Archive for the 'Media' Category


Texas Our Texas

You have to love Texas: [Source] In an unusual direct appeal, the EU said Governor Rick Perry should introduce a moratorium on the death penalty and stop the impending 400th execution since Texas resumed capital punishment in 1982. Our great state’s response: “The reason our forefathers fought a war 230 years ago was to throw [...]

Internet

A rather interesting take on the internet…

Where Is the World Going?

I saw this on MSNBC this week…oh, how the world has changed in the past few years…

Fear of Change or A&M’s Big Blunder

Recently I posed a YouTube video of A&M’s new video, and I have since learned that it has been removed. Why, you ask? Here the reason YouTube gave: This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner Texas A&M University because its content was used without permission. Although technically and legally true, I [...]

Airbrushing, Photoshop and Reality

Check out this video at Dove’s Natural Beauty Campaign. It’s a fascinating look at the process of preparing a photograph for ad campaigns…

A&M Video

A&M finally made a promo video that doesn’t stink… Way to go…

Nobel Prize Irony

I was shocked (briefly) and then reminded of the absurdity of so many personal philosophies: Peace prize winner ‘could kill’ Bush by Annabelle McDonald. Here is the first part of the article: NOBEL peace laureate Betty Williams displayed a flash of her feisty Irish spirit yesterday, lashing out at US President George W.Bush during a [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

PotC 2: Dead Man’s Chest was….well…an interesting movie. And I’m being liberal in calling it that. Mainly, it was a segue masquerading as a film. The story was weak, the conclusion was missing, and the effects were large and loud. Like so many sequels, it was an overproduced menagerie of technical and cinematic elements formed [...]

24

I’m convinced that the writers of 24 believe that everyone is stupid, impulsive, and unable to follow the directions of their superiors. I’m also convinced that they believe the best (and most entertaining) way to solve crimes is to go at it alone but win in the end. And for some dumb reason, I’m still [...]

Liberty Mutual Commercial

Have you seen the new Liberty Mutual commercials? I saw one a few mintues ago that is easily on of the best commercials I’ve seen in recent history. You can see it here…just scroll down the page a little bit and hit the play button.