{ 2008 11 11 }
It’s Been One Week
- Media - Having finished negotiating Monday night’s DVR load just moments ago, I’m nostalgic for the days when printers were dot-matrix, portable music involved cassettes, and TV was single-minded. First, Gossip Girl followed in the footsteps of 90210’s Peach Pit After Dark by hawking its own music. Then, I was subjected to Heroes‘ innumerable injunctions to join its infinitely expansive Web 2.0 universe.
At least Two and a Half Men still holds to a traditional paradigm: Duckie and his underachieving spawn live with Charlie Sheen, who basically plays himself; hilarity ensues - rife with dick and fart jokes. Then again, even Chuck Lorre reproduces his custom-made vanity cards online. At least he doesn’t advertise that feature.
- Nomenclature - We should all take a moment to thank our Native American friends for giving Wisconsin such an amusing map to read aloud. Sure, Wisconsin Dells and Green Bay have vanilla names, but you can’t beat Kenosha, Sheboygan, or Menominee when it comes to tasty titles.
In related news, I have a complaint to register regarding lyrical names. Now, understand that what I’m saying has nothing to do with race. For every JaMarcus or DeShean playing professional sports, there’s another, paler kid receiving a name like Apple or Sunshine. For FSM’s sake, the world’s awash with Britneys and Dylans between the ages of 8 and 17. Nonetheless, every time I hear an announcer call the name of Patriot’s running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, I wonder what the odds are that this man leased his personal naming rights to some little-known accounting or law firm.
- Disclosure - In an effort to stop the iPhone bleeding, Verizon is pumping the Blackberry Storm like a Homecoming Queen who’s had half a bottle of Schnapps. As much as they want to tell you how great the Storm will be, though, they’re apparently keeping its price rather close to the vest. Methinks that means it’s going to be pricey.
Mr. Burnz | 11-Nov-08 at 2:58 pm | Permalink
I would agree that it would be pricey, however, this may be Verizon getting smarter.
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/11/blackberry_stor_1.html
burnham | 18-Nov-08 at 10:38 pm | Permalink
We have several of those dot matrix printers hooked up to old equipment in the bio department. I too am nostalgic for them until they fail in the same nostalgic ways. Faint printing, printing everything on one line.