This morning I was putting away some goods I bought this past weekend during a suburban shopping trip with the wife. As I was de-tagging and de-stickering a pair of Gap jeans, I noticed that sewn inside was another tag marked “DON”T SHOP AT GAP ANYMORE”. Actually, the tag was labeled “REMOVE BEFORE WASHING OR [...]
Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
So it’s a big deal, then?
June 21st, 2006
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I get that landing the first post-baby interview with Angelina Jolie is a big deal in TV “news” land. And promoting the inteview certainly makes sense: But Jesus has CNN gone overboard on this. They”ve been running little teaser clips all through the day since at least last Thursday promoting Anderson Cooper”s big catch (Larry [...]
A Tiger we don’t need
June 13th, 2006
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I”m not one to discourage people from being fans of LSU. Quite the contrary. In fact, I”m still hoping some young lady comes along who can do for LSU what Ashley Judd did for Kentucky: Yum. Anyway, I was more than a little upset to see today”s “K-Fed holds Britney”s baby!” picture making the rounds: [...]
Deep
June 4th, 2006
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I saw a personalized license plate yesterday that has to be the deepest bit of thought I”ve ever seen on a car tag: I2WEPT I, too, wept? Man, that”s some heft to give a maximum of seven characters on a plate. There was no other adornment on the vehicle that might offer hints to the [...]
Freak the baby names
May 15th, 2006
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Loyal readers of The Wisdom know I”m a fan of the annual list of popular baby names put out by the feds. The new list is out, but this year I”m feeling unfulfilled. Why? There”s no Freak Factor in this data. If you”ve read Freakonomics, you”ll no doubt remember the analysis about education, income and [...]
The case against TiVo
March 12th, 2006
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I get a lot of odd – sometimes angry – looks from friends when I say “I”m not a fan of TiVo”. For loyal TiVo users, it seems ridiculous to suggest that the product is anything less than fantastic. And if you”ve never experienced the magic that is DVR TV, TiVo is a mind-bending product. [...]
Come fall in love with Louisiana all over again
March 7th, 2006
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The state of Louisiana has launched a new ad campaign to promote tourism in the post-Katrina world. Unfortunately, the state has no money (well, they have $7 million, which is essentially no money in advertising terms) to really market New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana right now, so The Wisdom is pitching in by [...]
Just another buyout
March 5th, 2006
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Could the buyout of BellSouth by AT&T be more convoluted? Consider: – AT&T is really SBC, which used to be Southwestern Bell. BellSouth used to be Southern Bell, and Southern Bell, Southwestern Bell and a bunch of other local telcos SBC owns were originally part of AT&T, back when AT&T was actually a company. – [...]
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices – The Big Point Missed
February 18th, 2006
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The wife and I just watched WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Prices, the much-acclaimed documentary about everybody”s favorite corporate bully. What a supreme waste of an opportunity. Heavy on emotion, light on facts and completely devoid of analysis, the film surely painted Wal-Mart as a bad player – and it is. The company uses [...]
The state of bigotry
February 17th, 2006
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Judging from my conversation with a good-ole-boy exterminator today, Georgia rednecks have mostly adjusted to using the word “blacks” – rather than their former chosen derogatory term – when talking about “all the blacks around here” with a complete stranger. However, they still don”t seem to have a problem using Asian slurs – such as [...]
