(More) Meaningless Marketing Mumbo-Jumbo from — Guess Who? — Big Banks Somebody has to carry on the George Carlin tradition. In that vein . . . I’m sure he’d scratch his head about the difference between being “pre-selected” (for yet another credit card I don’t need), and just plain, old ordinary “selected.” Pre-what, exactly? Is there...Read More
Does anyone know the difference? I’m guessing not, because the two terms seem to be used interchangeably (“Sally went to her college reunion and revisited some of her old stamping/stomping grounds”). At least to me, the former term evokes a factory assembly line, while the latter suggests lots of bare feet in a big vat crushing...Read More
USPS “Forever” Stamps Anyone else see some irony in an organization long rumored to be on the brink (the U.S. Postal Service) issuing “Forever” stamps? Someone has to keep the George Carlin tradition alive. For more in this vein, see “What’s the Past Tense of Sight See?”; “Landmark ” or Watermark?”; “Dried vs. MORE Dried Apricots“;...Read More
Answer: “told riches.” Somebody has to carry on George Carlin’s tradition of poking around in the English language’s idiosyncracies and peccadilloes. For more in this vein, see “What’s the Past Tense of Sight See?”; “Landmark ” or Watermark?”; “Dried vs. MORE Dried Apricots“; and “wild and crazy” (vs. conventional) fruit.Read More
George Carlinism #37 If the Guthrie Theatre qualifies as a Twin Cities landmark, does that make the Mississippi River a Twin Cities watermark? Just asking . . . (actually, it was my eight-year-old son who asked). P.S.: if you liked this post, check out this one.Read More
Netflix at 150x Trailing Earnings? No Thanks “Vuja de“: the distinct sense that somehow, something that just happened has never happened before. Nothing seems familiar. And then suddenly the feeling is gone. –George Carlin Worried about an overheated stock market, the smart money took some of their chips off the table, and started moving it...Read More
