On this page the following entries were made in the “September, 2008” time-frame.
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Funny Ads
These ads are so bad, they probably had the opposite effect on the consumer than what the advertisers had intended.
Some are old, some are new. Apparently, bad advertising and uninspired copy writing are timeless.
1. Sausage
This should be enough to turn anyone into a vegetarian, and certainly would NOT make me (a non-vegetarian) buy this particular sausage.
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Saw “Burn After Reading”. Non-Botoxed Actresses. Awesome.
Tilda Swinton, age 48, Wikimedia Commons
We saw the movie Burn After Reading last week. We loved it. I’ll spare you the full review (there’s a good one here), but I did have a couple of thoughts on the movie that I wanted to share with you.
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Update: Meningitis Scare Over. Little B Is Home.
Suzie’s account of what her family has been through is terrible and heartbreaking:
“When I took him to the hospital he was non-responsive he screamed in pain when touched and I grabbed him and ran through the streets covered in a blanket with no shoes and tried to grab a cab. He couldn’t turn his head the light from the TV hurt and he couldn’t open his eyes. His breathing became labored the driver shouted at me to run with him which I did.”
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Hospitalized with Meningitis
My friend Suzie’s son has been hospitalized with Meningitis.
If you can spare a minute, it would mean the world to her - to me - if you could visit her blog and say something, anything, just so she knows that people are thinking about him, and caring, and praying.
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A Weekend In Napa
We loved our weekend in Napa Valley, California.
The vineyards are gorgeous.
Wine tastings at the wineries are FUN.
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Hate Mail: Apparently, I’m a Bad Mom
An anonymous reader recently informed me, via email, that I’m a bad mom.
She said: “You say you are a mommy blogger, but you never write about your kids. Other mommy bloggers write about their kids and show them off. You write as if you’re single. It’s hard to believe you have kids at all. Do you ever think about them or is your pretty head so filled with fashion and other stupid thoughts that you don’t even notice your children?”
Um. OK let me see. Where do I start?
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Correct Your Nose Without Operation!
Source: The Toronto Daily Star, April 22, 1916. Image credit: jbcurio
The text of this 1916 ad says:
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Women’s Magazines: Why You Should Stop Reading Them
I stopped reading women’s magazines because I just can’t handle this type of content anymore:
1. They publish ads and fashion spreads featuring super-thin, airbrushed-to-perfection young models. Women of all ages feel inadequate when they compare themselves to these unrealistic images.
Image credit: merci
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Quirky, Yet Boring
Sandier Pastures tagged me for this meme. I’m supposed to link back to her (done!), list six things about me that are quirky yet boring, and tag six other bloggers.
Quirky Doll Photo credit: betsyjean79
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