Amusing Ads

I’m no big fan of advertisements on television, especially those for beer, but I find myself amused by this ad for Heineken.  The thirty second ads features several young hipster types grooving in the back of car to Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.” Toward the end of the ad, a much older man we realize [...]

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Double Major

Apparently both of my majors tend to lead to joblessness.

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Thankfully, No

I really should start a regular series.

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How to Show You Care

Has anyone else noticed that they get three ads on the side of their Facebook with the new layout?  Or larger ads?  It’s not always true for me, and I don’t begrudge them the right to make money off their product, but some of them are quite ridiculous.  I’m trying to remember to grab them [...]

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Gas Prices Drop (and Keep Dropping)

I know it wont last forever, but with all the terrible economic news right now, at least it’s affordable to put gas in the car again. I saw a new report today that said there was a gas station in Columbus selling gas for a dollar sixty something.  Prices are just under a dollar here [...]

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The Good Guys

Slate has a good article today about some banks and other money lending associations who you might consider “the good guys.”  They make loans to those generally considered “subprime,” (the ones who are frequently being blamed for the economic crisis) and still manage to make a modes profit.  The key seems to be that they [...]

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Newsweek Insults Sarah Palin – By Showing Her As She Actually Looks

Or at least that’s what Fox News would have you believe, though I have to give them credit for at least having someone on to point out the inherent idiocy and sexism of this story. (Found at Shakesville).
Apparently some people think it’s a “slap in the face” to show a close up of Palin on [...]

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The Palin Strategy

Christopher Beam has a great post over at Slate about the Palin strategy – don’t answer the questions!
Apparently, at one point, she even said that she wasn’t going to answer the questions, but speak to the public directly:
I’m still on the tax thing because I want to correct you on that again. And I want [...]

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Does Folksy Work?

I had to work tonight, so I didn’t get to see most of the debate.  I heard some of the last questions on my way home from work on the radio.  I think that’s a better way to take in the debate, to be honest.
But this is the first thing I heard when I got [...]

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Debate Unfairly Stacked Against Palin

Or at least that’s what Nancy Pfotenauer told Fox News today, because (get this) there will be foreign policy questions.  How dare they! I can see it already.  They’re going with the “well of course Joe Biden looked better in the debate…he’s a wily debater, and clearly the (sexist) deck was stacked against poor Sarah [...]

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