I really wanted to use the word Fortitude in the title (Alliteration) but it just didn’t seem to fit, so here it is now, FORTITUDE.
Our sad story begins with the invention of a product… so useful… so handy… so convenient that everyone needs to carry one of them in their pocket. No, I’m not talking about the Ron “Ronco” Popeil Pocket Fisherman, I’m talking about the Swiss Army Knife. When have you been in the middle of the store and needed a pair of scissors or a file. What about that handy saw, great for cutting through just about anything. An of course the tweezers and toothpick. Two of the most commonly lost accessories to the knife. These lost tools are the pride of the Swiss Army tradition. Without them no true knife would be complete.
With telemarketer’s current limitations on calling cellular phone numbers, they have all but seemed to vanish from our daily lives. Be very aware that those times are changing rapidly. With mobile plans becomming ever more pervasive and per minute charges rapidly vanishing, it is only a short matter of time before they start bothering you at “the game” or when you are out for dinner with your significant other. What can we do? Well, we could go crazy or we can turn the tables on them. (PDF Available Here) A grass roots campaign could lead to the inniffectiveness of telemarketing and radically change it forever. That could be a wonderful and scarry thing at the same time. (Imagine getting text messages and video marketing messages targeted directly at you all the time, its coming.)
Express yourself today by painting in the stylings of Jackson Pollock. A handy and fun way to waste 10 minutes on your friday afternoon at work. Your boss can thank me later.
August 25, 2006 at 23:26
Is that old woman jowling?