Posted on June 3, 2008 by Gary Hornseth
With Sen. Barack Obama preparing to take the stage here in St. Paul in a few hours to end the Bitter 3 A.M. Michiganandflorida stage of the campaign, let’s play pundit.
Who do you think will be Obama’s running mate?
You may use your answer to deliver:
serious analysis
a whimsical wild guess
or, if you’d prefer, a snarky broadside [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2008 by Jon Austin
Like any blogger, I’m completely indifferent to the statistics generated by you, our loyal readers. I never look at the page view counts more than 10 times a day and I doubt anyone would say my fixation on incoming links meets the clinical definition of an OCD disorder. OK, maybe a couple of [...]
Filed under: Diversion, Fun, Overhead, Service advisories | Tagged: Naked News, Tease News, Harry Chapin, David Bromberg, pornography | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2008 by Gary Hornseth
That’s the question The Hill newspaper put to just about the entire Senate, one by one. Specifically:
“If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?”
So, let’s see. Perfunctory answers from the Minnesota delegation:
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)
“No. I’m up for reelection and I’ve got the guy who should be vice president. [...]
Filed under: Diversion, Fun, PR, Politics | Tagged: vice president, VP | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 10, 2008 by Gary Hornseth
Like this one.
In a rather unique project, someone has endeavored to purchase, prepare and photograph 100 packaged foods, comparing the product to its packaging photography. If I read the German-language website correctly, all products were subsequently eaten.
About time we got around to food styling here. Should you wish, you may view all 100 comparisons by [...]
Filed under: Communications, Diversion, Fun, Media | Tagged: advertising, food, packaging | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Jon Austin
Kudos to Michael, the Same Rowdy Crowd’s editorial assistant, for unearthing this video of a piece of group performance art. I have no idea why the organizers and participants did it, but I would have loved to have been there.
- Austin
Filed under: Diversion, Fun | Tagged: frozen in place, Grand Central Station, performance art | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 25, 2008 by Jon Austin
Jimmy Kimmel’s response to his girlfriend is pretty damned good…
- Austin
Filed under: Diversion, Fun, More Blogs We Dig | Tagged: Ben Affleck, Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon, Sarah Silverman | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jon Austin
Those not already dozing on their couch may want to stay up for the Jimmy Kimmel show which promises to showcase a much-anticipated response to the Sarah Silverman video “I’m F*****g Matt Damon”. Allegedly it features Ben Affleck.
And, for those of you who missed the original video, here it is again.
- Austin
Filed under: Diversion, Fun, More Blogs We Dig | Tagged: Ben Affleck, Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon, Oscars, Sarah Silverman | No Comments »
Posted on February 10, 2008 by Jon Austin
Most of this post is a little off topic from our general “communications” theme. Tough. But, for those of you who might feel shortchanged, I promise to close it with a legitimate communications question.
Last week I declared war on spam. The early results are encouraging.
My attack was not a [...]
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Posted on February 7, 2008 by Gary Hornseth
I once bought a post card up in Hibbing, Minn., that showed an aerial shot of the town with the word “Hibbing” printed over the front.
Including the quotation marks.
Made me wonder — so that’s not really Hibbing, then, just some sort of Hibbingesque representation? Or it’s sarcastically Hibbing? What?
I believe we’ve had some discussion about unnecessary apostrophes [...]
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