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Windows, Not Walls

September 19, 2008

Is it me, or is Microsoft’s adver­tis­ing absolutely schiz­o­phrenic?  First they started with their two Sein­feld ads.  I think I am one of the few that found them to be enter­tain­ing.  They were fun lit­tle short films, but I can see how they didn’t really work as ads–although they did gen­er­ate a lot of talk, […]

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In which I start to ponder the effectiveness of homeowners insurance

July 23, 2008

“What’s that smell?  Is some­thing on fire?  It smells like some­thing is burn­ing.  It kind of smells elec­tri­cal.  Is the teaket­tle on?  Did it boil dry?  Is it inside, or out the win­dow?” It turned out to be the heater kick­ing in for the first time in months, and the sub­se­quent burn­ing off of dust […]

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