Welcome to the 1950s, Children of Tomorrow!
Oct 10, 2007 in Things To Avoid
I’m prematurely aged. Or, at least I am if you look at the ads on the TV I watch. Franklin Mint? Check. Hoveround? Check. Good times, good times. But never did I think that I would see an ad like this one: Read on…
Memorialize Yourself, In Lucite
Mar 2, 2007 in Graphically-Illustrated, Things To Avoid
When I graduated from business school, I of course got the photos from the official photographer of me walking up to the podium in my mortarboard and of me shaking hands with some muckety-muck. I mean, the hired photog gets all the best angles, so there’s no fighting it. Some things, however, there should be fighting. Some things are so awful, so in bad taste, that they threaten to infect an entire room with their evil. And the official photographer is trying to pitch just such a thing. I give you the lucite statue that could be me: Read on…
What A Difference A Little Customer Service Makes
Aug 30, 2004 in Things To Avoid
I’ve recently had the privelege of interacting with two vendors who had sold their goods to me: Dell and PUR, the water filter people. It’s amazing how differently I was… Read on…
The Decline And Fall Of Civilization, Part The 47th: Karyn Bosnak
Aug 26, 2003 in Things To Avoid
In yet further evidence that our civilization is in collapse and that we shall all soon be reduced to finding our dinner by hunting small prey with stone axes (that… Read on…
You, Too, Can Get Rich Selling Crap At The Supermarket
Jun 11, 2003 in Things To Avoid
Today, at Ralph’s for canned tuna, I saw rise in front of me in much the same way the apes in 2001 saw the monolith rise in front of them,… Read on…