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If there’s one thing I love, it’s email spam. When I say love, it’s really more like love/hate or maybe it’s just hate. In truth, it’s more like seething rage with a dollop of whipped cream.
While digging through my tortured souls bin (i.e. the spam folder), I found a few worthy of note […]

Found this ad on MySpace.
To me, a better question would be:
Do I really need to take a quiz on the internet to figure out if I’m fat?
or
Is a Flash ad on MySpace really the best way to determine my level of health?
or
Does Jesus hate me because I’m fat?
or
Should I blog about this?
or
Why am I looking […]

I seriously don’t believe what I saw during the commercial timeout of the Astros game. Let me set the scene:
Two little girls nervously walk into a room where their father is reading the paper. The girls say, “Dad, it’s time.” He puts down the paper looking a bit disheveled and his girls […]

I was sitting here watching the Rockets playoff game and on comes and ad for 94.5 The Buzz, KTBZ, Houston’s “alternative” rock station. Like any other Clear Channel joint, it’s a station I have long since abandoned as an option for my listening pleasure, but I was curious what bands they would show in […]

Are you freaking kidding me? And I thought the Nike “Revolution” ad was bad.
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This is an abomination and I blame the baby, but that’s me. I’m a cold hearted bastard like that.

Seriously? I get a LOT of spam because I have quite a few email addresses for different purposes. On average, I’d say I get 400-500 per day, some days closer to 1000. I get spam on this blog as well, mostly for prescription drugs. I get tons of those via email […]

I just saw a Wal-Mart ad where a mom said she had “no idea” they sold iPods at Wal-Mart and then said, “and the price was great.”
Really? Great?
Since Apple prices are the same no matter where you get them, the only thing you’ll get at Wal-Mart with your iPod is a huge pain in […]

On MySpace, I saw this ad for Classmates.com.

Now, either the girl on the left was WAY ahead of her time in terms of fashion, or someone needs to recheck his math. If the woman on the right is 60 and the picture on the left is her at 16, I’m no math professor, but […]

Really, they are a revolution…in breakfast food. Act now and get a free supply of flipping sticks!
(Honestly, was this written by the Simpsons writers?)

…than Christmastime commercials?
Oh, GOD, they are awful. Look at the pretty white couple exchanging Lexus SUV’s this holiday season while the winter snow falls gently on their well-manicured lawn. Sigh.
Or, how about the guy giving his wife the pendant from Zales or the family whispering about how “he went to Jared!” Seriously? […]