Gentle readers, I’ve looked at my last few posts recently. Please don’t think that this blog has degenerated to nothing but a site full of rants that don’t even belong on Speaker’s Corner. Personal writing has not been high on my to-do list lately. I am in the process of job interviews. To crib [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Here’s to interesting times
September 27, 2007
An ad that’s just plain stupid
September 27, 2007
There’s a recent TV ad that’s making me cringe. I don’t know the name, but it’s probably titled something like Taco Bell’s “Double the Beef” commercial. I can’t find it on youtube, but I’ll describe it:
It starts off with a black and white montage of people throwing the “V” sign in protest situations. (Think anti-war [...]
Ah yes, the inverse – Chicken Little Strategy
September 1, 2007
When you expect a transit rush on certain bus lines, you prepare more buses. Right? Not according to the Vancouver Transportation Authority. They will be having “more transit police available to handle the crowds, check their tickets, and get them onto the buses.”(1) I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again: these guys will not [...]
