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Exclusive Pic: Khloe Kardashian Loves Her Body {Popeater}
Oct 8th 2009 10:30AM For those of you bashing the K girls for not having any intelligence--
Two out of three (2 of 3) of them are college graduates. How many of YOU posting here have a college degree?
After you have put in 4 years at a bona-fide state university (as they did) you will be qualified to comment.
Hit the mute! Why TV commercials are so loud, and how that may change {Daily Finance}
Oct 8th 2009 9:43AM Dang right--men ARE being portrayed as bumbling idiots on the commericals. You'll see a well-dresed, attractive, assertive woman come home to "hubby" and correct him, condescendingly, about something he has done "wrong". The poor guy is either some balding geeky nerd with glasses or an overweight sluggish dolt. The ads are very deprecating to men (and I'm a woman).
Our government shouldn't have to take action against commercials and volume: the stations should police these, themselves. The volume turns off the viewer. And when someone shouts at me I am LESS likely to listen.
When we travel to Europe we notice the TV advertisements are spoken in soft, soothing tones--lulling the viewer into listening to the sales pitch. More effective technique that American advertising hasn't yet figured out
Hit the mute! Why TV commercials are so loud, and how that may change {Daily Finance}
Oct 8th 2009 9:40AM Dang right--men ARE being portrayed as bumbling idiots on the commericals. You'll see a well-dresed, attractive, assertive woman come home to "hubby" and correct him, condescendingly, about something he has done "wrong". The poor guy is either some balding geeky nerd with glasses or an overweight sluggish dolt. The ads are very deprecating to men (and I'm a woman).
Our government shouldn't have to take action against commercials and volume: the stations should police these, themselves. The volume turns off the viewer. And when someone shouts at me I am LESS likely to listen.
When we travel to Europe we notice the TV advertisements are spoken in soft, soothing tones--lulling the viewer into listening to the sales pitch. More effective technique that American advertising hasn't yet figured out.
Home slump hits home decor trends {WalletPop}
Feb 3rd 2009 8:48PM A living room CAN be functional if it is built with a purpose. A few years ago we designed our new house and the savvy architect told us to always give a room more than one purpose. He also advised us to make the living room small, and add a small fireplace to it. "Just enough room for a couple of leather recliners", he told us, "and a side table, a reading lamp, and a bookshelf."
Our "living room" therefore became a small library/reading area; really cozy on chilly winter nights, and a wonderful retreat (with a cool beverage) on hot summer days.
It's not the size, it's what you do with it!
Starbucks to cut back on decaf {WalletPop}
Jan 31st 2009 9:20AM Stupid move--DECAF is supposed to be chosen AFTER 2 PM, so that the afternoon/evening coffee doesn't interfere with sleep!
I live in Sarasota, Florida, and over the half the population here is geezers. Guess where they go in the afternoon and evening to get their coffee? Sbux. Guess what they order? Decaf.
The geezers are fickle, though, and now they will head over to Panera to get theri afternoon JOLT of DECAF java. Plus, the PASTRIES at PANERA are BETTER.
Save on Wifi, Starbucks to debut "free" wifi on Tuesday {WalletPop}
Jun 3rd 2008 9:05AM If Starbucks designed their stores here in the USA the same as those in other coutnries, they would have a bigger audience. You are really paying for the Sbux "experience" while in the store, and it doesn't deliver, not like it used to...
The Lima, Peru Sbux is in a glass-walled setting with plush sofas and chairs in a huge room built into a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean. The Mexico City Sbux also has plush sofas and chairs, as well as a separate (quiet) area designed for Private (read: romantic) conversations, and it also has outdoor seating uder large, shady trees. The Paris (Sorbonne) Sbux is downstairs take-out, but upstairs is dark, soothing, with mood-lighting and Scan-design chairs and wrought iron balconies overlooking the avenue and park.
Give me that kind of ambiance--as opposed to a Dumbkin Donuts drive-thru--and I'll be a happier customer.
BTW, Sbux USED to have checker tabbles and board games. They got rid of those, and anything else that encourages the customer to sit back and enjoy. Now they have hard chairs and teeny tables.
Japan questions Crocs' safety {BloggingStocks}
Apr 22nd 2008 8:00AM Quoting the author of the post..."the Elevator/Escalator Safety Foundation (I can't believe that even exists) on public education initiatives...."
Yes, the E/ESF DOES exist and you may not be old enough to understand why: in the early 1960's there were many, many accidents involving escalators--limbs being caught and crushed--and it took a safety initiative (hence the E/ESF) to redesign escalators so they were not such a potential threat to the user.
TSA can't believe MacBook Air is a real laptop, causes owner to miss flight {Engadget}
Mar 11th 2008 12:09PM This has me worried--how is the TSA going to handle my Asus Eee (practically the size of a small paperback novel!) when I travel next month?
Are they going to pull me out of line and interrogate me and claim that my Asus Eee is too small and too light (at less than 2 pounds) to be a "real" computer? Are they going to question the fact that it has no DVD/Cd slot--although it does have a slot for a memory card and 2 ports? Are they going to harrass me because it runs on Linux OS?
Gosh, what next....
Would you sterilize your teenage daughter? {ParentDish}
Feb 22nd 2008 1:27PM Let's consider the idea of TEMPORARILY STERILIZING THE BOYS.
It's a lot cheaper and more easily "undone". And if a teen boy wants to opt out of having temporary sterilization, make him--or his parents--post a "security bond" in case he makes a girl preganant. That way the "security bond" can be used child support.
Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 13th 2008 8:40PM That's a really slick looking unit!
