Random firings of my synapses. Also, photos.
My office at work has TVs hanging from the walls. It’s nice. The screens nearest me are broadcasting ESPN all day, so I never miss the day’s Top Ten plays or the biggest news in sports. I’m not really a sports fan, but I do enjoy watching two-second clips of athletes doing amazing things. And…
OK, here’s the link to see the ad posted at Entertainment Weekly. Hilarious. Enjoy. For those unfamiliar with the This is SportsCenter campaign I say, where in the world have you been? ESPN has been running the campaign for years, and it’s one of the most brilliant advertising efforts ever created. Yes, I said that…
Recently someone anonymously posted on this blog and suggested that I check out Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels. I had never heard of Child but as soon as I picked up The Enemy, I new I had come home. This, ladies and gentlemen, is my kind of book. A tough-guy, gritty mystery that keeps me…
OK, for those dying to know, the song is called “Bruises” by a band from Brooklyn called Chairlift. And now let me explain why Chairlift is likely the happiest band in the music industry right now. Aspiring musicians used to dream about getting their songs on the radio, making the big break, so to speak….
The newest Microsoft ad just launched, and the venerable Jerry Seinfeld is nowhere to be seen. Seinfeld’s absence comes as no surprise, however, as news agencies have been all aflutter recently, posting that Microsoft had “pulled” Seinfeld from their ad campaign. Not so, says a Microsoft spokesperson, who called the allegations “preposterous.” Microsoft hasn’t “pulled”…
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read Jack London before. I know, shameful. He’s a man’s author if ever there was one. But I saw an unabridged version of Call of the Wild on CD at the library and decided to give it a try. The language is poetic without being pretentious. And if…
