It was well worth it. Few are the films that I don't find at least a couple of points to question actions or to challenge my suspension of disbelief. I count two in "Skyfall", which is far better than any Bond film since the Connery era. I like Craig as an actor.
Can't be better than "The Spy Who Loved Me." It can't, can it? Can't.
Wrote this poem about Buffalo in 2008. It, unlike much of my earlier work, is surprisingly not completely terrible.
Seems like the only breaks we catch are the ones that follow hearts
We’ve known little glory and volumes of disappointment so far
Every time it seems happiness is within our grasp
Some external forces continue our beleaguered past
We’ve been the best, only to finish second
Held defeat in our hands when it seemed victory beckoned
And the moments may be few, but we’ll hold them tightly
Packing the Ralph by day, and HSBC nightly.
Jimmy Hoffa, Legion of doom and scary good
Reliving those moments as much as we could
Building houses in Pominville, brick by brick
Hoping to bring home the Cup for Rick
Remembering when RJ cried, “Who Else?”
Briere eying the cookie jar on that uppermost shelf
And with Vanek and Roy and Sekera and Weber
We’ll say our chances look better than ever
We are one, we are many, we are young, we are old
We are still believing, because We Are Buffalo
Hey guys, what's our slogan for summer gonna be?
Uhhh...uhhh...SUMMER OF AUDI
BRILLIANT
Okay guys, it's the holiday season we need another catchy slogan
Uhhhh...uhhh...SEASON OF AUDI
Raises for everybody!!
Those ads keep coming on during episodes of the walking dead and I can't help but think, "Please hire me once i'm done with school, I'm a writer! I know i can come up with something better than that!"
Those ads keep coming on during episodes of the walking dead and I can't help but think, "Please hire me once i'm done with school, I'm a writer! I know i can come up with something better than that!"
I do the same thing. I've written stuff for dog food in my advertising class that's better than that.
Then again, the real question is does it work? We can complain about it being bad all we want, but here we are talking about it all the same.
I do the same thing. I've written stuff for dog food in my advertising class that's better than that.
Then again, the real question is does it work? We can complain about it being bad all we want, but here we are talking about it all the same.
I always wonder how much slogans in general help increase sales. I imagine there have been studies on it, but I do wonder how much it actually impacts consumer tendencies.
I always wonder how much slogans in general help increase sales. I imagine there have been studies on it, but I do wonder how much it actually impacts consumer tendencies.
I'm sure it's in one of my textbooks.
I remember reading that most of the great ad men didn't aim to increase sales but to take up real estate in their customers heads. I guess the studies say that for each product a customer only holds up to three brands at a time and they always aim to be one regardless of sales.
Wreck It Ralph (And the short preceding it) were really awesome. Just enough throwbacks to be nostalgic but not so many as to overwhelm the film. And all the casting choices were perfect, these guys played it wonderfully.
As an aside, I made the mistake of telling someone in Capen Library at UB I'd watch his stuff. If he isn't back in 5 minutes I'm stealing it or leaving it to the wolves.
I'm such a good good boy
I just need a new toy
I'll tell ya what, girl,
Dance for me - I'll keep you overemployed
Just tell me a story
You know the one I mean
So wandered into the brass pole palace today with my General Contractor and had the pleasure of meeting a fresh young thing on her first day in the Single Mommy Health Club getting assistance one dollar at a time. This young lady, barely 20yo, was accompanied by one of my regulars who was showing her the ropes. They joined us in the sky box for a quick chat, and I managed to irritate the two of them with the quirky mood I was in. After some casual conversation, I looked at her and it devolved along these lines:
M - Would you spend the night with me for $1,000,000
H - Of course
M - Well how about for a buck
H - No, what kind of girl do you think I am?
M - Well, we've already established what type of girl you are, now we're just negotiating acceptable terms
She kind of looked at me dumbfounded, so had to tell her I was joking. Think my deadpan delivery confused her, or it could of been I didn't stick to monosyllabic words. One of my old Nightingales told me months after we had been socially active that she never understood what I was talking about; she had a very poor education, basically had grown up running the streets and spending some time with unsavory elements.
Anyways, after apologizing profusely for any possible offense, spent some cash on her and ended up with her number as my regular told her I was such a nice guy.
As for my General Contractor, he finished the 1st house and has the majority of the 2nd one completed, just waiting on the counters to be delivered on Wednesday. Excellent job on both so far with the two houses both coming in well under budget.
I'm such a good good boy
I just need a new toy
I'll tell ya what, girl,
Dance for me - I'll keep you overemployed
Just tell me a story
You know the one I mean
So wandered into the brass pole palace today with my General Contractor and had the pleasure of meeting a fresh young thing on her first day in the Single Mommy Health Club getting assistance one dollar at a time. This young lady, barely 20yo, was accompanied by one of my regulars who was showing her the ropes. They joined us in the sky box for a quick chat, and I managed to irritate the two of them with the quirky mood I was in. After some casual conversation, I looked at her and it devolved along these lines:
M - Would you spend the night with me for $1,000,000
H - Of course
M - Well how about for a buck
H - No, what kind of girl do you think I am?
M - Well, we've already established what type of girl you are, now we're just negotiating acceptable terms
She kind of looked at me dumbfounded, so had to tell her I was joking. Think my deadpan delivery confused her, or it could of been I didn't stick to monosyllabic words. One of my old Nightingales told me months after we had been socially active that she never understood what I was talking about; she had a very poor education, basically had grown up running the streets and spending some time with unsavory elements.
Anyways, after apologizing profusely for any possible offense, spent some cash on her and ended up with her number as my regular told her I was such a nice guy.
As for my General Contractor, he finished the 1st house and has the majority of the 2nd one completed, just waiting on the counters to be delivered on Wednesday. Excellent job on both so far with the two houses both coming in well under budget.
Classic Churchill anecdote.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle
I was reading a book on him last week and that stuck in my head, first chance I had to use it. I just find it humorous that he actually used it with a 'pompous' HiSo Lady. The best part is the conversation followed almost exactly according to script. That anecdote and one of Hunter S. Thompson's are near and dear to my heart: "Whether you get it for free or you pay for it; you always pay. The only difference is its a hell of a lot cheaper in the long run to just pay for it."
