Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

How about those Patriots!... Back in April of 2016 I wrote, "If I had an advertising agency - I would run a series of 'not people - real actors" commercials." It looks like Geico stole the idea with their "Not people. Actors" commercial... They say founders of social media tech companies don't let their own kids use the products they've built because they know social media is bad for them. This is like back in the day when music executives wouldn't let their kids listen to Rod Stewart for the same reason... A self-driving motorcycle sounds pretty cool but in practice isn't the whole appeal of a motorcycle the freedom gained from "driving" it?... Interesting - more people lived on Manhattan in 1910 than in 2010...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Is it bad that when I heard of the passing of Ed Koch my first thought was that Abe Vigoda had outlived another one... The Geico commercial with the pretty girl interested in going parking with the baby pig is perhaps the most disturbing thing on TV. But as a silver lining at least she wasn't parking with the Geico caveman... Wow - NYC Mayor Ed Koch put Daniel Pearl's last words on his gravestone... Loved the premiere episode of The Americans but I kept confusing Matthew Rhys with James McAvoy who played Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class... This was one of the funniest moments from 30 Rock... The Red Sox picking Ryan Kalish over Josh Reddick isn't exactly like picking Tim Naehring over Jeff Bagwell but it isn't good either... Stop it evolution - you're embarrassing yourself...