Old-School brew Schlitz is attempting a comeback.  Currently owned by another throwback brand, Pabst Brewing Co., they’re releasing a classic formula called “Classic 1960s Formula” in bottles in select markets.
According to an article in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
“…Pabst is selling bottled Schlitz as a sudsy comfort food for men in their 50s and early 60s. […]

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How retarded is this! Dean Babcock, a TARGET security guard in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was fired recently for busting a 16 year old girl for shoplifting alcohol from the store. I would say alleged, but he caught her not once, but twice, and had video evidence on top of it. But because […]

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Denver’s major sports arena is the 19,000+ seat Pepsi Center.  Came across an interesting article from the Rocky Mountain News that points out that the tenant with the largest attendance at the center is not the Denver Nuggets of the NBA (17,099 avg. attendance), nor is it the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL (16,728)… but […]

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As a kid growing up in the Milwaukee area in the 70s there were several things that were icons of my childhood - JicJac Soda, Leon’s custard and candy raisins are three that jump to mind.  Leon’s is still hanging in there, but JicJac is gone and now, candy raisins are threatened with extinction.
Background - […]

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We’ve seen cars that can travel on water like boats, but now automaker Rinspeed has developed a prototype car that travels UNDERwater.  In the spirit of James Bond in “The Spy Who Loved Me,” albeit not nearly as well-armed, comes the $1.5 million Squba.  Check out the CNN article and the Rinspeed website for details […]

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Whitney Matheson over at USA Today’s Pop Candy blog alerted me to the fact that Monday was the 50th birthday?  anniversary?  whatever… these wonderfully colorful blocks have been around for 50 freakin’ years.
Gizmodo has this elaborately detailed timeline and fun facts about Lego bricks.  Not the least of which, they are officially not called Legos.  […]

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Just so you know…
you are not allowed to have a “Bake-off”  only General Mills can have a “Bake-off”… because apparently they own the rights to the word “bake-off”… and they aren’t shy to step into a small town and flex their muscle over a local group raising money for a good cause.
 Link to the NPR […]

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For all the geeks, nerds and dweebs in the crowd, check out the hottest fashion accessory compliments of the fine folks at ThinkGeek. Yes, you are seeing that correctly… it’s an 8-bit necktie. Handmade and only twenty bucks. Be the envy of your next Dungeons & Dragons] adventure.
Technorati Tags: ThinkGeek, necktie, Dungeons […]

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My friend Kevin over at Incompetech.com alerted me to this brilliant idea to deal with a backlog of email after a business trip, vacation or other overwhelming backup of your inbox… declare email bankruptcy! Apparently this was coined by (or at least credit is being given to) Wired columnist Lawrence Lessig.
Here’s a snippet from […]

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As some of you know, Joe & I perform with an improv troupe (ComedyCity) and community theatre (Venture Theatre) here in the great white north. One of the plays from that theatre is being produced in Chicago next month at the Chopin Theatre, and it’s really pretty hysterical. The play is written by […]

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So, last week, or whenever it was, a steam pipe ruptured in New York City. It made a lot of noise, threw a bunch of debris, etc… So, a lady who happened to be right around this area happens to have post traumatic stress syndrome from the events of 9/11. When this […]

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On the first day… god created… yatta yah…
On that day back when god was bored, he accidentally made a platypus.
Then, in 2007 man created the Creation Museum.  A high tech museum dedicated to making science and the bible match up.
 The museum, as I saw it on the news Friday morning on GMA (good morning america), […]

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A single pair of pants was taken to the cleaners to be altered… sadly, the pants went missing… for a short time.  Most people would be upset over this and demand a refund for having the pants lost… But, to one man who can’t be bothered to leave the 4 block radius around his house to […]

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Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda calls himself the Antichrist, has a tat of the number 666 on his arm, and claims he has over 2 million followers of his Florida based  “Growing in Grace” church.
He has plans to visit Guatemala soon to celebrate his 61st birthday, and the predominately Catholic population is not pleased.
My favorite quote:
“It […]

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Harkening back to my marketing & advertising roots for a couple tidbits…
From YesButNoButYes, comes mention of a thought-provoking Nike ad from Sunday’s New York Times commenting on the whole Don Imus dustup. Only problem is, ad agency Wieden & Kennedy let a typo slip into the copy. And if there’s anything that gets […]

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