Between costumes, candy, pumpkins, decorations, and drinks, Halloween has turned into a $5 billion dollar business. Billion with a B. I just want my share. But it’s a great holiday. For trick-or-treating, you get dressed, you go to work, and you get paid — in candy! I like Greg Behrendt, and his comedy bit about [...]
I appreciate the effort, and everyone loves a loyalty program but I have a hard time believing something is “free” when you have to buy 8 other things first. The real cost = the 8 other things. Still, better than nothing. I’m just saying don’t put the part about “no free lunch” on the punch [...]
If you’re tired of the same old jack-o-lanterns, I thought these were pretty good. A variation on the more popular Screamer pumpkin: Drowning pumpkins: Star Wars Death Star (way too many cuts): My precious: Dirty: Crazy face: Conjoined twins: Tiki fire god pumpkin: And the winner is: -Nick
Slow mergers are drivers who attempt to enter the freeway at speeds well below the pace of traffic. There are very few possible reasons why slow mergers do what they do: They don’t understand how the freeway works They’re suicidal They want to save gas I want to rule out the first two by assuming [...]
If you’re gonna sell out, you might as well go all out, right? After a weekend at Disneyland, it became apparent there is no greater merchandiser than the Walt Disney Company. Their marketing minds have come up with every product imaginable, and then plenty more. There are your standard mouse ear hats, character t-shirts, princess [...]
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We’re off to the Happiest Place on Earth, so here’s some trivia I found interesting about Disneyland. Disneyland opened in 1955, after a year of construction. The price tag for the entire project was $17 million. Opening day was somewhat of a disaster. Double the expected crowds showed up, water fountains didn’t work yet, the [...]
