I have been subscribed to Ashleigh Brilliant‘s newsletter for about a year now and it is always interesting. (I’ve also syndicated his “Potshot of the Day“.
His latest email, though, had me smiling throughout and also taught me a thing or two. So I deemed it worthy of a blog post. (This is obviously a rarity.) Read More
My friend Don’s (twin) brother apparently enjoys embarrassing his kids as much as I do:
To be honest, I have no idea what I want. So here”s the first stupid thing I could come up with. (It”s from the folks who brought you Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).
P.S. I learned about it via GeekDad.
I had originally embedded the video of this contraption on this page, but it automatically played, which was a nuisance. So now, you can view view the video at chilloutzone.de.
(My cousin Eleanor sent the link to me. Thanks, cousin!)
I believe the original video is from the (now defunct) Banham & Tyers website.
Conectiv…Altogether Better
Around the time I started working for the electric company, the company was undergoing a business transformation of unprecedented proportions. The gist of it was that we were apparently going to conquer the world by getting involved in all kinds of businesses (plumbing & heating, HVAC, telecommunications, internet, etc.)
This was the era in which we were known as “Conectiv”. It was an era of some crazy, flashy marketing. One of these marketing devices was a series of commercials that featured Jason Alexander (yes, really–George Costanza).
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