Zombies rule
I wish I had an Xbox 360. And Dead Rising.
Alternatively, I wish I’d never gone to my cousin Mike’s and played Dead Rising, because now I know what I’m missing.
—09/28/06
Yaz
Does anyone else find themselves thinking of a certain baseball player while watching that ad for “Yaz”? (I’d link to it on YouTube, but the only full version up there has been edited and vandalized.) If you think of him instead of the med whenever they say the word, the ad becomes hilarious.
Even with the name of the medication aside, the ad is still funny. Clearly that woman has trouble leaving her work at the office.
—09/21/06
If you are Vin Diesel, yell really loud
Again, apologies for my extended absence. My only consolation is that everyone else in my Sphere of Influence over there seems to be busy too.
Rest assured I’m hard at work on That Thing I Can’t Talk About Yet.
In the meantime, enjoy one of my favorite websites: funny emergency signs.
—09/20/06
He-Man (2002) action figure
NOTE: Originally published under the name “Poe Ghostal” on OAFE on 8/5/02.
He-Man and the Heroic Masters of the Universe must save Eternia from the clutches of the sinister Skeletor and his Evil Horde…
A headstrong teenager with a nose for trouble stumbles upon an ancient stone castle deep in the Eternia Forest. There he meets a beautiful sorceress who gives him a magical weapon, the Power Sword, and tells him that only he can save Eternia from the Evil Skeletor. By raising the sword above his head, he transforms into He-Man, the Most Powerful Man in the Universe! Together with his heroic companions, the Masters of the Universe, He-Man takes on Skeletor and the Evil Horde in the battle for all Eternia!
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—09/13/06
Wolverine (brown costume)
NOTE: Originally published under the name “Poe Ghostal” on OAFE on 10/5/04.
I can trace my awareness of the X-Men comics—and by extension, the mutant superhero called Wolverine—to its original source: an advertisement in the back of a comic book. The ad featured a “cool” kid—you knew he was cool because he was wearing a denim jacket and sunglasses—holding some X-Men trading cards, I believe. Far more effective than the kid himself was the tagline above him: “It’s a good bet the kid’s favorite MUTANTS ain’t TURTLES.”
Now, at the time, I was a hardcore acolyte of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fad. However, I was also dimly aware that the Turtles—with their cartoony, anthropomorphic toy line and surfer-lite catchphrases—were perhaps targeted toward an audience that was a bit younger than I was at the time.
Thus, this sunglasses-wearing kid threatened me. The ad tapped the core of my adolescent insecurity—dear God, was I worshipping the wrong mutants? While I would say advertisements have never worked particularly well on me (the only thing ads have ever done for me is made me aware of when things I might want, such as new action figures or films, will be available), this one, I have to admit, succeeded in spectacular fashion.
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—09/06/06
Wake me up when September ends
I’ll be going a little light on entries this month. Fear not—there’s a very good reason for this, which will be revealed when the time comes. In the meantime, I’ll be recycling some old content, including transferring some of my more memoir-heavy reviews from OAFE, and maybe some other old stuff I can dig up.
By now I’m sure everyone’s heard about Steve Irwin. Very sad, and a tough way to go. The man was brave and maybe a little crazy, but he did a lot for wildlife education and conservation and he will be missed. I offer my heartfelt condolences to his wife and children.
—09/05/06