Statistical evidence on some personality / psychological measures in each U.S. State. New York is tops when it comes to being neurotic, while Georgia is tops in agreeableness, extroversion, and conscientiousness (and in the 2nd quintile for openness). This matches up very well with my experiences in both states.

I was turned on a few years ago to the concept of a “Branded Utility” from Johnny Vulkan at Anomaly NYC. It’s a way to twist branding away from convincing in a traditional sense, what I sometimes think about as moving people down the awareness-consideration-purchase ‘funnel’, and toward something quite different but much more powerful. [...]

Damn you, unknown girl at Vatica, an Indian restaurant in Smyrna, for wearing the same shirt as me. And damn you Mason Poe (skylab.ws) for capturing it. Aaaaaarrrr.

P.S. her peg leg was pretty cool. Oh, and you can’t see my jug of “XXX” brand rum which is just out of frame in my hand.