Archive for April, 2011

Old Magazine Articles

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Time suck alert: This site presents a whole bunch of … well, of old magazine articles, and I bet you can find a dozen or more things you want to read right away after about 30 seconds of looking. I know I did.

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, April 29th, 2011

“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Let’s See Prince William Dance On the Ceiling

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Adweek asks whether the upcoming royal wedding will “break the Internet,” and I have to confess that the question disturbs me a bit.

I genuinely can’t think of too many things I care less about than the royal wedding. I suppose I’m not alone, but I’m clearly in the vast minority … which isn’t what bothers me.

What’s sorta troubling is that so many people do care about it that “breaking the Internet” even becomes an issue.

I don’t mean to be harsh and I don’t mean to judge, but — really? Do that many people lack better things to do? Me, I’d rather watch Fred Astaire than Prince William. (And if you love that scene embedded above as much as so many do, you might want to check out this deconstruction video that illustrates how it was done.)

It’s Wednesday!

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Let’s celebrate making it the halfway point of the week with one of the best Alan Sherman tunes ever recorded.

10 Worst Ad Campaigns Of All Time

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Business Insider has a pretty good list. I suppose McDonald’s can be thankful their misguided “hit it” campaign didn’t, um, hit the airwaves in conjunction with this utterly despicable story.