With the holidays approaching, our favorite is Halloween, it's time to bring back the Freshness Guide, a running list of tips for keeping leftovers, food, and whatever you need to keep fresh.

Clip-n-Seal signed up yesterday to executive produce Coudal's movie project, copy goes here. For no particular reason, Coudal decided to make a short feature film and we thought, "sounds good to us!" Besides being a Chicago design firm that does just about everything, Coudal.com is a great place to waste time watching their short movies, reading their site, and checking out the products they create, like Jewelboxing.

We've been posting elsewhere on Hurricane Katrina and glad that relief is finally pouring in, as well as the recovery and pet rescues. Alas, life and business continues. The kids went back to school today, we're responding to emails for new business, and new markets continue to emerge.