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...
Aahhh…that’s an itch that’s been waiting for a scratching for awhile.
Maybe it’s got something to do with the sensory deprivation, but the radio is chock full of spots I’d put above all five of these. My kid knows this about me: Once they do that thing with repeating the phone number, it’s getting switched off. Quick-draw-McGraw style. You can make it to the third lap with the eight-hundred but that’s as far as you get — click.
But of course, nothing in any medium comes close to the all-time champion:
Update: Should’ve taken the time to skim through the FARK thread. Farker unlikely came up with…
Yup. Fergot about that.
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Commercials. Hate ’em passionately. Most of them are so bloody lame and stupid that I will refuse to buy any product represented by one of ’em.
- pdwalker | 06/23/2010 @ 01:21WOW! That’s a low price!
Wow! That’s an annoying commercial.
I see this one at work at least twice a day. (The TV is on in the background all day.) I have to reach for the remote and mute the sound everytime it comes on.
I have a few nominations of my own :
– Pretty much any commercial for Progressive auto insurance.
The “Flo the Progressive Chick” character is hands-down the most annoying person on TV. I’ve become so irritated by their advertising that I’ve actually considered writing to the company’s director of marketing and advertising, and telling them that I will never become a customer of theirs simply because their advertising is so grating…and shown so often on TV. The company must spend a fortune on promoting their service, and I wonder how much more their customers are paying in premiums than they would be, if Progressive didn’t have such a huge ad budget. Yes, clearly the business is quite competitive, and several of the alternative companies are nearly as bad. But Progressive is by far the worst.
– The ad for Dell laptops that starts out with the guys in hardhats singing, “Lollypop, lollypop, oh lolly lolly….” Another one for which I have to mute the sound at work. Again, it’s actually DISCOURAGING me from running out to buy one of their computers. I don’t want to reward that kind of aggressiveness by marketers.
- cylarz | 06/23/2010 @ 17:32I just finished reading the entire FARK thread. I laughed until I cried. I watch a LOT of TV at work (pretty much an entire 8-hour shift) and so I have seen nearly every one of the ads mentioned that apparently air nationally.
I can’t believe more people didn’t mention those horrible Taco Bell ads.
“The burrito and the drink are two bucks and the chips are free.”
“Actually sir the chips and the drink are 2 bucks and the burrito is free.”
“Give me the two bucks and it’s all free.”
Someone on the FARK thread sez, “How about you give me two bucks, and I punch you in the face?” That particular ad is so bad that my co-workers complain about it, too.
- cylarz | 06/26/2010 @ 02:27