Random: October 2008 Archives

What is it with advertisements these days? I was riding BART today, and the posters were just hitting me the wrong way. First there was the poster for either an upcoming horror movie or video game, featuring a hand missing a finger as well as a good-sized chunk of flesh. Close up it's also a fetching shade of green. Nauseated, I turned and saw this ad at the rear of the car:

Don't get me wrong; I love pomegranate juice, and have nothing against this particular brand. But this image does not exactly conjure up positive images of life, health and tasty antioxidant-laden fruits to me.

Is it because it's near Halloween? Is it the economy? Since when did everything become so morbid?

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. First season, baby!

• Pro-8/Anti-gay crew tries to blackmail donors to No on 8. This is in addition to all the untruthing they've been doing (claiming that churches are going to lose their tax-exempt status and schools are going to be required to teach students about gay marriage.) I guess I missed the part of the Bible where it said, "Thou shalt extort money from thy enemies and lie your ass off in the name of the Lord. Amen." (It's also kind of like telling a gamer, "Give me $10,000 or I'm going to tell all your friends that you collect D&D figurines!")
• John McCain's brother called 911 to complain about slow traffic. Then he cursed out the operator when it was pointed out that this was a poor use of the emergency number, because it's for, like, you know, emergencies.
• Sarah Palin doesn't know if bombing an abortion clinic really counts as terrorism.
  

Oh well. For some reason, looking at this photograph makes me feel better. (Guess who it is?)

Somebody was showing me a video on YouTube that kept talking about the "Millenials" which I gather are supposed to be Generation X's (my generation's) grandchildren or something? According to this link, they're born between 1980 and 1995 (or perhaps between 1978 and 2000), which sounds more like Generation Y to me, but whatever. What stood out to me most, though, was the complaints about this generation (they're coddled, they're spoiled, they've been told all their lives how special they are, they're hard to tell what to do, etc.) sound very familiar. Yeah, I think that's what Generation X was accused of back in the late 80s and early 90s...

Anyway, either they're a nightmare in the workplace or the greatest thing since sliced bread, about to unleash transformative magic upon our national/global landscape...

...or perhaps they're just young, and young people are like that. For a while. Then they get older and start complaining about Generation Turquoise or whatever silly trend names are going to be made up next... "Kids today. Back in my day we didn't have holographic messaging!"

Ward: Did you ever run across an employer whom you found you liked, personally? He responded, in a way? LG: There were a few employers, some from the smaller warehouses, who v/ere not difficult to deal with. For example, a man I always liked was Adrian Falk. Later on he became quite prominent in the Chamber of Commerce. Adrian Falk was in charge of the S&W warehouse; an interesting duck. I think he came from an old-time San Francisco family, probably among the initial groups who came out here. I never felt that he was fundamentally hostile to the union. I don't think he ever took the attitude that his only purpose in life was to see that we were gotten rid of. I discovered in talks with him that if you could put together something logical you had one listener. The big bulk of employers, it made no difference what you said, they just weren't interested. The only time they finally sat down and dealt was when they had to.

1. Pick the right blog with the right audience for your message.
2. Make sure you can actually speak the language you are trying to write in.
3. Try not to sound like a perverted dumbass.

This one fails on all counts.

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