Show Wrap and More

Well put another glass show in the books… the final day of the show was slow and a few exhibitors were trying to skirt the rules and sneak out before closing time because there was just no action to be had. So final analysis was that the first day was “decent”, day 2 was solid bordering to good, and day 3 was forgettable. Next year the show goes back to Vegas, but the intrigue will be if the equipment guys and the foreign contingent will do this show in the same month as the gigantic glass show held every other year in Germany. Resources will be spread thin and so decisions will have to be made, which in turn will surely have an effect.

Elsewhere…..

-- Now that the show is done, the countdown can begin for the ultimate industry gathering- BEC. The annual BEC event, in Vegas, February 17-19, has an extremely strong agenda and great speakers. It is simply not an event to miss. More detail as we get closer.

-- I saw the new look and logo of the former AFG… Now known as AGC, I really was expecting more. Their logo is seriously generic, and their new ad, just featuring a blank white business card that looked like something that the nightshift at Kinko’s would make. Just baffling… you change your name and look, you want to make a splash… I mean I may not agree when Kawneer dropped its legendary blue look, but at least they have come with color and design…

-- Amazingly depressing article by Charles Cumpston from when an economist spoke at the show. If you missed it, click HERE. Basically this economist is echoing what I am hearing all over, that a recession is coming and 2009/2010 may not be very pretty. Plus if that wasn’t reminder enough, those of us still in Atlanta got to see in the local paper and big story on “Why talk of a recession” keeps happening. To read that, which is interesting, click HERE.

-- Football is off and running… which is great… and you get stories like this… Which NFL team is the most popular amongst women? Amazingly it is the black and gold of the Pittsburgh Steelers! Obviously they polled some very intelligent women….

-- And speaking of football, I had a few people ask me about my picks. See I am known as a horrible picker of games… in fact my brother and cousins have a nickname for me… “Mush” - it means whatever I pick, take the opposite. Anyway, to share my “Mushness” with you, each week I’ll give you my pick of the week. We’ll see how I do. My pick this week…. Cincinnati is favored by 7 over Cleveland… take the Bengals and run, the Browns are simply brutal. This actually seems too easy… so we’ll see if I am right or I am Mush.

Video of the week, as promised, Britney Spears absolute disaster of a performance last weekend. It is so bad, but you can’t take your eyes off of it, the true definition of “trainwreck”