posted 02-09-2001 12:03 AM               

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Walking to the "trendy" spot in Cincinnati from downtown cincy.

either that, or registering for this forum
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posted 02-09-2001 02:18 AM               

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Originally posted by babydoc:
either that, or registering for this forum
;-)

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Aw, don't worry about that -- we're friendly folk!

posted 03-02-2001 03:30 AM               

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I've been tapped to write for a publication called "Bravo," which will be a special section in the Mirror every few months. Our publisher, who signs my paychecks and is consequently the most talented visionary in the universe and a snappy dresser to boot, has said that he wants to create something that's "a cross between Cosmopolitan and Maxim."

I sure hope it doesn't wind up in this thread.

posted 03-02-2001 04:51 AM               

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Originally posted by Kevin Ott:
he wants to create something that's "a cross between Cosmopolitan and Maxim."

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So the cover story is about how men can find a babe that knows 750 ways to driver her man wild in bed? Or dare we hope the other way around? Either way, it's supposed to have scantily clad women all over it?

(That's one thing I don't get -- women's fashion magazines have lots of articles about sex, but they have lots of pictures of attractive women. Men's fashion magazines have . . . lots of articles about sex and lots of pictures of attractive women. What's wrong with this picture?)

posted 03-02-2001 03:09 PM               

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That's one thing I don't get -- women's fashion magazines have lots of articles about sex, but they have lots of pictures of attractive women.

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Because we love to hate ourselves. And rip on other women. It's an interesting paradox, which doesn't really belong on this thread.

Kevin, good luck. You'll need it.

posted 04-04-2001 01:24 AM               

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Keeping in mind that I come from an all-male high school that had the poor fortunte to name its high school paper The Flame, to keep with its Holy Ghost/Spirit motif:

I gotta wonder what Michael Flatley, of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance fame, was thinking when he named his latest extravaganza Feet of Flames. I make no value judgments here, but it just seems that the tough-guy image Flatley likes to projects is, well, somewhat at odds with that title and those costumes. Clearly, this man needs someone to buy him a sense of restraint.

posted 04-14-2001 04:57 AM               

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NBC has clearly decided that First Years only seemed like a good idea at the time. Of course, I'm starting to think that's a guarantee that the idea in question is, in fact, not good. I'm chalking West Wing up as a fluke.

Also, Yahoo! recently did one of the quickest about-faces on record in first choosing to allow merchants to sell pornographic/adult merchandise and then reversing the decision after a day or two of protest.

And I'm still trying to figure out what the heck was up with that Pepsi Britney Spears/ Bob Dole thing. That's just wrong on so many levels.

posted 05-15-2001 09:33 PM               

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Two candidates:

* Emeril Legasse as a sitcom star. I can only assume no one at NBC has ever watched his show, or a screen test. Either that or the entire script consists of the word "Bam!"

* The season finale of Dark Angel, in which Jessica Alba's "feline DNA" causes her to "go into heat" and make out with anything that moves. (I think this is on as I type, but I respect my own intelligence too much to find out.) The print ad has cat eyes superimposed over Alba's breasts. I kid you not. Look, if you want to turn Jessica Alba into a nymphomaniac for an hour as a plot point, fine, but please come up with a better excuse than feline DNA.

posted 05-30-2001 05:35 PM               

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FYI, Entertainment Weekly selected the new Emeril show as one of the fall's sure-fire bombs. This ain't gonna be pretty. I'm thinking someone at NBC just must be playing a huge practical joke on him. That is the only way a show like that sold.

Perhaps we should start a corollary to this thread "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time and Cost a Crap Load of Money to Boot" in honor of Pearl Harbor.

Think this flick makes back its cost and its marketing expenses? I think not!

posted 06-12-2001 09:37 PM               

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Well, don't forget, there's overseas, plus rentals, etc., etc. . . . but it doesn't look like it's gonna be the monster hit they may have been hoping for. Hurrah.

Speaking of movies, we should probably put 20th Century Fox's decision to trade the licensing rights to Star Wars to Lucas in exchange for a slight discount on his directing salary in the Hall of Fame somewhere.

posted 12-27-2001 03:47 PM               

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Sort of reminds me of that "Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster sell rights to Superman For Buffet Lunch" headline at Comic Book Resources.

If they only had a deal to get paid everytime that Five For Fighting song played they'd be twice as rich as Lucas anyway.

posted 01-30-2002 03:24 PM               

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Locking in the naming rights of your new stadium to a well-known energy-trading firm for the next 30 years!

At this point, I'm wondering if naming the stadium after OJ Simpson would have been a better choice, pr-wise!

posted 01-30-2002 11:55 PM               

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Stop all calls, please, I think we have a winner. I was reading on ESPN.com that it will probably take a year from whenever they get out of that contract to remove all the Enron insignias from that field.

(Here's what I love -- despite the bankruptcy, Enron is apparently paid up with the Astros until August. As Jon Stewart said to Ron Insana the other night: 'What the huh?')

posted 08-11-2002 10:59 PM               

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Originally posted by Dave Thomer:
Unless some kind of 24 hour reality TV show when-will-she-have-another-breakdown concept is at the heart of this . . .

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Little did I know E! had run with this as the high concept for The Anna Nicole Show. I wish I had a tape of Jon Stewart ripping into that one.

posted 08-12-2002 08:49 AM            

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I suppose it's totally off topic now, but this is what I get for taking a break and then trying to reply to an entire thread at once.

The Euro is already in effect. Thank you.

(Italy was using both the Euro and the lira when I was there for the 00-01 new year. Everything had two prices, and even lotteries were offering pay-outs in Euros. The lira was to be faded out shortly after. I am not sure, but I believe it is no longer a valid currency - which keeps tourists from being confused when a newspaper costs 4,000L)

posted 08-12-2002 11:29 AM               

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Originally posted by Brian Thomer:
Although it's just been released, I have a feeling Pepsi's Blue soda will soon enter this category; following such other attempts as New Coke, Clear Pepsi, and Pepsi Kona. It just remains to be see which will go first, this or Vanilla Coke.

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I hear that the Vanilla Coke is actually a hit - even bigger than lemon. Not being a soda drinker, all these wierd varieties seem pretty yucky to me but what do I know, I drink selter.

posted 08-12-2002 04:34 PM            

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Originally posted by Pattie Gillett:
I hear that the Vanilla Coke is actually a hit - even bigger than lemon. Not being a soda drinker, all these wierd varieties seem pretty yucky to me but what do I know, I drink selter.

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Ugh! The lemons! Thanks for reminding me! God, those things are crap in a can. And if you think regular crap tastes bad wait til you try diet crap in a can. Yuck!

posted 08-25-2002 02:59 PM            

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Originally posted by Dave Thomer:
By the way, is the blue Pepsi thing supposed to have some kind of blue related flavor, or just a funky color?

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Yes, it's supposed to be "berry infused" although it tastes more like blue cotton candy... well the faint taste that there is tastes that way. WaWa sells a generic brand of the same flavor soda that has more flavor than the Pepsi version. Although the Soda Pop version came out first, so I guess that makes the Pepsi version the generic one...

posted 08-25-2002 03:22 PM               

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Originally posted by Amy Rizzo:
Don't you think that something so artificial as soda shouldn't even try to get into fruit flavors?

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I would, but then the precedent is there since lemons and limes are fruit and Seven-up has been around for ever.

posted 09-12-2002 08:18 PM            

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First off, I would have to say that Vanilla Coke will be around much longer than Pepsi Blue. This is based on the fact that I work in a 'cafe' that sells Vanilla Coke and we have to order at least one case of the 20 oz. bottles like, every week or we would have complaints...people don't even talk about Pepsi Blue anymore...I think once everyone tastes it, they will realize how horrible it is and never buy it again...

Second...yes, I do believe weird looks would be headed in your direction if you were to purchse that thing (did I see the Ford logo on the steering wheel?). What a strange creation...though its selling price wasn't all too discustingly high...I wonder if the person who bought it will ever drive it around...

posted 09-12-2002 08:26 PM            

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Yeah, I forgot some stuff....
What was this "New Coke," when did it come out and how heavy of a coma was I in at the time that I have no idea what it is???

Lemon Coke/Pepsi....eewh...I think that the only people that like this are diet cola drinkers that actually like it when they put the lemon on the side of the glass (which I think is just a way to tell the difference between regular and diet). I don't think the Lemon Cola is as popular as Vanilla Coke...but who am I to say which is better, I don't drink soda, and when I do its Mountain Dew (just to keep me awake for my drive home from Brians), it usually does the job (keeping me energized during the ride as apposed to the rest of the night starting from the second I get in bed) and it tastes yummy!