January 27, 2010
The success of late-night infomercials is truly a phantom phenomenon to me. I have never bought anything off of a television infomercial. I don’t know anybody who’s ever confessed to me that they’ve bought anything off of a television infomercial.
Yet informercial products makes 100 billion dollars a year. Which can only mean one thing:
Someone is buying this crap.
So I thought it might be interesting to peruse some of today’s hottest items: Read the rest of this entry »
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Media Ridiculousness | Tagged: chia obama, cleavage clip, eye vac, infomercials, snuggie for dogs | 
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Posted by David
January 25, 2010
MY GRADE: 
This Wednesday is Obama’s 1st State of the Union address, 1 year and 5 days after taking the oath of office.
And America sits and wonders…
what do I think???
Well, Obama’s first year as president has been a mixed bag in my opinion. A great deal of talk, not so much in terms of true accomplishment. Say what you want about George W. Bush, when he was president stuff happened. Lots of stuff. Like terrorist attacks. Devastating hurricanes. World-wide disdain for our country and way of life.
So…
6 Ways Obama needs to be more like George W. Bush: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David
January 19, 2010
Each year as Oscar season rolls around I find myself less and less interested in who wins. And I realize that part of the problem is that not only have movies gotten worse, but the awards themselves seem less and less relevant. Best Picture? Best Screenplay? How many many truly valid contenders are there each year anyway? I think the Academy needs to loosen up a bit and add some new awards that truly reflect the state of filmmaking in the 2010′s.
I propose (nominate?) these new categories: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David
January 14, 2010
In light of ex-Cardinal slugger Mark McGwire’s admission this week that he used steroids during his baseball career I thought I’d review some of my favorite steroid admissions of the last few years. Because, as we’ve discovered, when, why and how to admit to taking steroids has become an artform unto itself: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David
January 4, 2010
MY GRADE: 
There are many upsides and downsides to our “global economy” (hang tight, please — I realize that’s just about the most boring beginning to blog entry that I could have possibly could have come up with to start off a new year)
But one thing that is absolutely clear — corporations care about us only as much as they have to.
Prime example: phone support. Read the rest of this entry »
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