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 [...]

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 [...]

Firehouse and our client, Interstate Batteries, can claim a literal spot among Thanksgiving Day traditions this year when Interstate Batteries’ new commercial is aired during the Texas vs. Texas A&M game. How rich is this tradition you ask? These teams have played on Thanksgiving Day over 60 times in a rivalry that dates back to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]