On social media, I’m a sucker for a few things. Cats in boxes. Puppies falling asleep. Stories about real estate trends, near or far away. And social media tips and tricks. None of these things has ever gotten me any further ahead in life, but it’s all good fun!
…I was born in the Telephone City – Brantford – and someone in the family kept an old pamphlet that announced the arrival of direct-dialing via Bell Telephone. No more going through Marge on the giant switchboard. No more opportunities for Marge to listen in on your conversations. …
If you’ve never had reason to buy advertising on Facebook, let me tell you that it works. You can micro-target your ad to reach the narrowest of demographics. Do you want to appeal only to Moms in their 30s with two children who belong to Pinterest and eat only organic arugula? Done. Or you can blanket the whole FB population. You control it and you set the budget. You pay by the click. It’s cheap and it’s effective. …
My number one pet peeve, over even the misuse of the apostrophe and coworkers putting delicate glasses on the bottom rack of the work dishwasher, is the way merchants conspire to rush time. …
Slowly we’re clearing away some forgotten stuff from the basement. There has been talk of shelf building and that sort of thing. Looking around under the stairs the other day I found a handful of magazines. Some are comics (worthless, I checked) and one is a Woman’s Day from March 11, 1980. Â …
I’m one of those people who can get turned off their food depending on the turn the conversation takes. …
I love this ad. Â I don’t even drink beer and it makes me want to pop open a Carlsberg. …
“I ALWAYS find it funny that so much skin-cream advertising features, like, Jessica Alba. She’s gorgeous and 12!” — Brooke Shields to More Magazine. …
