If you’ve ever been to Opry Mills, you’ve probably mastered the art of shopping without making eye contact with the pesky hallway vendors hawking everything from Dead Sea facial scrub to boomeranging model airplanes. It’s like walking by the carnies at the state fair game zone… only worse. Instead of guessing your age and weight, [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Hillbilly in Disguise
November 21, 2008
Random Rants
November 14, 2008
The other day I was standing under a steady stream of hot water in my shower, trying to convince myself to get out. As I was mindlessly stalling, something prompted me to read the back of the shampoo bottle for what may be the first time in my entire life. It’s some volumizing product that [...]
Facebook Playbook
November 10, 2008
If you don’t know what Facebook is, you’re not alone. Initially, I thought it was some kind of dating website for singles. About a month ago, I was looking for a picture of someone for a story I was working on, and one of our 22 year-old producers told me to check Facebook. Not wanting [...]
Sick and Tired Of Being Cheated
November 5, 2008
Ok… I overlooked it when Nabisco started shorting me Chips Ahoy cookies by filling the bag with a bigger plastic carton. I didn’t write any hate mail to the folks at Lays when they increased the size of the potato chip bag, but filled it with air instead of salty snacks. When Estee Lauder increased [...]
