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Lame Commercials, Boring Game

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Adam — 3 Comments ↓

Ugh. You know it’s a bad sign when you can read through hundreds of RSS feed items during the Super Bowl. And then think it’s a good idea to do some blogging…. Super Bowl commercial rates were $2.7 million per Continue reading →

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Fast Phile 3

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Adam — No Comments ↓

From VarietyIt plans to turn “The Office” into a humorous game in which players have to handle jobs and play pranks at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch.Wow. There’s only so many ways to make a stupid.Technorati Tags: The Office, Sellouts

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Fast Phile 2

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Adam — 1 Comment ↓

From NPR: Phoenix is the city most at risk for identity fraud, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Their new survey shows writing a check is not safer than banking online because of a scam called “check washing.” The Continue reading →

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Big TVs in Reception

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Adam — No Comments ↓

One of the mainstays of a slick reception or waiting area is a television: if those years old People or U.S. News magazines get you down (“Britney: I want to be a young mom!” and “Turning the Corner in Iraq?” Continue reading →

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Update: Twisted Misters on WSOPC

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Adam — 1 Comment ↓

It’s not often I do a follow-up for a previous story (and especially so soon), but to those of you not-watching-but-following, those daffy Twisted Misters have advanced to the finals of the 2007 World Series of Pop Culture, easily defeating Continue reading →

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TRASHy TV on the World Series of Pop Culture

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Adam — 4 Comments ↓

As many of you know, I enjoy pop culture trivia. Immensely. So, of course, I’ve been following this year’s World Series of Pop Culture tournament on VH1. It’s good fun, and like Jeopardy!, I love to play along at home. Continue reading →

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Television Commercials

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Adam — No Comments ↓

I always get a big kick out of the kind of commercials shown during the time when most people are at work. Apparently, the target audience is people who have crashed their car, are out of work, have menopause, need Continue reading →

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