Archive for July 2007
Commercial of the Month: July 2007
In this space, we honor the well-executed commercial that is destined to become part of pop culture. This month we feature Unilever’s renewed campaign to sell poorly-created chicken stock to an amused public. Read the rest of this entry »
Oatmeal Dinners
According to some stand-up comic whose name escapes me at the moment, there are four basic food groups for the perpetually harassed: (1) nuked; (2) cereal; (3) takeout; and (4) canned. These four groups are not necessarily exclusive: oatmeal of the variety found in any cupboard can be classified as either nuked, canned, or cereal; depending on the temperament of the person eating. Read the rest of this entry »
The First Time
This story takes place in that lost era where alphanumeric pagers, party lines, six digit phone numbers, and phones with large rotary dials were the arsenal through which boys paid court to pretty girls. Read the rest of this entry »
