Your Prediction: Who Will Be Obama’s Running Mate?

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 [...]

Giving the People What They Want…

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 [...]

Hey, Senators! VP or Not VP?

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. [...]

My Ad Friends Send Me Great Links

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 [...]

Hey, Everyone, Let’s All Go Hang Around in Grand Central Station!

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

In Case You Missed It…

Jimmy Kimmel’s response to his girlfriend is pretty damned good…

- Austin

Context for Your Post-Oscar Viewing

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

Going to war…on spam

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 [...]

In Celebration of “Quotation Marks”

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 [...]