Archive for the 'Personal Products' Category

Does anyone recall when hand and body soaps carried the names of flowers? Afterward, one heard references to mountain streams, ocean breezes and natural phenomena. Now, even that has changed to the sure-fire American money-maker…

Friday, December 12th, 2008

FOOD!!
 
When I stepped into the shower this morning,
I found a new entrant to the realm of body washes.
Its name forced me to think we were at the beginning of a long process
in the association of eating and everything else which gives pleasure.

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There can be no mistake here.  Three foods in one bottle.

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Damn…it comes down to this!

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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Image: (Coleman/Franken) via washingtonpost.com (Rush L) via newsbusters.org; (pope) bp2.blogger.com via janetpain.blogspot.com; (others) cited elsewhere in blog

Speaking of the Church’s tribulations…

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

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Image: (machine) sent as photo by my son; (Dempsey’s) via farm2.static.flickr.com; (pope) (symbols) wikipedia.org

GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING…XXIII

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

In a rushed shower before going to work, I discovered there was no bar of soap, so I grabbed a bottle from my wife’s stash.  Don’t scrub your face with exfoliating soap unless you want the feeling of having climbed out of the water at Cape Cod’s Nauset Beach or having motorcycled through Needles, California […]

Behold his mighty power…

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

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As can be seen on the studio clock, Sarah Palin suffered from the late 80s’ big hair phenomenon. Early in 2002, researchers at the University of Iowa discovered that when critical mass was attained by the correct combination of set-spray, styling gel and mousse, one’s hair-do would expand to consume all in its path. A […]

Working the crowd…

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

via politicalticker.blogs. cnn
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Image: (Angelina Jolie lips) via bellabeauty.files.wordpress.com

Woman Charged With Trading Sex For Gas–headline, Cincinnati.com

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

One lives and learns.

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Images: (Gas-X) via amazon.com; (pump) via treehugger.com;  (API) via hispanicwire.com

“Viagra Bob” Dole calls McClellan a ‘miserable creature’ who went for the fast buck.

Friday, May 30th, 2008

May 30, 2008
The Plitico
Jonathan Martin
Bob Dole unloads on McClellan
Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding e-mail to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a “miserable creature” who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.
In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan […]

Neanderthals Wore Make-up and Liked to Chat–ABC NEWS headline.

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Give them credit for keeping television-viewing to a minimum.
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By DAN JONES
ABC NEWS
March 27, 2008 —
From NEW SCIENTIST
Could Neanderthals speak? The answer may depend on whether they used make-up.
Francesco d’Errico, an archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux, France, has found crafted lumps of pigment  essentially crayons  left behind by Neanderthals across Europe.
He says that […]

Venezuela’s Chavez Threatens To Halt Oil Sales To U.S.–Yahoo headline Feb. 11, 2008

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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Image: (Main pix) via gregpalast.com via static.flickr.com; (right hand) dansdata.com; (Vitalis) petrassoap.com;(hair) After The Fox via posterplace.com