Bling h2O
Here’s a quote for you from Kevin G. Boyd (Hollywood writer-producer): "…you could tell a lot about a person by the bottled water they carried. In Hollywood it seemed as if people flaunted their bottled water like it was part of their presentation. Whether the bottles had a cool shape or came from an exotic [...]
How not to package toys ~ Dora the Explorer Piñata
Go, Dora, the young explorer girl who teaches kids about travel, adventure, and problem solving. Stop Wal-Mart and other retailers from displaying her in a prominent location in a plastic bag like a restrained and suffocating child:
Whether this toy was made in a humane environment or not, nothing says sweatshop like the image of a [...]
Blumarea Dive School ~ Water-Loving Cat
Today is a busy day, so I leave you with an amazing award-winning ad that needs no commentary:
It’s for a dive school in Rome. The ad, by JWT, was translated from the Italian as "We’ll make you love water." More details on the ad can be seen here. You can also visit Blumarea’s homepage here [...]
Navy Diver Destiny
The Navy is your destiny and it’s coming your way according to this recruitment brochure:
This is not one of the Navy’s better recruitment materials. The diver looks more dorky than enlightened by destiny.
If you were to compare these with other, the bomb sniffing dog ad was better, and the Navy Seals beach ad beats them [...]
The place of ‘place’ in the world of ‘women are whores’ luxury advertising
There has been a lot of buzz in the media this week about the current wave of jewelry advertising in which jewelry peddlers are essentially saying that you can save your relationship and have sex (again) if diamonds are given as a gift. Bloggers like Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon are right on in saying that [...]
S.O.S. Breast Cancer Resources
If you haven’t already been touched in your life by breast cancer, there is a good chance that you will be at some point. I mentioned in a post a while back that my mother was recently diagnosed with the disease and just had what appears to be a successful surgery to remove the cancer. [...]
The Fatamaran ~ an ‘eco’ boat run on human fat
The recession has apparently hit the folks at the London Fight Club: they’re abandoning their lipid-transforming soap production. The new great use of human liposuction fat is for fuel for your trimaran!
I couldn’t make this stuff up, so here’s the link with several photos that you’re going to need to see. Here’s a sneak peek:
According [...]
Poinsettia ~ Did you know?
Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), the popular holiday plant that appears in wintry white places across the country, is actually a warm-weather, sub-tropical coastal plant from the Pacific side of the Americas. The red parts of the plant are actually not the flowers; they’re bracts. The yellow part contains the flower.
The use of poinsettias in Christmas traditions [...]
Hawaiian Airlines charges ‘death fee’
There is nothing more certain in life than death, taxes, and airline fees. And now Hawaiian Airlines is being criticized in an article by David Lazarus at the LA Times, which is worth a read for more details. Apparently, after her traveling companion died, a woman was charged a fee of $75 to cancel each [...]
Lego Aqua Raiders
One of the great toy finds of the year is definitely the Lego Aqua Raiders sets. Here’s one with an amazing Lego skeleton in the lower right-hand corner:
I wonder if it draws its inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean on some level. I’d like to think that Disney doesn’t dictate most toy evolutions.
The box set [...]
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