It’s becoming a trend for Super Bowl commercials to be released online before the Super Bowl, supposedly to “engage” fans rather than just entertaining them for a few moments during the game until the next great commercial comes along and you lose all your attention span. That, plus more people are “watching TV” on mobile devices all the time. This year, here are some of the commercials released early. There are some great ones, and some just weird ones. See who got it right… Continue reading
Is Fate’s Sense of Irony Cruel to Have a Super Bowl in Indianapolis with the WRONG Manning Playing?
One of the curses of the Super Bowl, it seems, is that the home team where it is held has never gotten to play in it. Any year where the host city has a decent team, though, hope always mounts. Before the 2011-2012 season, speculation this trend may change was especially strong with the Indianapolis Colts being a perennial contender. However, Fate put a quick end to that. Their magician quarterback, Peyton Manning, was sidelined for the first time in his career with a neck injury that was going to keep him out for the season, or enough of it to keep the Colts from even getting to the playoffs to have a chance to play a Super Bowl in front of their fans.
Unfortunately, Fate was in a foul mood towards Indy for some reason and did not stop there. Continue reading
Time to Upgrade that “One in a Million” Expression
A popular expression used in English is “one in a million”. It can be used to describe a lot of things, from events to phenomena to people, for their rarity. However, with the world population at 7 billion these days, if describing people, it’s no longer that much of a compliment.
Would You Buy Facebook Stocks if You Could?
Facebook has filed to go public to sell shares in an Initial Public Offering (IPO, “stocks”), and all the world is abuzz about it. Imagine, stocks in the world’s biggest social networking site! But is it really a good investment?
Share a Love Song a Day for February Challenge
Got a social media account where you can share things with others? Like Facebook, Twitter, blog, YouTube, or some other? Here’s a challenge to try that will keep your spirits up for February, no matter your plight for love. Further, you can lift others’ spirits, too.
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