Overheard Argument Against Universal Healthcare: Patients may be subjected to extremely long waits for treatment, especially if they are residents of the planet Formalhaut in the Piscis Austrinus constellation, which is 25 light years away from Earth

Quoting from this site:LONDON (Reuters) – Keeping a full social calendar may help protect you from dementia, researchers said on Monday.Socially active people who were not easily stressed had a 50 percent lower risk of developing dementia compa

I finally broke down and bought an iPod Nano.  Now I've entered the world of digital downloads.  I resisted for so long because I fancied myself as a quasi-luddite, who preached the virtues of the good 'ole vinyl album (and later th

<!-- Body --> SURREALestate.com, and organization that has proclaimed itself the official registrar of the collective unconscious is offering parcels of the

What's in a (Sur)name?I just watched an rerun episode of the old sitcom Leave it to Beaver (1957-63) on TV Land. The aquatic symbolism and Roman mythological references are obvious. Before we get to those, we have to set the foundation. The famil

Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Quoting from this site:(08-06) 13:28 PDT TORONTO, Canada (AP) --Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing

Quoting from Science Daily:Rapid Alzheimer's Improvement After New Immune-based TreatmentScienceDaily (July 21, 2008) — New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-bas

Quoting from Rueters:By John Whitesides, Political CorrespondentORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise

Quoting from Yahoo! News: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Christina Applegate, famed for playing ditzy daughter Kelly Bundy on TV comedy "Married ... With Children," is fighting breast cancer, but expected to make a full recovery, her

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Here's an unintentionally funny advertisement that appeared in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press last week.  The Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter restaurant has an interesting Valentine's menu.  The text in blue is my published blurb (February 5

How many times have you used your computer at work to shop for a last-minute gift online during business hours?  Have you sent personal e-mails to your friends, spouse, or others and thought that hitting the "Delete" key was sufficient

  SURREALestate.com has just launched a new, free service to enable you to form a virtual community for social networking. You are able to create a personal profile, similar to other social networking sit

Congrats to KFC for creating this questionable item of American cuisine.  At first, when I saw the commercial, I couldn't believe the list of constituents in this artery clogger.  It consists of:Mashed Potatoes smothered with gravyCorn

This is a circular from today's Sunday paper—an ad for Halloween costumes that a local chain store placed in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.  I must have dozed off when this holiday, primarily a chance for kids to go door to door begging f

This is one of my favorite movie scenes.  It's the sasquatch scene from Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. 

What's all this talk I've been hearing about "guerilla marketing," "guerilla entrepreneurs," and "guerilla filmmakers"? Don't get me wrong. I find it very inspiring to hear that largest of the anthropoid apes

Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present "Chocolate Rain,"  a quirky music video by a Univ. of Minnesota grad student, whose moniker is Tay Zonday. Enjoy  

Here's a really funny spec ad from Meredith Scardino and Dave Hill.  A must-watch.   

Global warming is a hot topic.  We’ve had warmer weather lately, and people are saying: “It’s global warming! It’s global warming!”  Some scientists say it’s due to El Niño, a weather system in the

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