Archive for “Media and Advertising”

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Be Kind To Your Behind

Posted June 15th, 2010 by MomGrind

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Like many other publishers, I have a love-hate relationship with Adsense. I love the easy money, but hate the minimal control I have over the ads that are displayed on my site.

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Patrick Swayze Can Finally Rest in Peace

Posted September 14th, 2009 by MomGrind

210247289_a06a2724cd_mPatrick Swayze died today.

I couldn’t stand the way tabloids and magazines showed photos of him over the last few months. Recent photos of the sick Patrick Swayze, battling pancreatic cancer, sunken faced and hollow eyed. Next to them, photos from his Dirty Dancing days, young and strong and vibrant and on top of the world.

Every time I stood at the supermarket checkout line, I would turn away from those photos, and wish that the media would JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE. But they didn’t, just like they didn’t leave Farrah Fawcett alone, just like they wouldn’t leave any of them alone.

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Psychology of Advertising

Posted March 11th, 2009 by MomGrind

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“Why does she spend the evenings alone? She keeps her home immaculate, looks as pretty as she can, and really loves her husband, BUT she neglects that one essential… personal feminine hygiene. Wives often lose the precious air of romance, doctors say, for lack of the intimate daintiness dependent on effective douching. The proved efficiency of Lysol … restores every woman’s confidence in her power to please.”

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