Ripping off is the shittiest form of flattery

THE REAL JOHN KERRY CONCESSION SPEECH

I don’t know how long this guy will keep this post up after I called him/her a fucking thief in a Yahoo club this evening. Sure it was funny. I laughed almost as hard as when I read the same thing on Fanatical Apathy on November 3rd.
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Protecting the brand

While revamping my Daily Carlinisms, I stumbled on this at George Carlin.Com:

“…Floating around the Internet these days, posted and e-mailed back and forth, are a number of writings attributed to me, and I want people to know they’re not mine. Don’t blame me.“

Right now, he’s doing what we in marketing call “protecting his brand”. A “brand” is an abstract concept that invokes trust and reputation. This is why someone will buy Tylenol instead of the big-ass bottle of acetaminophen next to it, at half the price.

When you think of the name “George Carlin”, a certain level of quality in comedy comes to mind (Another good example is “Microsoft”).

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Turkey day (aka WWF family smackdown)

Oh Lordy, did Carole out-do herself this year. Cooking for nine, prepared for unexpected guests… and we’re STILL going to be taking Turkey/Pumpkin Pie variations to lunch with us for the next week or so. I hope you guys had a great one too.

I was tempted to invite you guys online over!

I’ve been spending a lot of my time behind the scenes fixing things on the site, re-writing scripts and cleaning things up for a server move (are you as sick of this site’s downtime as much as I am?)

A lot of restructuring in my life right now, I just turned a corner in my life and I jotted it all down in SoApBoX: Desire… and giving Thanks

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