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I am a FINALIST! You can vote for me again at AHA MOMENT. The top 10 will become national TV ads in 2011.
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I take WAY to long to get things done. I talk more than I do. Ironically, the fence I built last year was one of the quickest projects I ever completed. Had it all done in 10 days, working every day but one on it. Now if I could just do that with the guttering and a zillion other things on my to do list!
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous
Oct
14
>Hi Everyone!
As some of you who read my blog know, I am in the running to be one of Mutual of Omaha’s ‘aha moment’ ads in 2011. I was interviewed this summer during their 25 city tour and have become a semi-finalist. I am one of 75 in the running. The top 25 will go on to the next round and the top 10 in that round will be the 2011 ads broadcast on national TV. I would love your vote if you are so inclined! I would also love it if you would forward this email, post the link on Facebook, Twitter, or any other cyber place you can think of.
http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty
The deadline for this round is tomorrow (Oct. 15th) You are able to vote once per computer so if you have access to more than one, feel free to vote again and again!
Thanks so much,
Marty Coleman, The Napkin Dad
MAKE Studio | Marty Coleman
918.291.2404 – home | studio
918.760.0581 – cell
http://www.napkindad.com
napkindad@martycoleman.com
Oct
02
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Saturday Vintage – A napkin from around 1998 that I put in my daughters’ lunches to take to school. I didn’t start dating the napkins until 2000, and even then only did it sporadically.
In honor of Autumn’s arrival and the resulting leaves falling from the sky I thought I would give you ‘Nose Leaf Man’. I hope you are enjoying a beautiful fall wherever you are!
Don’t forget to vote for The Napkin Dad in his bid to be an ‘aha moment’ finalist! If you tried yesterday the response was too much for their servers and they crashed. They are up and running again now and voting should be a cinch! You can vote once per computer.
Thanks,
Marty
Sep
30
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When I was in Jr. High I had this fantasy. I was in a school bus and we had a wreck. The prettiest girl in school was hurt and I was the one who helped her. I can remember to this day the exact location of the accident and the little slope she was laying on as I bandaged her and stayed with her until the ambulance came. I was a hero in my fantasy.
In reality I never was a hero to that girl. We did eventually become friends and she wrote something nice in my yearbook. But I wasn’t a hero. It was just a sentiment and a desire to be a good person that stayed in my head.
But it illustrates this quote perfectly for me. A hero is someone who takes action for the benefit of others. It can be heroic, it can be small and easily overlooked. But the action is what is lovely, not the sentimental idea. Without the action, it’s just a dream, like my dreams of adolescent heroism.
Here are a few of my friends, fellow Tulsans, who have taken action in their lives. They are heroes. Check out their stories along with others.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891, American poet, writer, diplomat
Sep
24
>Big News!
Yesterday I found out that your favorite Napkin Dad is one of 75 semi-finalists for the aha moment campaign, 2011!
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| Screenshot of my video interview. I am too shiny. |
If you remember back in May I was interviewed by the fantastic and fun crew of the ‘aha moment summer tour, 2010′. They just finished up their tour at the end of August having interviewed 1,000s of people. I have been honored to find out the Napkin Dad story is among the top 75.
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| Me outside the ‘aha moment’ airstream studio. |
Voting starts one week from today, on October 1st. I will post more specific information about the voting next week but in the meanwhile put it on your calendar!
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