?
Probably not, but it can help raise cancer awareness and some much [...]
It’s that time again when the ghosts and zombies come to entertain the young hearts (yum) we have at Firehouse. What started four years ago as a last minute decoration job now has been transformed into what we have today. Not too gory for young eyes, but still able to catch their interest around each [...]
Right now would be a great time to trade places with Melanie Oudin, if even for a minute. Ranked 70th at the start of the 2009 US Open, Oudin was pretty much an anonymous competitor. But she pushed on to the quarterfinals following three comeback victories over higher-ranking, seasoned pros. Throughout the competition and still [...]
Friday we celebrated “Eat Something Blue” Day. If you Google “Eat Something Blue” Day you are likely to find two results — this post and my blog bio that mentions “Eat Something Blue” Day as my favorite Firehouse moment. The reason for only two Google results for this holiday is simple, we made it up, and by “we” I mean [...]
Firehouse is an idea-driven ad agency, and this is where we let out a lot of the stuff that lives in our heads. So read, play, comment and even challenge us, and hopefully we will all get a little smarter.
