High-Quality Junk Mail
It's kinda funny to me. All you've gotta do is attend SIGGRAPH, and suddenly you're eligible for a whole new caliber of junk mail.
I discovered these two gems in the PO Box yesterday. One is for an ad for, near as I can figure, ATI's booth at SIGGRAPH. Not any of their products per se, just the booth itself. Also, I'm not quite sure where the “Dominate Your Design” slogan came from. Frankly, as an artist, I'd rather not allow any of my tools to dominate anything, regardless of how expensive or flashy they are. (Just in case you were wondering, I was not the instant winner.)
Another is for Wacom, leading manufacturer of graphics tablets. Their ad makes a little more sense, touting specifically their most useful, most flashy, and (of course) most expensive product. And if I can get up the nerve to furtively touch it with my unworthy, trembling hands, they'll give me a free T-Shirt to mark the occasion! Yay!
I'm not sure why these things amuse me as much as they do. Perhaps it's something in the water…
ttyl!
--Alex Markley
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*lol*
Someday I want one of those tablets with the LCD screen. In my imagination that will solve some rather itchy problems I’ve had with the disconnect between were you put the pen and where the stroke shows up.
But for now I’m making do.
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“The Stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.” –Psalm 118:22-23
Dress can only compliment beauty that is already there, and makeup can only cover a lady’s flaws – which real love does anyway.
*lol* Indeed...
Hehe...
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Savage Karioke. Find you inner self.
The funeral was boring till the Irish dancers came in.
LOL
And if I can get up the nerve to furtively touch it with my unworthy, trembling hands, they'll give me a free T-Shirt to mark the occasion!
Free T-shirt!
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"He speaks of Meow."
"Just feed the cat."
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
You crack me up!
You always see things so very differently than the rest of us do.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
Thanks!
You always see things so very differently than the rest of us do. --SangMing
There's always the innocent, first-glance interpretation of such things. But on a second glance, you start to see the little things that undermine the original intent.
The idea is to get into the habit of taking that second glance. It's like mining for weirdness. At first it's pretty tough, but with practice and hard work, it'll become downright difficult.
ttyl!
--Alex Markley
“Suddenly, the world was a bit more orange than usual. And the bunny didn't like it.”
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
*LOL*
Malex said:
It's like mining for weirdness.
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“The Stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.” –Psalm 118:22-23
Dress can only compliment beauty that is already there, and makeup can only cover a lady’s flaws – which real love does anyway.
Mining
Is it like a game? One point for the first weirdness, one for the weirdest, one for the funniest, etc.? If so, I think Oz plays a different way and scores only for despair.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
wierd mining
the gnome resolved the problem of wierd adverts by removing the mailbox...the gnome never got interesting enough junk mail to read anyway and cannot go to Hippogryph in order to qualify for an upgrade in junk mail.
'the oz scores for despair'...to each his own drumbeat, but the gnome thinks the oz might have a hole in his tomtom.
The grass might be greener on the other side of the fence
but, it still has to be mowed.
Name a shrub after me...something prickly and hard to eradicate.
Oh yeah
the oz might have a hole in his tomtom.
At least.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel