Monday, December 20, 2010
Our tree for our first Christmas in our place
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Uplifting artwork of Freedom, Love & Justice. ~from a former inmate.
via alphatools.ca
If this artwork touches you at all, please please click on the link above to see the whole story published on AlphaTools.ca ...it's not too long!
If you are even more pressed for time, though: artist Ray took Alpha & hosted a Bible Study while in prison. This piece won 3rd prize for sketches in a worldwide contest sponsored by Prison Fellowship International for inmates and ex-offenders. This was in association with PFI's quadrennial convocation in 2007 attended by over 1,000 prison ministry delegates from 128+ countries. The next PFI Convocation will be in late June 2011. Ray is now living happily with his family in Cornwall, ON living crime-free and intends to be a role model for his children.
Friday, December 03, 2010
December goodness...
Welcome to Alpha Canada's Christmas page!
The stories collected here at this time in 2010 remind us of how God is good, all the time.
Each life here was touched by Jesus through the Alpha experience.
Check back soon for more stories!Alpha intro by Shaila
Patsy
Brian
Rebecca
Wendy
Claude (English)
Claude (en français)
Jessica & Steve
Jasdeep
Missie
Marco
A Prayer by Pastor Tim MacIntosh
via alphatools.ca
Can you believe it's December already? Three days in already too.
As much as I think I'm getting better at keeping deadlines in front of me and prioritizing, I still find it shocking that occasions seem to creep up on me and surprise me. I believe it's partly that I do some advance planning, shelve stuff but shelve it too long. Case in point: this Christmas story collection for Alpha Canada was on the drawing board for a while, but was still this week's mad scramble for me here as Communications Director for Alpha Ministries Canada.
That said, it's been a great first few months here and the team here helps me stay on task. Hence we got this web page done within a reasonably acceptable timeframe.
I must give props to everyone who shared these stories here: Patsy, Brian, Rebecca, Wendy, Claude, Jessica & Steve, Jasdeep, Missie, Marco, my boss Shaila and Pastor Tim MacIntosh.
Also, my colleagues Bill "BillBo" Bonikowsky, Alayne Campbell, Claudia Leopold, and all the testimony referrers... we honestly could not have done this without the whole team here.
What a week.
Busy spreading some good news.
Not a bad way to be.
Monday, November 01, 2010
a whole new level of scary?
Saw a few headlines this morning that were still referencing Hallowe'en. It felt so yesterday.
That said, I also feel somewhat moved to recap Dana & my Hallowe'en.
I'll try to keep it quick.
There was nothing but scary movies on TV.
That probably shouldn't have surprised us, but having all the channels we have with Telus Optik might have made us think we had some more options. Which we did. Just that it was more channels playing scary movies, pretty much.
With that, I formulated a somewhat impromptu plan to record two of these scary movies that were marginally 1) interesting and 2) less gratuitously gory than the rest.
We ended up with 1) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; and 2) Daybreakers.
Dana will likely not be a big fan that I'm giving any prop's to Daybreakers.
I won't say they're major props, but the movie's stuck with me.
Along with another biggie movie this year, Avatar, a sticky thought is out there (at least in my brain):
we might be the bad guys.
I'm far from endorsing either of these movies as must-see's (I'd go for Toy Story 3 first. Then maybe Inception) but it's kind of a neat thought.
In some ways it feels like society's taken this long in its evolution to be able to admit that.
And in a lot of ways we're not totally ready to admit it. And perhaps never really will...
Regardless, if we get to any TV tonight it will likely be much much lighter fare:
Chuck and the subsequent Women of SNL special come to mind.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
the things that come up cleaning out the desk(top on the computer)
This is my last day at First Baptist Church Vancouver as Communications dude.
And the attached is something I was playing around with (that I also forgot to back up in any other way).
The blog is kinda handy for this sort of thing.
They didn't let me make this the poster for this Grace Chan concert.
I'm not sure why... (kidding...)
Friday, July 23, 2010
posterousfolio: crazy talk
This piece was the fruit of a community working together on it:
Darrell, Darrell's assistant Carolyn Vanderheide, and my old Art Director partner David Yu.
Getting a bit nostalgic in my last week here, hoping our upcoming church "seasons" can be as well voiced.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Another favourite
Another PDF from the favourite file, from the July 11 Service (it just surfaced).
I may look back on these with nostalgia now that I'm closing in on my last days at First Baptist.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Cleveland icon Harvey Pekar dies
via wtam.com
The Splendo(u)r has died.
Hopefully this post will link back to the article from Cleveland NewsRadio.
This is the guy from the movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/) and comicbook American Splendor.
I have the DVD if anyone wants to borrow. I consider the role of Paul Giamatti's life.
I'm a bit choked up.
And slightly weirded out: story reported on my wife's birthday, and Harvey has the same birthday as me.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Alpha
I've accepted the role as Director of Communications for Alpha Canada.
http://www.alphacanada.org/
I'd like to thank God, my Mom... oh gosh there are too many of you...
Looking forward to coordinating some communications for something that is in itself a communications movement.
Plus everyone I met in the office in Richmond seemed fun when I met them.
I hope they weren't pretending.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
pictures for my mother-in-law
This is not the promised update on my life. If you happen to be
following my blog, you are likely not keen on seeing this one, it's
just the handiest way for me to post photos for my mother-in-law to
use. Not to say you can't enjoy these in your own way, though.
following my blog, you are likely not keen on seeing this one, it's
just the handiest way for me to post photos for my mother-in-law to
use. Not to say you can't enjoy these in your own way, though.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Actually, there's a decent chance you WILL smell me later...
Lookit what the guy handing out the Metro at Burrard & Robson gave me as well: a year's supply of cologne! (at the rate I go. Seriously, those who know me, when have I ever smelled like I use this stuff. And honestly, do you think I should. Break it to me gently, folks...).
I hope to make an official announcement here, probably Monday.
If I don't get to it and you're anxious about it, drop me a quickie line...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
selection from the Favourite File™
I've kept a file at church that I called My Favourite File.
It was handed down to me.
It may in fact be the best handing-down of something we've done in the church's office environment.
Anyway, this is a recent sample of what we've kept.
It recently dawned on me that the Blog was a good way to post this without expressly encouraging this kind of behaviour.
If I get around to it, stay tuned for more!
And let me know if you want to see more.
Or if you DON'T.
Monday, April 26, 2010
lookee here...
I do wonder whether this is one of those uses of blog that gets one in trouble. Maybe.
However, here goes: I have this in my office now. Those who can figure out what this means MAY start to request use of it. But you don't have to. Really.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
PosterousFolio: aaaahhh in 60 seconds
The only 60 second radio campaign I ever did.
It was nice to have the space.
And to fill it with some relaxing space.
And to know the talent was also my Creative Director, so I could hear what the announcer would sound like as soon as I wrote the script.
Creative Director: David Bellerive
Voice: David Bellerive
Agency: The Phoenix Group
Studio: Twisted Pair Sound
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
PosterousFolio: ...or is it "whomever"...?
Prince coming to town was front page news for Regina.
Turns out it was a really good show, too: my buddies were talking about it for weeks. I think they may have started a band shortly after. I was tempted to go see, even though I'm not a Prince fan.
That's my handwriting on this, outlined by Art Director Erik Norbraten.
Ad Agency: Brown Communications
PosterousFolio: wish this product worked this well
Yellow Pages. This was the beginning of their battle with stuff like the Internet. Also, in many Canadian markets, Yellow Pages have to compete against other directories that happen to also be yellow.
Ad Agency: Cossette
PosterousFolio: something nice to read in case you're bored at the bar
These were fun to write.
As if beer isn't fun enough, this was some good beer.
Yes, we got samples. But not a lot of samples.
Art Director: Gillian Meyer
Ad Agency: The Phoenix Group
PosterousFolio: to the Max
SaskTel Max was a TV system with Internet built in.
I think it launched a little early, although I don't know now if it ever took off.
Creative Director: Mike Woroniak
Ad Agency: Brown Communications
PosterousFolio: fast (but not too fast) food
Burger Baron is an old-fashioned burger joint. They have an unofficial bike show out front in the summer.
I met the owner of this place before I pitched ideas to him. At another restaurant to boot. How weird is that? One of the proudest things about this series of work was hearing that the teens working cash there felt a little prouder to be working there.
Creative Director: Mike Woroniak
Ad Agency: Brown Communications
PosterousFolio: a crazy good truck
Honda was in a position, I think, to have ideas for trucks and put them into a truck, for real.
Oh, it has a trunk built in the back.
It's a nice truck. And it won MotorTrend Truck of the Year.
Sure, I'll take partial credit for that, too...
PosterousFolio: hey, doesn't that cloud look like...?
Nice words for a nice idea.
Sort of giving back. Sort of.
Part of our research at the time was the South Park episode where everyone was into Hybrids.
Art Director: David Yu
Creative Director: Rob Showell
Ad Agency: Harfield & Associates
PosterousFolio: separation anxiety
Doing a little more than just telling the message for DivorceCare, a program that I'm happy to see in kinder, gentler churches.
Pastor Bob Swann at First Baptist suggested that Dana & I watch that to perhaps get "scared straight", and the guy who runs the program kind of agreed.
PosterousFolio: the Canadian game
Two spots done with the voice of the CFL (Canadian Football League). 
Amazingly professional read for him to stay in character in the Playoff spot, altho I think I heard his eyebrows raise after the first take.
Creative Director: David Bellerive
Ad Agency: The Phoenix Group
Studio: Twisted Pair Sound
Argo Radio Oct 4 Game by Cfl - Toronto Argonauts
Download now or listen on posterous
ArgoRadioOct4.mp3 (722 KB) Download now or listen on posterous
PosterousFolio: Don't worry, Ma...
We shot these in a real frat house in Toronto.
There's so much mess we actually didn't have to make, it's borderline criminal.
This project won our team a trip to the London International Advertising Awards.
This was also a season when I was wanting to tell my ma not to worry (and was actually having my vegetables, and yes, Mom, cleaning them really well).
Art Director: Lieza Machula
Photographer: Meiling Chung
PosterousFolio: shown smaller than actual size
This ad was bigger in print. Unless you're looking at this on a really really big screen.
Extra-Old Stock is a high percentage beer. That's pretty much the brief.
It's probably tiny here but there was a bit of legal we still had to add about still having to be of legal drinking age to purchase.
Art Director: Ken McCarty
Creative Director: Dick Hadden
Ad Agency: Cossette
PosterousFolio: Don't worry, Ma...
We shot these in a real frat house in Toronto.
There's so much mess we actually didn't have to make, it's borderline criminal.
This project won our team a trip to the London International Advertising Awards.
This was also a season when I was wanting to tell my ma not to worry (and was actually having my vegetables, and yes, Mom, cleaning them really well).
Art Director: Lieza Machula
Photographer: Meiling Chung
PosterousFolio: that Synching feeling
Is it "sync" or "synch"? Seems like it's missing something without the "h".
It was nice that these athletes' names allowed for it to work.
Ad Agency: The Phoenix Group
PosterousFolio: Giantology
I loved that we had the opportunity to promote Junior Hockey in Vancouver.
I think the Giants won the WHL this season.
Yeah, that's Bro Jake at the top of these.
Creative Director: Rob Showell
Sound Studio: Wayne Kozak Audio Productions
PosterousFolio: good ol' wholesome commercials
BC Dairy started doing interesting ads around this time. I like to think this was where they started.
We had a whole bunch of scripts written for this campaign. Turns out Milk is a fun character to write for.
Art Director: Ken McCarty
Creative Director: Dick Hadden
Director: Gerry Casale
Posterousfolio: that subtle Manitoba humour
Part of a longstanding campaign with MTS (Manitoba Telecom) featuring Gerry & Carl pontificating, doing stuff, and being bison. We worked on this campaign in Vancouver, ironically. We had some good times with Gerry & Carl.
Art Director: Ken McCarty
Creative Directors: Simon Cameron, John Edmonds & Dick Hadden
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
PosterousFolio: First Baptist Church Vancouver website
via firstbc.org
The website of First Baptist Church in downtown Vancouver, one of a few communications pieces I take care of on an ongoing basis. Anything amiss? email lam@firstbc.org because someone should fix that.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Barbara Mouse Stories : Family Trip (1st picture)
First picture from Barbara's mouse stories, family trip (Lagos?).
Barbara Mouse Stories : Family Trip
Illustrations by Barbara Forster, from her time in Nigeria.
The order may have changed in posting, please note the number/title of the image!
The order may have changed in posting, please note the number/title of the image!
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