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Blog content presented as-is. The majority of these posts are at mininum five years old. I may also start posting here again more frequently. Or I may not. Since 2011, Tumblr has gotten more of my blogging attention. You should try me over there instead.

Super Bowl Ads

What a bunch of duds. Unlike most of America, I thought the beer commercials were terrible, other than “Rock, Paper, Scissors” which was mildly amusing. Careerbuilder.com dropped their likable monkey campaign for an odd jungle/Lord of the Flies/Survivor thing that failed to entertain or even make sense. There were some good ones amidst the muck, though.

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

How do you make a movie about censorship in the movie industry? Very carefully. Director Kirby Dick brilliantly exposes the hypocrisy behind Jack Valenti’s film ratings board in this thought provoking documentary.

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The New Yahoo Sports

Yahoo’s been working on a site-wide redesign for quite a while now. It began with the new Yahoo! home page and has slowly migrated from there. On the heels of the Fantasy Sports rebrand last fall, the Sports pages were refreshed a few days ago with a completely new look.

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Top 100 Songs of 2006

This list can’t be held to just 13. With all the great songs of 2006, I can’t really pare down. There were great singles from pop stars and alternative rockers alike; fantastic album tracks from folk-rockers, countrified ladies and dance producers. When it comes to a great song, I don’t discriminate. Here are my Top 100 songs of the big ’06:

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