The Unbearable Gödelness Of Human Rights

In this day and age the value of human rights is a corner stone of our (western) society. This begs the question, what do we do with people who don't respect this value, e.g. criminals? Oh, that's right; we deny their human rights.

Gotta love ideals.

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Freedom Of Choice

Up till a year ago or so I used Herbal Essences shampoo; they had a nice and clear product line and I liked the natural scent and feel of the brand. Then one day I ran low on shampoo and headed to the local drug store. To my surprise Herbal Essences changed their marketing strategy: the shampoos were no longer labeled "for dry hair", "for oily hair", etc. Rather, the decision I faced was between "body envy", "color me happy", "drama clean", and their like.

I stood there for 10 minutes looking at the shampoo containers from all sides and angles trying to find some hidden clues giving guidance about the targeted hair type. I could visualize the smug marketing execs of Herbal Essences rubbing their hands in satisfaction as they came up with the new sophisticated naming scheme. It was then that the empowerment we have as consumers dawned on me. Yes! I will show them. I will vote with my money and shift to a different brand. And indeed just a quick glance away, right down the aisle, stood Pantene Pro V shampoos, which were clearly labeled as "for dry hair", "for oily hair", etc.

Boy, was I proud of myself that day.

Later on I found out that Herbal Essences and Pantene are both owned by Procter & Gamble.

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Where Is The Onramp?

A Burger King cup:

HAVE IT YOUR WAY

Maybe you want a lot of ice. Maybe you want no ice. Maybe you want your top securely fastended, or maybe you want to go topless. Hmmm? Maybe you want to mix COKE and SPRITE. May be you want to let your cup runneth over (we wish you wouldn't). Whatever you do, make sure to have things your way.

Thanks. I'll take the highway.

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A Bag Of Crap

(Apologies for the poor quality of the photo; the built-in camera is not one of the iPhone's virtues)


Who wrote this stuff? And who paid for it?

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Time Is Limited

Indeed, it is one dimensional: there is only backwards and forward. In Back to the Future Michael J. Fox visited the past; in Back to the Future Part II he travelled to the future. Where did he go in the 3rd movie in the series?

Zzzzz... (can you tell I'm still enjoying the hospitality of JFK?)

I'm Grounded

It's 10:40 pm and I'm stuck in JFK. After a 5 hour connection I learned that my flight was delayed by at least 2:30 hours. Fun, fun, fun. And more fun.

We were given $7 vouchers for food. Burger King was the only place left open; they could not believe their luck. Bad luck, that is: "we will close as soon as we are done with the line", said the grim faced BK employee as the line was growing by the dozens every minute.

Ah, the feast! $7 at Burger King? It doesn't get any better than that... Boy, I forgot how bad these things are. At least their bags and cups were (unintentionally) amusing --- will post pictures in a few days. Please don't snitch to the TSA that I took pictures in an airport; no, I'm not planning an attack on BK... Hmm, perhaps this is not such a bad idea after all.

Ok, they just added 45 more minutes to the delay.

This blog entry was made possible by Delta Airlines. Thank you, Delta, for your support.

Zzzzz... (I wish)