What kind of luddite am I, stuck in an internet backwater, providing fodder for free. 

I don't normally watch TV.  When I stay at my mom's house it is running all the time.  My first impression is that the programming is sensational, and that there is very little depth to any of the reporting or storytelling.  There is a lot of redundancy with so-called news programs repeating clips over and over.  Next impression: pharmaceuticals ( Read more... )

It will get you a girl in a bikini if you believe the ad. I bet the gas mileage stinks.

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Here's where you can unsubscribe from catalogs easily:
https://www.catalogchoice.org/

The Power and Perils of Puffery ( Read more... )

( I am not advertising for anybody. I am expressing my big fat opinion. )

( faster than sugar. )

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Here you can watch Mr. T defend himself against people who think he might be a homophobe. A snickers commercial that showed Mr T harassing a speedwalker with a candy-shooting gun was pulled from British TV. The ad is in here. The speedwalker's swishing ass is shown, and apparently a lot of gays were up in arms about the implied homophobia of the ( Read more... )

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from www.3trillion.com

Looks like you really can go shopping for desert islands, if you like.