Today’s Links

I spend a fair amount of time scavenging the Internet for news, informative stuff, and so on. I know posting a smattering of links is nothing innovative, but I thought I would nevertheless post a few now and again. So here goes nothing…
The Israeli Defense Forces realize they have a major PR problem. In an, [...]

All Jingled Out

I was at Trader Joe’s today, the place where i do pretty much all of my grocery shopping. I know Trader Joe’s employees are pretty passionate about groceries, but what I didn’t know is that they (or the management) are apparently also fans of the most grotesque kind of kitsch Christmas music possible. Now I’ve [...]

Ad Overkill

Wow. Today’s Arts section of the New York Times has a 9 page ad in it for the new Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet outing, Revolutionary Road. That’s right, 9 pages.
Sure, the movie has an awful name and sounds really boring, but is that what it takes to get people to go to the movies these days? [...]