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Entries from February 2006

Hi, My Name Is Earl And I Smoke Winstons

February 2nd, 2006 · 4 Comments

Tonight’s episode of Smallville had the most blatant case of product placement I have ever seen. I swear, the episode totally stopped dead for 30 seconds while one of the characters posed unnaturally for the camera and plugged Acuvue contact lenses by name and package. The lenses were written into the story just [...]

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Tags: Television · Whining

Good Thing It Was Not Jolt

February 1st, 2006 · 3 Comments

Here is the text from an Instant Messaging conversation I had this morning with a co-worker. It’s about something of great importance.
flasshe: Have you gotten a Diet Pepsi today?
dmr: Yeah, why?
flasshe: Did it come in the SuperBowl can?
dmr: Yeah. Can I win $1 million, or something?
flasshe: At first I thought it gave me a [...]

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Tags: Whining