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TV ads as gloombusters

TV ads as gloombusters

Oh, swell. Another cloudy, foggy, soul-crushing bucket of gloom is being served up by the weather gods. So, here. Yes, it’s an Apple ad. The company has a tradition of sweet ads at Christmas. Here’s last year’s. Sainsbury’s, the UK chocolate company, has released this Christmas ad, reaching back 100 years for inspiration. John Lewis,…
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Returning soldier surprises

Returning soldier surprises

It was an awful game for fans of the Cleveland Browns yesterday afternoon. But a returning-soldier promotion picked things up a bit.
by Bob Collins

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Gunman takes hostages. People take selfies

If the assassination of President Kennedy happened today, the Zapruder film would show people taking selfies. What is it with people? Terrorism and tourism are going hand in hand. Buzzfeed today notes that in Sydney, the scene outside the cafe where a gunman is holding an undetermined number of people, is almost as ugly as…
by Bob Collins

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South Dakota nixes ‘don’t-jerk-and-drive’ campaign

South Dakota nixes ‘don’t-jerk-and-drive’ campaign

We welcome the South Dakota intentional masturbation double entendre to a permanent place in the Museum of Marketing Campaigns That Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time.
by Bob Collins

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Why are low oil prices a bad thing?

Why are low oil prices a bad thing?

What kind of weird economy do we have when we have to start rooting for higher oil prices?
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84-game losing streak ends for girls basketball team

84-game losing streak ends for girls basketball team

Climax-Fisher beat Bagley in double overtime and doing so with just three players on the floor.
by Bob Collins

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A concert for Sophie

A concert for Sophie

Sophie Fellows, 9, was playing in a holiday concert in Vermont last week when she suddenly was overcome by a headache. She couldn't finish the performance. Sophie is in love with music and, in particular, the violin. And her friends and music teacher are in love with her.
by Bob Collins

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Where men don’t work

Where men don’t work

But 44 percent of the men in the survey said there were jobs in their area, but they're not willing to take them.
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In a study of idiocy, men rule

In the event there was still any doubt, a couple of researchers today say they've got proof men are stupider than women.
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