Monday, February 23, 2009

Magic Eraser!

Totally unrelated to psychology...

but since we were talking today about how (apparently) amazing the Magic Eraser is, I figured I'd share how to get a free sample of one! I'm still waiting for mine but it's worth a shot! :)

http://www.startsampling.com/sm/5161/captureAddress.iphtml

Sunday, February 22, 2009

just trying this out

this is an interesting blog: copyranter

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Stories Behind the Muppets

Last week's reading in The Tipping Point talked a little bit about the Muppets and their histories. I saw this article and it expands on it a little bit. I can't imagine an orange Oscar the Grouch!


http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/10/mf.muppet.favorites.stories/index.html

And here is one of the La Choy commercials that Gladwell was saying Big Bird is based on. The dragon reminds me more of a clumsy Barney than Big Bird!





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