Monday, June 16, 2008

Are you a Simpleton?

This is my personal blog dedicated to someone I think is very funny without trying. But he's real gift is photography and he has made a living at it for 30 years now and I am a huge fan of his work. Each week he sends out an email with the Picture of the Week (POTW) with a bit of verbiage to go along. Well, I just cant stand it and decided to put him in my special blog for all my friends to see and share. His artwork can be viewed at www.markdavisstudios.com if you are the curious type. I will also post his POTW, but hopefully one day he will start his own blog.

I try to see life in the simplest of terms- perhaps this philosophy makes me a simpleton. You be the judge.

Airlines
The airlines are now going to charge $15 to lose your first piece of luggage, $25 to lose each additional piece. Hey, flyboy, three letters about that- U.P.S.! Now my luggage has a BETTER chance of arriving on time, in the right place, than I do. And it can be tracked.


Electricity
The Electric utilities want us to conserve energy, so the utilize the Wal-Mart pricing theory. Use less=pay more. Use more=pay less. Advertisers are constantly reminding us that the more we buy, the more we save. Bottom line- the more you buy, the more you spend. Period. There's no way around it.


Interest Free
No interest for one year. I believe it. I was only in there 30 minutes, and nobody showed any interest in helping me at all. Maybe I should have been patient and waited 13 months.

Top three advertising budgets in the world
1. Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) actually, the disclaimers about what they said isn't what they meant.


2. Alcoholic beverages, and they're restricted as to TV, radio, and magazine ads. So where is all the money going? Ask one of the Coors Light girls.


3. Automobiles, So, pop a pill, have a drink, and lets pile in the car and go for a drive. Nervous?


4. Tobacco products (also restricted)
5. Rounding out the top five- Personal injury lawyers. Duh!


This week's image is empty Martini glasses. Now THAT'S a sin!



Mark's 'Going Green' test-
Do you have a clothesline? You'll need 2.
One in the sun, one in the shade. Only use a dryer
in bad weather or when large flocks of birds arrive