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Honestly. Who, other than she who is pretty well-off, is going to buy Rosetta Stone software?
There are millions of people out there who want to learn a new language, but can’t afford to either take classes or buy a set of CDs that cost...
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I’m not gay. I know barely one iota about what it’s like to be gay. But I’ve heard bits and pieces. And some of those bits say, it’s not so easy growing up gay. The word is that 14-year-old kids throw insults your mother would...
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The responsible consumer is one who gives feedback. Let’s say you buy something online. A lot of us do it fairly regularly. The website you bought it from likely has a function where you can rate a product, write a review, or send feedback. Try...
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Toilet paper commercials are nutty. They’re an interesting dimension of how we get nervous about anything naked, screwing, peeing, or pooping. But they’re still nutty.
Quilted Northern used to have a string of commercials starring...
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In the Terminator series, the all-important date is August 29, 1997. Of course, to all but the most devoted conspiracy theorist, that Judgment Day was fiction. But it doesn’t take a neurotic headcase to think that a day very near in the future...
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Dear crypto-zoologists,
Some of you actually believe in the in-the-flesh existence of beasts like the Loch Ness monster, Chupacabra, Bigfoot, the Monster of Lake Champlain, Mokele-mbembe, and the Yeti. I’m addressing you and have a message....
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I have conservative values. Let me tell you about some of them.
I believe traditional farming should be nurtured and preserved. There isn’t a feeling quite like the one a man gets when he tills his own soil. Gets his hands in his own dirt....
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I’m probably a focus group nightmare. I’m a crotchety anomaly, someone who reads fine print on commercials and sees them more as porn yards for starving actors than product pitches.
So, I’m probably not the best person to evaluate...
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Last night while marinating some chicken, I was watching the season finale of “Heroes.” During a tense climactic scene, the main villain uses his telekinetic power to pin his adversary for the killing stroke. And whoa, do we see the...
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I recently saw a public service announcement part of the “above the influence” anti-drug campaign. It consisted of several teenagers candidly talking about doing very brash things and appearing to show pride at doing so. For instance, one...
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