Year: 2005

Happy! People!

Observations

Have you noticed the prolification of “generic happy beautiful people” in ads, banners, Web sites, and so on? These are not the pictures of members or employees that put a human face on an organisation. These are the images of anonymous people who ostensibly are really happy and/or really enjoying themselves at what they’re doing.

– Here are some people who really enjoy the HR department:

– Customer support always provides happiness.

– And if customer support makes you happy, how much more the Department of Homeland Security!

– Of course cellular phones are happy machines.

– And what is better than broadband internet access?

Yes, the stock happy man is now officially annoying.

What Kind of Beer?

Observations

When someone is throwing a party — let’s say a wedding reception — he always buys cheap beer, ostensibly hoping to save money on the party. You’d have to do a cost analysis on it to prove the point one way the other, but I think you’d save money by providing good, tasty, expensive beer:

1. Normally, people who overindulge don’t enjoy flavorful beer.

2. It’s more difficult to drink too much flavorful beer.

If you ever try it, let me know how it works out.

There is this nebulous phrase I keep hearing in studies about religion or exercise or food. Namely, “a general sense of well-being.” I executed a Google search for this phrase and got over 10,000 results. I found out that one can get “a general sense of well-being” from the following:

– Music Therapy

– Religion/Prayer

– Somatic Reintegration

– Laughter

– Sports

– Thermal Spas

– Nutrition

– Transcendental Meditation

– Peruvian Maca Root

– etc.

So at least you have a host of choices.

Blockbuster Sucks

Observations

Pop quiz: Name the worst video rental store. And the answer is….Blockbuster. Where else can you rent a video for 2 days and find out that it’s due back in 18 hours? I fully expect the Oshkosh Blockbuster to bust *again* within 3 years.

Pudd’nhead Wilson Says…

Fun

Here’s you’re quotation of the day.

“JULY 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.

–Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar”

Pipe School and Flopsy

Adventures, Anomalisms

MG writes:

“I’ve seen that pipe school! Is that around here?1 I remember wondering, due to the ambiguity of the name, what type of degree you’d walk away with having attended said Pipe School. Musical? Fabrication? Smoking? Looks pretty small. I’m guessing it’s more like a tech school of sorts. Maybe they have a website…NICE.”

MP writes:

“While picking strawberries yesterday, Bogey P, K-Krank, Fred, and Anny2 lazed in the garden. K-Krank skulked in between the raspberry rows when I heard the frantic skreeches of ‘Benjamin Bunny’. KK proudly showed her squirming bunny when it leapt from her teeth and ran toward Anny, who headed it off, so it ran back to KK. KK once again trapped it with her claws and teeth, this time giving it a shake or two. It was medium size, difficult to carry, so she walked over to Anny, and handed it off to her. Seriously! Anny took the still struggling Bunny over to Trina2 and dropped it. KK came back to the garden and once again skulked through the Raspberry bushes. A couple minutes later, another skreetching, probably “Flopsy”, and KK struted out with her load. She dropped it at Anny’s feet again, but Anny wasn’t quick enough, so the bunny ran toward Bogey and me. It made a fatal decision to stop upon seeing us, giving KK another opportunity to pounce and shake. KK AGAIN brought the prey to Anny, who AGAIN brought the limp bunny to Trina. Where is the video camera when I needed it. This is a true story.”

1 The Pipe School is on I-10 between Waupaca and Wis. Rapids

2 Bogey P, K-Krank, and Fred are cats. Anny and Trina are dogs.