'Friday Funk'

If you’re lucky enough to live in a city that has an IKEA store, then you may have taken a trip inside their massive building and viewed the showrooms chock full of stylish furniture and accessories. I’ll be the first to admit that Cincinnati got a little better the day the IKEA opened. And yes, [...]

Have you ever heard of the game “telephone”? What happens is the first player whispers a phrase or sentence to the next player. Each player then whispers what that player believes he or she heard to the next. The last player shares the statement to the group. As you can imagine, large amount of errors [...]

Our Friday Funk today comes with a message. Sometimes it takes a little silliness to get people’s attention. “General” Larry Platt proved that with his viral hit “Pants On the Ground” in the American Idol audition recently. Haven’t seen it yet? Well, check it out…

Digital billboards are new and funky. So is the ability to market your products via “lenses” on Squidoo.com. But what we think is REALLY funky this week are “old-school” ways to convey an idea that today…raise eyebrows. Here are two examples of low-tech, creative self-expression we’ve been fascinated by all week:
Case 1: Jason Sadler of [...]

Today’s Friday Funk features Jared Allen, talking about his mullet – it’s not just a haircut, it’s a lifestyle – and will send you laughing into the weekend. You’ll be quoting this thing until Monday for sure. And when he body slams the Lion’s quarterback in this weekend’s game, you can say “dang, this guy [...]

It’s almost Halloween and the Upright gang wants to wish you a Happy Halloween in classic Friday Funk style. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and many of us are looking forward to an exciting night full of candy-fueled shenanigans and an extra hour of party-time (don’t forget to turn your clocks back an [...]

Normally our Friday Funk is light hearted and fun, but this Friday we’d like to share something with a little more purpose. On October 1st, to help kick off the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we posted a blog on a project that we’re happy to donate our time on to help raise money for [...]

The video we’re sharing with you today for your Friday Funk is extremely thought provoking. It’s an update to a video created by the Shift Happens people in an effort to educate people about the changes in media.
We watch technology and media change daily, and as it evolves, new and exciting gadgets and tools and [...]

Like many major tragedies, the events of September 11, 2001 have been politicized and wildly distorted over time.  Yet what remain most poignant are individual stories of heroism and tragic family loss.  We all have a special responsibility to preserve these stories for generations.  Especially today, on its eighth anniversary.
A free Friday moment?  Celebrate [...]

If you live in Cincinnati, you probably think that summer has just started… finally. Some bizarre weather pattern caused the season to get a very late start this year here in our neck of the woods. Even more bizarre than that would be 500 Days of Summer. Yep, 500 days of summer… filled with BBQ’s [...]