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Eric Spratling is a marketing genius!
Not since Kramer pitched the apartment that was “all levels” have I heard such a unique design idea as Eric Spratling’s Chairway. Let the record show (for the patent office’s reference) that this was pitched on October 20/2004.
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Surprise!
There is one country whose independent films always generate the same question: “Is it supposed to be weird?” I honestly can’t tell if this is funny or weird…but it sure is German!
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I tell ya…
In a fitting memorial to Rodney Dangerfield’s passing, Fox News has Rodney Dangerfield’s Famous One-Liners. Note the joke which Rodney’s own web site chose to run on the day of his death: “I tell ya I get no respect from anyone. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said, ‘There goes the neighborhood!”‘ Boy, I…
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Columbus was Jewish?
Discovery Channel – Columbus: Secrets From the Grave follows a descendent of Columbus who tries to find out what the explorer’s heritage was. I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently there have been many rumors and controversies over the years. Was he indeed Spanish? Was he the son of a pope? Was he…Jewish? What? Jewish?…
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China frees Dr. Who? Great!
Oh, maybe I misread this headline: IHT: China frees doctor who exposed SARS cases
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You need this code!
I’ve noticed that a number of web pages are not using e-mail addresses, or they consist of spelling out the address and making you type it in, because the site owner doesn’t want to get tons of spam. I’d just like to remind you of the Automatic Enkoderform which will take your e-mail address and…
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Farewell
Right back at ya, Ronnie!
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When did we start finding all these planets?
According to this article on a new planet found by the Spitzer Space telescope, scientists have found 100 planets in other solar systems. We have? When did this happen? Why wasn’t this major news when this all started? I didn’t even know we HAD a Spitzer Space Telescope!
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Micropayments
Scott McCloud and Scott Kurtz have been talking about a new micropayment system called BitPass, and I thought y’all might be in this Wired article on the subject.
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Flounder no more
A few days ago I pondered if Stephen Furst was doing the ads for Hi-C Sour Blast. No one has yet e-mailed me to answer “yes” or “no”, so I’m still thinking it’s him. But it is odd to think of Furst promoting a sugary concoction to kids, given that he’s now a spokesman for…