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Coupons and Employee Education

A few months ago Pepsi had heavily promoted their PepsiMax product by giving away $1.00 off manufacturer's coupons on their 16oz bottles.  I was able to get a bunch of these coupons and had been using them a few times a week since March.  Today, June 30, 2010, was their official expiration date. I stopped at the gas station/convenience store that I normally get these Pepsi products at and bought one this morning. The store manager was there and teased me (they all know me for these coupons) that I should buy a bunch of them and stock up since today was their final day of usage.  I laughed and told him I'd be back in a couple of hours and buy one for tomorrow. Well, a few hours later I swung back into this convenience store with another coupon and exact change.  The guy behind the counter and I got along fairly well and he's notoriously in a good mood.  I brought the PepsiMax to the counter and dropped my coupon.  He said it was no longer valid.  I ...

Calvin Klein cologne attracts cougars!

No, not middle aged women after younger men, but real honest to goodness jaguars. No, not the British luxury car, but cats; the big ones. Scientists use Calvin Klein cologne to lure jaguars | Reuters That's awesome! I can see the advertising now: _Calivin Klein's Obesession helps you attract that dangerous p*ssy in leopard-print. No alcohol required._

BP buys internet searches

So much for the free flow of information. BP buys Google, Yahoo search words to keep people away from real news on Gulf oil spill disaster When your press is so incredibly bad you look like the biggest douche (or giant turd sandwich) this millenium (and that's saying a lot after eight years of Bush/Cheney conservatism), you have to restrict free access to information, right? That's what all the cool CEOs and political figures are doing. BP: you're shooting yourself in the foot. You're going from bumbling buffoons to evil bastards, and no one likes an evil bastard.

The Ultimate in Irony?

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BP wants you to clean up after yourself if you spill the gasoline.  Apparently, it's corporate policy. Ha ha ha...!

Country Music is Depressing

No, seriously. Well, at least according to this study that states that where there is a higher rate of country music being played, there is a higher rate of suicides for white people. Reassessing The Link Between Country Music And Suicide - Questia Online Library Science once again supporting what we already knew -- I know everytime I hear country music I want to kill myself!

With a BIC pen ... no, really.

Wow, this is some seriously good artwork. 25 Photorealistic Pictures Drawn with a BIC Pen | Bored Panda

As bad as it'd made out to be?

I don't think his off-hand comment was nearly as discriminatory as the GLAAD blogger does, but it's FOXNews for crying out loud! I think it's part of their corporate mandate is to mention "al-Qaeda" and Sarah Palin every minute and a half or so. In my opinion, I don't think he was trying to compare the gay community to terrorists he was just saying, "If McDonald's has a 'come as you are' advertising campaign aimed at different cultures, do they have one aimed at al-Qaeda?" Bill O'Reilly and GLAAD Don't get me wrong, I can't decide if Bill O'Reilly is a Giant Douche or a Turd Sandwhich, I just think people are being overly sensitive to an off hand comment.