Yay! After such long-winded nonsense as the other day, time for a cat picture :) Although nobody knows the exact day, approximately three years ago Mr. Zig was born in Timisoara. He had a troubled youth but has since grown into a peaceful, incredibly sweet cat with a very gentle disposition. Sadly, he’s not the smartest cat that ever lived and thus his concept of … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mr. Zig!
In October of 1922 an Italian politician held a secret meeting with an American government official. The Italian wanted to know if an upcoming action he had planned would receive the tacit support of the United States. The diplomat assured him that the American government would support his move. The Italian, a former socialist and pacifist who had actively campaigned against World War 1, organized … Continue reading The “Secret” History of Advertising
Oh man, sometimes I just want to hang my head and cry. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve gotten several messages for me to promote, support and contribute to some commercial marketing campaigns. Just so it’s clear, I will tell all of you right now that I will never, ever do such a thing. I firmly believe in exactly what Bill Hicks said. What … Continue reading That Righteous Indignation Dollar
Well today (Thursday) is probably the greatest of all American holidays, translated into Romanian as Ziua Reconstintei but known in English as Thanksgiving. There’s a lengthy explanation of the origin of the holiday at the link (goes to Wikipedia) but there are some details missing, some of which I’ll elaborate on in a moment. Putting it very succinctly, a group of Europeans who had emigrated … Continue reading Word of the Day: Slava
Well I got some nice feedback on my piece a few days ago about how I could effectively make an enormous television camera disappear, so I thought I’d follow up on the subject a bit. In English there are some technical terms for all of this. Specifically “not seeing” an enormous television camera is inattentional blindness. As Wikipedia pithily puts it: Our attention cannot be … Continue reading It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane
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