Sunday, October 23, 2005
Saturday, September 17, 2005
feeling good...
my post op is going well: no swelling, little pain, and 48 hours of college and pro football coming up. the biggest struggle occurred when removing the lower left wisdom tooth. equipment i did not even know existed was brought in for the job. after a half hour of cutting, jabbing, and yanking it was removed in great glory.
Friday, September 16, 2005
35 minutes to go
i am leaving for the dentist office in a few minutes...wish me luck from cyberspace.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
blog spam (or one more thing...)
who would have thought of such a nasty thing as blog spam?
- are you ok buddy, you look like you are going to explode...no worries, just have a bad blog spam.
- something is coming out of your nose...sorry, how embarrassing, blog spam!
- the us military just announced that they will be shifting operations in iraq...code name: blog spam.
to combat these offers, i have changed my settings for word verification upon commentary post. not that this matters, seeing that no one writes comments. stay tuned this weekend for running commentary regarding the extraction of three wisdom teeth.
- are you ok buddy, you look like you are going to explode...no worries, just have a bad blog spam.
- something is coming out of your nose...sorry, how embarrassing, blog spam!
- the us military just announced that they will be shifting operations in iraq...code name: blog spam.
to combat these offers, i have changed my settings for word verification upon commentary post. not that this matters, seeing that no one writes comments. stay tuned this weekend for running commentary regarding the extraction of three wisdom teeth.
Monday, September 12, 2005
after the vikings terrible loss...
...i got a good laugh thanks to these video's reworked from old "knowing is half the battle" gi joe cartoons. check them all out, they were moved from the original website.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Commentary...
Article published Sep 5, 2005
Assigning blame? Don't.
People must take responsibility for themselves
If my e-mail is any indicator, there will be a divisive windstorm of recriminations in the Monday-morning quarterbacking of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. A depressing amount will focus on two hot spots: America's so-called latent racism and the unrelenting loathing of President Bush by some.Not many people want to put the blame on an endangered concept in our "progressive" country: personal responsibility.So here is a suggested order of accountability.Let's stipulate that an alluvial delta that naturally floods is maybe the worst place on Earth to build a major city. However, as that was a result of centuries of development, no one can be blamed.The first people responsible, and this may seem hard-hearted, but bear with me, are the people who did not obey the mandatory evacuation order.With Katrina barreling straight at New Orleans with 175-mph winds, Mayor Ray Nagin rightly issued a mandatory evacuation. They sent out public service announcements on radio and television. Trucks with bull horns traveled through particularly poor neighborhoods with the evacuation order.The city provided free transportation to free shelters, so there was absolutely no financial excuse for staying in homes. Four hurricanes devastated Florida last year. It was in the news. And none of those was the size of Katrina.But in the face of all that, people chose to stay anyway.No level of government can be blamed for their personal decisions. We respond in mercy, but not ignorance. The outpouring of help has been truly heartening.Second, the head of New Orleans is Mayor Nagin, who has not covered himself in glory.In fact, for calm leadership in the face of tragedy, he has been the antithesis of New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani after 9/11.Third, the governor of Louisiana is in charge of the National Guard and state emergency response -- which also failed.Finally comes Bush, who is president of the entire country, not exactly responsible for planning disaster responses in New Orleans or any other city, or making people leave their homes.The New York Times reported that some of the people who stayed did so because they were short on cash and only three days from getting their monthly government welfare checks.Have we made an entire subculture so government-dependent, and have we so broken down the familial and community structure, that people may have risked a killer hurricane to get their handout? Very sobering.As to the crime, there is no one to blame but the criminals. Penalties should be tripled for those wicked people who took the opportunity of tragedy to steal, burn, kill and rape the vulnerable. Beastly. But the ACLU would object.Have there been mistakes made? Absolutely. Big ones and at all levels, including the frustratingly slow federal response.There is plenty of blame. An honest, painfully in-depth appraisal will educate us all for the next time. Katrina will not be the last.On Friday, I listed the positives that have come from this disaster. Permit me to add two more: Texas. The state that sometimes irritates us with its big-everything attitude, came through big time when the chips were down for its neighbors in Louisiana, taking in tens of thousands of refugees in major cities such as Houston, Dallas and San Antonio in a state of preparedness Louisiana could only dream of.Texas represented the best of so many states pulling together.Second, the U.S. military came through -- again -- creating a magnificent evacuation air bridge out for refugees.For everyone that feels the urge to complain, they might first want to thank God they are alive and have a generous giant for a neighbor, and then, just maybe, glance toward the mirror -- perhaps a lesson we can all learn from.Rod Thomson can be reached by e-mail at rod@rodthomson.com, or by writing to the Herald-Tribune.
Assigning blame? Don't.
People must take responsibility for themselves
If my e-mail is any indicator, there will be a divisive windstorm of recriminations in the Monday-morning quarterbacking of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. A depressing amount will focus on two hot spots: America's so-called latent racism and the unrelenting loathing of President Bush by some.Not many people want to put the blame on an endangered concept in our "progressive" country: personal responsibility.So here is a suggested order of accountability.Let's stipulate that an alluvial delta that naturally floods is maybe the worst place on Earth to build a major city. However, as that was a result of centuries of development, no one can be blamed.The first people responsible, and this may seem hard-hearted, but bear with me, are the people who did not obey the mandatory evacuation order.With Katrina barreling straight at New Orleans with 175-mph winds, Mayor Ray Nagin rightly issued a mandatory evacuation. They sent out public service announcements on radio and television. Trucks with bull horns traveled through particularly poor neighborhoods with the evacuation order.The city provided free transportation to free shelters, so there was absolutely no financial excuse for staying in homes. Four hurricanes devastated Florida last year. It was in the news. And none of those was the size of Katrina.But in the face of all that, people chose to stay anyway.No level of government can be blamed for their personal decisions. We respond in mercy, but not ignorance. The outpouring of help has been truly heartening.Second, the head of New Orleans is Mayor Nagin, who has not covered himself in glory.In fact, for calm leadership in the face of tragedy, he has been the antithesis of New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani after 9/11.Third, the governor of Louisiana is in charge of the National Guard and state emergency response -- which also failed.Finally comes Bush, who is president of the entire country, not exactly responsible for planning disaster responses in New Orleans or any other city, or making people leave their homes.The New York Times reported that some of the people who stayed did so because they were short on cash and only three days from getting their monthly government welfare checks.Have we made an entire subculture so government-dependent, and have we so broken down the familial and community structure, that people may have risked a killer hurricane to get their handout? Very sobering.As to the crime, there is no one to blame but the criminals. Penalties should be tripled for those wicked people who took the opportunity of tragedy to steal, burn, kill and rape the vulnerable. Beastly. But the ACLU would object.Have there been mistakes made? Absolutely. Big ones and at all levels, including the frustratingly slow federal response.There is plenty of blame. An honest, painfully in-depth appraisal will educate us all for the next time. Katrina will not be the last.On Friday, I listed the positives that have come from this disaster. Permit me to add two more: Texas. The state that sometimes irritates us with its big-everything attitude, came through big time when the chips were down for its neighbors in Louisiana, taking in tens of thousands of refugees in major cities such as Houston, Dallas and San Antonio in a state of preparedness Louisiana could only dream of.Texas represented the best of so many states pulling together.Second, the U.S. military came through -- again -- creating a magnificent evacuation air bridge out for refugees.For everyone that feels the urge to complain, they might first want to thank God they are alive and have a generous giant for a neighbor, and then, just maybe, glance toward the mirror -- perhaps a lesson we can all learn from.Rod Thomson can be reached by e-mail at rod@rodthomson.com, or by writing to the Herald-Tribune.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
is it just me?
or is the reaction to the flooding in new orleans starting to look like the next George A. Romero movie. terrible stuff, i guess humanity is really pretty awful.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
recent scare
we were at mani's bakery getting coffee yesterday and the guy behind the counter said: "do you blog?" i rush of panic swept over me as i realized i had my "i [heart] barooni" sweatshirt on. did he somehow stumble upon my blog? does he know about my cat? then, as i tried to play it cool and pretend i didn't hear him, he said, "blog, you know on the computer?" i told him yeah, "i've been know to dabble." at this point, our conversation began to take the tone of either a drug buy or a gay pickup. in any case, the end result was innocent enough. mani's bakery started a bakery blog, which he wanted our email address for. it was a close one...stay posted for more weird encounters.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Thursday, June 30, 2005
it was a gift!
Russian president gets Super gift from Patriots owner
June 30, 2005
BOSTON (AP) -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he likes the way Vladimir Putin is quarterbacking Russia -- and that's why he gave him his diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring.
Kraft was among a group of U.S. business executives who met with the Russian president Saturday at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg. Near the end of the meeting, Kraft took off the ring and handed it to Putin. Putin tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, according to Russian news reports.
``I showed the president my most recent Super Bowl ring,'' Kraft said in a statement Wednesday. The Russian president ``was clearly taken with its uniqueness,'' Kraft said.
``At that point, I decided to give him the ring as a symbol of the respect and admiration that I have for the Russian people and the leadership of President Putin,'' Kraft said.
According to Patriots spokesman Stacey James, the ring -- which is encrusted with 124 diamonds -- has a value of ``substantially more'' than $15,000.
Before Kraft issued his statement, reports in the U.S. media -- first by The New York Sun and then by The Boston Globe and The Associated Press -- had questioned whether the Patriots owner had intended to give the ring to Putin as a present.
A senior Kremlin official, Dmitry Peskov, told The Associated Press that Putin had given the ring to the Kremlin library where other foreign gifts are kept.
Kraft's business interests include paper and packaging companies and venture capital investments. He handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches at his home two weeks ago.
June 30, 2005
BOSTON (AP) -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he likes the way Vladimir Putin is quarterbacking Russia -- and that's why he gave him his diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring.
Kraft was among a group of U.S. business executives who met with the Russian president Saturday at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg. Near the end of the meeting, Kraft took off the ring and handed it to Putin. Putin tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, according to Russian news reports.
``I showed the president my most recent Super Bowl ring,'' Kraft said in a statement Wednesday. The Russian president ``was clearly taken with its uniqueness,'' Kraft said.
``At that point, I decided to give him the ring as a symbol of the respect and admiration that I have for the Russian people and the leadership of President Putin,'' Kraft said.
According to Patriots spokesman Stacey James, the ring -- which is encrusted with 124 diamonds -- has a value of ``substantially more'' than $15,000.
Before Kraft issued his statement, reports in the U.S. media -- first by The New York Sun and then by The Boston Globe and The Associated Press -- had questioned whether the Patriots owner had intended to give the ring to Putin as a present.
A senior Kremlin official, Dmitry Peskov, told The Associated Press that Putin had given the ring to the Kremlin library where other foreign gifts are kept.
Kraft's business interests include paper and packaging companies and venture capital investments. He handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches at his home two weeks ago.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
thanks to warner...
...i have a great story to post:
It is unclear whether ring was a gift
Associated Press
BOSTON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin walked off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring, but was it a generous gift or a very expensive international misunderstanding?
Following a meeting of American business executives and Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg on Saturday, Kraft showed the ring to Putin -- who tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, said Russian news reports.
It isn't clear yet if Kraft, whose business interests also include paper and packaging companies and venture capital investments, intended that Putin keep the ring.
Patriots spokesman Stacey James said Wednesday that Kraft was traveling and he hadn't talked to him in four or five days, despite e-mails and calls. "He's still overseas, I can't even tell you where. ... He's not due back until next week."
"It's an incredible story. I just haven't been able to talk to Robert Kraft to confirm the story," James told The Associated Press.
However, a Kremlin official who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of compromising his position said the ring was a present. "Such a present was made," the official said.
He said Putin had given the ring to the Kremlin library where other foreign gifts are kept.
James said the ring's worth was "substantially more" than $15,000, as the value had been reported. He refused to be specific, but noted that the ring has 124 diamonds.
Kraft handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches at his home two weeks ago.
The Patriots have won three of the last four Super Bowls.
It is unclear whether ring was a gift
Associated Press
BOSTON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin walked off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring, but was it a generous gift or a very expensive international misunderstanding?
Following a meeting of American business executives and Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg on Saturday, Kraft showed the ring to Putin -- who tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, said Russian news reports.
It isn't clear yet if Kraft, whose business interests also include paper and packaging companies and venture capital investments, intended that Putin keep the ring.
Patriots spokesman Stacey James said Wednesday that Kraft was traveling and he hadn't talked to him in four or five days, despite e-mails and calls. "He's still overseas, I can't even tell you where. ... He's not due back until next week."
"It's an incredible story. I just haven't been able to talk to Robert Kraft to confirm the story," James told The Associated Press.
However, a Kremlin official who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of compromising his position said the ring was a present. "Such a present was made," the official said.
He said Putin had given the ring to the Kremlin library where other foreign gifts are kept.
James said the ring's worth was "substantially more" than $15,000, as the value had been reported. He refused to be specific, but noted that the ring has 124 diamonds.
Kraft handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches at his home two weeks ago.
The Patriots have won three of the last four Super Bowls.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
i am out of control
here is my latest act of cat craziness. prompted by the store employee at the LA neighborhoodies store and the chance of winning a free sweatshirt, i submitted this email with the photo posted above to the company website:
Barooni and me were sick of hiding our affection toward each other any longer so we marched over to Hollywood & Highland and picked up matching Neighborhoodies. We think that man/cat love is totally cool and we plan to usher in the new "it" trend. Thanks guys, you make dreams come true!
Sincerely, Lance & Barooni
they responded:
hey lance, thanks for the hot man/cat shots. we think you're really on to something there, and we're glad we could help you come out in such glorious style. keep spreading the love and stay connected to neighborhoodies.com, home of the indie fashion revolution!-- -- big, big love from the kids in the 'hood! neighborhoodies
45 main street, suite 516brooklyn, ny 11201
"know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."--epictetusps - if you're on myspace, we'd love to be your friend!check us out here: http://myspace.com/neighborhoodies
i will keep all posted if i get on the website for neighborhoodie of the day.
Barooni and me were sick of hiding our affection toward each other any longer so we marched over to Hollywood & Highland and picked up matching Neighborhoodies. We think that man/cat love is totally cool and we plan to usher in the new "it" trend. Thanks guys, you make dreams come true!
Sincerely, Lance & Barooni
they responded:
hey lance, thanks for the hot man/cat shots. we think you're really on to something there, and we're glad we could help you come out in such glorious style. keep spreading the love and stay connected to neighborhoodies.com, home of the indie fashion revolution!-- -- big, big love from the kids in the 'hood! neighborhoodies
45 main street, suite 516brooklyn, ny 11201
"know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."--epictetusps - if you're on myspace, we'd love to be your friend!check us out here: http://myspace.com/neighborhoodies
i will keep all posted if i get on the website for neighborhoodie of the day.
Saturday, May 21, 2005
bloggers block
not much to say, and for that i apologize. Don't worry...DDGDOHILTSWAEPBBIC will be back going full throttle soon!
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
something terrible has happened to me...
i didn't think it was possible. i made it through 1987 without caring. didn't blink in 1991 either. but now, for some unknown reason, the worst thing imaginable has happened: i am following baseball. was it because the wolves were so bad this season? is it because i read about lew ford ironing his shirt while he had it on? is it because the twins are a good team, from a small market with a low payroll? who, knows. all i know is that something terrible has happened to me...
Friday, May 06, 2005
slander
it is time to settle this dispute once and for all...JBZ's remarks...daring to question billy's status as a PURE bred turkish van were way off base. there are only two ways to settle this dispute: (1) we drop billy in a lake and see if he swims like a fish or sinks like a stone or (2) i hunt down a turkish van expert and validate that he is, in fact, a pure van. Since these are not the days of witch hunts, sorry JBZ, I will opt for the latter solution. in the meantime, stay tuned for updates.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
i'm no cat expert, but...
...i think billy scores a 98 out of 100. check that, i just verified that his dew claw counts as a toe on his front legs, 100 out of 100 . i need to get him in a cat competition, stat!
Monday, May 02, 2005
call me scoop...
TELEVISION
'Idol' worship gets turned upside down
By Maria Elena Fernandez
Times Staff Writer
May 2, 2005
For at least three weeks now, fans of "American Idol" have been pondering a deep philosophical mystery: How in the world has charisma-challenged R&B balladeer Scott Savol managed to survive this competition, jumping ahead of the magnetic Nadia Turner, the soulful Anwar Robinson and total-package Constantine Maroulis?A group of wireless rogues thinks the answer lies with a little social experiment they began last year, one that, were it not for judge Paula Abdul's personal woes, would have qualified as this season's wildest controversy: a call for viewers to vote for the least talented contestants, in the hopes that "American Idol" producers will get stuck with marketing a lemon at the end of the season.After noticing that his favorites kept getting voted off last year, Dave Della Terza, 22, and a group of college buddies, took matters into their own hands. They created their online campaign, votefortheworst.com, to throw the competition off course. ("American Idol" votes are supposed to be cast in favor of contestants whom fans want to keep each Tuesday. Fans can call or text message as many times as they want in a two-hour period.)"The show is less of a contest for who America picks and more of who the show's producers will influence to win," said Della Terza of Santa Clarita. "The producers and the judges tend to say, 'We like this person' ... 'This person is going to win' — and then America just tends to vote along with them. This season it's been Carrie and Bo. So we know it's going to be between Carrie and Bo. Whatever. So, we were like, 'Wouldn't it be funny if ... we pick somebody else and vote for the one [who has been told by the judges], 'You're going home, you're terrible."To date, that person has been Savol, 28, who has drawn the ire of Simon Cowell week after week, and who last Tuesday inspired the cranky judge to tell him to pack his suitcase because of his rendition of "Dance With My Father." But on Wednesday, Savol had earned so many votes that he landed in the
'Idol' worship gets turned upside down
By Maria Elena Fernandez
Times Staff Writer
May 2, 2005
For at least three weeks now, fans of "American Idol" have been pondering a deep philosophical mystery: How in the world has charisma-challenged R&B balladeer Scott Savol managed to survive this competition, jumping ahead of the magnetic Nadia Turner, the soulful Anwar Robinson and total-package Constantine Maroulis?A group of wireless rogues thinks the answer lies with a little social experiment they began last year, one that, were it not for judge Paula Abdul's personal woes, would have qualified as this season's wildest controversy: a call for viewers to vote for the least talented contestants, in the hopes that "American Idol" producers will get stuck with marketing a lemon at the end of the season.After noticing that his favorites kept getting voted off last year, Dave Della Terza, 22, and a group of college buddies, took matters into their own hands. They created their online campaign, votefortheworst.com, to throw the competition off course. ("American Idol" votes are supposed to be cast in favor of contestants whom fans want to keep each Tuesday. Fans can call or text message as many times as they want in a two-hour period.)"The show is less of a contest for who America picks and more of who the show's producers will influence to win," said Della Terza of Santa Clarita. "The producers and the judges tend to say, 'We like this person' ... 'This person is going to win' — and then America just tends to vote along with them. This season it's been Carrie and Bo. So we know it's going to be between Carrie and Bo. Whatever. So, we were like, 'Wouldn't it be funny if ... we pick somebody else and vote for the one [who has been told by the judges], 'You're going home, you're terrible."To date, that person has been Savol, 28, who has drawn the ire of Simon Cowell week after week, and who last Tuesday inspired the cranky judge to tell him to pack his suitcase because of his rendition of "Dance With My Father." But on Wednesday, Savol had earned so many votes that he landed in the
Saturday, April 30, 2005
american idol...that's right...american idol
i have been avoiding this subject for a while. but it is time to get it off my chest, because i can't hide from myself any longer: i watch american idol (confession 1). i haven't been a fan for long...but the terrible show grabbed me by the ears and will not let go. i sit with my mouth wide open in disbelief that (a) these contestants are performing these songs in front of millions and that (b) i am one of the millions watching these contestants perform these songs. in my defense, since the show began to weed out the contestants i have grown less interested in their weekly performances and more interested in the politics and behavior of fan voting. last week, in a somewhat unexpected turn of events, one contestant that i assumed was a fan favorite was booted from the show. in contrast, scott savol (pictured above) was spared and unbelievably received the third highest vote total. while american idol will not disclose the results (numbers), i am convinced that there is some serious voting irregularly going on. some suggest, like http://www.votefortheworst.com/ , that people are rebelling against the shows structure (e.g. vote for who you want to keep on the show) and voting for the worst idol. there may be some merit to this analysis, however, after going on the website and looking at the page's hit count i doubt the movement has that much pull. i have my own conspiracy theory...but i can't find the right evidence to break my story just yet. i will say that method man's inexplicable seating next to (or with) scott savol's friends and family is a key component of it. sing on white velvet...until i cast another vote (confession 2: yes, i vote) for carrie underwood next week.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
i am a big fan of ron mexico
what a name. i might become an atlanta fan next season, how does one come with such a good alias ?
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
this is great
today's boondocks killed me. after conducting some due diligence, i found the original mcdonald's ads that it is mocking. although i am probably the last to hear about this, i thought i would pass it on to my faithful readers. good stuff y'all.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
BOOYA!
my paper is done. it was turned in at precisely 9:05 monday morning and all i can say is booya! (i think it is stuck in my head thanks to the future dr. sung) in any case, i also used "booya" as the subject of one of my new pastimes: searching google images. i find it amazing what images are associated with different words. if you have a few minutes, try it out. you can also vote as to which of the above two images best represents the word.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
almost done
...i will take a short break from my paper to express the joy of beeing almost done. i sit here, one beer in the hand and three in the belly, bose earphones blaring, editing my work cited page and i have never felt better. writing sucks, but that feeling of almost done is so sweet. is this the high that keeps writers going? i don't know how they do it, really. it is too hard, too tedious, and requires way to much thought for the average blogger. every comma, word, sentence, paragraph, and page reflects what you know and who you are. it is too much. thank god the cat's don't judge.
Friday, April 01, 2005
2 days to go
my progress is slow. pages are piling up, with the end in site. it is not my finest work, but all i need to do is pass. my mind is still occupied with lighters. yesterday evening my babies arrived. i now have the critical mass i need to start my enterprise. back to work i go...that is back to my paper.
by the way, for anyone who missed last wednesday's south park it was a classic. psp...terri schiavo...lord of the rings...pure brilliance.
by the way, for anyone who missed last wednesday's south park it was a classic. psp...terri schiavo...lord of the rings...pure brilliance.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
comp exam - day 2
status = one page complete (29 to go).
note = all blogging will be conducted on a need to blog basis.
note = all blogging will be conducted on a need to blog basis.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
master at work
the feeling i get when i watch billy barooni sleep must be akin to a person who watches chuck close paint, stephen hawking work out the mysteries of the universe or hiroyuki sakai cook. simply put: i am in utter and total awe of his abilities. this cat takes sleeping to a new level. If there was a michael jordan of sleeping, billy would be wearing a tiny (or not so tiny) 23 jersey.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
50 lighters...at $29.51
it is done. got them. check it out. i can readjust my business model knowing that each lighter will cost 60 cents. i cannot wait until they arrive. until then, i'm watching the ncaa b-ball tournament.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
my campaign to stop john scott is on hold
last night i rediscovered my love for lighter making. i had a free hour at work and decided that i am going to get a booth at the melrose trading post (the flee market held every sunday to raise money for fairfax high school) and see if these babies are as hot as i think they are. with betsy as my unwilling partner, i plan to create and attempt to sell 50 lighters. i need friends of Duck or HILSWEPBIC to let me know how much you would pay for such an original creation. my problem is as follows: the booth will cost $35...and each lighter runs about $1.20 (five pack from target). However, if i buy a 50 pack on e-bay, i can reduce the cost to about $.50 a lighter. i figure i can try to sell them for $4 each or 3 for $10. any thoughts?
Monday, March 14, 2005
"A" for irony
way to belittle my concerns by embedding a web link in the discussion thread. you might be next on my list after i take down john scott.
Sunday, March 13, 2005
i hate guerilla advertising
last night, at 12:30 am, some dude was peppering our street with ads for a new apartment complex. i was awoken by the sounds of a wooden stake being driven into our front lawn with four signs pointing the way to the new development. i was about to raise hell, but then thought what's the point. it wasn't his fault. there is a bigger, much nastier problem at foot. everywhere i look there is more and more guerilla advertising. on taxi wheels, coffee sleeves, pizza boxes, etc. it is one thing for ads to appear in traditional media. i know enough to realize the reason i can watch tv for free or pay a quarter to read the la times is because companies are subsidizing my costs with their advertising. in such circumstances, advertising comes as part of the deal. guerilla advertising blows that structure up. when i buy a ticket to a movie, or a cup of coffee, the price of the product does not decrease because ads are snuck in to them. i have been targeting one perpetrator of guerilla advertising for some time: john scott (see link above). he places "who is john scott" stickers all over the los angeles metro and i am sick of it. in the coming weeks i will try to get the mta to do something about it. any progress will be posted.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
jb lobbed the first salvo...
...well done. i would have bet my first re-minted buffalo nickel that steven or joe (my two "biggest" fans) would have been the first to chime in, but thank you for your kind words regarding my overweight illegitimate hispanic son. on to tonight's business: the aviator. besides the simpson's riff with monty burns, i know relatively nothing about howard hughes. what scared me, over the course of the movie, was how his ticks slowly spiraled out of control. it was not unlike hearing that someone got the hiccups and they never went away. everyone fights odd bouts of obsessive compulsiveness. right? for example, i pick my nails and tend to rub my left eyebrow when i get stressed out. in a daze, i will snap out of some deep thought and realize half my thumbnail is gone or someone is looking at me funny as i pick at my face. what if it got worse? so bad you lost control? thank goodness i can always buy a box of kleenex and some bottles of milk, get naked, and take refuge on this blog without feeling like a weirdo.
Friday, March 11, 2005
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