From a press release...

NORWALK, Ohio (December 14, 2006) -- IHRA has retained Jim Walczak and his marketing team to manage advertising sales for the company's in-house publication DRM.

Source: IHRA.com

I'm sure you've been in the same boat we are...

Where you find yourself constantly thinking up "brilliant" ideas. So brilliant, in fact, that the people your share your great idea with encourage you to patent it.

In mine & Jim's world...it seems like this happens all the time.

Oh sure, lots of our ideas are dumb. Or they've already been patented by someone else & we just don't know it yet (...like the date-back camera, or popcorn dental floss, or a Music City Walk of Fame). Or they might only seem appealing to a small group of people.

Nevertheless, here are some of the things that we wish someone would invent soon. Because they sure would make our lives easier!

Have a look...

I guess we've finally made the big time.

We got our name on toast.

Just for laughs...

Today I came across an old video that Jim and I did -- and it made me laugh. We just looked so stupid.

Actually it was the very first video we ever created (with our new video camera), and it was simply a trial & error thing, but for some reason, we felt compelled to post it.

At the time, we were about to embark on a trip to Gatlinburg for the weekend... and we were eager to record everything with our brand new Canon digital video camera.

Trust me when you watch this (well, I don't know... maybe only our close friends will "get it"), but I think it just goes to show how valuable unedited, first attempts and first impressions are -- no matter WHAT the topic!

Wow... blast from the past!

After I got an email from Lucie, someone I used to work with at the Gulf Breeze Zoo, I got all reminiscent and decided to The Zoo's website to see what's going on there these days.

To my surprise, The Zoo's website was dead.

This is a pretty big deal, as The Zoo was fairly well connected in the world of media & marketing... so for them not to have an active website definitely signaled that something was up.

Some Google searches have shed some light on what's happening at the Gulf Breeze Zoo...

We often say that The Fun Times Guide is the "Seinfeld" of the Internet...it's a site about nothing... yet there's something for everyone!

Well, I guess we're doing something right because our traffic has never been higher, and if the feedback we receive is any indication, at least these people "get" it.

The Fun Times Guide is loaded with good news and fun stuff. Lots of little-known secrets about practical, everyday matters... always from a unique perspective... often with a humorous twist.

Here's what people are saying about The Fun Times Guide...

It's summertime alright!

And "hot Hot HOT" definitely summarizes these past few weeks.

Here's a view of summertime fun through the eyes of a child...

ENJOY!