Dilly Dilly: Trying to Not to Punch the TV during the Super Bowl Commercials
Okay, so where am I? I’m digesting the numbers from the Super Bowl and it looks like over 100 million people watched the big game again. I’m pretty happy because the taking the Philadelphia Eagles and plus six points was the steal of the year (uhhhhhm, hypothetically, because I would never gamble, of course). I […]
LEAKED: Your Guide to the Super Bowl Commercials and Betting Props
Okay, so where am I? Before I get to the top Super Bowl commercials leaked before Sunday, I just want to say that I feel a huge measure of vindication. “Why?” you ask? Because of stories like this from Variety: Madison Avenue Hopes Super Bowl Ads Won’t Get Trumped by Politics Analysis: Big Game. Small […]
Blame Trump! Misguided Super Bowl 51 Commercials
Okay, so where am I? ** – More than a caption – see below I may or may not be at the Super Bowl witnessing the greatest comeback in the great Super Bowl ever played. Or I may have just attended the Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. No, I’m not a nominee, but […]
The Golden Age of Flying
My recent talk with Daniela the Flight Girl spurred my nostalgia about what flying was like back in the day. I remember those Mad Men episode with Don Draper was winging it to the coast with Roger Sterling with the suit coats still buttoned and stewardess with gloves on taking drink orders. Today is a little […]
Intolerable Sarcasm featuring Stupid Tourism Ads
Jeez, I didn’t know my sarcastic reaction to Emirates Airlines’ Hello Tomorrow advertising would ripple through Dubai all the way to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, aka the DPRK. First Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, [&
MGS CHAT: MISS USA 2010 RIMA FAKIH
A QUEEN SPEAKS OUT: One-on-one with former Miss USA Rima Fakih Article can also be read at ALO magazine story link These days, Rima Fakih has one rule for her life: Don’t put encumbrances on her. And who can blame her! The first Arab-American queen in the history of the Miss USA pageant was put under […]