Archive - August, 2006

Random Thoughts

August 31, 2006 in Miscellaneous with 3 Comments

As we head into a long weekend, and the unofficial end of summer, here are some random thoughts.

  • There is A LOT of bad advertising on television, but over the past several years, I have noticed that one company’s spots are consistently poor in every aspect. They are unfunny to the point of being offensive, do nothing to entice me to try the brand or the products, and they actually cause me to resent the company. I am talking about Taco Bell – consistently amongst the worst ads on television. Not sure who the agency is here, but they need to be fired immediately.
  • Speaking of bad advertising, Noah points to the big “who cares” that is YouTube’s “revolutionary” advertising channel featuring Paris Hilton. Wow, groundbreaking. As I said on Noah’s site, the only way I am interested is if along with “Paris Hilton” and “You Tube”, the other words in the sentence are “see”, “blowing”, “dudes”, and “on”.
  • I never really thought of those school magazine drives as offline affiliate programs, but they really are. Suzy sells magazines to her parents friends to finance a trip to the local dairy farm, and the magazine distributors keep their cut. I know it is pretty obvious, but I guess I had never looked at it that way. It is a tiny army of affiliate marketers.
  • Will someone please do a formal study of the effects of the hurricane season on the volume of SPAM and commercial mail? Given that most spam, and commercial email companies are deep in South Florida, enjoying the homestead laws, I would imagine that when a good storm rips through there, that UCE volume tails off considerably. It’d be interesting to track.
  • Jason Calacanis seems like a bit of a douche, but I do like his balls (metaphorically speaking). Every now and again he says something that makes sense, like this. That is, when he is not petting his silly dog, and paying people to agree with him.

That’s all for now, as you were.

Oh, and look for some sweeping changes around here soon, as I begin to split out some of the content to my new, in the works site, irregahdless.com.

Ok Then

August 22, 2006 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

Suicide

Link.

Bibleman

August 21, 2006 in Uncategorized with 4 Comments

Seeing as I only get basic cable in my bedroom, my viewing choices are limited to Spanish channels, home shopping networks, local access, and of course the religious networks. I usually spend my time watching clips of Mayor Menino speaking at local youth centers on the Boston local access channels, but the other day, I stumbled across Bibleman, which on the Bill Simmons unintentional comedy scale, is a 10,000 out of 10.

There is one clip in particular that I NEED to find and post here, so that everyone can really get a sense of how awesome this show is. See, every time Bibleman needs to spring into action, he (like all good superheroes) changes from mild mannered Josh Carpenter, into Bibleman using a dramatic sequence in which each body part becomes individually covered with righteous items, such as the “breastplate of truth” (I am not kidding). I can’t even do this justice with an explanation, so please, if anyone has this clip, send it to me immediately.

The only Bibleman clip that I could find on Youtube had the following intro:

Possibly the worst dialogue exchange in the history of TV, from one of the stupidest shows on Earth, Bible Man. What’s sad is that this show is for real; it’s not a joke.

I’m telling you…this show is off the charts.

Stephen Colbert’s War On Bears

August 21, 2006 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

If you haven’t gotten into it yet, you are missing out. After the predictable rocky start for the Colbert Report last fall, the show has become a comedic force, and is something that I watch just as religiously as the Daily Show.

My favorite thread, aside from the “Better Know A District” segment, is Stephen’s war on bears. Check out more on this fight, and be sure to read the “Bear Facts” at Wikiality.com.

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