Cause and effect is difficult to establish when all the relevant facts have not been assembled.

We certainly don’t claim to have all of them here, with Rosland Capital’s current TV commercial.

But, it was easy to wonder about timing, after noticing William Devane’s omission of the previous “What’s in Your Safe?” tagline in favor

By now, you’re familiar with my enjoyment in capturing and sharing new billboard signage that hits the streets of the Twin Cities. Question, what tagline might have inspired this one?

Was the Minnesota Renaissance Festival inspired by Nike’s famous “Just Do It” tagline?

Almost four years ago now, we noted — in this gem from

First things first: Happy 4th of July, Dear Readers!

4thJulyFlagThat was a pretty honest, simple, genuine, transparent, straightforward, to the point, not belaboring at all, under any circumstances, my most sincere wishes to our dear readers, agree?

Now contrast the original well wishes with the elaborate description of them, the latter being anything but short

GarnerWhatsinYourWalletLast year, in my post entitled What’s in Your Wallet, a Cafe?, I had this to say about the iconic Capital One tagline:

“Since 2000, Capital One Financial — the nation’s largest direct bank — has been promoting its credit card services by asking What’s in Your Wallet? Three years later it began promoting

What best describes your work? Inexpensive? Cost effective? Robotic? Low budget? High volume?

Or, do you deliver excellence — unique, distinctive, valuable, sculpted, tailored, and handmade  solutions with your wealth of professional skill and expertise?

If your main focus is on delivering the lowest possible cost, you best be selling a commodity.

Creating and protecting 

Eating more isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Yeah, I saw the documentary Super Size Me; admittedly, I haven’t viewed certain fast food the same way since, but it all depends on what it is you’re eating, right? Common sense dictates that if it’s good for us, we should eat more of it. Indeed,