Fake Problems

From kottke.org, which is a pretty good site.

I do always wonder how difficult life must be for some people if these things count as problems. Are they just clumsy? Or is my life just too easy?

Pandors ads

These are the things Pandora thinks I will buy:




Nine Inch Nails+Beyonce+Muse+Ladytron=Diamonds and pools.

The Elephant in the Room?

(This is how I felt about LOST last night)

And by "room" I mean "my brain," because as soon as I got home last night I couldn't shake the realization that LOST sorta sucks. At first it all seemed to make sense--the plot points were zany for sure, but they were tight and dovetailed neatly together. Now they're all over the map. Literally, the space-time continuum!

When I found out the writers are writing as they go, that was the nail in the coffin. And it explains everything that was supposed to be "mind-blowing" in last night's episode: they're just casting a wide net, hoping something will stick and give them a path to write their way out of this mess.

I can't stay interested in characters who are alive one minute and dead the next and then alive again, but in someone else's body from ancient times, and that "person" is actually the smoke monster, which did anyone else see those crappy special effects?

Please argue with me. I want to like Lost again! I better, because I'm too roped-in at this point to just walk away.

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Car Advertising

Mobile advertisements like this are springing up nationwide. People are willing to become driving advertisements for about $500 a month. Getting that kind of coin for doing little extra work is something I can get behind. But not for any products.

I need something I can believe in, like I learned in those Tony Steward "School of Advertising" advertisements. I need to personally endorse the product/service. Hey, it's a lifestyle, not a mere thing to buy. These are five of the things I would not hesitate to endorse:

M&M's
Cheerios
UNC-Chapel Hill
Tourism Boards for any nation (Can I get a free trip out of it?)
any cinema chain (Movie passes must be part of the deal.)

What would you put on your car? Have you seen these rolling ads in person? What made you laugh/cringe the most?