Entries from July 2008

July 22, 2008

Madvertising!

As a tribute to my new favorite TV show Mad Men (watch it!!) - check out these old print ads. There are several worth seeing here. This was my favorite though:

The body copy reads:

How soon is too soon? Not soon enough. Laboratory tests over the last few years have proven that babies who start drinking [...]

July 22, 2008

Politicky Politics

Campaigning is a dirty, double-speaking business. This from First Read today:
The surge revisited: Republicans, meanwhile, have jumped all over Obama’s response to ABC’s Terry Moran, who asked the Illinois senator yesterday whether he would support the surge if he had to do it all over again. Obama answered no. “Well, these kinds of hypotheticals are [...]

July 21, 2008

Feeding the Addiction

Thomas Friedman’s column today is fantastic. It covers the Energy Crisis and sheds some light on just how inept George Bush is at handling…well…anything. Friedman explains that by lifting the ban on off-shore drilling (as Bush did last week) you are essentially feeding America’s addiction to oil - rather than creating solutions to minimize the [...]

July 21, 2008

Big Brother 10 > Ep. 4

As we left off last week, Jessie had just won HOH. I should boycott this week’s shows.
Ollie Ray says that his relationship with April was more important than the agreement that he made with Brian. I bet his father is so proud.
Libra is sitting really pretty now. She is pulling the strings and remaining under [...]

July 21, 2008

Hilzoy’s dotCOM Bust

A lot of Anti-Obama rhetoric is centered around his “lack of substance” or “speeches over substance” Well, for all of you out there who think that, I would challenge you to read the new Hilzoy post on Andrew Sullivan’s blog (Sullivan is out this week). He did a comparison of the ISSUES pages on the [...]

July 18, 2008

Bee Informed

Bees spread pollen. Blogs spread information. (I’m wicked deep)

July 18, 2008

Why So Serious?

In honor of The Dark Knight Day (it’s finally here!!!!) — wanted to share this post from Gawker. A lot has been said about this movie, and Heath Ledger - but, this stuck me as so true. Here is the post, in it’s entirety:
Just in case you’ve been hiking the Appalachian trail for the past [...]

July 17, 2008

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!!

If you aren’t already watching Joss Whedon’s musical, online mini-series, you simply must! It’s brazilliant and Neil Patrick Harris is, once again, my hero.  Act 1 was released on Tuesday, Act 2 came out today and Act 3 will be up on Saturday. Amazing.

July 17, 2008

Big Brother 10 > Ep. 3

First Live Eviction Show of BB10 - and they have a studio audience. Everybody now, ohhh, ahhh.
Jerry tells Brian that Ollie Ray was part of the mutiny. Dan and Brian confront Ollie Ray. Question for all you boys out there - What is it with guys and “their word?” I totally understand honesty and promises, [...]

July 16, 2008

Big Brother 10 > Ep. 2

Nomination Reax
Brian takes credit for the nominations. He is getting WAY cocky. This will probably backfire.
Confessional Producer: You called Jesse a Punk Boy, can you please explain what you mean?
Confessional Producer’s Inner Monologue: This chick is nuts.
Jesse blames Madame Renny for his nomination. It occurs to me how small his head is.
Jerry explains his decision [...]