NBC’s “2008 Olympics/Mummy 3″ Cross-Promotion Is Appalling

Last night, NBC premiered a two-and-a-half minute cross-promotion aligning their Universal Studios’ upcoming release of “Mummy 3″ with their coverage of the 2008 Olympics in China.
Click here to watch the commercial.
I expect that there will be a backlash from the media and sports communities, as this TV commercial is insulting to Olympic athletes and viewers [...]

Your Telephone Procedures: They Are Incorrect

I loath when people do following:
*my cell phone rings*
Me: Hello?
Idiot: Who’s this?
Me: You called me. Who is this?
Idiot: *click*
If you are one of these idiots, you need to revise your procedures.
When telephoning someone, it is imperative that you identify yourself at the very beginning of the conversation. You may then choose to name the party [...]

MTA Fare Hike: Even Trains Depressed

Around midnight, I was waiting for an A train at 145th St., when I saw something that made me sad. Well, I’m kind of always sad, but this made me a little sadder. I saw this poor little train sitting in the station, crying. Just sitting there, bawling its poor little train eyes out.

Little Known [...]

Grand Theft: Intellectual Property

Foreword: Please place your comment/advice hats on your heads. Thank you in advance.
Possible Scenario:
A well-known company has run out of ideas for marketing their new product line. This company posts a job listing seeking a Marketing Professional to develop and implement fresh marketing initiatives to raise awareness of their new product line among their [...]

Holy Hangover, Batman!

I was in a particularly foul mood this morning for my subway commute as I had a scorching hangover. Certainly, I was in no mood for the overzealous subway preacher than entered my car and began to scream about some nonsense regarding how he used to be a crackhead and the lord saved his life, [...]

Class Distinction

Sunday afternoon, I went to the deli to grab some Gatorade. I was in a wicked bad mood after having just received a phone call informing me that I had been fired from my job because of this blog. There was a guy behind me in line at the deli who was dressed in all [...]

I’m Fired.

It is official. I have been fired from a great job because of this blog.
I have been working for a nameless worldwide intelligence and investigation firm for the past couple weeks. They specialize in white-collar crime intelligence/investigation and business security. If I told you who they were, I’d have to kill you.
12:00p, Friday:
I checked [...]

Fun with the DMA

By now, you should be aware of my deep seeded loathing of Patricia Kachura, the societal cancer that works for the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).
Since her job is to justify sending people millions upon millions of unsolicited advertisements and phone calls every day, I figured she would be happy to receive an unsolicited phone call [...]

Blowing of the Whistle

I want to draw more attention to a post I wrote a while ago. Read the link if you haven’t already.
The DMA are a horrible organization that decrease the quality of life worldwide on many levels. Basically, they are solely responsible for every type of junk mail on the planet. Spam and mailbox and [...]

Nancy-Boy Media

I read an article on the Consumerist a few minutes ago that has my blood boiling.
In a recent story, The Washington Post addressed concerns regarding the Direct Marketing Association from an environmental angle. The DMA is responsible for unsolicited advertising such as telemarketing and junk mail. Basically The WP was asking the DMA if the [...]

Natural Selection

This is an excerpt from a story that was in the news today. Some people are really fucking stupid:
“Officials say that 6-foot-3, 240-pound Mark Stetson (pictured on right) Monday afternoon became embroiled in a heated religious debate with another man at a small strip mall near the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. Stetson, who [...]

Dear Malaysia: Are you retarded?

Below is an excerpt from an article that ran on Reuters yesterday. This is fucking asinine:
BANGI, Malaysia (Reuters) – As Malaysia prepares to pick its first astronaut, the country’s space agency is hunting for solutions to the problems it expects devout Muslims to face while in orbit, such as in which direction to pray.One of [...]

Me -vs. Record Label

I cannot remember the last time that I bought a CD either in a store, online or anywhere. This is particularly shameful because I work in the entertainment marketing industry, often for major record labels. More importantly, my girlfriend is a top-priority major label recording artist. No, I’m not telling.
This epiphany hit me recently and [...]