Great game yesterday. The ads weren’t particularly awesome but here are a few I liked. I thought Career Builder’s “46 banana daquiris” was funny. Because monkeys like bananas. I thought Chevy’s “Apocalypse-proof” trucks were a creative twist and appropriate for 2012, even taking a dark but good-natured shot at Ford. Bud Light Here We Go. [...]
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Does the evil antagonist Voldemort share any similarities to our own Republican party? Did You Know? Author JK Rowling has compared Voldemort to Hitler, and the Wall Street Journal has drawn parallels between Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. -Nick
My econ professor has another video out! Great stuff. “The Tea Party: People who believe in Social Darwinism, but don’t believe in Darwin.” -Nick
Yesterday I called Wells Fargo in an attempt to make some progress on one of my goals for the year. I explained to the customer service rep that our house was “severely underwater”, and that I wanted to find out what my options were. She asked if I’d filed a Damage/Loss of Value claim. I [...]
We’re off to Beijing this week so probably no more blog posts. Excited… it’s our first “real” trip in a long time. China is the land of Mochi’s ancestors. Apparently Shih Tzu means “Lion-Dog”…. Rarrrr! -Nick
My new page-a-day calendar was filled with interesting trivia. Yes I skipped ahead for your reading pleasure: Both male and female reindeer have antlers, but only female reindeer keep their antlers through the winter months. Therefore Rudolph and the rest of Santa’s reindeer are really girls? Bert and Ernie are named after a policeman and [...]
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