tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23870118427473452102012-02-16T06:43:55.793-05:00<i>Rants, musings and screeds from The Cranky Old Buzzard</i>JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387011842747345210.post-26247892395720648982010-02-03T09:55:00.000-05:002010-02-03T16:57:00.806-05:00

There are ads, then there are ads… Viagra: Wood Advertising Agency: TBWA\PHS, Helsinki, Finland Art Director: Tuukka Tujula Copywriter: Taro Korhonen Illustrator: Elisa Konttinen Photographer: Kimmo Virtanen Post-production: Fake Graphics Art buyer: Kirsi Pärni Published: November 2009 Some ads just tell it like it is, and require absolutely no

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Can you judge a book by its cover? Saturday morning diversion: went looking for original 1951 cover of the late J.D. Salinger's classic The Catcher in the Rye and stumbled into this amazing resource that had so many favorites. Judging the Book: 50 Most Captivating Covers of All Time The author states in part: “They say that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but every year publishers

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You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. "Deteriorata" is a famous parody of San Francisco radio and television personality Les Crane's spoken word recording of "Desiderata." It was recorded by National Lampoon as part of their 1972 National Lampoon Radio Dinner album. Les Crane himself admitted to preferring this version over his own Grammy-winning recording of the

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But wait… stay tuned for our Special Offer! I have some neighbors who truly love to buy things that they see on the infomercials that appear on late-night television. I won't name them but let's just call them Wally and Wanda, a nice couple approaching retirement age. Wally is always picking up the phone and responding to the ads and infomercials for special “male products” such as the Enzyte

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  To me — absurdity is the only reality. ~ Frank Zappa The legendary Frank Zappa (1940–1993) was a prolific American composer, musician, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrete works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced

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