Endorsements that don't quite work

I funny understand the idea of being the "offical sponsor" of a nationally recognized event or organization...like AIG being the official sponsor or Manchester United. But sometimes it just doesn't work. This truck is in my office parking lot at least twice a week, most likely filling up the soda machine. It has been pointed out that the picture is a bit small to see the joke. It is the official vending machine company of NASCAR.

You be the judge...If I am going to spend the kind of money it takes to emblazen the image of my sponsorship on the side of my trucks, I want the sponsorship to matter...I don't know, maybe I am just not midwest enough.

Really?

I don't know what this guy is running for, but I wish I could vote for him!

Summer of Kenny!

So I know I have been a bit silent recently. Mainly because my girlfriend keeps stealing all of the interesting things that happen to me...and I let her...because she is funnier than I am. Right now, all I have are a few pictures. I have some video, but it was soooo loud at the show that my camera couldn't handle it! I will try again when he comes back through town at the beginning of August.

The show was great to see - while not my "scene", I can appreciate well performed music of any style. These guys will go far.

To hear samples of The Human Abstract, click here.

My dog!

Many of you have commented that Maggie looks a lot like Santa's Little Helper. You decide.

Kevin Smith Rocks!

All of you avid readers of Entertainment Weekly may know that the recent Superman movie has been in development for something like 8 bajillion years, and there was always a buzz that Kevin Smith, famed director of Clerks and Mall Rats had been approached to write a script for the film.

Attached is a 20 minute video that is worth your viewing time. I know that Internet surfing is the ultimate in ADD - changing pages every 30 seconds, but take the time on this one, and remember to waive your mouse everyone few minutes, lest your screensaver ruin the show.

Larry King...war reporter??

This morning my assistant told me that a building had collapsed in New York City. Being in the insurance industry, my immediate thoughts were "do we write that?" followed shortly by "damn, I hope that this isn't a big deal - I am looking forward to a good bonus this year..."

What I learned, which you can read for yourself here, was that it was an apartment building on the Upper East Side that contained a few doctors offices and a hair salon. A few injuries, but nothing bad as of yet.

But the key quote is from Larry King, who just happened to be on the scene.

"I saw a lot of smoke, people scurrying everywhere," CNN talk show host Larry King, who happened to be on the scene, told reporters. "There was one huge boom. ... It sounded like a bombing would sound, like the bombing of London in World War Two."

The last time I checked, Larry isn't British, and wasn't in London during the Blitz. I can appreciate his attempt at a correllary to describe the sound to those who have never heard an explosion before, but really - for that to work, you have to compare it to the sound of something of which most people can identify....London bombing. Come on Larry.

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth everyone! We are fresh back from the Rocky Mountain National Forest after four days of camping bliss... Well, it rained a good deal, and Andy says that he will never forget the death march through the rain, but nonetheless, it was a lot of fun.

All the pictures for your pleasure - here.