1. Jon Stewart is only a journalist if he wants to be. The title given to people who find the news can only be used if the news finder, itself descides to use it.
2. People may be confused by the fact that he delivers the facts of the days new in a palletable fashion, opposed to the bitter taste of the Situation room.
3. It has everything CNN has.....that it minus the 24hour bit, the holograms, beards and overly serious attitude.
4. Just watch any of thier cover of "Fox and Friends" and you will understand.
COBRA COMMANDER
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
4 Posts Down and Nothing Left to Say
Really, I have no idea what to blog about.
Twenty minutes until everything is due and I can feel the cold clutches of procrastination moving in. Part of me says "why not, its only one less post than you are supposed to have done, your grade can't be hurt that badly?" but there still is that other part of me yelling "TYPE DAMNIT TYPE!" Its hard to decide between the two and I guess that typing about nothing is a decent compromise. Pete is currently listening to his Ipod so loudly I can hear it across the room and after four years of him doing that I can definitely say that I don't like his music tastes. Cara is probably browsing some trendy, music related websites while the new kid to the class who's name I do not know is texting. Glenn is MIA, Shane is absent and Tony is recuperating somewhere. The other people in the class are as quite as usually only making the clacking sound of keys being frantically press in an effort to meet the deadline. As Porky the Pig would say "That's all folks", I am now done blogging.
Twenty minutes until everything is due and I can feel the cold clutches of procrastination moving in. Part of me says "why not, its only one less post than you are supposed to have done, your grade can't be hurt that badly?" but there still is that other part of me yelling "TYPE DAMNIT TYPE!" Its hard to decide between the two and I guess that typing about nothing is a decent compromise. Pete is currently listening to his Ipod so loudly I can hear it across the room and after four years of him doing that I can definitely say that I don't like his music tastes. Cara is probably browsing some trendy, music related websites while the new kid to the class who's name I do not know is texting. Glenn is MIA, Shane is absent and Tony is recuperating somewhere. The other people in the class are as quite as usually only making the clacking sound of keys being frantically press in an effort to meet the deadline. As Porky the Pig would say "That's all folks", I am now done blogging.
Response: scaryduck
Not scary, just a duck.
"Being in the main an account of the remarkable and varied exploits of Scaryduck: Genius, gentleman explorer, French cabaret chantoose and small bets placed.A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, stuffed up a dog's bottom" does a pretty good job explain just what this blog is and yes I am probably just as confused as your are. It's nerdy, silly, funny and sometimes a bit disturbing but does a decent job closing out the segment of this blog where I have to respond to other ones.
"Being in the main an account of the remarkable and varied exploits of Scaryduck: Genius, gentleman explorer, French cabaret chantoose and small bets placed.A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, stuffed up a dog's bottom" does a pretty good job explain just what this blog is and yes I am probably just as confused as your are. It's nerdy, silly, funny and sometimes a bit disturbing but does a decent job closing out the segment of this blog where I have to respond to other ones.
Response to Best Blogs Ever
I wouldn't call you THE best blog ever but for the next few days, enjoy the title. The blog, managed by Shannon Paul, a communications manager at http://www.peak6.com/ Peak6, a PR and marketing strategies company that specializes in social networking, will probably come across as interesting to me and me only. She posts various Internet review including new tech blogs, networking trends and the "run away from the camera guy." Her commentary is sharp, witty along with being insightful to what the Internet may yield.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Time to Type About Suits
Its not that I want to be The Man in The Grey Flannel Suit, its just that I want to own a grey flannel suit. I almost have one, I have a grey linen suit from H&M (for about 80 bucks) and its pretty dandy.
I don't quite remember when I got fascinated by formal wear but the hours of Internet window shopping and GQ archives have left me with more knowledge of suits than the salesman at most department stores. And at today's count I own three of suits (soon to be four): 1 three piece pinstripe with very odd lapels (hand me down from my uncle that fits surprisingly well), 1 two piece pinstripe (also from the same uncle but much lighter and classically styled than the first), my grey two button linen as previously mentioned and soon enough a navy, Calvin Klein that I can turn to when the weather gets too cold for the linen suit. Finding suits has been a bit of a difficulty for me because of my odd sizing. I am just barley short enough to wear a regular in most suits
I don't quite remember when I got fascinated by formal wear but the hours of Internet window shopping and GQ archives have left me with more knowledge of suits than the salesman at most department stores. And at today's count I own three of suits (soon to be four): 1 three piece pinstripe with very odd lapels (hand me down from my uncle that fits surprisingly well), 1 two piece pinstripe (also from the same uncle but much lighter and classically styled than the first), my grey two button linen as previously mentioned and soon enough a navy, Calvin Klein that I can turn to when the weather gets too cold for the linen suit. Finding suits has been a bit of a difficulty for me because of my odd sizing. I am just barley short enough to wear a regular in most suits
and at 35 inches around, too big and tall for boy's suits and too thin for most men's. Luckily, today's styles have brought about the slim fitted 36 regular which fits like a dream. My H&M suit was taken right off the rack with only minor alterations to the pants. Another blessing from today's trends comes from the thin Mad Men inspired ties that are considered cool now. A trend for most people but a short cut for decent proportions for someone as narrow as me (normal width ties end up looking way to wide on a thin guy.)
Sometimes when going to purchase something, I get a slight feeling that although it will look good today, 6 years from now someone could see it and go "Oh, you got that in 2010." I do my best to banish those thoughts and focus only on accommodating my 8.50 an hour budget knowing that as of today, the men's style world is meant for people like me.
-COBRA COMMANDER
Sometimes when going to purchase something, I get a slight feeling that although it will look good today, 6 years from now someone could see it and go "Oh, you got that in 2010." I do my best to banish those thoughts and focus only on accommodating my 8.50 an hour budget knowing that as of today, the men's style world is meant for people like me.
-COBRA COMMANDER
The H&M was pretty much this suit (pictured above) but
lighter in color......and not Brooks Brothers
lighter in color......and not Brooks Brothers
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Its Time for You to Decide, Internet
May 1st is weeks away and hey, guess what? I don't quite know where I should go next year!!! After applying to anywhere that I could get a family member to give me money to cover the applications fees (I had no business applying to BU and Emerson College but what the hell, 65 bucks is 65 bucks) I managed to get into 6 places. Of those six, there were really just two that I am actually interested in ( the rest were just places that various uncles and aunts either went to or wish they went to) and those two being Temple University of Philadelphia and Pace University's Manhattan campus both offer completely different Advertising programs. And to help YOU the Internet in my decision making process, I will provide a nice little blurb on each school.
Starting with PACE, the first one to send the letter and the only one so far to offer any kind of money (money is very good when you're a ward of the state and 12 grand a year is more than I am capable of raising on my own.) And the Lubin School of business has been showing me all the grand old success stories they can in the weekly email I get from them (mostly CPAs which are not in my in my field and frankly I am getting sick of their letter head) but other outlets of the internet have shown that graduates of their program have made their way to promising places. Also there was the "Pace Preview" which introduced me to Conrad, the adjunct Ad professor who did a pretty damned good job selling the school that pays for his day glow palsy pocket squares. And Kevin. Did I mention Kevin the soon to be acting student who was the only person in the room that I was watching the Oscars in with any knowledge of film and he as dwarfism and a funny accent. Call me immature but that would make a damned good roommate. Somewhere in there is also the free tickets to Inside The Actor's Studio, close proximity to ALMOST EVERY MAJOR AD AGENCY EVER (or at least in NY.) The downside to all of this is probably the most important thing of them all, their program. At Pace, I will be majoring in Marketing with an emphasis in Advertising and what not, this may be a safer option (according to the occupational genius that my mother believes she is) but denies me in the most part of the copy writing boot camp that I desire.
Then along came Temple, the first school that I looked at, the Alma Mater of Bill Cosby and to
put the pop in the pudding, they offer an extremely extensive dessert bar including pudding. That was a horrible pudding pop pun but I don't feel like deleting it right now. To get back to business, Temple is located in a city, not home to giant agencies like BBDO or the legendary Ogilvy Mathers and Wu Tang, etc. but to small boutique agencies that are not only growing in popularity but also tend to provide a good foundation for resumes and careers. Temple offers an actual Advertising major with emphasis in different parts of the field (accounts, copywriting and art) with flexibility to move between the different areas. Being that I fixed my application and received their acceptance letter during the recent break, no word of financial aid or scholarships have reached me yet so I'm going to mark down a "N/A" for that field. Philadelphia also offers the whole not being New York thing. Not that I have anything against the city, but I have this slight fear of spending so much time in New York that it might become boring to me. Next week I plan on going to Temple and visiting the Ad department to get a decent glimpse at what it may hold.
Until then, feel free to make my life decisions for me because frankly I just want to take a nap.
-COBRA COMMANDER
http://www.pace.edu/academic_psearch/display_program.cfm?School=BUS&Cred=BBA&Maj=MA4&Location=NYC
http://www.temple.edu/sct/advertising/
Starting with PACE, the first one to send the letter and the only one so far to offer any kind of money (money is very good when you're a ward of the state and 12 grand a year is more than I am capable of raising on my own.) And the Lubin School of business has been showing me all the grand old success stories they can in the weekly email I get from them (mostly CPAs which are not in my in my field and frankly I am getting sick of their letter head) but other outlets of the internet have shown that graduates of their program have made their way to promising places. Also there was the "Pace Preview" which introduced me to Conrad, the adjunct Ad professor who did a pretty damned good job selling the school that pays for his day glow palsy pocket squares. And Kevin. Did I mention Kevin the soon to be acting student who was the only person in the room that I was watching the Oscars in with any knowledge of film and he as dwarfism and a funny accent. Call me immature but that would make a damned good roommate. Somewhere in there is also the free tickets to Inside The Actor's Studio, close proximity to ALMOST EVERY MAJOR AD AGENCY EVER (or at least in NY.) The downside to all of this is probably the most important thing of them all, their program. At Pace, I will be majoring in Marketing with an emphasis in Advertising and what not, this may be a safer option (according to the occupational genius that my mother believes she is) but denies me in the most part of the copy writing boot camp that I desire.Then along came Temple, the first school that I looked at, the Alma Mater of Bill Cosby and to
put the pop in the pudding, they offer an extremely extensive dessert bar including pudding. That was a horrible pudding pop pun but I don't feel like deleting it right now. To get back to business, Temple is located in a city, not home to giant agencies like BBDO or the legendary Ogilvy Mathers and Wu Tang, etc. but to small boutique agencies that are not only growing in popularity but also tend to provide a good foundation for resumes and careers. Temple offers an actual Advertising major with emphasis in different parts of the field (accounts, copywriting and art) with flexibility to move between the different areas. Being that I fixed my application and received their acceptance letter during the recent break, no word of financial aid or scholarships have reached me yet so I'm going to mark down a "N/A" for that field. Philadelphia also offers the whole not being New York thing. Not that I have anything against the city, but I have this slight fear of spending so much time in New York that it might become boring to me. Next week I plan on going to Temple and visiting the Ad department to get a decent glimpse at what it may hold.Until then, feel free to make my life decisions for me because frankly I just want to take a nap.
-COBRA COMMANDER
http://www.pace.edu/academic_psearch/display_program.cfm?School=BUS&Cred=BBA&Maj=MA4&Location=NYC
http://www.temple.edu/sct/advertising/
Friday, March 26, 2010
For those of you working at Democratic Congressman's offices, please stand away from the windows-Response to Taxdayteaparty
Bricks may be hurdled through them.
Frankly TaxDayTeaParty, I hope bad things happen to you, not necessarily because of your views (although our difference in them is only adding fuel to the fire) but because of your manner of expressing them. I am growing increasingly annoyed with you and your movement because you hide. You hide behind views of nationalism, patriotism, and what ever other 'isms that could be used to decide your illustration of what you think "real Americans" should be. In truth, you are a demagogue, you sensationalize and cause sometimes violent reactions to matters that could best be dealt with through civilized debate. That means no shouting, no showing up with guns at your side, no death threats or throwing of bricks and definitely no showing up in period costume. It makes you look stupid, immature and rather cheesy. Feel free at anytime to speak your voice and explain how I have misjudged you, I will meet you with an open mind but if you continue this populist path then I will pray that you fade into history like most other populist movements. On your homepage, you cry foul at the violent label that you have received but other than hot linking to other right wing blogs you do nothing to change that opinion (your members actually threw an egg at your own bus not long after that post.) Just remember that anger is not an opinion and you are still a minority (a loud one at that) who needs to make a good impression on the rest of us if you want to make it big.
-COBRA COMMANDER
Frankly TaxDayTeaParty, I hope bad things happen to you, not necessarily because of your views (although our difference in them is only adding fuel to the fire) but because of your manner of expressing them. I am growing increasingly annoyed with you and your movement because you hide. You hide behind views of nationalism, patriotism, and what ever other 'isms that could be used to decide your illustration of what you think "real Americans" should be. In truth, you are a demagogue, you sensationalize and cause sometimes violent reactions to matters that could best be dealt with through civilized debate. That means no shouting, no showing up with guns at your side, no death threats or throwing of bricks and definitely no showing up in period costume. It makes you look stupid, immature and rather cheesy. Feel free at anytime to speak your voice and explain how I have misjudged you, I will meet you with an open mind but if you continue this populist path then I will pray that you fade into history like most other populist movements. On your homepage, you cry foul at the violent label that you have received but other than hot linking to other right wing blogs you do nothing to change that opinion (your members actually threw an egg at your own bus not long after that post.) Just remember that anger is not an opinion and you are still a minority (a loud one at that) who needs to make a good impression on the rest of us if you want to make it big.
-COBRA COMMANDER
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