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Archive for March 9th, 2010

I’m On a Horse

thumb.jpgNah. Not really.


If you have a TV, you likely know that’s the punch line to a very funny commercial for Old Spice.


Well, I think it’s hilarious. My husband thinks its just kind of dopey. That’s the thing about humor. Not everyone’s funny bone flexes in the same way.


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I’m On a Horse

thumb.jpgNah. Not really.


If you have a TV, you likely know that’s the punch line to a very funny commercial for Old Spice.


Well, I think it’s hilarious. My husband thinks its just kind of dopey. That’s the thing about humor. Not everyone’s funny bone flexes in the same way.


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A Hot Catalog, a Bland Web Site

penzeys.jpgIt’s great to see that after all this time Penzeys Spices still produces one of the best print catalogs around. But it’s disheartening to see that Penzeys still hasn’t managed to take full advantage of the Internet.


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Are Naked Athletes Working for Reebok?

chad-ochocinco.jpegWith all the fuzzy, grainy home videos posted on YouTube it’s sometimes difficult to tell whether a brand has seeded a video or it’s just some goofy guys trying to gain notoriety.


The latest buzz is over two viral videos showing naked people working out. In one video, several people are working out in a gym. A naked, Chuck Lidell, an extreme fighter, (with certain areas blurred out) pumps up and down on a chin-up bar as his girlfriend Heidi Northcott, a professional poker player keeps a steady pace going on an elliptical machine sans clothing. The video had been viewed more than 11,000 times.

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