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Not to mention, I’m vegan

Posted by steve in 13 Mar, 2010   

“You are the apple of my eye, not the one in my lunch. That’d be cannibalism.”
–From Old Spice’s Facebook page Web app, “My Perpetual Love”
Read all about it in this Seattle Times article.
Bonus quote from the article: ” … Wieden + Kennedy, the ad agency that’s been helping the Procter & Gamble-owned brand reach the [...]

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Misread (2)

Posted by steve in 12 Mar, 2010   

What I thought it said: Notice of Underpants Income

What it actually said: Notice of Underreported Income
What it was: A spam/phishing e-mail

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Misread (1)

Posted by steve in 12 Mar, 2010   

What I thought it said: Dark Side Support Manager
What it actually said: Deskside Support Manager
What it was: A job posting on Craigslist

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Full disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Posted by steve in 18 Oct, 2009   

Beginning Dec. 1, 2009, bloggers who write product reviews must disclose any connections to the manufacturer of the product, and whether they received free products or were paid by advertisers. You can read more about this in the New York Times article, Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure (published Oct. 5, 2009). You can [...]

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That’s an unusual reward; or – punctuation, please

Posted by steve in 15 Sep, 2009   

Either the Papua New Guinea police are offering an unusual reward for information as to the whereabouts of this guy, or ABC News should add some punctuation to this headline.
I would suggest one of the following:
Bananas-for-sex cult leader on the run; or
“Bananas for sex” cult leader on the run; or
Bananas for sex; cult leader on [...]

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Quotable by design

Posted by steve in 31 Aug, 2009   

Brought to you by Design Within Reach, 1200 NW Everett St., in Portland’s Pearl District:

The Portland DWR looks huge; the one in Seattle is tiny by comparison.

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Overheard (2)

Posted by steve in 27 Jun, 2009   

I like Arturo. And I like you guys. And Jimmy. And that’s it.
(Guy sitting outside the Ballard Tully’s, talking on his cell phone)
He hates everybody else on the planet.

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Passive Aggressive*

Posted by steve in 27 Mar, 2009   

Yahoo! Tech headline on March 27, 2009.
(*This post was previously titled “Subtlety.”)

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Overheard (1)

Posted by steve in 3 Feb, 2009   

Relax, observe and allow.
(Spoken by a 20- or 30-something guy talking on his cell phone. Overheard while I was strolling through Ballard on a warm, sunny, late winter/early spring day in February.)

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And speaking of the New York Times

Posted by steve in 31 Jul, 2008   

As pleased as I am with them for introducing me to John Lautner (see this post), I’m also annoyed with them today.
I saw this article/link on the NYT site: Stalked: A Decade on the Run. My first thought was, “Scary. Must be about some man who’s stalked a woman for ten years.”
Then I noticed that [...]

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