Secrets of the City

Target also stopped selling the Franklin Covey calendar book refills I’ve used for three years. Bastards.

Covey Habit #1, kev: Be proactive. There is a Franklin Covey story in Rosedale.

Totally unrelated, but this is the top headline on the Fargo Forum’s site right now:

N.D., Minn. Caucusing for Dummies

They are not particulaly hard to find, either here or in ND.

Those “things” are, or course, the Hy-Lex Bleach Gnomes!

Consult “Winter Carnival For Dummies”

From the Dutluth article: “Liquor increases traffic at liquor stores. “

Really?!?!?! I thought it was their fine selection of artisan cheeses and rare book collections.

I contacted Covey, bob, but they said this particular calendar was produced exclusively for Target and only available thru Target, which told me it no longer carries the item. S.O.L.

I thorougly enjoyed the Duluth blog and comments; admittedly I didn’t even read the blog they are making fun of.

First the bulls eye ad, now this! Is there any end to Target’s Reign of Terror?

Kidding aside, that is a bummer, kev. I guess you are just going to have to buy the pocket version of “Babes of the GOP” as a replacement.

The Hi-Lex Gnomes were rescued from certain doom a few years ago. I tried to find a detailed account of the story, but this is the best I could find so far.

That Target billboard story made the New Nork Times today, according to MinMon. Biggest splash was Target’s we-don’t-talk-to-bloggers policy, which prompted this question from the Times:

“Could Target, the ever-hip, contemporary retailer, really have such a low opinion of blogs, the ever-hip, contemporary media channel?”

Check out Stables for a similar calendar, I know they carry a line of his stuff too. Me? I’ve tried them, failed. Tried the HipsterPDA, failed. Tried Moleskine notebooks – worked. SOrt of.

I forgot about the Winter Carnival. Must go!

Shaping Youth intended to get Target to reassess their view on (allegedly) sexually suggestive advertising. Instead they were able to get Target to reassess their take on what is relevant media.

Net effect: (allegedly) softcore advertising stays, bloggers have a voice @ Target. Sounds like a win-win to me. Good on ya, Shaping Youth!!!

A victory for Shapely Youth, it seems.

I wonder if we can get the Hy-Lex Gnomes at our stairclimb event. We are an offical Winter Carnival event, after all…

Check out Stables for a similar calendar, I know they carry a line of his stuff too. Me? I’ve tried them, failed. Tried the HipsterPDA, failed. Tried Moleskine notebooks – worked. SOrt of.

people still write down things they plan to do?

moleskines are fantatic for doodling though….I am convinced most planners end up being glorified sketch pads.

Ryanol:
To be honest, your pretty correct there. I carry 2 of them, a medium sized one with graph paper and a small lined one. I try to carry the little one all the time, the bigger one is in my bag. And both are full of sketches of things I want to make.
Or lists, a lot of lists.
And I write a lot of things down, that I’ll never need to references, dates and such.

I used to have a Franklin Covey but it was so big and bulky and very unattractive.

Now I use Russel+Hazel and love it! Although I can’t imagine Kevin with a pink planner.

I have some Russel+Hazel products a feminist friend gave me when she worked there. Beyond that, I never got into the designer school supplies.
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A victory for Shapely Youth, it seems.

You sick bastard.

No, Shapely Youth is the name of Target’s senior press officer.

I used to carry a moleskine….mostly driven by my ego.

Hey I might do something great and people will pour over these little notebooks to determine how exactly I created such greatness…..turns out all they would find is the scribblings of a semi-literate dolt with an affinity for architectural sketches and boobs.