Archive for May, 2008
good times!
in an earlier post i made reference to cocoa puffs and how some lady was koo koo for them. which relates to a branding story i read about a couple weeks in the new york times. chicago-based river west brands is helping to bring to market some of the old favorites from [...]
why you buggin’?
one of our very first stories reported the infestation of bedbugs at fox news channel’s headquarters in midtown manhattan. at the time we speculated that the culprit that brought the bedbug plague to the house that rupert “rupie” murdoch built was not our dear flying fish (bill hemmer) but instead fox newcomer karl rove.
well, fox [...]
the last time i’ll complain about a weak cellphone signal
most folks i know are happy to find free public wi-fi but not some folks in santa fe. they say the city is discriminating against them and that it’s in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because the city has wi-fi signals installed in public locations. this group claims to be highly sensitive [...]
all the news that’s fit to broadcast…
to black people. republican and former congressman from jc watts from oklahoma is starting up a new news network called the Black Television News Channel (btnc). according to the new york post, btnc is “slated to launch in early 2009, [and] already has an agreement with Comcast cable to be [...]
my ss# is xxx-xx-xxxx
todd davis has publicly displayed his social security number in billboards, on ads and on the company’s website daring people to try to steal his identity. his company, lifelock, provides identity protection theft prevention services with a $1 million dollar service guarantee. so it goes to say that davis was pretty confident that his identity [...]
duck and cover
it’s getting harder and harder to make a living as a public speaker. not only do you need to be a dynamic, eloquent speaker and a subject expert (and i use the term subject expert loosely), it seems that lately, being quick on your feet is helpful too.
just the other day during a lecture [...]
wicked crazy
related to your story about criminal idiots, 630, here’s one about a guy that seems to be working the system to his advantage. he does the crime but not the time…he only does miller time.
new hampshah is all about civil libahties and the right to “live free ohr die” but i think this guy paul [...]
