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Entries from September 2008

So If You Have a Mouth — And I Know You Do …

Posted by Dave Awl on September 24th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

Regardez, my favorite TV ad from the 80s. Despite being an inveterate commercial hater, I had this one memorized in high school and would break into an impression of it at parties, on the school bus, when things got slow in Latin class, anywhere.

I’m not sure why I loved it so much except that […]

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Tags: Culture · Advertising · Video

McCain’s “Maverick” Image: Pining for the Fjords?

Posted by Dave Awl on September 16th, 2008 at 9:00 am


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Tags: News · Media · Journalism

Walking Off the Girder

Posted by Dave Awl on September 15th, 2008 at 9:59 am


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Tags: News · Politics · The Economy, Stupid

Horsefeathers and Rattlesnakes

Posted by Dave Awl on September 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · Journalism