Category: From the Mind of Brian

  • Spammed with Spam

    I was spammed today, using Spam. Since Spam filtering is currently disabled in Excite Inbox (probably due to their 3.0 beta test), I was greeted with this spam … a picture of Spam e-mailed to me. Subtle humor and annoyance, all rolled into one. Thank goodness this didn’t come by standard mail.

  • Up, Up and Away

    Tuesday, August 21. 9:22 PM EST Pecan Delight or Ruffles? After completing what was advertised as a “turkey sandwich”, I contemplate the remainder of my in-flight snack. The Ruffles contain a modest 3% of my federally mandated sodium for the day. However the Pecan Delight mingles chocolate with the subtle flavors of partially hydrogenated cottonseed…

  • No, not Uma Thurmond!

    What has happened to the south? Can Dixie exist without Jesse Helms & Strom Thurmond? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,32625,00.html

  • Ad Nausea

    When did marketing totally loose touch with reality? Wasn’t the idea of marketing to create a need or desire for a product? I see a lot of companies putting out silly ads that don’t persuade me to purchase their goods and services. All they end up doing is pissing me off. Here is the latest…