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Archive: August 29, 2007

Your printer = a NASCAR ticket



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The first question is: do people in L.A. like NASCAR?

The second question is: why the hell does Kodak care?

In a PR release almost as bizarre as the one I received about an OJ Simpson manuscript being auctioned online, I just opened an email from Kodak alerting the press that the first 75 people to hit the Kodak Theater on September 1 from 11 am-3pm with their dusty old printers will get free NASCAR passes for the September 2nd race.

I myself have a printer wedged behind snowboots in my hall closet, and the thought of tossing it in a landfill makes me weep. I'm no fan of drunk racecar watchin' but the fact that I could send it off to be recycled, AND scalp some NASCAR tickets to buy new shoes makes me warm inside. Or maybe I'll actually go. Do they have corndogs there? Yes?

I'm in.

Categories: Ward on the Street
August 29, 2007 4:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

No guacamole for you



Oh, Trader Joe’s avocados. How we yearn for the old days when you were consistent and delicious. We felt we could count on you any time of year.

But lately, you’re moody. It’s only extremes with you: hard as a rock, or moldy, mushy, and fetid. Where did it all go wrong? Oh well, perhaps this is for the best. This may be our chance to start buying avocados at the farmer’s market. They’re so much more expensive than you, but we know we’re getting quality. Trader Joe’s avocados, you have toyed with our emotions for the last time.

Categories: 789
August 29, 2007 2:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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