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My High School Finds Me Neither Notable or Distinguished

A while ago I noticed that my High School, West Geauga, home of the Wolverines, had a small barebones Wiki page. Since anyone can add to a Wiki page. I added a Notable Alumni section, which after all is something any high school Wiki page should have. Not aware of any other notable grads, I …

Miley Cyrus Is Talented

Billy Ray Cyrus was Bill Hicks’ favorite example of someone who had seemingly made a pact with the devil to become famous despite his lack of talent. So it’s pretty surprising that his daughter seems really talented. I even like when she puts on that southern twang and I usually hate southern twangs. Yes, I’ve …

Impress Your Friends with this Killer Trivia Question

Law and Order has been on for so long and each episode has so many roles, it would probably be impossible for them not to reuse an actor from time to time. It got me wondering what actor played the most different roles on the show and amazingly it was in the imdb trivia section. …

My New Favorite Informercial Charlatan

Peter Popoff I honestly never thought I’d find an infomercial that tickled my fancy as much as the guys from Air Supply pitching Soft Rock Classics, but this guy is a genius. He cuts right to the chase. If you follow him, he will send you “Miracle Water” and God will repay you in cold …

Marketing to Drug Addicts

   Scene opens with a guy lying down smoking weed) GUY: Can’t you just walk yourself. DOG: You disappoint me. (Dog walks away and then raises his flag of independence) (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) I just saw this Butterfinger Crisp commercial. It takes place in a college Calculus class taught by some guy about 30 minutes …