I just came across this photo of the winner of the 2012 World’s Ugliest Dog competition. His name is Mugly and he’s a Chinese crested from England. I was instantly — instantly — reminded of Hector Salamanca in the TV series “Breaking Bad.” What do you think? Here’s Hector, aka “Tio,” played by Mark Margolis: Continue reading Unlikely look-alikes
You already knew all this, right? This sort of thing goes on with every food ad you see. In fact, we should probably give McDonald’s some credit for using all real food in this case. It’s not uncommon to substitute non-food substances that will photograph better than real food. Continue reading Of course McDonald’s uses food stylist
885. That’s how many ads the Obama campaign has bought to run in the Denver area just this week. The Romney campaign has purchased 825 spots for the same period. And those numbers don’t include ads purchased by super PACs! But it could be worse. Denver is only 7th on the list. … and it’s … Continue reading Canada, anyone?
Call me cynical, but did Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk over Niagara Falls really warrant 3 hours of TV coverage? Wallenda needed the underwriting to pay for his long-dreamed-of stunt, and ABC needed some cheap programming, I guess. But three hours for … what was it … about a 15-minute stroll? And the guy wore a … Continue reading Niagara yawner
Max Page, the 7-year-old who charmed the world as little Darth Vader in Volkswagen’s famous Super Bowl commercial last year, is undergoing open heart surgery tomorrow to repair a congenital heart defect. VW’s ad agency, Deutsch, helped raise funds for Max’s surgery on its blog, where it also posted a letter from Max’s mom. In … Continue reading May The Force be with you, Max
It was reported an hour ago in the WordPress forums that the Adblock problem I wrote about in “Has WordPress been tinkering again?” has been fixed. And having just re-enabled Adblock, I can say the problem does indeed appear to have been fixed. Continue reading WordPress/Adblock problem fixed
