Inara ,'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The Pentagon is planning a $300 million dollar pro-US PR campaign.
CJR Daily pointed out that that's something like 2.5 times the annual budget for a whole newspaper's newsgathering. For, like, all the news, even the bad stuff and the boring stuff. Each piece of linotype must be cast in platinum.
(I know they don't actually use linotype any more.)
Maybe they need that kind of money to sponsor a Superbowl commercial.
Product placement in movies?
They've done that for years. Basically, if the script is high profile enough and makes them look right they'll hook you up but good with all sorts of fun planes and stuff.
Hence the not working too much and going to the doctor, Teppy.
Maybe they could do a commercial where people off the street choose a country in a blindfolded test between the USA (represented by a card with a cool looking eagle flying over a rippling US flag and a boldedly printed U.S.A.), Country X (represented by a card with a big X over a red maple leaf), and Country Y (represented by a card with a big Y between a big vertical blue stripe and a big vertical red stripe).
So... you lick Wayne Gretzky, and Julia Roberts, and Salma Hayek, and decide who tastes the best? (Could not think of a female Canadian sufficiently famous to make this a nationalist FCM.)
(Could not think of a female Canadian sufficiently famous to make this a nationalist FCM.)
Celine Deion? Nah, there's got to be a better one than that.
(Could not think of a female Canadian sufficiently famous to make this a nationalist FCM.)
Alanis Morisette?
This has got to be the best corporate b.s. line evah. (OK, I'm sure there's worse)
CLOCKS are being removed from NatWest banks — to stop customers moaning.
Insiders say the timepieces are being taken down so the public cannot complain about how long they have had to queue.
The decision is part of a £150million revamp which has already seen wall clocks disappear at several London branches.
One worker said: “If people have been standing waiting to see a cashier for a long time they can get very cross.
“With a clock there, it was difficult for us to disagree with them. Without one it’s harder for them to complain.”
NatWest spokesman Ronan Kelleher said a survey undertaken before the refit found clocks were not something customers believed would “enhance their banking experience.”
Yeah, just the other day I was in a bank, and I noticed a clock on the wall. I got so angry that stupid clock was not enhancing my banking experience....
(Could not think of a female Canadian sufficiently famous to make this a nationalist FCM.)
Sarah MacLachlan?
somebody else was very into the rainbow arcs that happen when you point the camera directly at a light source.
I think those are called "flares." It's all Haskell Wexler's fault.