Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Awwwwww……….shit, I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut. For years, in these pages I have been bitching away about loud teevee commercials. And now, I am to let not my brow be troubled, because Congress will ACT!
If you’re one of those people who hits the mute button the second some obnoxious commercial comes on television, you’ll be happy to know that Congress has gotten involved. And ultra-loud advertising could be on its way out. Here’s Marketplace’s Amy Scott.
ARBY’S COMMERCIAL: Everybody’s heading to Arby’s for the official $5 combo of summer…
AMY SCOTT: Ahh! Where’s the remote control?! That’s better. Marketing professor Sam Craig at NYU says advertisers spend in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for a 30-second spot.
SAM CRAIG: So if they can crank up the volume a little bit, to get over the clutter and the din that’s in the household, they’re likely to do it.
They can’t do it too much. Under the current rules, a commercial can’t be louder than the loudest part of the program you’re watching. But if your Charlie’s Angels re-rerun happens to cut away during a tender love scene…
PROACTIV COMMERCIAL: Order in the next three minutes…
That Proactiv ad can sound especially jarring! Advertisers also use an audio trick called compression to make the sound jump out of your TV set. A bill under consideration in the House would force them to rein it in.
Yeah, well I’m what’s called a normal person — which means I find these extra-loud commercials annoying, but I find new rules coming outta Congress even more annoying. And last time I looked through the Constitution I don’t recall seeing anything authorizing the legislative branch to take care of our loud teevee commercials, nor do I recall seeing any God-given right granted to us to enjoy our teevees without getting headaches. Teevee is a headache.
You people out there — I swear to God, there’s gotta be some way to immobilize you. Every single thing in life that causes annoyance, has to be cured by a law? Where do you get this?
Shushman was born inside my head when I went out to have lunch in a sushi bar with some co-workers, and the subject came up about what one single superpower you’d like to have more than any other. (Since then, Sushman has grown more superpowers, as more things in everyday life have cheesed me off.)
As the situation deteriorates further, Superman’s power of high-speed, long distance flight is looking better and better. Or Dr. Manhattan’s power of teleportation, and not needing to breathe. Lunch breaks on Mars and all that. You know what situation I’m talking about. Legislatures spending money. Making crappy law, behaving badly. People pretending to send their kids up in balloons to get more attention, governors granting clemency to homicidal scumbags, kids leaving gum on the sidewalk. We seem to be headed for some kind of quickening, alright.
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