If this really was a hoax, I couldn’t figure out the endgame. Two months later, I’m still scratching my head. For starters, Walmart is my least favorite store on the planet — except when it isn’t. This particular Tuesday, it was the only way to go. I needed a small folding table for my Good News Club, and I knew they’d have it. I figured it wouldn’t be too crowded this early in the afternoon, but everything close to the front was taken, including the “handicapped” parking. Drat. However, the next aisle over I saw a small red car — not a sports car, just a little compact — with its trunk open as the couple were putting the packages in. She was some looker – long blond hair,  great figure and wearing a short skirt with high, high heels. I figured by the time I made a loop down… Read More »

Surely we’re all smarter than the TV commercials imply. I doubt anyone even pays attention anymore.  But today I saw an ad that blew me away. I mean, we’ve all gotten used to the ones that caution us about the drugs they’re pushing. The ones that say “Do not take this drug if you are allergic to it or any of its ingredients.” Really? You have to be told to not take something you are allergic to?  Of course, you are not listening because you are looking at the  couple  sitting contentedly at the end of the dock enjoying the evening. (By the way, have you ever noticed how many drug commercials show people near water — on a lake or at the ocean? There must be something captivating about water that makes us ignore everything else.) And the car commercials that show cars doing impossible things are no better.… Read More »