This Was Awful To Watch…
Hotsheet; Columbia’s Newest Listings
“Famously Hot” Columbia, Tries Again
From the article in The State, it seems like Columbia wants to bring conventions here, and fill hotel rooms. In my mind, two things will need to happen before we can accomplish Columbia’s goals.
1) Conventions; Get on the phone. Our people need to work the phones, cut deals with cities and groups, and ask organizations to have their conventions in the midlands.
2) Fill Hotel Rooms; Get the Gamecocks consistently in the Top 10, in football and/or basketball. Nothing will fill hotel rooms faster, than a great SEC major sports program. The Gamecocks are Columbia’s quickest route (if we can do it), to the national map.
Don’t get me wrong. The effort is fine, and the new slogan is far better than, “Where Friendliness Flows”. I’m just not sure that continuously presenting Columbia as a destination city, is the thing to do. I’m just not sure it’s who we are…
Below are some of the ads that will appear in print, with puns galore. The T.V. ad is actually upbeat. I’m not sure that it will recruit companies and organizations to visit, but the music and flashing pictures are pretty upbeat. FJ
‘Make your gathering sizzle’
Wording from one of Columbia’s “Famously Hot” ads that will appear in travel industry journals
Go ahead, put our feet to the fire. We’re hot but never bothered.
Our city and the Columbia Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau are ready and eager for any challenge. We’ve got a well-placed Convention Center in this historic state capital that simmers with cool river-edged scenery, open-air restaurants, live music, sports and concerts.
Or if you’re looking for something different, we’ve got plenty of other venues — from the high-tech and mod, to perfect postcard locations of columned mansions and sprawling oak trees.
Hungry? Cuisine here ranges from grits to gourmet. (Actually, in the kitchens of some of our hottest chefs, grits are gourmet.)
Columbia’s heat is legendary. If your event has been singed by false promises and poor service, look no further. Our mix of Southern hospitality and fiery dedication will make your gathering sizzle.
Conspiracy Theory; 13ish Years Later
Tanneyhill Only One Cuffed; I Was There…
Eddie Floyd, a Florence surgeon who has served on the board since 1982, said several months ago he was told that some campus police officers were overzealous in their investigations and arrests of athletes”.
The State Newspaper I don’t know if Dr. Floyd is on to something, or not. I can tell you from first hand knowledge though, that something fishy seemed to be going on around 15 years ago.Around ’94-’95, there was a HUGE party at what we called “the soccer house,” on Green St. There were tons of people there, and the front yard was flooded with drinkers. I was a little worried about the spill over crowd, because three of the soccer players were Sig Eps, and I was president.
Nevertheless, I happened to be sitting next to USC quarterback, Steve Tanneyhill. He hadn’t been there 5 minutes, and had just gotten his first beer. Within 1 minute of Steve taking a seat, I noticed something going on outside the front door.
When I noticed that it was the police, I leaned over (said, “Steve”) and nudged him. I put my cup on the table beside me, and he put his on the floor. The moment the uniformed fellow squeezed between everyone blocking the door, he pointed directly at us (Tanneyhill). He didn’t even LOOK at anyone else. I mean, it was a laser towards the guy. They stormed right up to us (I was scared to death), and told Tanneyhill to get up. They cuffed him, and left. I followed them out, and watched the front yard start booing the situation.
Those officers could have arrested anyone on the premises. It would’ve been like fishing in a keg. Nevertheless, they chose not to ask for anyone else’s I.D.
I’m sure everyone has experienced events, that’s left them scratching their heads. For me, this is one of them. Tanneyhill seemed to get a raw deal that night, just because he was a (the) high profile USC player.
Consultant Diagnosed w/ Brain Tumor
“As a political consultant and a newspaper publisher, I’m familiar with “spin”… but there’s not really much way to spin this: A few days ago, tests revealed I have a cancerous brain tumor”. Rod Shealy
See interview with Rod on link below;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzgVqTCg2mE
Updates on Rod Shealy (written by his son at, http://www.scbarbecue.blogspot.com/ )
8/6/08: Surgery has now been set for Monday.
8/5/08: The news from MUSC today was good regarding my dad. The tumor is operable, and there does NOT appear to be any recurrence of melanoma from his 1983 melanoma. Although there is no firm time and date, as of now, there is likely to be an operation scheduled in the next few days, possibly as early as this Saturday. The operation will occur at MUSC in Charleston.
Thank you for your prayers.
The Shealy Family
As a brand new Realtor, Rod sold me an ad in his then popular 20/20 Magazine (a freebie paper, in thousands of locations in the midlands), while having lunch at Mr. Friendly’s. As lunch went on, he became fascinated by the story of my late wife, and how we turned our terrible time in the hospital, into (of all things) a decorative mailbox flag business.
The next thing I knew, Rod had me on the cover of 20/20 with two other entreprenuers. During the “photo-shoot,” he told me where to stand (in front of a mailbox of course), and helped me fan out about 15 different flags in my hands. It was hot as hell, but we had fun.
Inside his magazine had my very first ad as a Realtor (1/16 of a page, I think), while the cover had a piece of my immediate past. There’s no telling how Rod’s cover may have jump started my real estate career.
I’m glad he seems to be in such good spirits. Get back to Columbia soon, Rod!
Columbia’s Newest Listings…
Bring It, Mr. Quarterback…
Can Stephen Garcia Bring the Noise?
By Adam Fogle Thu, Jul 31, 2008 – 4:20 pm Posted in Around the state
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK GETS UMPTEENTH CHANCE
I thank everyone at the University of South Carolina that was involved with my reinstatement – for giving me another chance to be a student-athlete here.
All I can say is that I will try to be the best student-athlete I can during my career here and make this decision a positive one for our university.
The media attention needs to go to Tommy Beecher and the other players on our team.
I will not start talking to the media until I begin playing in the real games here at Carolina.
Facebook Lost Your “Flair!”
Some of you aren’t on the “New Facebook” yet, so you won’t know what I’m talking about.
For everyone that likes to see the “Flair” application on other peoples pages, and now can’t because of the “New Facebook” format……Fbook is working on it. Apparently, there is a TON of complaining going on about it (I heard some of it at Starbucks today).
See below for instructions, that were sent to my team manager yesterday… FJ
In the meantime, if flair is not showing on your boxes tab on the new Facebook site, follow these steps to get it back.
– Click on Pieces of Flair in your Applications menu to go to the app
– In the Applications menu, click on “Edit Pieces of Flair Settings”
– A settings box will appear
– Click on the “Profile” tab
– Next to Box, click “add”
This should put your flair back on your profile. Make sure you have also clicked on the blue “Update Profile” button in the app.
I am working on a new way to let you show off your flair on the Wall and Info sections of your profile. It will be available later this week.
Louis’s and Fish Camp, are Closing…
I’m sure the new restaurant will be great, but I’m still shaking my head.