Lights, Pumpkins, Action

In October 2002, back in the relatively early days of Introspection, I first came up with the idea of altering the whole theme of the blog site to celebrate Halloween. In 2004, after two years of just changing the color…

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And a Star to Steer Her By

When I lived in Oregon and wasn’t attending sixth grade, somewhere between my acting life and my speech and debate life, I opened a play directed by a friend of my parents with a recitation of “Sea-Fever” by John Masefield.…

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Help Promote Making Fun of AIG!

This is the old straight-up appeal to the masses – if you’re involved in the Digg thing (or can easily sign up), please help us get our new AIG March Madness commercial (Youtube, previously posted about): Digg It! Also, the…

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AIG Commercials: Resurrected and Spoofed

Russ and I have spent the better part of the last 24 hours at it again. We unearthed secret archived videos from the good old days of AIG and are sharing them with the world. Better yet, we are spoofing…

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TMR Posts, vol. 1

Can’t get enough of my opinion? Ha ha! If so, head on over to The Mep Report, for new quick-hitting posts like this one, which I almost cross-posted here. It’s mostly going to be stuff like obvious news stories and…

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Crass Commercialism!

Hey kids! Lest you somehow think that I have completely wasted this weekend, I am conflictedly proud to announce the availability of Duck and Cover merchandise! Here’s an example of the kind of unparalleled quality and homespun handwritten charm you…

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Announcing the Bailout Betrayal Quiz

You’re Adam Schiff, representing California’s 29th district. “In two important respects, the bill still has serious flaws: The taxpayer protections need to be much stronger, and the root of the problem – declining home values and a raft of foreclosures…

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Under Same Management

This Blue Pyramid has not been sold. “Established in 2006, Blue Pyramid brings to ABS three core competencies within IT support…” Hm. I wonder where they got the idea for the name “Blue Pyramid”. Or that it would somehow be…

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Announcing the Women World Leaders Quiz!

You’re Madeline Albright! While you have a way with words, it’s hardly always pleasant for those around you to hear them. Even though you see it as your duty to be diplomatic, this rarely means that you use kid gloves.…

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Facebook ‘Em

I’ve spent far too much of my weekend trying to develop an application for the much-ballyhooed Facebook. We’re nearing a year since users could create Facebook apps and over five years since the original Country Quiz came out, so I…

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