Walmart visit sparks existential crisis

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

I was going on with a normal day, getting work done, listening to music, and now, here I am drowning my sorrows in beer and questioning the significance of my existence.
I visited a site that I never visit today: Walmart. This screen capture is a portion of the site’s header.

But it was this bit [...]

Puzzling marketing: McDonald’s China 24-hour delivery

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

McDonald’s China has fairly recently launched 24-hour delivery service in Beijing, to most parts of the city. That’s good news for those of us who need a dose of heart disease at 2:00 AM.
Here’s a portion of the flyer they’ve been stuffing under people’s apartment doors to advertise the service:

My question is: what, exactly, [...]

Suave como el amor de Mamá

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

I have to confess, sometimes I can spend an embarassingly long time doing the stupidest things. For instance, the other day, I was standing in a drug store near my apartment, and I was agonizing over a very difficult choice: what kind of dryer sheets to buy. Ten minutes into this adventure, [...]