Archive for March, 2008

Miley, the anti-Britney

My kids are still a little young to watch “Hannah Montana”, but they still know who she is considering Nickelodeon is full of advertisements for her and her show. She’s been selling out arenas all over the country and seems to be a good role model for children.
I was recently checking out Fox News’ [...]


Crude Awakening

Could someone please tell me how President Bush doesn’t know that gas is approaching $4 a gallon? Is there any chance that we can hold the election ASAP so that we can get rid of him sooner?

Big thanks to Marcus for letting me know about this video clip. I need to start watching The [...]


It’s 3 AM….

….and your marketing director tells you that she’s got a great idea for an ad showing how you are a better candidate for president. She tells you that you can “just buy some stock video footage” from a company for the commercial and that it will look really good and get you votes.
What this [...]


Call Me, Not Them

Most of my friends and family call me to help them with their computer problems. I normally don’t charge them and instead barter with them for my services — e.g. carpentry help from Ray, electrical help from Rodger, etc. They know that they can trust me to help them, but reading articles like [...]


Use A Pen? Thank A Hungarian!

Yes…I bet you didn’t know that a Hungarian invented the ballpoint pen. Imagine what the world would be like if we were still using pencils. We wouldn’t have any contracts for sure since you could easily erase your signature (maybe that’s not such a bad thing — less work for lawyers!)
What I didn’t [...]


Let It Out

This has got to be one of the best commercials I think I have ever seen. Hands down. Great song by Starrfadu as well. Kleenex even has a web site devoted to this marketing campaign and actually tells you more about the people in the commercials. Awesome!