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I have no words…

Daniel — Mon, 09 May 2011 01:08:49 +0000

David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee from David Lynch on Vimeo.

Because I’m laughing too hard.

You tell me what’s wrong with this picture

Daniel — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:18:22 +0000

(img pops)

That’s some serious anatomy. Way to go.

The forest through the trees?

Daniel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:07:00 +0000

Weed Culture is Boob Culture:

Why aren’t there more female marijuana activists, Marijuana Policy Project employee Laura Greenback asks in High Times. Ooh! Pick me! I know the answer!

It’s not that women don’t like smoking weed. We do. And it’s not that we don’t care about the ass-backwards war on drugs—despite Greenback’s fears, half of the MPP’s top staff are women. It’s not that there are too few pop-culture stoner females, as Double X suggests—though we’re getting warmer!

All culture is boob culture. Because women like to exert control through their sex organs. And most men will bow to their wishes, hence sex sells.

All technology essentially has one purpose

Daniel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:11:00 +0000

MILWAUKEE (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men “score” with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.

An apology by the company – which is using the app “Amp up before you score” to market its Amp energy drink – is igniting more online criticism.

Because nobody has ever thought of using an iPhone to pick up chicks before.

Personally, I just use my crappy old flip-phone and put a screwball charm on it, but hey, I’m also not dealing with exceptionally metropolitan girls either. Besides, you can

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A First Friday WTF

Daniel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:17:00 +0000

… bravo to these daring young marketing execs.

pretty much sums it up, I think…

Daniel — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:05:00 +0000

tidbits for a lazy Friday afternoon

Daniel — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:00 +0000

King Penguin receives Norwegian Knighthood. Fluffy news makes me feel good.
Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad. You’re goddamn right.
From Maud Newton:

Behold: The Google Phone — and its first customer. Leaked footage comes complete with Darth Vader breathing noises.

Debate coach shoots for the moon.
Norm Stamper: Former Seattle top cop on the need for drug legalization. I suppose a small minority of the police could be ‘okay guys’.
“Some infringement on constitutional rights is OK.” No, no it’s not OK. (via Daily Pundit) This following the the Mukasey embarassment.
Comment #1 for the win.
Cockfighting now illegal in Louisiana. I witnessed one in Peru; not nearly as bad as you’d imagine. The loser chickens are dinner. Yum.
Arrested for saying fuck. The nanny-state meme isn’t dead, quite yet.

It used to be, when I was fifteen or so, that I was mad as hell at the world but couldn’t think of a reason for it. That’s called angst. Ten years later, the only difference is that I know why I’m angry. Yet, I cannot seem to not read the news.

But now I’m riled up, filled to the brim with coffee and ready for our monthly staff meeting. The best part? We’re playing Laser-Tag.

Copy vs. Verbiage: the name of my new band? Maybe.

Daniel — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:14:00 +0000

Bad things might happen the next time my boss asks me to ‘fix the verbiage on the pamphlet holders’ again. I keep replying, “yes, I will fix the copy.” Apparently, this is not working. I was asked to remove a single, inoffensive ‘some,’ resulting in it looking exactly the same. They wanted less ‘verbiage’ on the label. There is an obvious solution that they’ve already turned down: remove the obscene excess of directions. I digress.

Copy
Main Entry: 1copy
Pronunciation: \ˈkä-pē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural cop·ies
Etymology: Middle English copie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin, abundance — more at copious
Date: 14th century

1: an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (as a
letter, a painting, a table, or a dress)
2: one of a series of especially mechanical reproductions of an original impression; also : an individual example of such a reproduction
3 archaic : something to be imitated : model
4 a: matter to be set especially for printing b: something considered printable or newsworthy —used without an article c: text especially of an advertisement
5: duplicate 1a

Verbiage
Main Entry: ver·biage
Pronunciation: \ˈvər-bē-ij also -bij\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, alteration of Old French verboier, verbloier, from Old French (Picard dialect) werbler to trill — more at warble
Date: circa 1721

1: a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
2: manner of expressing oneself in words : diction

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they couldn’t be any more serious

Daniel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:06:00 +0000

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this, but it’s pretty much amazing.

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marketing fail

Daniel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:45:00 +0000

I wonder why marketing people don’t understand that viral memes only come into existence by abiogenesis (spontaneous generation). If you create a viral video and it doesn’t spread, it’s just a video. If you put ‘weird faceless people’ at a sporting event and admit to it a few days later, it’s just a publicity stunt.

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