Reflections on Commercials

I saw some commercials this morning, thought I'd reflect on them.

A pregnancy test commercial claimed that these days, up to 10% of people can misread the results of a pregnancy test. So they were selling this test that explicitly read pregnant or not. I think at this point, selling to the 10% that can misread the pregancy test won't be fixed with brighter LED display, that will be fixed by addressing the issue of illiteracy.

A new Sesame Street product is on the market: Elmo and Cadabby. These two are supposed to be best friends that you can hug and be best friends with. Could they not have chosen a better name than Cadabby? What happens when the kid later on in life learns what a cadaver is, and puts the two together? Doesn't that introduce a bit too many unnecessary issues into the equation that could be resolved with a normal name?

Hope all two of my readers are doing well.

Darren

Disappointed

I think the most disappointing sports development of 2009 has been the chalkiness (new word i made up) of the NCAA tournament. In years past, there have been the George Masons, Davidsons, and most satisfyingly, the Gonzaga's of the world. This year, the elite 8 is marked by the "shock" of 2 #3 seeds making it. Kind of disappointing for those of us who are willing to sacrifice the accuracy of their bracket for pure chaos.

I've been more satisfied with the "chaos" of the NCAA baseball tournament recently. In previous years, regional #3 seed OSU (regional #3 in baseball ~ regional #9 through #12 in basketball) and regional #4 seed Fresno State have stormed the tournament and won it all. Maybe I'm a little biased, considering my surprising interest in the CBI this year.

Anyways, go Beavers.

Random Notes

I bet self-conscious crazy people must love the invention of those wireless bluetooth headset things. Now they can walk around downtown talking crazy nonsense to themselves without me automatically thinking about how crazy they are.

My brother has incredible skills in studying to retain information long enough to do well on a test and then instantaneously forget it all. I got a text message from him after his calculus test, claiming he knew he got at least 58%. He clarified, stating he was confident that he got 12 out of the 20 problems right. (Side note, he kicked butt and got even better than that).

I don't mind that my NCAA bracket gets screwed up every year. I would love to some day see my bracket get annihilated if I was able to enjoy some crazy awesome games. I think the only teams I really care if they advance or not is Gonzaga, Purdue, and Oregon State (when/if they make the tournament again in the next 30 years).

I spent Wednesday night through Saturday night in San Francisco. I only saw one guy in a white wedding dress downtown. I feel like I didn't even go to San Francisco.

I wish CBS would step their game up and offer all the games live on different stations and not just offer it online. They are a step slow when it comes to late game action, and I'm confident my remote skills could exceed their producers.

By the way, CBS, misspelling Siena (its not Sienna) at the start of your broadcast would be defined as unprofessional.

I've got more stuff to post, but that will wait til another day.

Checking In

So I'm loving how busy I've been at work lately. We've got a deadline coming up so its like all hands on deck trying to meet the deadline. I was so busy, I forgot to check on my travel arrangements to San Francisco, like how to get around and where I need to go when I get there. So here I am at the airport, checking up on my flight and what not.

Other than work, not a whole lot to report on at the moment. Well, i gotta get going, the power on my laptop is starting to dwindle.

Later

Declaration

I like pie.