Contemporarily

Date Sun, July 31 2011

I have always loved the sleek lines and minimalistic feel of contemporary furniture. I especially enjoy when I see it in movies because I actually like to buy furniture that feels a little warmer in my own home. For example, I love the look of the Exell coffee table by Go Modern. It’s functional and, [...]

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It’s the Thought That Counts

Date Fri, July 22 2011

In my most recent post in my personal blog, I talked about how much my sister loves me and I chuckled because my title sounded like someone you’d get on a t-shirt or coffee mug in a tourist shop. The type of thing my sister probably would buy me because, you know, she’s a dork. [...]

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Mr Kirby Man

Date Wed, July 13 2011

A few weeks ago, I received a call. Some friends of mine had a Amazon starting at $300 – $400. That’s the range I’d consider. The salesman was probably spot on when he said that most people who don’t wind up buying the Kirby do wind up going and purchasing a better vacuum anyway; however, [...]

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Savvy Consumerism

Date Mon, June 27 2011

Lately, I’ve been paying a lot of attention to commercials and I’ve noticed a lot of them using these type of words: artistic rendering representation depiction simulation dramatization Essentially, all these words mean “fake.”  As if, we’re showing you something to get you to buy our product or service but it’s not an actual image [...]

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Leave Well Enough Alone

Date Tue, June 21 2011

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine. One of the things that I became used to when I was living in Milwaukee, and then San Antonio, was the abundance of stores like Walgreens. I used joke that there was a Walgreens every six blocks and while that may not be [...]

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You have my attention AT&T

Date Mon, May 23 2011

Give yourself a round of applause for one hell of a commercial.

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Not My Luck

Date Mon, February 14 2011

This year has already been full of struggles. “What do you mean, Cole” you ask? I hear ya. What I’m talking about is my trust earbuds crapping out on me. Of course, I went and bought (and reviewed!) some new ones but those began to crap out, too! Unless I held the wire at just [...]

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