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Buy: Attack Ad Music Cues

It’s only six days until the election, and we’ve long since moved past talking about issues to talking about image. Is John McCain too grizzled? Is Barack Obama too cool? Is Joe Biden too greasy? (Just kidding. No one cares about Joe Biden’s image, not even Joe Biden)
Politicians have always used a variety of low-information [...]

Don’t Buy: Election Day Weather

I don’t mind speculating on who will win the election. In fact, keep that going, cause I like the answers.  (Woot woot Obama) But what sucks is the speculation going into whether or not the weather will be nice this coming Tuesday. (Get it??)
With headlines like “Is good weather bad news for McCain?” (source) and [...]

Don’t Buy: STD eCards

A website called inSpot has created a handful of aesthetic lil’ eCards that anonymously impend your doom after you allow Outlook to download graphics.

For some reason, the site is broken up into cities, and different cities have differently designed cards. And for another bizarre reason, San Francisco’s are more masculine. My mind is being blown [...]

Buy: Joe Blanton

On Saturday night (or Sunday morning, as it was 1:50 a.m.), after the Phillies had won Game 3 of the World Series, I turned to my friend Colleen and wondered “Who’s pitching Game 4?” We both drew a blank. After an uncomfortable amount of time, she finally remembered. “Blanton.” My response: “Who the hell is [...]

Buy: The iTunes Genius Sidebar

 Once a week or so, I’ll be doin’ what I do on my computer (ie reading Miley Cyrus/Britney Spears/Jennifer Aniston gossip, the female equivalent of internet porn), and a software update will pop up.  90% of the time I click “Later,” until several weeks later I get so sick of seeing the damn things that [...]

Buy: Subway Ads Everywhere!

Good news! Free entertainment is coming to a public transportation hub near you!

(look how boring… blech!)
This advertising craze will start on the 42nd Street-Times Square shuttle line and will be outside of the car and it will look like a 15 minute (really choppy but animated) advertisement. Clearly, New York is taking a tip from [...]

Don’t Buy: The Anti-Gay Campaign

Etymology is the study of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
(Wiki)
Someone should inform the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and their ‘partners’ over at the National Ad Council that worrying over the usage of [...]

Buy: Kristy, Stacey, Claudia, Mary Anne! Dawn!

Kristy Thomas: Medium brown hair, usually worn in pony-tail, friendly smile
Kristy is known for her great ideas!! Another of Kristy’s great ideas was the Kid-Kit.
Stacey McGill: Permed blond hair, blue eyes, slender
Stacey has diabetes, and has been hospitalized several times as a result.
Claudia Kishi: Long raven black hair, almond shaped brown eyes
Claudia is the only [...]

Don’t Buy: My University’s Psychology Department

My school is not exactly known for its psychology program. I don’t know enough about it to call it “bad,” but it’s not a focal point here. And I’m going to wager that this entry in the daily school newsletter is an example of why:
Students Needed for Psychology Study on Alcohol and Sexual [...]

Buy: Literal Seasons

This world can be some confusing sometimes. So it’s nice when someone hands you something just so simple and beautiful and confusion-FREE. Well, that someone is God (or the Big Bang, or the orbit of the Earth around the sun or whatever)! And that gift is FALL! You know when it’s here because things… FALL! [...]