Confession: I like watching commercials. I always have. I don’t necessarily love the commercials (see yesterdays diatribe about Walmart and doorbells and add to it Columbia and their firetruck sirens), but they fascinate me. I…
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Share My Outrage: Using The Kinks’ ‘Father Christmas’ to Sell Stuff
You’re familiar with the song “Father Christmas” by The Kinks, yes? Of course you are. It’s a disturbing song about poor kids mugging someone with asking for money and a job for his dad. You…
Using the universe to exact my revenge
Around the turn of the century (I’ve decided to call the time period between 1999-2001 the turn of the century), I worked in customer service. The job was thankless but I met a bunch of…
The Onion hates the Free credit report dot com commercial
The Onion’s A.V. Club on hating the free credit report.com commercial. I still claim that song is the catchiest jingle in ages.
If you lived in my head this is what you would hear
Well I married my dreamgirl I married my dreamgirl But she didn’t tell me her credit was bad So now instead of living in a pleasant suburb We’re living in the basement at her mom…