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I’m sure most people don’t watch (or not watch) television commercials as I do. I general mute them. I’d blank the screen if I had some means of knowing when the program was back on (not that I’d really miss anything). All those chain restaurants display in their television ads some massive amount of food and [...] Even though I shan’t be watching the Super Bowl today, I thought I’d note the occasion by posting this banned ad:
Perhaps it was banned because the network executives had their heads up their asses and felt that it hit a little too close to home. That would be my guess. Maybe there’s a [...] Sorry if the following is a bit lacking in cohesion. I’m just working with some rough ideas which may or may not eventually be polished. Power, control and wealth or peace, enlightenment and salvation? Which is the primary motivation for religion? I often view organized religion as the former with a little of the latter on [...] There has been much talk about the full body scanners in the aftermath of the “Christmas bomber”. I’ve read much of it but generally haven’t gotten involved in the discussion. I’m opposed to them, not because some TSA employee will see a naked image of me but because I feel it’s another government intrusion of [...] Lately I’ve been hearing an ad on the radio promoting a beauty product that alledgedly makes women look years younger. The ad features “testamonials” that have men saying the product made their wife or girlfriend look 10 or 20 years younger, implying that these men actually made these statements to their significant others. Are they nuts? [...] Some days, I really find it difficult, in the face of absurdity, to remain calm and ask myself, “What would Buddha do?” Let’s face it, I’m not as Zen-like as I want to be and when faced with unbounded absurdity and absolute stupidity, my gut reaction is to shout out, “What the fuck are you [...] I’ve commented on the History Channel’s Life After People before but the series holds a strange fascination for me. It’s sort of comforting to know that once mankind is out of the picture, Nature will bring itself into balance again, correcting the damage we inflicted upon the Earth. It has always bothered me that the show [...] |
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