Posts Tagged “tv”

I hate clowns.  The creep me out in ways I can’t quite describe.  There’s just something about them that brings out a true primal fear in me.  People used to laugh at me, but I’m evidently not the only one to have this fear.  It even has an official sounding name (though I don’t think mine is bad enough to be called a phobia).

Scary clowns can be funny though, it seems.  A friend showed me the new Wal-Mart clown ad and I just about peed myself laughing.  So, below are some of the best clown ads I can find!

E-Trade Superbowl Ad

USPS Flat-Rate Ad

Newest Wal-Mart ad

Tags: ads, Clowns, scary, tv, wal mart

A few months ago, my wife and I were walking through a store that specializes in second hand kids stuff.  Our boys had grown past a certain point, and it didn’t make much sense in keeping many of the things they wouldn’t use again.  While walking down one of the store’s aisles, I saw something from my own childhood: The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia.  Though entirely out of date now (thanks to recent discoveries and whatnot), it was in perfect condition and only $2, so we got it for the boys.

My own son is still a little young to really get into it, but he enjoys looking at the pictures nonetheless.  My stepson, however, is two years older than him and gets a kick out of it.  He and I will sit on the couch and he’ll turn to a page and ask me to read it to him.  Thanks to how it’s laid out, he can immediately see (thanks to some special graphics and charts on every page) how large the dinosaur is compared to a human, if they lived REALLY REALLY long ago, pretty long ago, sort of long ago, or just not so long ago (my terminology), and if they ate plants or meat.

Tags: Disney, Einstein, kids shows, tv

For those who follow my misadventures over on my personal blog, you may be familiar with the fact that I recently finished construction on my basement.  While it’s nice having a third bathroom, fourth bedroom, and laundry room, the best part about it is the family room.  I wired the room to accommodate a 7.1 home theater.  I even built a shelf over my fireplace that will be home to a 52″ LCD television.  The whole setup is very sweet and I take great pride in knowing that it was my hands that built it all.

Despite construction having been mostly completed for weeks, it has only been within the past few days that I’ve had the time to begin moving my electronics into place.  Unfortunately, I haven’t upgraded my components yet so I’m using a 12-year-old Pioneer four-channel receiver with a seven-year-old 27″ television.

Tags: cable, devices, DVD, HDMI, home theater, LCD, pioneer, RCA, rca cables, rca inputs, receiver, square peg, Television, theater, tv, VCR

I am an absolute technophile.  I love seeing all the new gadgets that come out and what they can do for me.  I love to think about how I can then modify those gadgets to do even more for me without me having to pay anything more.  I’m a cheapskate, and an enthusiast.

The term “enthusiast” is not one I’ve used all that often to describe myself.  If there were a scale to describe how much of an enthusiast a person could be, I’d imagine I’d be rather low on the scale.  But the fact is, I’m still ON the scale.  There is a very sad down side to being an enthusiast (well, there are probably a few); those same devices that you find you can’t live without aren’t usually everywhere you might need them.

Tags: 256k isdn, broadband, cell phones, cheapskate, Chrome, commercials, DVR, enthusiast, HTPC, internet, ISDN, listening to the radio, new gadgets, Oracle, technophile, TiVo, tv, Vista

I’m fairly convinced that 90% of the people who work in advertising are high as a kite while at the work place. Either that, or it’s actually a very small minority that is high, and they just happen to be the ones making most the ads we see. Maybe they’re cheaper, I don’t know.

I know I’m not the only one who’s thought that, I’m sure. I’m sure not the first person to bring up how dumb some ads and logos and such are. A great example would be a couple strips from Real Life Comics by Greg Dean

It so happens that certain Native American tribes are allowed the use of peyote for religious ceremonies since they’ve already been doing so for thousands of years.  I honestly wonder if there are other laws that protect people in certain occupations in a similar manner.  Something along the lines of “All bonafide advertising agencies may enjoy the use of crack cocaine for inspirational purposes.”

Tags: ads, advertising, comics, commercials, morons, Real Life, shampoo, Television, tv, WTF