Month: February 2007

Still playing!

Here are the gals getting ready for bed.

They all had fun… except the sick one.

I just picked up a new digital camcorder. Canon ZR800.

Here is my first video with it!

As boys, my brothers and I would sit around the dining room table and play Risk.

Although I was often beat, those are some of the fondest memories for me.

It is a bit harder for us to do that now. We have grown up and have our own families. One is in Asia, one is in Eastern Europe and I am back in the home we grew up in, in the Midwest.

Saturday, we got to relive that around the world.

I sat in the same dining room we used to play in, at 3pm on Saturday, at the same time, (10pm in Poland), my brother logged on, and my other brother (6am in Korea) joined us online.

It was a bit painful for me, since I am fairly new to C&C Generals, but it was a ton of fun to have a game night/afternoon/morning, with my brothers again.

My dad did a search on a popular search engine.

He quickly discovered the “underworld” of sponsored links.

I thought you might get a kick out of the results.

It is sad that you can still place such a bid.

This one threw me off today. I visited Skype’s website and came across an Image I used on a website I manage.

You’ve gotta love Royalty Free Stock Photos!

Alright… here we go…

1st – 14:45 – Wow… that was quick – Bears 7-0

1st – 12:54 – Bears Intercept – Who’s the underdog?

Commercials – The Blockbuster Pets are back!… Nothing like Mouse Abuse!!
OK – First commercial break is over… meh…

Commercials 2 –

Sierra Mist – Beard Combover… cute, but creepy
Salesgenie.com – This is a Superbow ad? Oh well, if you’ve got the money…
Sierra Mist – I do like the continual who’s-who of comics.

1st – 6:50 – 53 Yard Pass for Indianapolis – 7-6

Commercials 3

Ooh.. The toyota commercial would have been so much better with a crash

The Moon Office – Nice… Good Boom factor with the comet – Many (my father included) could lose the humor by the lack of lunar physics.
Bud Auctioneer – We need more of that

1st – 6:43 – Turnover

then turnover again…

I love a rainy night

1st – 6:20 – HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY

1st – 4:34 – Touchdown Bears – 14-6

COMMERCIALS

Snickers – Creepy

Shick – Rerun, but a german scientist is always funny

Pride – Have we ever had an inspirational swimming movie?

Commercials

Chevy – Following musical trends – Good mass appeal

Bud Light – So how do you appeal to a nation of different regions and people groups? Poke fun at all different regions and people groups

Back to the game – Oooh the rain is giving the cameras that nice soft wedding video look.

1st 2:34 – More turnovers than a Christmas brunch.

1st 1:34 – “A Bear got a Paw On it” – You KNOW he was up all night working on that one.

Note:I still haven’t seen the obligatory tear-jerker commercial

Ooh… David Spade is in the crowd! – His show has been promoted, he can go home now.

Commercials

Go Daddy – OK – the girls are back, but DUDE… was that the guy from American Chopper?

Coke – Nice Grandtheft Auto parody
CBS Wow- – They are using a lot of their avails

2nd 14:54 – This really is turning into the passing game VS the running game.

2nd 12:07 – Chicago’s D. Manning… is that Archie’s boy?

Commercial – Budwiser Dogs – Ahh.. harkening back to the minstrel days of old.

Garmin Navigation – Gamera/Power Rangers – It’s all good!

WHAT??? I can watch the ads online? Why am I doing this on my own time when I can be doing this at work tomorrow???

Commercials

Careerbuilder – Nice Office survival – Great extra line “Check Out Please”

Doritos – Creepy too.

Chevy SSR – I can keep MY hands of a pile of shirtless guys.

Commercials – Bud Slapping – Nothing really to say here… I’m still waiting on my tear jerker – Oh… and the colts now lead.

DUDE – A giant PSP on the field!

GM – Suicidal Robot – I ALMOST cried… I see a followup Sitcom!!!

Back to the game

David Spade AND Prince… This IS a man’s game!

Commercials

Wild Hogs – Funny looking ensemble

Sprint – Connectial Disfunction – Great parody ad – But Connectial is not in my spell check.

MORE CBS show spots. Was it really that hard to sell this game?

2nd 1:18 – A fumble followed by a fumble… Have I seen this before?

STILL waiting on the tear jerker. You know, like the baby Clydesdale from a year or two ago?

Commercial

Doritos – Enjoy the game. OK… that was almost a tear jerker.

Coke – What Else Haven’t I done – This one is one of those that works once, but loses a lot of humor the second time you see it.

Halftime – Bring on Minnesota’s Purple Pride!

From my Dad: I hope Prince doesn’t have a Wardrobe Malfunction

ok… I have to get my girls to bed. I will follow up with some more commercial thoughts in the morning.