Archive for August, 2009

The air is sweet, the flowers are in bloom … and we’re talking to ourselves

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Image credit: sxc.hu While searching for a rather repetitively aired commercial on which I’d long meant to comment*, I found something much more interesting instead:

Giving it a shot: So … What are we waiting for?

*I was originally looking for the piece that starts with the dialogue (or monologue, I guess): “Bicycle, what are we waiting for …” but I could not find it in video form, even though it’s an incredibly frequent CNN commercial. In either case, I find it very tough to imagine the focus group that resulted in Zyrtec brand managers deciding to run ads in which women talk to nonverbal objects/entities (here’s another example). Perhaps the waiting area outside of the conference area was filled with hallucinogens on that fateful day.

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Baltimore police: Bicyclist was at fault

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Image credit: sxc.hu

Image credit: sxc.hu

The tanker truck that became entangled with John Yates’ bicycle in the city’s Station North district was too heavy for the driver to know of Yates’ presence, according to Baltimore police.

The accident killed Yates, a 67-year-old Charles Village resident.

Read the full story here

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At the request of a commenter…

Sunday, August 16th, 2009


View Running meetup spot in a larger map

This was a good suggestion. Thanks to Richard for the comment.

Now I just need to manage to show up. I’ve missed it the last two weeks.

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