March 11, 2009
The Name Inspector has recently learned about Lard Butt , a new athletic apparel company based here in Seattle. This is a great example of naming done right. First, there are the positive associations of lard, a filling and economical ingredient that makes fried foods taste great. The word lard also...
The Name Inspector
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The Guard Dogs, a French and Swiss feminist organization, has named this ad for Sloggi underwear the most degrading ad of the year. The headline, "On Special Offer," led the feminist organization to accuse the ad of promoting pornography and prostitution. I wouldn't go so far as to def...
Advertising Is Good For You
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March 10, 2009
In 1951 Time magazine declared that the young people who were born during the Great Depression, then in their teens and early twenties, "lacked flame" and were "docile notetakers." Growing up during hard times had made them cautious and prone to conformity. Their cohort, which produced more than a d...
Fritinancy
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Nancy Friedman
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(image source) part I, part II, part III, part IV, part V, part VI are here They are waiting to join in, but will we help them, or just wait for them to figure it out on their own, if they ever? As with most liquid markets, casual end users come from time to time, but they are not the market. Market...
Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid
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The baby is coming! We haven't chosen a name yet! It's possible I'm in labor right now, so we've got our bags packed and by the door, ready to go to the hospital. We've thought of everything, except we don't have a name picked out for our baby! We've tried really hard, dogearing every baby-name book...
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March 09, 2009
(image source) part I, part II, part III, part IV, part V are here Nobody wants to be a sucker. With auctions, the results of accurate pricing is a bidding war. Bidding war allows spectators to get in the game, assuring them that value exists in the marketplace, not just with one party, but with man...
Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid
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There's always something new at Steve Lasky's virtual Museum of Family History. Here's the March update: - “Churbn Lettland: The Destruction of the Jews of Latvia� – Very important telling of events, written in 1947 by a survivor. More material from the English... Continue reading here.......
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog
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Schelly Talalay Dardashti
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March 08, 2009
Director : Uwe Boll Release Date : 18 October 2007 (Germany) Genre : Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller Cast : Zack Ward as Dude, Dave Foley as Uncle Dave, Chris Coppola as Richard, Jackie Tohn as Faith, J.K. Simmons as Candidate Wells, Ralf Moeller as Officer John, Verne Troyer as Himself, Chris Spen...
Awesome Movies- Watch Free Movies
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Topics: A track by track review of ‘Red Light Fever’ from Darkness frontman Hot Leg. Listener emails, requests and a toast to Nick in Australia for the beer fund donation. Another toast to all of the donations for my SXSW fund. A Nashville Pussy show review. Music by: Ginger Hot Leg Nash...
The Rock and Roll Geek Show
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Tool Academy: There was nothing more entertaining than to see Ashley give the verbal smackdown to Shawn. The guy remained to the end the biggest tool on the show so it was good to finally see him leave. And even though it was a bit toolish, Josh calling out Aida for being a hooker was classic. Reall...
Scooter McGavin's 9th Green
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